Brick Lane (2007)

Brick Lane is an award-winning 2007 film starring Tannishtha Chatterjee, which is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Monica Ali. The film was directed by Sarah Gavron and the screenplay was adapted from the novel by Laura Jones and Abie Morgan. Sarah Gavron was nominated for a BAFTA award and both Tannishtha Chatterjee and Sarah Gavron were nominated for a BIFA for the best actress and best director in 2007. The film won a Silver Hitchcock and best screenplay at the Dinard British Film Festival.



A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided - and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door.