Kulvinder Ghir credited as playing...
Malik (Father)
- Mr. Evans: 48 years ago I marched into war with my friends to fight men in swastikas. Today I see swastikas on young men on the streets of Luton. That was a very brave poem, young man. You must write more and get your message out. N.F. scum indeed!
- [leaves]
- Javed: Wow. He liked my poem.
- Malik: Why are you writing rubbish?
- Malik: You're here to study, OK? I'll find you a wife in good time. You leave that to me. And remember... stay away from the girls! Follow the Jews!
- Malik: Listen to me, beta. I'm not your typical Pakistani father who says you must be a doctor. I'm saying... lawyer, accountant, estate agent. I'm giving you freedom, see?
- Malik: Have you forgotten why I want you to get an education?
- Javed: To broaden my mind, learn about the world, be inspired to make a difference?
- Malik: No. To get a good job, so you don't end up driving a taxi like every other Pakistani in this town. Ever since you've been following this American Jewish man, you've changed.
- Javed: He's not Jewish.
- Malik: He's not Pakistani either.
- Malik: America is unsafe. There's drugs, gangs...
- Javed: There's plenty of drugs and gangs in Luton. In America, no one cares where you're from. Anyone can do what they wanna do. They don't even know what Pakistanis are.
- Malik: Everything that is bad about England is even worse in America.
- Javed: No, Dad. Everything that's good in Britain is even better in America. The music, the TV, the possibilities. I wanna taste it all for myself.