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A Private Enterprise

The trials and tribulations of Shiv, a South Asian entrepreneur trying to set up a business in industrial Birmingham

Drama 1975 72 mins Not rated

Director: Peter K. Smith

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Overview

Shiv, an enterprising Indian immigrant, navigates industrial Birmingham in an attempt to set up a business manufacturing plastic toys and trinkets. He negotiates the tricky differences between the expectations of his Indian community and the ambitions of his private life, switching picket lines for business leadership and mixing arranged marriages with romantic explorations.

Culturally astute and deftly amusing, A Private Enterprise was the first British feature film to focus on the lives and experiences of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent.

Director

Peter K. Smith

Featuring

Salmaan Peer , Marc Zuber , Ramon Sinha and Shukla Bhattercharjee

Genres

Drama

Certificate

Not rated

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Accessibility

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