Director
Metin Huseyin
Based on
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
Producer
Paul Raphael
Writer
Meera Syal
Production Companies
British Broadcasting Corporation, EM Media, Emmi, Film Council, Portman Film, Starfield Productions
Studio
BBC One, Icon Film Distributions
DNEG VFX Supervisor
Charlie Noble
DNEG VFX Producer
Matthew Plummer
Release Date
22nd November 2002
Hard on the heels of “Bend It Like Beckham” comes “Anita & Me,” another cross-cultural tale of Anglo-Indian femme friendship, this time in a retro British setting and sans any soccer angle.
– Variety –
Bright, witty and occasionally very moving, Anita & Me is a welcome addition to the growing canon of British-Asian comedy, with its heart very much in the right place.Empire
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who’ve come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family. Anita is 14, blonde and beautiful – exactly what Meena thinks she wants to be. She becomes part of Anita’s world, but events do not run smoothly. Meena’s growing up – and that brings plenty of changes.
