Nazneen's life is turned upside down at the tender age of seventeen,. Forced intoan arranged marriage to
an older man, she exchanges her Bangladeshi village home for a block of flats in London's East End. In
this new world, pining for her home and her sister, she struggles to make sense of her existence -- and to
do her duty to her husband. A man of inflated ideas (and stomach), he sorely tests her compliance.
Told from birth that she must not fight her fate, Nazneen submits, devoting her life to raising her family
and slapping down her demons of discontent. Until the day that Karim, a hot-headed local man, bursts
into her life.
Against a background of escalating racial tension, they embark on an affair that finally forces Nazneen to
take control of her life. Set in multicultural Britain, Brick Lane is a truly contemporary story of love, cultural
difference, and ultimately, the strength of the human spirit.
Tannishtha Chatterjee is emerging as one of India's leading art house actresses. Her film credits include
Shadows of Time (2004) directed by Oscar winning German director Florian Gallenberger and Swaraj
(2002), for which she gained a National Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other award winning
features which have screened globally are: Let the Wind Blow (2004), an Indo-French venture; Bas Yun
Hi (2003); Strings; Divorce: Not Between Husband and Wife (2005); and Kasturi. Tannishtha's latest
principal role was in Bibar, based on the famous Bengali novel and has so far netted her the Best Actress
awards at Osian's Cinefan and the Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards, 2006.
Short films include True Love, Sirf Filmi Hai and Sala Bandar. Tannishtha trained at the National School
of Drama, New Delhi and has an additional degree in classical Indian vocals from Gandharva
Mahavidyalaya. She was also one of the lead singers in India's first all girl band Teer launched by B4U.
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