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'Brick Lane'

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Based on the novel by Monica Ali, director Sarah Gavron's "Brick Lane" is about the global stew, upward mobility, 9/11, pulverized dreams and the idealization of one's homeland in the face of uncomfortable new realities.

It's also a little whiny, as Nazneen (Tannishtha Chatterjee) copes with her arranged marriage to the disappointed and obese Chanu (Satish Kaushik), while trying to contend...

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