The Buddha of Suburbia
About The Buddha of Suburbia
Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.
The Buddha of Suburbia is a comedy series made for BBC Two. It reached one season of 4 episodes from November 1993.
Naveen Andrews leads the cast as Karim Amir, Brenda Blethyn as Margaret Amir, Harish Patel as Changez, and Jemma Redgrave as Eleanor.
Members will find racism, arranged marriage, male homosexuality, and punk rock in it.
Pistol, When They See Us, and The Continental: From the World of John Wick make useful companions to The Buddha of Suburbia, all filed under 1970s and punk band.