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  • Actors: Roshan Seth, Susan Fleetwood, Brenda Blethyn, Naveen Andrews
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Sep 2007
  • Run Time: 215 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000R21384
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,683 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Naveen Andrews stars as an Anglo-Indian teenager growing up in 1970s suburban London in the acclaimed Buddha of Suburbia.

Both amusing and disturbing, this story of sexual and political awakening is adapted from Hanif Kureishi's (My Beautiful Launderette) bestseller, with music by David Bowie.

Special features:
Audio commentary with writer Hanif Kureishi and director Roger Michell. Music promo video "The Buddha of Suburbia" performed by David Bowie

Synopsis

Based on the 1990 novel by author/screenwriter Hanif Kureishi (My Beautiful Launderette), this frank, funny BBC mini-series originally ran on UK television in 1993. It is the mid-1970s, and Karim (Andrews) is a teenager of Pakistani descent in London. His office worker father (Seth) suddenly becomes a neighbourhood guru, teaching meditation classes around the neighborhood. Before long, Karim's father has a mistress (Fleetwood), whose son, a glam rocker who is also the coolest kid in school (Mackintosh), Karim finds himself strangely attracted to. Will Karim be able to navigate the confusion of youth and make a mark in theatre? Kureishi's funny and expansive tale, full of interesting characters, is given due treatment here, with a fine soundtrack by David Bowie.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Where did we lose what they had in the 70s?, 30 Nov 2004
This review is from: Buddha Of Suburbia [VHS] [1993] (VHS Tape)
I remembered Buddha of Suburbia from when I was a teenager, watching it in my room, away from my parents. I remembered the sex and the gay storylines. What I didn't remember was this amazing protrayal of life at the end of the 70s, when hippies turned into punks, idealism into realism, and polical activism into apathy, Asian cultural issues meeting racism, cross cultural marriages etc etc. I love it!!!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Punk rock, bisexuality and class in the London suburbs - a guide to grabbing life!, 8 Dec 2007
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The Buddha of Suburbia, based on Hanif Kureishi's first novel brims with punk rock, bisexuality, class and race. All told with a genuine greed for life. Karim, our protagonist, is born in the suburbs of South London, itching to get into the thick of things. Being British and half-Asian gives him the permission to be different, looking at life both from the outside and from within.

The film, with stunning music by David Bowie has all the headiness and the confidence of being happily genuine. Karim tells us again and again that there is nothing worse than being ordinary, confirming to pivet-hedge dullness. Karim experiences a range of characters and crushes - upper-middle class middle-aged bored and wealthy women who see him as an exotic bit of fun to spice up their lives, racist men who are terrified of the effect Karim has on their daughters (and sons), and a range of alternative left-wing activists putting on "alternative" performances who want Karim to alter his British accent so he can convincingly play Mowgli from the Jungle Book to fulfil their fantasies.

Karim is interested in experiencing all these people and everything they have to give him, moving on to more. Although Karim suffers racism and loony politics from both the right and the left, he won't let it stop him from experiencing life. The Buddha of Suburbia shows us how exciting life can be, if only we let it in.

The DVD also captures something of the excitement, high-drama and chaos of Margaret Thatcher's 1980's when Britain undoubtedly became a more modern, decisive and dramatic nation - though some would arguably call it a harsh wake-up. And it captures brilliantly the potential for hot sexy mishap that we can all have within our crawling, safe lives.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Buddha Of Suburbia, 22 Sep 2005
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This review is from: Buddha Of Suburbia [VHS] [1993] (VHS Tape)
A great piece of drama which also highlights the very colourful 70's, a great time or maybe they were great because they are all those years away! Even so things seemed so different then and I believe The Buddha of Suburbia certainly captured something very real in the way of cultural awareness and with a society very much on the change! Why isn't this on DVD?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buddha of Suburbia
I have enjoyed this film yet again. It was just as good as the first time that i saw it
Published 4 months ago by PBeaumont

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