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.

Genre: Comedy, Drama,

Actor:

Creator: Hanif Kureishi,

Country:

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: N/A

Duration: 60 minutes

Release: 1993-11-03

Rating: 6.2

Season 1 - The Buddha of Suburbia
1993-11-03
In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.
1993-11-10
Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.
1993-11-17
Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.
1993-11-24
Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke’s play to New York.