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The Boy with the Topknot
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Wikipedia article
'The Boy with the Topknot' is a 2017 British romantic drama film starring Sacha Dhawan and Joanna Vanderham. The film is based on Sathnam Sanghera's memoir of the same name. The film premiered on BBC. The film is about a Punjabi man who brings his English girlfriend home.
Cast
*Sacha Dhawan as Sathnam
**Himmut Singh Dhatt as young Sathnam, the boy with the topknot
*Joanna Vanderham as Laura
*Deepti Naval as Sathnam's mother
**Kiran Sonia Sawar as young Sathnam's mother
*Anupam Kher as Sathnam's father
**Sam Otto as young Sathnam's father
*Jaz Deol as Rajah
*Anjli Mohindra as Bindi
*Shaheen Khan as Aunt Sharanjit
**Manpreet Bambra as young Aunt Sharanjit
*Dinita Gohil as Kiran Chahal
*Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Carol
Release
'The Guardian' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and wrote that "This adaptation of Sathnam Sangheras memoir of growing up Sikh in the 60s is brave and funny ... but romantic additions detract from the love letter to a family". 'The Telegraph' gave the film the same rating.
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References
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