''Little English'' is a 2022 British comedy film written and directed by Pravesh Kumar in his feature directorial debut, based on Kumar and

Apurva Asrani Apurva Asrani (born 21 March 1978) is a National Award, Filmfare Award & Screen Award winning filmmaker based in Goa, India. He has written the human rights drama ''Aligarh'' (2016), the courtroom drama Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (20 ...

's play ''There's Something About Simmy''. The film premiered at the 2022

BFI The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

London Indian Film Festival.

Cast

* Rameet Rauli as Simmy * Viraj Juneja as Harry *

Simon Rivers Simon Rivers (born Amardip Singh Nahal in 1978) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Kevin Tyler in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. Life and career Born in Birmingham, West Midlands to Sikh parents who had immigrated from th ...

as Raj * Seema Bowri as Gurbaksh *

Madhav Sharma Madhav Sharma (born 12 November 1939) is an Indian-British actor. Early life Sharma studied at the Scottish Church College in Kolkata, India and later, at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Bloomsbury, London. Following the death of his m ...

as Bauji *

Goldy Notay Goldy Notay is a British-Canadian film, television and stage actress. She played 'Roopi' as the lead role in the Gurinder Chadha film ''It's A Wonderful Afterlife''. She has appeared as Shireen in the Mike Bartlett drama '' The Town'' and Amar ...

as Mindy *

Ameet Chana Ameet Chana (born 12 September 1975 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British-Indian actor. His most notable role is Adi Ferreira in ''EastEnders''. In May 2006 he took over presenting the Breakdown Show (Bhangra Music) on BBC Asian Network (a N ...

as Bobby *

Nikki Patel Nikki Patel (born 5 July 1990) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Amber Kalirai in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 2005 to 2009, then again from 2011 to 2012. Career Patel joined the cast of ''Coronati ...

as Sweetie *

Sanjeev Kohli Sanjeev Singh Kohli (born 30 November 1971) is a British actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom ''Still Game'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019), Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom ''Fags, ...

as Ranjeet * Mark Takeshi Ota as David *

Natasha Radski Natasha Radski is a British actress. Career Radski has played lead roles in theatre productions including Antigone in the tragedy ''Antigone'' by Jean Anouilh, Yvonne in ''My Wife's Dead Mother'' by Georges Feydeau, Lucile in ''Love and the Pia ...

as Anna * Shin Parwana as Arun Sr

Production

The production received support from HOME Slough, Rifco Theatre Company, the Kickstart into Film programme, the Berkshire Film Office, and

Slough Borough Council Slough Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Slough, in Berkshire, England. Slough is a unitary authority, having the powers of a county and district council combined. Berkshire is purely a ceremonial county, with no administ ...

. Principal photography wrapped in August 2021, having taking place over the course of six weeks on location in

Slough Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...

. Filming locations included Slough High Street, Farnham Road, Herschel Park and Church Street.

Release

The film had a UK release date on 17 March 2023.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 14894932 2022 films 2022 directorial debut films British romantic comedy films British films based on plays British Indian films Films set in Berkshire