Series · 1993–1993Ended

The Buddha of Suburbia

5.9·1 season·4 episodes·60 min avg.

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.

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Nov 3, 1993

In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.

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Part 2

Nov 10, 1993

Jamila’s betrothed, Changez, arrives from Bombay but he mainly wants to see Baker Street.

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Part 3

Nov 17, 1993

Eva leaves suburbia for the city. Karim becomes an actor and falls in love with Eleanor.

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Part 4

Nov 24, 1993

Karim becomes a star and goes with Pyke’s play to New York.

Cast

19 credited

Steven Mackintosh

Susan Fleetwood

Surendra Kochar

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