The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia

1993
★★★☆☆ 5.8/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
ComedyDrama
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.

Seasons

Season 1
1993 • 4 Episodes
In 1970s London we meet Karim, the son of an India father and an English mother.

Network

BBC Two

Production

BBC

Keywords

london, englandnew york cityhippie1970sgroup sexarranged marriagepunk rockpoliticsmale homosexualityminiseries