(un)arranged marriage

A young Punjabi man refuses to conform to his family's strict cultural expectations of him and determines to forge his own future.

Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me - waiting to take me to a wedding. My wedding. A wedding that I hadn't asked for, that I didn't want. To a girl I didn't know ...

If they had bothered to open their eyes, they would have seen me: seventeen, angry, upset, but determined - determined to do my own thing, to choose my own path in life ...

NOTE: Manjit suffers some physical abuse at the hands of his father and brothers, beatings and racial abuse concerning his friends are common.
Within the course of their relationship, Manjit and his girlfriend Lisa have sex. This takes place after a talk on sexual responsibility from Lisa's parents and with their understanding.
Spliffs are smoked by an older Manjit and his friends both in Leicester and in India and weed is used to effect his escape from India.

Manjit suffers some physical abuse at the hands of his father and brothers, beatings and racial abuse concerning his friends are common. Within the course of their relationship, Manjit and his girlfriend Lisa have sex. This takes place after a talk on sex