Released in cinemas on Friday, Mischief Night is the latest in the long slew of films on modern multi-cultural Britain. A Notting Hill style romance, this isn’t. Set in Yokshire, Tina Crabtree (Kelli Hollis, pictured) is forever running after her three unruly children. A park separates Tina’s neighbourhood from the Pakistani community where Tina’s long forgotten friend Immie Khan (played by Ramon Tikaram, pictured) lives with his family.

As the clock ticks down to Mischief Night, which is annually designated as a special night where any mischief and mayhem is allowed, the Crabtree’s and the Khan’s are unaware that their worlds are about to collide.

There is also the local drug-dealing gangster, played convincingly by Christopher Simpson, a fanatical Imam (complete with an eyepatch and jihad videos!) trying to take over the mosque, and there are the illicit love affairs.

This gritty comedy has some wonderful acting and lots of great swearing. A politically correct film it isn’t either.

Christopher Simpson will soon be seen in the film adaptation of Monica Ali’s book Brick Lane. His earlier television work includes White Teeth, based on Zadie Smith’s novel and Second Generation.

Ramon Tikaram is currently playing Gaddafi in Gaddafi the Opera, the Asian Dub Foundation at the London Coliseum in September. He also played the leading role in the film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, directed by Mira Nair and more recently Take 3 Girls directed by Baz Taylor.

The Indian version of Big Brother is due to start broadcasting in the country from today. BBC News reports:

Called Bigg (sic) Boss, the programme format is the same as its inspiration and will be hosted by Bollywood actor, Arshad Warsi.

Thirteen celebrities have been chosen to spend three months locked up in a house near Mumbai (Bombay).

Unsurprisingly though “concessions” have been made to stop offending people’s morality. You see, Indians are not averse to sex otherwise the country would notbe the second most-populus country on the planet. They just don’t want it out in the open. Or so they say.

“We have been true to format except we don’t have cameras in the bathrooms and shower rooms and of course the sexuality aspect in the programme has been curtailed and controlled keeping the Indian audiences in mind,” the programmes Chief Creative Director Sandiip Sikcand told the BBC News website.

“Even Indian celebrities are also very concerned about their reputation and do not like to talk about sex openly.

“Also, when there are so many cameras focussed on them sex is honestly the last thing that comes to their mind.”

We suggest AIM magazine readers band together and be the first to offer a £10,000 reward for the first couple to get it on!