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.