My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi.
Hanif Kureishi CBE is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer.
The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality.
In 2008, The Times included Kureishi in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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