Sixth Happiness

Sixth Happiness
Directed byWaris Hussein
Written byFirdaus Kanga
Based onTrying to Grow
by Firdaus Kanga
Produced byTatiana Kennedy
StarringFirdaus Kanga
Souad Faress
Khodus Wadia
Nina Wadia
Ahsen Bhatti
CinematographyJames Welland
Edited byLaurence Méry-Clark
Music byDominique Le Gendre
Production
companies
Distributed byRegent Releasing
Dreamfactory
Mongrel Media
here! Films
Release dates
  • 4 October 1997 (1997-10-04) (Mill Valley)
  • 2 October 1998 (1998-10-02) (London)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Sixth Happiness is a 1997 British drama film directed by Indian director Waris Hussein. It is based on the 1991 autobiography of Firdaus Kanga, entitled Trying to Grow. Kanga plays a fictionalized version of himself in the film, which involves themes about Britain, India, race and sex. Sixth Happiness also features performances from Souad Faress, Nina Wadia, Indira Varma, and Meera Syal.