A Private Enterprise is a 1974 British film directed by Peter K Smith. It stars Salmaan Peerzada as Shiv Verma, an Indian immigrant in Birmingham who attempts to start his own business. It is regarded as the first British Asian film.

A Private Enterprise
Poster
Directed byPeter K Smith
Screenplay byDilip Hiro
Peter K Smith
Produced byMamoun Hassan
Peter K Smith
StarringSalmaan Peerzada
Diana Quick
Marc Zuber
CinematographyRay Orton
Edited byYves Langlois
Music byRam Narayan
Sen Narayan
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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