| OMPURI | Indian actor whose films include East is East and City of Joy |
| ELIAKAZAN | Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor whose films include East Of Eden (4,5) |
| ANIL | _ Kapoor, Indian actor whose films include Slumdog Millionaire and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (4) |
| TWAIN | 'Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the ___ shall meet' (Rudyard Kipling 'The Ballad of East and West' (1889) |
| ANANT | ___ Nag, Indian actor whose predominant contribution has been in Kannada cinema |
| JIMI | East Is East and West Is West actor, _ Mistry (4) |
| CALCUTTA | Where Dominique Lapierre found a City of Joy? (8) |
| SWAYZE | "City of Joy" star Patrick |
| PURI | Om -, Indian actor who starred as George Khan in 1999 comedydrama film East is East (4) |
| EASIEST | "East is East" is funny and extremely undemanding (7) |
| BERKOFF | Steven ?, actor and playwright whose verse plays include East and Greek (7) |
| BATAAN | Actress whose roles have included Meenah Khan in 1999 comedy-drama film East is East (6) |
| ARCHIE | Actress whose roles have included Meenah Khan in 1999 comedy-drama film East is East (6,7) |
| PANJABI | Archie ___, actress who played Meenah Khan in 1999 comedy-drama film East is East (7) |
| OVERSEE | Manage love poetry before 'East is East' (7) |
| MISTRY | Jimi _, East Is East star married to Flavia Cacace (6) |
| ISABEL | _ Allende, Chilean-American author whose novels include Violeta and City of the Beasts (6) |
| KHER | Anupam ___, Indian actor and the former Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India |
| SMALLCAPITALS | Little characters from Vatican City and City of San Marino, for example (5,8) |
| RIO | City where the movies "Central Station" and "City of God" are set |