ISLAMABAD 25 Aug (Online): Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker Fawzia Mirza is ready to do a feature film and has handpicked \u201cbrilliant South Asian trailblazers\u201d to lead the cast.<\/p>\n
\u2018Me Mom & Sharmila\u2019s shining trio includes Ms Marvel\u2019s, Nimra Bucha, The Sex Lives of College Girls\u2019 Amrit Kaur and Transplant\u2019s Hamza Haq.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, she shared the news by reposting Variety\u2019s piece on her film on Instagram and talked about her upcoming project. \u201cMy feature directorial debut, starring Amrit Kaur, Hamza Haq and Nimra Bucha, is inspired from my one-person play of the same name \u2018Me, My Mom & Sharmila.<\/p>\n
I cannot begin to tell you how thrilled I am for this cast and how proud I am of my incredible producing team without whom I would not be here.\u201d She thanked the producers and writers, personally mentioning whoever she could, saying \u201cit takes a village\u201d.<\/p>\n
Bucha re-shared Fawzia\u2019s Instagram story with the same screenshot of the Variety feature and added, \u201cSo happy!\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaur reposted it too captioned, \u201cI am thrilled to be telling this beautiful and important story alongside these brilliant South-Asian trailblazers.\u201d<\/p>\n
She thanked the director and her acknowledged her costars and the journey they are to embark on together. \u201cFawzia Mirza, thank you for trusting me; I intend to give your story my absolute heart and soul. Nimra Bucha, I cannot wait to meet and learn from you. And dearest Hamza Haq, you are the biggest gift. From first scene partner in acting class to this. Let\u2019s make art!\u201d<\/p>\n
Extracting some key words, \u201cBrown. Queer. Art,\u201d the Little Italy actor also wrote a special thank you for retired Indian actor Sharmila Tagore. \u201cThank you for leading the way for all the little brown girls who proudly saw you share your sensuality on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haq decided to mark the new beginning with an Instagram post as well. \u201cLook at these beautiful brown people. Proud to be among them. Let\u2019s go team. YO Amrit we\u2019re making a movie together! Bismillah,\u201d he captioned it.<\/p>\n
According to Variety the film, set in 1999, follows Azra (Kaur) over 48 hours as she travels from her home in Canada to her parents\u2019 homeland of Pakistan to bury her father (Haq). Azra struggles to connect with her conservative mother Mariam (Bucha), but her return to Pakistan launches her into memories both real and imagined that reveal their unexpected similarities.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe, My Mom & Sharmila\u201d is produced by Jason Levangie and Marc Tetreault for Shut Up & Colour Pictures and Andria Wilson Mirza for Baby Daal Productions (co-founded by Fawzia with her wife). The production will commence in Nova Scotia, Canada and Pakistan in late 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD 25 Aug (Online): Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker Fawzia Mirza is ready to do a feature film and has handpicked \u201cbrilliant South Asian trailblazers\u201d to lead the cast. \u2018Me Mom & Sharmila\u2019s shining trio includes Ms Marvel\u2019s, Nimra Bucha, The Sex Lives of College Girls\u2019 Amrit Kaur […]<\/p>\n
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