Film
Mogul Mowgli
- Director
- Bassam Tariq
- Certificate
- 15
- Running Time
- 90 mins
Riz Ahmed has often remarked on the complexity of being a British-Pakistani Muslim. Now he takes the identity issue a stage further with this multi-national drama which he co-wrote with American compatriot and director Bassam Tariq.
Ahmed stars as New York-based British-Pakistani rapper Zed, who’s forced to return to his family in the UK on the eve of a tour after developing a life-threatening auto-immune system condition. “This is gutsy, spiky, imperfect independent filmmaking that finds the formal gusto to complement and buoy its star’s aggressive dynamism: Ahmed affirms his standing as one of Britain’s most vital, risky actors, even in a role we thought we’d already seen him play,” remarked Variety when Mogul Mowgli was unveiled at the Berlin Film Festival.
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