At the Tasveer Film Market in Seattle, the only Oscar-qualifying South Asian film festival in the world, two new projects from awad Khan have been announced. Variety said that these projects will be Khan’s first foray into dark comedies and crime thrillers.
The whiz will work together with a force to be reckoned with imaginative group for In the background, a dull satire set inside the merciless universe of a newsroom. Bilal Sami, Raza Namazi, and Suri Gopalan of Film Lab++ are developing the project, with Khan closely involved. Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s Modoxy Media will serve as executive producer.
Behind the camera, the task flaunts prestigious names like Mehreen Jabbar of Jackson Levels, Sarmad Khoosat of Kamli distinction, and Naqvi of Insha’Allah A vote based system, guaranteeing serious areas of strength for an of narrating ability. The undercurrents of the media industry, including ambition, ethics, and corporate politics, will be the focus of the newsroom thriller.
Khan is likewise taking on a lead job in The Detainee, a forthcoming wrongdoing series. The 1990s-set drama, which is based on the best-selling book by Omar Shahid, follows two daring police officers on a covert mission to destroy Karachi’s powerful political party that resembles a mafia.
Made by Parisa Siddiqi and Ahmer Khan, the series will see the Humsafar entertainer in a dirty job as one of the lawmen exploring the unsafe roads of Karachi. The project is being led by Apoorva Bakshi and Monisha Thyagarajan of Awedacious Originals.
At the Tasveer Film Market, a South Asian event that aims to connect filmmakers, producers, and industry leaders, Khan’s projects were one of many highlights. The celebration started off on October 15 with Pakistani film Wakhri and Indian film Circle Line.
Rita Meher, chief overseer of the market, communicated energy about the associations made at the occasion.
“This market has united different makers as well as made a table where movie producers, makers, and industry pioneers can trade thoughts, construct connections, and fashion new ways for South Asian stories on the worldwide stage,” she said.
