WASHINGTON – Kumail Najiani, Pakistani-American comedian and actor hasearned a good name for himself and his community both in America andPakistan.
Kumail Najiani was nominated for an Oscar in the ‘original screenplay’category for *The Big Sick*.
The *Big Sick* is a drama-romance that portrays about his romantic lifethat occurred with wife in real life, Emily Gordan. Kumail was the mainprotagonist as himself, Zoe Kazan was playing the role of girlfriend Emilyas Holly Hunter and Ray Romano were cast as Emily’s parents.
With the help of his, Emily V Gordon, Nanjiani cowore his debut film.
“By depicting a Muslim family as like normal people, that’s its bigpolitical statement,” said Nanjiani in an earlier interview to Reuters.
“It’s important for kids to see themselves in the stuff they watch. Butmore than that, I think it’s important that people from different points ofview are behind the camera telling the stories, writing them, directingthem,” Nanjiani had said.
Najiani received a positive and overwhelming response to such a tremendousrecognition on Twitter.