Tag: Naqqash Khalid

2023 | Dir Naqqash Khalid | 95m | UK

Aden is a British-Asian actor picking up bit parts, enduring endless unsuccessful auditions and being confronted by racism in the industry. When he and his overworked doctor flatmate Bo rent a room to confident consultant Conrad, Aden is presented with a role model for his ambitions. Naqqash Khalid’s debut is a razor-sharp satire on the British entertainment industry and Nabhaan Rizwan gives a breakout performance as the struggling thesp. “one of the British film industry’s most exciting recent debuts” (Sight and Sound).