Man Pushes Cart, Gets Nomination
Ahmad Razvi recognized by Independent Spirit Awards.
By Hilal Nakiboglu Isler, February 1, 2007, Film, Media, News, Daily, Arts
Razvi for NoruzFilms.Com
His story is the stuff of Hollywood movies.
[1] Ahmad Razvi (whose modest desi restaurant in Brooklyn gets “[2] pelted by gunshots” after September 11), starts working in a Pakistani eatery where he meets director [3] Ramin Bahrani, and gets cast as the lead in an indie film ([4] Man Push Cart).
Critics begin praising the project and soon enough Razvi, who is not a professional actor, receives an [5] Independent Spirit Award nomination–one of three for the film.
Man Push Cart is art imitating life (or was it the other way around?). The [6] BBC calls it “moving and touching…possessed of intelligence and integrity.” Look for it on DVD later this year.
The Independent Spirit Awards are held in Santa Monica, California annually–on the night before the Oscars (February 24, 2007). See the full list of this year’s nominees [7] here.
More:
[8] Nirali features Razvi
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[1] Ahmad Razvi : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1953498/
[2] pelted by gunshots: http://niralimagazine.com/2006/10/a-hollywood-beginning/
[3] Ramin Bahrani: http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/15481/
[4] Man Push Cart: http://www.noruzfilms.com/
[5] Independent Spirit Award nomination: http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/nominees/nominees.php
[6] BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2005/10/25/diary_8_london_fil
m_festival_feature.shtml
[7] here: http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/nominees/nominees.php
[8] Nirali features Razvi: http://niralimagazine.com/2006/10/a-hollywood-beginning/
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