Adeel Akhtar
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‘The Estate’ – Writer Shaan Sahota talks about potboiler of family, ambition and gender wrongs
In its final weeks now, playwright discusses inspiration and motivation to create character siblings that fight one another for a…
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The Estate, Taj Mahal, A Tupperware of Ashes, A Man for all Seasons, Evening Conversations…
It’s July and we’re in the hottest month so far (according to meteorologists) and there is a lot of ‘hot’…
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Main Story
Meera Syal and Adeel Akhtar light up Bafta TV awards 2023
Adeel Akhtar wins second British Academy of Film & Television Arts (Bafta) TV Award* Meera Syal receives highest Bafta accolade,…
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Film
‘Ali & Ava’ – An unpredictable yet heart-warming love story… (review)
It’s not often we see cross-cultural romances get the big screen treatment… (major spoilers – if you want to know…
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Film
Bird Bites: Ravi Shankar 100, ‘Ali & Ava’, cast for Gandhi-Godse play; UK Asian Film Festival Beatles screening; Ayahs blue plaque; artists & models needed…
By Mamie Colfox Celebrating 100 years of Ravi Shankar this week… Ravi Shankar DEDICATED to the musician known as ‘the…
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British Independent Film Awards 2021 – Cross cultural tales win big – ‘After Love’, ‘Ali & Ava’ and ‘Flee’…
Three films with significant South Asian storylines at the centre of them are recognised at the 24th British Independent Film…
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Festivals
London Film Festival 2021: ‘Ali & Ava’ – Love across the divides in northern noir romance (video)
Set in Bradford, this is a movie with heart and soul… TWO very different individuals, Ali (Bafta winning Adeel Akhtar)…
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