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Ali Fazal signs his next Hollywood project!
Titled ‘Afghan Dreamers’, the movie is based on the inspiring true story of the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan.
It is directed by two-time Oscar-winning director, Bill Guttentag. The film is being produced by Laura Overdeck, Samudrika Arora and Bill Guttentag.
Shoot for Afghan Dreamers recently began in Morocco and will be a 50-day schedule, with the majority of the film being shot across Morocco and Budapest.
Afghan Dreamers Based On This TRUE STORY –
The film is the true story about the program that was started by Afghan tech entrepreneur, Roya Mahboob in 2017 as a way to help young women develop their skills in the field of science and technology, despite the heavily patriarchal society in the country they hail from.
The film throws light on chaotic, sometimes dangerous backdrop of the country’s politics. The story tells the tale of the team of Afghan girls who traveled across the world and participated in competitions, garnered global media attention and even met leading politicians from across the globe. The role of Roya will be essayed by The Bold Type fame Nikohl Boosheri.
Speaking about it, Ali said, “Excited and humbled to be sharing notes and being directed by Bill who has an impeccable body of work. Afghan Dreamers is a very important story to be told and I’m happy to be part of its cinematic retelling”.
Ali Fazal has been constantly making a splash with his international projects, working with some of the best talents from the west. Just last year it was announced that the actor has been roped in to play one of the leads alongside Gerard Butler in the action-packed film Kandahar, which is set to release in 2023.
(Source: PR)
