As the soundtrack of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” went viral yesterday in Pakistan. The Hollywood flick is about to hit Cinemas in Pakistan on 17th May. The film is directed by Award-winning Indian American Director Mira Nair and is based on the critical and commercial acclaimed novel by Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid. The cast of the film is very diverse includes actors from Pakistan, India, Britain and America., Such as Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland, Shabana Azmi, Meesha Shafi, Om Puri,.etc. The story revolves around a young man ‘Changaiz Khan’ whose charisma and intelligence catapult him to become a leader both in the eyes of the Pakistani students that adore him, and the American government that suspects.
In 2010, as student demonstrations rage in Lahore, a young Pakistani professor Changez Khan (Riz Ahmed) is interviewed by American journalist Bobby Lincoln (Liev Schreiber). Princeton-educated Changez tells Lincoln of his past as a brilliant business analyst on Wall Street. He talks of the glittering future that lay before him, his mentor, Jim Cross (Kiefer Sutherland), and the beautiful and sophisticated Erica (Kate Hudson), with whom he was set to share that future.In the aftermath of 9/11, the alienation and suspicion he is suddenly met with leads him back to his homeland, and the family to whom he is very close. Leading us through the culturally rich and beguiling worlds of New York, Lahore and Istanbul, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an exploration of bias and the phenomenon of globalization that is both brilliant and unsettling. HKC entertainment is releasing the movie in Pakistan while Encyclomedia PR is doing its publicity.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist Trailer – Kate Hudson by FINEU Official Movie News Agency
