Pakistan superstar Fawad Khan has signed onto two projects while Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga Kapoor has joined veteran director Jahnu Barua’s latest film at the inaugural Tasveer Film Market. The Seattle-based South Asia-focused market concluded recently.
Khan will headline “Behind the Scenes,” a newsroom thriller developed by Modoxy Media and Film Lab++. The dark comedy brings together filmmakers Mehreen Jabbar (“Jackson Heights”), Sarmad Khoosat (“Joyland”), and Mo Naqvi (“Insha’Allah Democracy”).
The actor is also set to play a key role in “The Prisoner,” a crime thriller series for Awedacious Originals. Based on Omar Shahid’s bestseller, the 1990s-set Pakistani drama is created by Parisa Siddiqi and Ahmer
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