Riz Ahmed's MogulMowgli is about a British Asian rapper dealing with issues of identity and cultural and religious heritage
, while also keeping his musical roots alive with the band Swet Shop Boys, which has performed at Coachella and Glastonbury. This year sees him return to the Berlinale with something a little different, yet far more personal.is the tale of a British-Pakistani rapper struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break yet draws him closer to his cultural and religious heritage.
A couple of years ago, you announced your first self-written TV drama, Englistan, with the BBC, telling the story of a British Pakistani family over three generations. How is that coming along? There’s been an opening up generally, and, at this moment of identity crisis for many countries, people are asking, "Who are we?" and people are answering the question in different ways. Some people are putting forward the very narrow narrative of who we are as a society and how we belong, and others are putting forward a revision of history, opening up the idea of who we are. Steve McQueen’s doing that, Stormzy’s doing that, Kendrick Lamar’s doing that.
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