Our stars are on a constant winning streak in terms of scoring international projects, the latest being Nimra Bucha. The Ms. Marvel star is all set to lead in Fawzia Mirza’s new film called Me, My Mom & Sharmila. Along with Bucha, the film has a diverse cast, including Amrit Kaur from Mindy Kaling’s The Sex Lives of College Girls and Hamza Haq from the series Transplant.
The announcement was recently made in the international publication Variety, which Mirza shared saying “My feature directorial debut starring Amrit Kaur, Hamza Haq and Nimra Bucha in this feature inspired from my one-person play of the same name Me, My Mom & Sharmila. I cannot begin to tell you how thrilled I am for this cast and how proud I am of my incredible producing team without whom I would not be here.”
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The film’s plot is set in 1999 and follows Azra (played by Kaur) over 48 hours as she travels from her home in Canada to her parents’ homeland of Pakistan to bury her father (played by Haq). Bucha plays the role of Azra’s conservative mother and the two have trouble connecting, but her return to Pakistan proves to be a gamechanger which reveals their unexpected similarities.
Me, My Mom & Sharmila is produced by Jason Levangie and Marc Tetreault. Speaking to the The Express Tribune in 2015, Mirza shared how it is about her and her relationship with her mother, told through their shared love for the famous desi actor Sharmila Tagore.
