{"id":354689,"date":"2022-03-31T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=354689"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T11:03:15","slug":"riz-ahmed-pens-heartfelt-thank-yous-after-oscar-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/riz-ahmed-pens-heartfelt-thank-yous-after-oscar-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Riz Ahmed Pens Heartfelt Thank Yous After Oscar Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riz Ahmed went from being a Pakistani-Muslim actor being nominated for the Oscars to finally winning one. The British-Pakistani artist thanked God, and the fam, particularly his wife for being a totch in his darkness.<\/p>\n<p>After being nominated for an Academy Award for his production, <strong><em>Sound of Metal<\/em><\/strong>, last year, this year the Mogambo rapper finally bagged an Oscar. Riz Ahmed won his first Oscar for the critically acclaimed live-action short film <strong><em>The Long Goodbye<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is also one of his own creations, which he co-wrote with Aneil Karia.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/riz-ahmed-is-first-pakistani-muslim-nominated-for-oscar-for-best-actor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riz Ahmed, First Muslim-Pakistani to Get an Oscar Nomination For Best Actor<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>The Emmy-winning artist took to Instagram to pen heartfelt thank yous.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Thank you, God, for teaching me. Shout out to everyone who has helped carry that weight as we made this film &#8211; Aneil, you are a genius and one of the great filmmakers of your generation, Caroline Reason you\u2019re my sister and have been holding me on this journey for so long thank you, Astrid Ferguson, you\u2019re a G and there\u2019s seriously nothing you can\u2019t do, DJ Bradfield you\u2019re an artist\u2019s dream.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t<blockquote  \r\n\t\tclass=\"instagram-media\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cbs8kdBMUKm\/\" \r\n\t\tdata-instgrm-version=\"14\" \r\n\t\tstyle=\"max-width:540px; min-width:300px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n\t\n<p>Riz specifically mentioned his wife and family saying;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Thank you to my family and to my wife, Fatima Faheem Mirza, for being my torch in the darkness.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong><em>Venom<\/em><\/strong> star&#8217;s acceptance speech talked about those that &#8216;<em>feel like they don\u2019t belong<\/em>&#8216;, and honored his immigrant roots.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou know, in such divided times, we believe that the role of story is to remind us that there is no us and them, there\u2019s just us. This is for everyone who feels like they don\u2019t belong and anyone who feels like they\u2019re stuck in a no man\u2019s land, you\u2019re not alone, we\u2019ll meet you there. That\u2019s where the future is.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/riz-ahmed-jameela-jamil-boycott-the-gates-foundation-event-for-modi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riz Ahmed, Jameela Jamil Boycott The Gates Foundation Event for Modi<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>He also touched on those sentiments in his Instagram post saying;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When you spend your life code-switching you learn to never bring all of your raw, unfiltered self to the table. But this film was just that &#8211; our families and fears, the music and the message, Urdu and English &#8211; holding nothing back.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong><em>Nightcrawler<\/em><\/strong> actor then went on to talk about rewards for the heavy stuff you deal with.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Winning an Oscar for THIS film of all films? It\u2019s a lesson to make the thing you think you shouldn\u2019t, &#8230; Also, Oscar\u2019s are seriously heavy. Carrying one for 12 hours feels like your shoulder is dislocating. And maybe that was a lesson too &#8211; that the weight you carry is the reward, the pain is the poetry, your gift and curse are the same. Confront your adversity, embrace it, and share it &#8211; it will elevate you. That\u2019s what we did with this film. We put our nightmares on screen and they turned into a dream.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riz Ahmed went from being a Pakistani-Muslim actor being nominated for the Oscars to finally winning one. The British-Pakistani artist thanked God, and the fam, particularly his wife for being a totch in his darkness. After being nominated for an Academy Award for his production, Sound of Metal, last year, this year the Mogambo rapper finally bagged an Oscar. 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