British-Pakistani
British Pakistanis ( ur, (Bratānia men maqīm pākstānī); also known as Pakistani British people or Pakistani Britons) are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan. This includes people born in t ...
film director
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,
screenwriter
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and producer. He also has his own production company, ''Indus Talkies''.
Career
In 2012, he made the short film ''Anathema''. In 2013, he made two more short films, ''Once A Man'' & ''Whore''. Two years later, he made his fourth short film named ''Little Red Roses''. All four were shot in the
United Kingdom
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.
In 2018, Abbasi's first feature film,
Cake
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, was lauded by critics. ''The Guardian's'' Mike McCahill wrote "Uncommonly alert to small, telling details, while more expansive in its attitudes, the result proves far richer and worldlier than anything previously observed coming down the Khyber Pass."
Cake
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was also selected to be Pakistan's submission to the
91st Academy Awards
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for best Foreign Language Film.
In 2020, Abbasi further established himself as a writer & director with his critically acclaimed webseries, ''
Churails
''Churails'' () is a 2020 ZEE5 exclusive and Zindagi Original Pakistani drama web series. It is written and directed by Asim Abbasi. The web series stars Sarwat Gilani, Mehar Bano, Nimra Bucha and Yasra Rizvi in lead roles. It is produced by ...
'' (witches), which was hailed as a radically progressive shift from the mainstream narrative of