Riz Ahmed

Riz Ahmed Instagram – 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 – our families and fears, the music and the message, Urdu and English – holding nothing back. Winning an Oscar for THIS film of all films? It’s a lesson to make the thing you think you shouldn’t.

Also, Oscar’s are seriously heavy. Carrying one for 12 hours feels like your shoulder is dislocating. And maybe that was a lesson too – 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 – it will elevate you. That’s what we did with this film. We put our nightmares on screen and they turned into a dream.

Thank you God for teaching me.

Shout out to everyone who has helped carry that weight as we made this film – @_aneil_ you are a genius and one of the great filmmakers of your generation, @redinho808 your music was the backbone of this film and album, @carolinereason you’re my sister and have been holding me on this journey for so long thank you, @astridferguson you’re a G and there’s seriously nothing you can’t do, @djbradfield you’re an artist’s dream and @wepresent @somesuchandco @randcpmk @londonflairpr @elevenmgmt we wouldn’t be here without you.

Thank you to my family and to my wife @ffmirza for being my torch in the darkness.

Thanks @julieragolia & @michaelduenas, @zegnaofficial @boucheron for the look.

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@gettyentertainment | Posted on 30/Mar/2022 02:38:58