FARHAN’S LOOK IN MS MARVEL REVEALED
Actor and director Farhan Akhtar who made films like Don with Shah Rukh Khan shares screen space with Pakistani Canadian actress Iman Vellani, who plays the role of Kamala Khan in the Marvel show Ms Marvel
FARHAN HAS AN ESOTERIC LOOK IN THE SHOW AND IS SEEN DONNING A GARMENT THAT HAS YELLOW-RED SHADES AND IS SPEAKING TO THE CHARACTER PLAYED BY KAMALA KHAN. FARHAN’S AUDIO IS ALSO HEARD IN THE VOICE AND ONE REALIZES THAT HE IS THE ONE PERSON IN THE SERIES WHO IS ACTUALLY GIVING KAMALA ADVICE ON HER LIFE.
The makers of the web show recently put out the visual of Farhan from the film which sees him looking at the teenaged Iman who is a huge Shah Rukh Khan fan in real life. Kamala is Marvel’s first teen Muslim superhero and the first episode is slated to release later this week followed by the others.
Farhan has an esoteric look in the show and is seen donning a garment that has yellow-red shades and is speaking to the character played by Kamala Khan.
Farhan’s audio is also heard in the voice and one realizes that he is the one person in the series who is actually giving Kamala advice on her life.
“There are other Indian actors like Mohan Kapur and Zenobia Shroff who play her parents. There is Pakistani actor Fawad Khan as well on the show who will appear later. But importantly the show has several references to Partition in India as well as films like Baazigar and others too. The series has caught the attention of the south Asian community in the US apart from fans in India and Pakistan who are keen to watch the show. Also, the fact that the lead actress is playing a Muslim superhero has also got the attention in a larger segment of the world making the show very inclusive,” says a source.
Ms Marvel follows Kamala as an Avengers fan who discovers that she too has superpowers and is Marvel’s first teen Muslim superhero.
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