Mogul Mowgli, the feature co-written, produced by and starring Riz Ahmed, has been picked up for the U.K. by BFI Distribution.
The film — which bowed in Berlin, winning the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize, and comes from Pulse Films and Ahmed's Left Handed Films banner — marks the directorial fiction feature debut of Sundance-winning documentary maker Bassam Tariq (These Birds Walk), who co-wrote it with Ahmed.
Mogul Mowgli follows the story of Zed (Ahmed), a British Pakistani rapper, who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break and forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy.Alyy Khan, Nabhaan Rizwan, Sudha Bhuchar, Anjana Vasan, Aiysha.
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