”What’s Love Got To Do With It?” w/ Iman Boujelouah and Mim Shaikh

Chai with Rai

Warm up your cuppa's kids as we dive into banter and deep conversations with stars of the film "What's Love Got To Do With It?"- Broadcaster, Writer and Actor Mim Shaikh and Writer/ Actor Iman Boujelouah.

In the episode we discuss:

• The process of self taping/ auditioning for What's Love Got To Do With It? and also intrigued to know your process- when it comes to a self tape or an audition where you are given sides or have a monologue vs your process to when you have booked a job and are working on the character.
• Writing process and how you create the world of your project; from pitching it, to producing it to post.
• A tip in regards to the industry you wish somebody shared with you at the beginning of your career.
• What is something you have taken from one creative craft into the other. i.e- Mim of broadcasting you have taken into writing and Iman of acting into writing.
• Safeguarding/ balancing the internal and external biases be they conscious or unconscious in your writing experience whilst challenging your artistic practice.
• Education vs experience. Thoughts on an entry point into the industry.
• 3 things about What’s Love- Challenging part of it and Joyful part. And a bonus something that didn’t make the cut or happened behind the scenes no one knows during filming or after i.e public.
• Authenticity vs the subject. As writers and actors- Representation of the role vs the story, which takes precedence?
• Favourite part of the job.
• Thoughts on South Asian Entertainment sector and the industry at large. 3 things could do with and without.
• Thoughts on being boxed or stereotyped. And do you now feel that there is enough representation?
• Thoughts on digital space structure and its role in the artists life. Pro’s and con’s of it.

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