Mumbai, Dec 11 (Ians) Actor Atul Kulkarni says he cherishes the moment he met Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai. Kulkarni feels Ziauddin is a real-life hero.
The actor got a chance to meet Malala's father while working on "Gul Makai", which is based on the Nobel laureate's life. In the film, Atul plays Ziauddin.
"My best memory of the movie will be when I actually met her father in London. When we saw the film, he was sitting right next to me," Atul told Ians.
"Those were some of the precious couple of hours for me, because when you portray the role and the person himself is sitting next to you. He loved it and he invited me to his house," he added.
The actor continued: "I was playing her father's character who is mainly responsible for making what Malala is today. We all...
The actor got a chance to meet Malala's father while working on "Gul Makai", which is based on the Nobel laureate's life. In the film, Atul plays Ziauddin.
"My best memory of the movie will be when I actually met her father in London. When we saw the film, he was sitting right next to me," Atul told Ians.
"Those were some of the precious couple of hours for me, because when you portray the role and the person himself is sitting next to you. He loved it and he invited me to his house," he added.
The actor continued: "I was playing her father's character who is mainly responsible for making what Malala is today. We all...
- 12/11/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The new movie Gul Makai is a story of courage that overcame fear and oppression. Gul Makai accounts the courageous journey and struggle of Nobel laureate Malala Yousufzai, from her humble upbringing in the Swat Valley to her becoming the champion for free education to all.
Popular television actress Reem Shaikh will be seen as Malala Yousafzai along with National Awardees Divya Dutta, Atul Kulkarni, Mukesh Rishi, and Pankaj Tripathi in pivotal roles.
In the year of 2012, Malala Yousafzai became ‘the most famous teenager in the world’ whne the attack made on her by the Taliban for defying schooling ban was widely condemned. From that point forward Malala’s activism has only developed, pushing for activities to ensure every girl child deserves the right to go to school.
Gul Makai a movie by Director H.E. Amjad Khan showcases the life journey of Malala Yousafzai, her hardship and struggle she...
Popular television actress Reem Shaikh will be seen as Malala Yousafzai along with National Awardees Divya Dutta, Atul Kulkarni, Mukesh Rishi, and Pankaj Tripathi in pivotal roles.
In the year of 2012, Malala Yousafzai became ‘the most famous teenager in the world’ whne the attack made on her by the Taliban for defying schooling ban was widely condemned. From that point forward Malala’s activism has only developed, pushing for activities to ensure every girl child deserves the right to go to school.
Gul Makai a movie by Director H.E. Amjad Khan showcases the life journey of Malala Yousafzai, her hardship and struggle she...
- 1/22/2020
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
The United Talent Agency (UTA) announced today that they have signed author and youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and her father, activist and author Ziauddin Yousafzai. Both are co-founders and board members of Malala Fund. UTA will work with both of them as they continue to inspire global audiences with original content across film, television, digital, emerging platforms and live speaking.
The two will be represented by UTA’s newly formed Culture and Leadership division, led by Darnell Strom. They will join a roster of clients at the intersection of entertainment, media, entrepreneurship, politics and the arts.
Malala Yousafzai began her campaign for education at age 11 when she anonymously blogged for the BBC about life under the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Inspired by her father’s activism, she began advocating publicly for girls’ education. At age 15, Malala was attacked by the Taliban for speaking out. Malala recovered in...
The two will be represented by UTA’s newly formed Culture and Leadership division, led by Darnell Strom. They will join a roster of clients at the intersection of entertainment, media, entrepreneurship, politics and the arts.
Malala Yousafzai began her campaign for education at age 11 when she anonymously blogged for the BBC about life under the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Inspired by her father’s activism, she began advocating publicly for girls’ education. At age 15, Malala was attacked by the Taliban for speaking out. Malala recovered in...
- 4/4/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has partnered with FilmAid International to roll out a screenings program for "He Named Me Malala" in Syrian refugee camps in Jordan.
The two month outreach campaign and screening series, which commenced in April, aims to leverage the power of Malala’s story to inspire and empower girls and parents to value and champion education in their homes and communities.
FilmAid will deploy two tested and proven methods of youth engagement through film - larger awareness-raising screenings and targeted film-based workshops in select refugee camps in three locations in Jordan, including the Emirati-Jordanian Camp run by the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to provide young girls and boys (12-18 years) the opportunity to express their own views on the importance of their own education after watching "He Named Me Malala."
In a call to millions of other girls around the world and those who stand with them, "He Named Me Malala" launched an international advocacy campaign in partnership with Malala Fund, Malala’s nonprofit organization working to empower adolescent girls through secondary education.
Malala Fund, Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Participant Media have provided resources to FilmAid to develop materials for the workshops and screenings and provided schools toolkits to inspire meaningful change in the area of girls’ education.
This latest outreach in Jordan is part of the 12-month global social action campaign called Stand #withMalala aimed to support children’s right to education and is also in support of Malala Fund’s #NotLost campaign to educate Syrian refugee children. FilmAid will continue to work with Malala Fund on a similar program screening the film and providing leadership training for girls in refugee camps in Kenya.
FilmAid International was honored yesterday (May 13) by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Cannes Film Festival for their global work using film to affect social change, including their work on the Stand #withMalala campaign.
In 2015, Image Nation launched #StandWithZiauddin, leveraging Ziauddin Yousafzai to reach fathers from the Desi diaspora in the Gcc with a message about girls’ education. The special screenings of "He Named Me Malala" reached approximately 6,000 men across the Gulf.
"'He Named Me Malala' gave us the opportunity to spread a vital message about girls education to influential communities in our region. Image Nation created a robust, tailored social action campaign for the Mena region that is now culminating in our outreach to refugees in Jordan. We are pleased to partner with FilmAid — an organization that shares our belief in the power of film to inspire and inform audiences around the world,” said Danielle Perissi, head of documentary and factual entertainment, Image Nation Abu Dhabi.
FilmAid International’s Managing Director, Keefe Murren, agreed, stating: “We are thrilled to have worked in partnership with Image Nation Abu Dhabi to leverage the power of Davis Guggenheim’s film "He Named Me Malala" to support refugee girls’ education. Davis Guggenheim’s film is a particularly potent weapon in the fight for refugee girls’ rights. A refugee herself, Malala challenges girls to be brave, not just in fighting for their own education, but in bravely imagining a future when that fight is no longer necessary. And that is where the power of film is most effective. Movies remind us that we are authors of our own stories, and that each one of us is capable of changing the narrative.”
FilmAid uses the power of film and media to transcend language and literacy, bringing life-saving information, psychological relief and much-needed hope to refugees and other communities in need around the globe.
"He Named Me Malala" is released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, in association with Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Participant Media and National Geographic Channel. The documentary was produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald under their long-term partnership with Image Nation, and also produced by director Davis Guggenheim.
The two month outreach campaign and screening series, which commenced in April, aims to leverage the power of Malala’s story to inspire and empower girls and parents to value and champion education in their homes and communities.
FilmAid will deploy two tested and proven methods of youth engagement through film - larger awareness-raising screenings and targeted film-based workshops in select refugee camps in three locations in Jordan, including the Emirati-Jordanian Camp run by the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, in conjunction with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to provide young girls and boys (12-18 years) the opportunity to express their own views on the importance of their own education after watching "He Named Me Malala."
In a call to millions of other girls around the world and those who stand with them, "He Named Me Malala" launched an international advocacy campaign in partnership with Malala Fund, Malala’s nonprofit organization working to empower adolescent girls through secondary education.
Malala Fund, Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Participant Media have provided resources to FilmAid to develop materials for the workshops and screenings and provided schools toolkits to inspire meaningful change in the area of girls’ education.
This latest outreach in Jordan is part of the 12-month global social action campaign called Stand #withMalala aimed to support children’s right to education and is also in support of Malala Fund’s #NotLost campaign to educate Syrian refugee children. FilmAid will continue to work with Malala Fund on a similar program screening the film and providing leadership training for girls in refugee camps in Kenya.
FilmAid International was honored yesterday (May 13) by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Cannes Film Festival for their global work using film to affect social change, including their work on the Stand #withMalala campaign.
In 2015, Image Nation launched #StandWithZiauddin, leveraging Ziauddin Yousafzai to reach fathers from the Desi diaspora in the Gcc with a message about girls’ education. The special screenings of "He Named Me Malala" reached approximately 6,000 men across the Gulf.
"'He Named Me Malala' gave us the opportunity to spread a vital message about girls education to influential communities in our region. Image Nation created a robust, tailored social action campaign for the Mena region that is now culminating in our outreach to refugees in Jordan. We are pleased to partner with FilmAid — an organization that shares our belief in the power of film to inspire and inform audiences around the world,” said Danielle Perissi, head of documentary and factual entertainment, Image Nation Abu Dhabi.
FilmAid International’s Managing Director, Keefe Murren, agreed, stating: “We are thrilled to have worked in partnership with Image Nation Abu Dhabi to leverage the power of Davis Guggenheim’s film "He Named Me Malala" to support refugee girls’ education. Davis Guggenheim’s film is a particularly potent weapon in the fight for refugee girls’ rights. A refugee herself, Malala challenges girls to be brave, not just in fighting for their own education, but in bravely imagining a future when that fight is no longer necessary. And that is where the power of film is most effective. Movies remind us that we are authors of our own stories, and that each one of us is capable of changing the narrative.”
FilmAid uses the power of film and media to transcend language and literacy, bringing life-saving information, psychological relief and much-needed hope to refugees and other communities in need around the globe.
"He Named Me Malala" is released by Fox Searchlight Pictures, in association with Image Nation Abu Dhabi, Participant Media and National Geographic Channel. The documentary was produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald under their long-term partnership with Image Nation, and also produced by director Davis Guggenheim.
- 5/19/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Actor, producer & conservationist, Dia Mirza has always been a strong proponent of social causes in the country. From being an active spokesperson on issues concerning nature and the environment, to associating with NGOs that champion causes close to her heart, the actress has made it a point to contribute as much as she can. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Dia had the opportunity to have a conversation with one of the world’s most iconic father figures, Ziauddin Yousafzai, father to the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai. Their tete-a-tete revolved around Yousafzai’s inspirations to his thoughts on the documentary, “He Named Me Malala”.
Excerpts from their conversation:
“Dia Mirza: What a great pleasure it is to be talking to such an inspiring figure like you Mr. Youzafi. To begin with I wanted to ask you what according to you is the principal role that...
Excerpts from their conversation:
“Dia Mirza: What a great pleasure it is to be talking to such an inspiring figure like you Mr. Youzafi. To begin with I wanted to ask you what according to you is the principal role that...
- 3/9/2016
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of education activist Malala Yousafzai, called out Donald Trump for his anti-Muslim immigration comments on Wednesday. “We have to be together to disown and to isolate all kinds of Donald Trumps, and people like Taliban … or Boko Haram or Isis, people who spread hate and discrimination,” Yousafzai said. “We have to isolate them, because this world belongs to us and we belong to it, and we need to have harmony in our societies and our countries.” Yousafzai also expressed disbelief that Trump has been able to gather a large enough following to become the Republican frontrunner.
- 1/7/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
★★★☆☆ Davis Guggenheim opens his latest documentary, He Named Me Malala (2015), with its most essential element - the voice of Malala Yousafzai. Instantly recognisable, she narrates the animated story of an Afghan heroine who spoke out against the invasion of British forces at Maiwand in 1880. Leading the Pashtun to a great victory, she was killed during the battle. This legendary figure was called Malala, from whom the 'he' of the film's title - Ziauddin Yousafzai - drew inspiration to name his daughter.
- 11/11/2015
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
This portrait of the teenager shot by the Taliban – and her extraordinary family – underlines how remarkable she is
The title of An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim’s uplifting account of Malala Yousafzai’s heroic battle for female education and empowerment offers a strange twist on that of her inspirational memoir, I Am Malala. Prophetically linked to Pashtun folk heroine Malalai of Maiwand, who died while urging her comrades to fight the British in Afghanistan, Malala was named by her activist father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who anguishes about whether he was somehow responsible for his daughter being shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012. Yet the stunningly articulate teenager, who now lives in the UK, is clear that while her father may have named her, he did not make her. On the contrary, hers is a destiny of self-determination, stoked by her father’s idealism no doubt, but fired by...
The title of An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim’s uplifting account of Malala Yousafzai’s heroic battle for female education and empowerment offers a strange twist on that of her inspirational memoir, I Am Malala. Prophetically linked to Pashtun folk heroine Malalai of Maiwand, who died while urging her comrades to fight the British in Afghanistan, Malala was named by her activist father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who anguishes about whether he was somehow responsible for his daughter being shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012. Yet the stunningly articulate teenager, who now lives in the UK, is clear that while her father may have named her, he did not make her. On the contrary, hers is a destiny of self-determination, stoked by her father’s idealism no doubt, but fired by...
- 11/8/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Malala Yousafzai’s moving story is one of great courage in the face of the Taliban, as she campaigned for the right of women to be educated in Pakistan
The “he” of the title is Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Pakistan’s teenage Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai. He named her after the Afghan folk heroine Malalai – a Joan of Arc figure who rallied Pashtun fighters against the British in 1880. So perhaps defiance was her birthright.
Part of the many pleasures of Davis Guggenheim’s outstanding documentary tribute is the light it casts on her relationship with her father, as well as on the nuances of history, on the British, on the question of who the oppressors are now. Moral courage and moral heroism are rare enough, but Malala Yousafzai’s story is especially moving. As a 15-year-old in north-west Pakistan’s Swat Valley, she had been a precocious campaigner for...
The “he” of the title is Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Pakistan’s teenage Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai. He named her after the Afghan folk heroine Malalai – a Joan of Arc figure who rallied Pashtun fighters against the British in 1880. So perhaps defiance was her birthright.
Part of the many pleasures of Davis Guggenheim’s outstanding documentary tribute is the light it casts on her relationship with her father, as well as on the nuances of history, on the British, on the question of who the oppressors are now. Moral courage and moral heroism are rare enough, but Malala Yousafzai’s story is especially moving. As a 15-year-old in north-west Pakistan’s Swat Valley, she had been a precocious campaigner for...
- 11/5/2015
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Who is Malala Yousafzai? That's the question that filmmaker Davis Guggenheim tries to answer in his documentary "He Named Me Malala."
Born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, was a proponent for girls’ education, and demanded that girls in Pakistan be able to receive an education. As a result, she was issued a death threat, targeted, and ultimately, shot by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on October 9, 2012 while she was traveling home from school. Having survived the bullet, the documentary illustrates her hospitalization, rehabilitation, recovery, and forgiveness process.
Ironically, Malala Yousafzai, was named after Malalai of Maiwand, a national folk hero of Afghanistan, who encouraged and fought alongside with local Pashtun fighters that revolted against the British troops at the 1880 Battle of Maiwand. She was responsible for the Afghan’s victory on July 27, 1880. Many schools, hospitals, and other institutions are named after Malalai of Maiwand in Afghanistan, and she is known as the “the Afghan Joan of Arc.”
Malala Yousafzai’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, explained, “That name was so inspirational to me that I thought that if I had a daughter, I will name her after the Malalai of Maiwand. There was a real deep passion in my heart when I was naming my daughter after her, that she will have a role. She will have a life. She will have a recognition. She will have an identity, which Malalai of Maiwand had.”
Director, Davis Guggenheim (‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and ‘Waiting For Superman’), stated, “Malala’s is an incredible story of a girl who risked her life to speak out for what is right.”
Malala Yousafzia, “They thought that the bullet would silence us. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.”
Malala Yousafzia is a hero because she spoke out. She is just an ordinary girl who has found her sense of purpose. She is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund.
"He Named Me Malala" opens Friday October 2nd from Fox Searchlight.
Born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, was a proponent for girls’ education, and demanded that girls in Pakistan be able to receive an education. As a result, she was issued a death threat, targeted, and ultimately, shot by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley on October 9, 2012 while she was traveling home from school. Having survived the bullet, the documentary illustrates her hospitalization, rehabilitation, recovery, and forgiveness process.
Ironically, Malala Yousafzai, was named after Malalai of Maiwand, a national folk hero of Afghanistan, who encouraged and fought alongside with local Pashtun fighters that revolted against the British troops at the 1880 Battle of Maiwand. She was responsible for the Afghan’s victory on July 27, 1880. Many schools, hospitals, and other institutions are named after Malalai of Maiwand in Afghanistan, and she is known as the “the Afghan Joan of Arc.”
Malala Yousafzai’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, explained, “That name was so inspirational to me that I thought that if I had a daughter, I will name her after the Malalai of Maiwand. There was a real deep passion in my heart when I was naming my daughter after her, that she will have a role. She will have a life. She will have a recognition. She will have an identity, which Malalai of Maiwand had.”
Director, Davis Guggenheim (‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and ‘Waiting For Superman’), stated, “Malala’s is an incredible story of a girl who risked her life to speak out for what is right.”
Malala Yousafzia, “They thought that the bullet would silence us. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.”
Malala Yousafzia is a hero because she spoke out. She is just an ordinary girl who has found her sense of purpose. She is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund.
"He Named Me Malala" opens Friday October 2nd from Fox Searchlight.
- 10/1/2015
- by Sharon Abella
- Sydney's Buzz
Featuring: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai | Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Some people make you feel so damn lazy. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by Taliban for speaking out about the importance of educating women, accomplished more by the time she was 17 than most of us will do in our entire lives. That’s enough to convince even the most jaded cynic that one person can actually make a difference. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim charts the inspirational young woman’s journey from her education in Pakistan to winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, including all the bumps and victories experienced along the way – with one particularly brutal bump firmly in mind.
Through a mix of interviews, archive footage and impressionistic animation, He Named Me Malala retells a more-or-less comprehensive version of a story that most Westerners are mostly already aware of, though with much of the focus on...
Some people make you feel so damn lazy. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by Taliban for speaking out about the importance of educating women, accomplished more by the time she was 17 than most of us will do in our entire lives. That’s enough to convince even the most jaded cynic that one person can actually make a difference. Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim charts the inspirational young woman’s journey from her education in Pakistan to winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, including all the bumps and victories experienced along the way – with one particularly brutal bump firmly in mind.
Through a mix of interviews, archive footage and impressionistic animation, He Named Me Malala retells a more-or-less comprehensive version of a story that most Westerners are mostly already aware of, though with much of the focus on...
- 9/26/2015
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. The then 15-year-old (she turns 18 this July) was singled out, along with her father, for advocating for girls’ education, and the attack on her sparked an outcry from supporters around the world. She miraculously survived and is now a leading campaigner for girls’ education globally as co-founder of the Malala Fund.
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) shows us how Malala, her father Zia and her family are committed to fighting for education for all girls worldwide. The film gives us an inside glimpse into this extraordinary young girl’s life – from her close relationship with her father who inspired her love for education, to her impassioned speeches at the Un,...
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman) shows us how Malala, her father Zia and her family are committed to fighting for education for all girls worldwide. The film gives us an inside glimpse into this extraordinary young girl’s life – from her close relationship with her father who inspired her love for education, to her impassioned speeches at the Un,...
- 9/25/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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