Dir. Bassam Tariq. UK, 2020. 1h 30m. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Sudha Bhuchar, Nabhaan Rizwan, Anjana Vasan.

On the brink of his first world tour, Zed, a British Pakistani rapper, flies back to the UK to visit his family. While home, he is struck by a sudden illness which threatens to derail his career and becomes plagued by hallucinations of his family’s past. Bassam Tariq’s visceral directorial debut, co-written with Riz Ahmed, is an electrifying exploration of cultural heritage, family frictions, and what it means to represent a community.

'Gutsy bravado and heartfelt nostalgia are brilliantly intertwined in this invigorating drama. Riz Ahmed’s electric performance is hard to forget.’ ★★★★ Caitlin Quinlan, Little White Lies

'Culturally rich and emotionally raw, Mogul Mowgli is a brilliant showcase for Riz Ahmed's bevy of talents, and speaks visceral truth to the British-South Asian experience so rarely explored on screen.' ★★★★ Hannah Flint, Empire Magazine