Ace Bhatti, Laila Rouass to Star in Isher Sahota’s British Asian Comedy ‘The Effects of Lying’
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Filming will commence next week on contemporary British Asian comedy feature “The Effects of Lying,” directed by Isher Sahota (“Hollyoaks”).
The cast includes Ace Bhatti (“Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Line of Duty”), Laila Rouass (“Holby City,” “Spooks”), Navin Chowdhry (“The End of the F***ing World,” “Our Girl”), Shaheen Khan (“Mogul Mowgli”), Lauren Patel (“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”) and Mark Williams (the Harry Potter franchise).Based on a script by James Hey (“Doctors”), the film follows a dutiful husband and loving father (Bhatti) whose life falls apart when decades of festering secrets are exposed and he’s forced to face up to who he really is.
The Bonaparte Films production is produced by Jon Tarcy (“In Memoriam Dr. H.G.K.”), with Parmjit Gill serving as script editor and the casting director is Claudia Blunt. “The Effects of Lying” “seeks to bring a new, urgent representation of contemporary British Asians to the cinema screen,” the production said in a statement.In 2016, Sahota was selected for a place on the BBC’s New Directors Scheme and directed “Father Brown” for BBC Studios and “McDonald & Dodds” for ITV/Mammoth Screen.
His comedy-drama script “The Rise And Fall of Ronak Malhotra” was nominated for Edinburgh TV Festival’s 2020 New Voices Awards.
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