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The new Akhtar on the block

Hindustan Times | By
Sep 25, 2020 06:32 PM IST

Meet the Emmy-winning director-editor who talks as passionately about racism as his love for samosas

Are you, like me, guilty of binge-watching Never Have I Ever? Then perhaps you’d also be wondering if this series is the handiwork of someone who has experienced being a brown kid in an American school. And you’d be right. Kabir Akhtar, one of the director of this series, is of Indian origin.  

Kabir Akhtar is an Indian-origin American director of the series Never Have I Ever and is the nephew of lyricist Javed Akhtar
Kabir Akhtar is an Indian-origin American director of the series Never Have I Ever and is the nephew of lyricist Javed Akhtar
“Celebrities act like they don’t care about winning awards, but it is indescribably exciting”
Clockwise from right: Kabir Akhtar thrilled with the Emmy award, 2016; (Inset) As a child with his baby sister Nishat Akhtar; With Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Jaren Lewison from the show Never Have I Ever
Clockwise from right: Kabir Akhtar thrilled with the Emmy award, 2016; (Inset) As a child with his baby sister Nishat Akhtar; With Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Jaren Lewison from the show Never Have I Ever
“I’ve faced racism... It’s subtle, like people assume I do or don’t know things based on my skin colour”
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