The new Akhtar on the block
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.

“Celebrities act like they don’t care about winning awards, but it is indescribably exciting”


“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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