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Pakistani director Asim Abbasi: ‘Show gave me closure on my father’s loss’
Updated On: 07 July, 2024 02:54 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Deeming Barzakh as his most personal work to date, Pakistani director Abbasi on how the series explores otherworldly love and toxic masculinity
Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed in Barzakh. Pics/Instagram
In Asim Abbasi’s world of creativity, there is space for stories of magic realism as well as children’s adventure. The Pakistani filmmaker recently directed an episode of BBC’s screen adaptation of Enid Blyton’s much-loved children’s book series, The Famous Five. “It’s my second project in the UK. I had to pick it up because the books and Enid Blyton are a big part of my children’s lives. It was fun, murder mystery, and kids saved the day sort of a story. It’s so different from what I direct,” starts the filmmaker.
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