The Asian Post
HOLLYWOOD: Pakistan-origin American standup comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani has bagged an Oscar nominee on Tuesday in original screenplay category for his film The Big Sick. actor
Congrats to our Original Screenplay nominees! #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/xCKwLmNNiq
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2018
The film is written by Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon.
A rather calm and funny Nanjiani took to Twitter to congratulate his co-writer by a casual ‘how’s it going’.
Nanjiani co-wrote the film The Big Sick with his wife Emily.V. Gordon with whom he shares the Oscar nomination. The story portrays the true love story of the both of them as an interracial couple and is a romantic comedy.
Hey Academy Award nominee @emilyvgordon, how’s it going?
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 23, 2018
Hey Academy Award nominee @emilyvgordon, how’s it going?
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 23, 2018
It’s only now settling in. Wow.
Emily & I met when she heckled me at a comedy show in the back of a diner in 2006. We wrote a movie about it & 12 years later we’re nominated for an Oscar.
I will never get over this. https://t.co/iaFN8mq7iu
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 23, 2018
Nanjiani received an overwhelmingly positive response on Twitter:
— Ron DOV (@rez512) January 23, 2018
Hey Academy Award nominee @emilyvgordon, how’s it going?
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 23, 2018
