Aasif Mandvi

Interesting list from an article in Filmmaker magazine : "25 New Faces of Independent Film." The list represents a fascinating cross-section of filmmakers with extremely varied backgrounds, interests, and storytelling points-of-view. And you might even recognize one talent: Aasif Mandvi from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Here's his story. The others are equally interesting, well worth the read. Aasif Mandvi You know him best as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ‘s senior Middle East correspondent, but there‘s more to Aasif Mandvi than a quick delivery and well-tailored suit. The comedian and character actor is now in production on the indie film 7 ... Read Full Story

For those of you lucky ducks who live in New York City, this looks like a really fun opportunity to see one of the ‘Daily Show’ correspondents, and one of my favorite correspondents I might add: ‘The Daily Show’s’ Aasif Mandvi and director David Kaplan discuss ‘7 To The Palace’ Writer and actor Aasif Mandvi of The Daily Show and director David Kaplan talk about their new film, an uproarious New York style Tandoor comedy about a talented young chef (Mandvi) forced to abandon his dream of cooking haute French cuisine to run his father’s Indian restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens. A lively discussion ... Read Full Story

It's one thing to be hired, right there, on the spot for a job. A strange combination of joy for getting the position and fear because, well, they want you to start right now. Now, imagine the same scenario Read Full Story

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For any of you Aasif Mandvi fans (who'll be in the new film The Proposal ), here's a snippet from a new interview where he talks about growing up in Britain, "The Office", "The Daily Show", sleeping on a mattress in a friend's apartment and being a brown kid in a white world: He argues Britain is at least a decade ahead in its representation of Asians on television, a consequence of the historic connections. "Britain's relationship with the Indian subcontinent is far older than America's," he says. "In America, people think being south Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside ... Read Full Story