Ali Badshah Explained

Ali Badshah
Birth Name:Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]

Ali Badshah (born Syed Ali Mehdi Rizvi Badshah) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, producer, and director. Badshah played Nurullah in the Irish animated film The Breadwinner.[2]

Career

Working as a comedian, Badshah has written and acted in comedy skits for CBC,[3] CTV,[4] The Comedy Network, MTV, and ABC2 Australia.[5]

His style of comedy is observational and likely originated from his experiences growing up and living in Toronto.[6] [7]

Badshah wrote and performed for Video on Trial and was an associate producer for MuchMusic.

He created the sketch series Bloody Immigrants for CBC.[8] Ali was also featured on the Comedy Network's 'Nubian Disciples Special.'

Notes and References

  1. News: New wave of minority comedians gets attention. Toronto Star. 4 January 2009. Nicholas. Keung.
  2. News: Macnab . Geoffrey . 23 May 2018 . The Breadwinner film review: Uplifting animation despite bleak premise . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180523175101/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/the-breadwinner-film-trailer-review-angelina-jolie-release-date-nora-twomey-animation-a8365366.html . 23 May 2018 . The Independent.
  3. CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival . CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival . CBC.
  4. Ali Rizvi Badshah. Comedy Now!. 2011 . CTV.
  5. We Ain't Terrorists. We Ain't Terrorists . 2011 . ABC2.
  6. News: Standing up for who they are . Toronto Star. 21 May 2009. Bruce. DeMara.
  7. News: Accent comedy show preserves its cultural richness . Toronto Star. 21 October 2008 . Nicholas . Keung.
  8. Bloody Immigrants land at CBC . Playback. 2 July 2008 . Jim. MacDonald.

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