Summary He co-wrote and starred in 'The Big Sick' that is about him and wife meeting and falling in love.
(Web Desk) – Pakistan-origin American national actor Kumail Nanjiani has bagged an Oscar nominee on Tuesday in original screenplay category for his film The Big Sick.
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’.
Hey Academy Award nominee @emilyvgordon, how’s it going?
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 23, 2018
It’s only now settling in. Wow.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 23, 2018
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 is a US-brought-up actor who has roots back in Pakistan. He is standup comic whose The Big Sick is his best known work so far.
