Michael Shelford

British Asian actor and author Ambreen Razia has secured a improvement take care of Expectation Entertainment (BAFTA-winning collection “Alma’s Not Normal”) to put in writing an unique comedy drama collection about habit and postpartum melancholy between a South Asian mom and daughter.

The collection, which has the working title “Wasted,” will observe the story of a junior physician and the ancestral legacy which looms over at the moment’s era of Muslim immigrants.

As an actor Razia most not too long ago performed Shandy Fine in hit Apple TV+ collection “Ted Lasso.” Razia’s earlier writing credit embrace “Hounslow Diaries” for BBC Three, which was tailored from the stage play “Diary of a Hounslow Girl,” a undertaking that regarded on the lives of recent Muslim women in London. Recent stage performs embrace “POT” and “Favour.” She has additionally been a part of the writers’ room for Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning collection “We Are Lady Parts,” directed by Nida Manzoor, and Disney+ present “Extraordinary.”

Razia stated: “The show lifts the lid on the Muslim women that society refuses to acknowledge and uncovers a very personal and specific experience that we have yet to see on screen. The series will contend with existing cultural and religious attitudes alongside the general expectations of womanhood. As a British Pakistani girl growing up in London, my experience bears little resemblance to what I’ve seen depicted on British television.”

Morwenna Gordon, government producer at Expectation Entertainment, added: “We’re thrilled to be working with Ambreen on this project – she’s a huge talent, on screen and off, and infectiously passionate about bringing to life the lives of British Muslim women who have yet to be celebrated on TV. We are so excited to be on the journey with her.”

Razia is represented by Curtis Brown for each appearing and writing.