{"id":8544,"date":"2007-08-07T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2007-08-07T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/08\/07\/riz-ahmed-returns-in-british-thriller\/"},"modified":"2007-08-07T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2007-08-07T17:03:43","slug":"riz-ahmed-returns-in-british-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/08\/07\/riz-ahmed-returns-in-british-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Riz Ahmed returns in British thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Filming begins for Film London backed \u2018Shifty\u2019<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"263\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/RizAhmed%27Shifty%27.jpg\"\/>ASIAN actor Riz Ahmed will return to our screens later this year in the British urban thriller \u2018Shifty\u2019.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The star of Channel 4\u2019s critically acclaimed docu-drama \u2018The Road to Guantanamo\u2019, takes the lead in the film from debutant director Eran Creevy. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Ahmed takes the title role in a screenplay charting an action packed 24 hours in the life of a young Asian crack cocaine dealer. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The sudden return home of his best friend sets in motion a chain of events which sees Shifty\u2019s life quickly spiral out of control. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must outrun and outsmart a rival drug dealer, played by Layer Cakes\u2019 Jason Flemyng, intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris, played by Daniel Maysconfronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he\u2019s hurtling towards.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The film, backed by Film London, began shooting earlier this month and will continue for three weeks on location in Borehamwood. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Fans will also see Ahmed on Channel 4 later this year in Peter Kosminsky\u2019s \u2018Britz\u2019 which explores a Muslim family\u2019s response to events in Iraq. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Watch this space for more news!<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filming begins for Film London backed \u2018Shifty\u2019 ASIAN actor Riz Ahmed will return to our screens later this year in the British urban thriller \u2018Shifty\u2019. &#13; The star of Channel 4\u2019s critically acclaimed docu-drama \u2018The Road to Guantanamo\u2019, takes the lead in the film from debutant director Eran Creevy. &#13; Ahmed takes the title role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}