Two Afghan teenagers
— Fawad
Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz — whose film Buzkashi Boys was recently nominated at the Oscars, capturing the attention of Hollywood for their impressive acting, look up to Indian superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol as their idols.
“I watch Indian movies mainly because of Shah Rukh Khan,” Jawanmard Paiz in an interview, while his co-actor Fawad Mohammadi identified Sunny Deol as his role model and favorite actor.
The two along with the cast of the film were recently in Los Angeles for the Oscars.
On Thursday the movie was screened at a jam-packed State Department auditorium, where they received a standing ovation.
Though the last Indian movie he watched was Salman Khan-starrer Dabang 2, Jawanmard said he watches Bollywood movies just to watch Shah Rukh. “He is the best actor. Each and every role of his is very impressive,” he said. “His (Sunny Deol’s) acting is superb. Whatever he does is superb,” Fawad said. (PTI)