American Wife: Emily Gordon and Parents Nanjiani

american wife: It narrates their courtship, Nanjiani's strict Muslim parents trying to set him up with an arranged marriage and Emily falling gravely ill, forcing him to take charge and build a relationship with her parents, according to CTV. Nanjiani and Gordon co-wrote the script and filmed the movie long before Trump's election, but the president's attempts to ban visa-holders from certain Muslim countries, has given the film renewed potency. The Big Sick, opening in selected cinemas on June 23, brings to the big screen the real-life story of how the 39-year-old comedian met and fell in love with his American wife, Emily Gordon. Its challenge of stereotypes in U.S. popular culture, portraying Muslims as regular people rather than terror suspects or fighters, has taken on even greater significance than initially intended. It is just a love story and a comedy, Nanjiani was quoted as saying by Variety at the Los Angeles premiere. Obviously it would be great if our movie came out and people didn't see it as a political statement because it really isn't. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.