66. Fearlessly Failing: Nazeem Hussain

What an intelligent human. Nazeem is funny, witty, honest, open and he cares. To be honest I was a bit nervous to interview Nazeem, I knew he was smart, like I mean, really smart. He used to be a lawyer, before he was a comedy genius. I’d heard him being interviewed before and was not only smart but witty and fast.

Before recording this podcast we’d never met each other at all (that always makes me a little extra nervous). But I had absolutely nothing to be nervous about; he was very sweet. I can see what he’s so popular and Australia loved him on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

He’s one of Australia’s comedic stars. He’s best know for his show Legally Brown, which became an iconic comedic series. Here’s a clip from Legally Brown where he’s playing a Mumbai Prince and he’s speed dating girls that were totally unaware that this was a prank. Every single other person in the scene is an actor, it’s so funny. In this interview he shares a few of his behind the scenes secrets. If you want giggle; check out the skit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlmaV1nsG-o

This guys highly motivated; he’s a TV personality, actor, comedian, he’s got a couple of podcasts on the go. One’s super new one: Rouge Son (you’ll hear us talk about it) where he visits Sri Lanka at a pivotal time both politically and culturally. Literally while he was in the air flying over a new government was elected. And Nazeem himself is part of a marginalized group (only 8% of people in Sri Lanka are Muslim) which meant he was potentially in danger, under the governments previous rein disappearances of minorities were rife. You can listen to it here: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Nazeem-Hussain-Rogue-Son-Audiobook/B08FBJCSMX

He’s also an ambassador for Polished Man; a charity that aims to end violence against children, you can get involved here: https://my.polishedman.com/lola-berry

We also talked about the movie LION, you can watch the trailer here: Lion trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNI9o06vqo

I hope you enjoy this interview, it was a lot of fun to chat to this absolute legend with a fast witty mind. Since the podcast was recorded he’s also been nominated for and AACTA award, so sending you mega luck Nazeem!

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