SFIAAFF ’10: An Afternoon with Aasif Mandvi

This lively and humorous interview was conducted by former Festival Director, Chi-hui Yang, at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Aasif Mandvi discusses his acting career, touching on everything from working with Jon Stewart to making an indie "food film," to his role in M. Night Shyamalan's THE LAST AIRBENDER.

This lively and humorous interview was conducted by former Festival Director, Chi-hui Yang, at the 2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Aasif Mandvi discusses his acting career, touching on everything from working with Jon Stewart to making an indie “food film,” to his role in M. Night Shyamalan’s THE LAST AIRBENDER. Best known to many as the hilariously straight-faced “Senior Foreign-Looking Correspondent” for Comedy Central’s fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Mandvi is an established stage and screen actor whose credits range from Broadway to Hollywood.

Related links:
2010 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
http://filmguide.festival.asianamericanmedia.org/tixSYS/2010/xslguide/eventnote?EventNumber=1004&

Aasif Mandvi
http://aasifmandvi.com