66. Fearlessly Failing: Nazeem Hussain

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><br /><p>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: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlmaV1nsG-o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlmaV1nsG-o</a></p><br /><p>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: <a href="https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Nazeem-Hussain-Rogue-Son-Audiobook/B08FBJCSMX">https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Nazeem-Hussain-Rogue-Son-Audiobook/B08FBJCSMX</a></p><br /><p>He’s also an ambassador for Polished Man; a charity that aims to end violence against children, you can get involved here: <a href="https://my.polishedman.com/lola-berry">https://my.polishedman.com/lola-berry</a></p><p> </p><p>We also talked about the movie LION, you can watch the trailer here: Lion trailer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNI9o06vqo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNI9o06vqo</a></p><p> </p><p>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!</p><br /><p><strong>Follow Lola Berry on Instagram</strong>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yummololaberry">@yummololaberry</a></p><p><strong>Nazeem Hussain </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nazeemhussain">@nazeemhussain</a></p><p><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/278acc98-aff9-4f7b-ab24-91223cc1c83d/www.lolaberry.com">www.lolaberry.com</a></p><p><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/1d3437e7-5748-4a90-a27b-16f16aa47dff/www.lolacoffee.co">www.lolacoffee.co</a></p><p>Please donate if you can to <strong>Polished man</strong>!</p><p><a href="https://my.polishedman.com/lola-berry">https://my.polishedman.com/lola-berry </a></p><br /><p>See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p><p> </p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>