The Reluctant Fundamentalist
الأصولي المتردد
Mira Nair's adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel — a Princeton-educated Pakistani questioned about his path from Wall Street to Lahore after 9/11.
Depth
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbofficialelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Muslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleModern conflicts
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2012 CE · 1433 AH†
- Countries
- US · PK
- Languages
- en (original) · ur (original)
- Approach
- drama of Muslim life
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- The Reluctant Fundamentalistمولاناالأصولي المتردد
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Features
- Riz Ahmed· Kate Hudson· Liev Schreiber· Kiefer Sutherland· Om Puri· Shabana Azmi· Nelsan Ellis· Martin Donovan
- Directed by
- Mira Nair
- Written by
- Mohsin Hamid· William Wheeler
People and things also explored
Al-Madina Souq, Aleppo· نكث شروط غرناطة وثورة البشرات· Native Deen· Kareem Salama· Lupe Fiasco· Yasiin Bey (Mos Def)· Reel Bad Arabs· Paradise Now
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-asiri-al-mutardid-2012/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.