Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada

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name = Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada


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birthdate = 1995
birthplace = Kabul, Afghanistan

Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada (born 1995), an ethnic Hazara, is a child actor from Afghanistan. He plays the role of Hassan, the loyal friend and servant of the richer boy Amir, in the movie "The Kite Runner".

For this role he won the Critics' Choice Award for best young actor of 2007.

In one scene Hassan is attacked and it is suggested that he is raped. The filmmakers wanted Ahmed to take off his pants for the shooting, but his father refused to let him do that. The boy has said he would never have taken the role had he known Hassan is raped. Reports vary on whether he and his family were properly informed in advance. [ [http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2007/09/24/family-of-boy-in-kite-runner-fears-attack.html Family of boy in 'Kite Runner' fears attack] ] The scene has now been depicted in a less harrowing manner than originally planned, and there is no nudity in it. Nevertheless a body double was used to show the boy's pants being tugged slightly down. [ [http://defamer.com/hollywood/cultural-exchanges/inside-the-kite-runner-rape-scene-307649.php Inside 'The Kite Runner' Rape Scene] ]

Because of cultural misunderstandings there has been concern about the safety of him and the other two main boy actors. Therefore Paramount Pictures relocated them and their relatives to the United Arab Emirates. [cite web |url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/life-in-the-raw/2008/01/03/1198949988908.html?page=2 |title= Life In The Raw |accessdate=2008-01-07]

ources

* [http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/ Official site of the film "The Kite Runner"]
*Dean Nelson, "Kabul kite boys feel Hollywood backlash", "The Sunday Times", [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2546079,00.html January 14, 2007] . Accessed 8 January 2008.
*David M. Halbfinger, "‘Kite Runner’ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates", "New York Times", [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/movies/03kite.html December 3, 2007] . Accessed 8 January 2008.
*"Herald Sun" (Melbourne) [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22876504-5006023,00.html December 06, 2007] . Accessed 8 January 2008.
*Jay Stone, "Child actors' performances keep The Kite Runner aloft", "The Vancouver Sun", [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/arts/story.html?id=a0bcaa9e-965f-4cf8-a007-c270e615a6ce December 21, 2007] . Accessed 8 January 2008.
*"The Evening Standard" (London), [http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007185&docId=l:721602975&start=21 December 27, 2007] . Accessed 8 January 2008.

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*imdb name|2520301