If you have a movie project about Afghanistan and need props, info or would like to reach Mustafa Haidari or any of the actors, Please Contact Afghanistan Culture and we will be happy to assist you with your project.Much like the best-selling novel on which it’s based, “The Kite Runner” tells the story of an Afghan refugee who, long after arriving in America, sifts through memories of his cosseted childhood, his emotionally remote father, his devoted best friend, the kites they flew and the stories they shared. Mustafa Haidari has worked as a Props buyer in Kabul, Interpreter to the Afghan cast in Kabul and China and of course as a casting assistant to Kate Dowd. Hameeda Hamraz as "Rahim Khan's Neighbor"Īhmad Yasar Zahir Shir Agha as "Birthday Singer" Sayed Miran Farhad as "Burly Man in Russian Truck" Mohamad Nadir Sarwari as "Spice Merchant" Mohamad Nabi Attai as "Uncle Saifo Kite Seller" Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi as "Bussiness man in Baba Study" Massihullah Gharibzadah as "Omer Kite Tournament Master" The final cast for the Kite Runner from Kabul:Īhmad Khan Mahmoodzadah as "Young Hassan"Īli Danesh Bakhtyari As "Sohrab son of Hassan" However, a few of the main characters including the older Amir, Rahim Khan, Farid the driver, the Orphanage director and the three bullies had been already cast elsewhere out of Afghanistan. The rest of the characters were auditioned and cast from private film companies, and theater agencies in Kabul. ![]() However, in the last few years, more film companies have been opened and more people are turning into acting and movie industry. It was a long road to find the cast for the Kite Runner in Kabul, a country which has been devastated by war in the last three decades and that made it difficult to find too many actors to choose from. Despite the hot days of summer in Kabul and searching for the characters school to school and orphanage to orphanage, Kate and Mustafa did a great job finding the new and fresh faces for the Kite Runner movieĪmong those two happy and new faces were Zakeria Ebrahimi, 11 years old boy (As Young Amir) from Istiqlal high School, one of the famous high schools in Kabul and a 12 years old Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzadah, (As Young Hassan) from the training center of Afghan Relief Organization in Kabul. As a result, they have auditioned almost 6,000 kids in order to find the Kite Runner heroes. Their priority was to find the two main heroes Amir and Hassan first and then the rest of the characters. In fact, they are the biggest orphanages in Kabul. Meanwhile, they have also covered many orphanages such as Tahya-e-Maskan, Shashdarak, Alawudin as well as the non government orphanage of (Asheyana) which trains the street kids and receives it's fund from the foreign donors. They have covered 10 main famous high schools including Amani, Istiqlal, Habebia and many other local elementary and high schools. They have started their search from the Afghan Film Actor's Association, to open calls of Schools, Orphanages, and training centers around Kabul. During the two and half months of casting process, Kate and Mustafa have worked hard to find the two main characters of the movie, Amir and Hassan. The casting process of The Kite Runner movie was started in June 2006 by the casting director, Kate Dowd, and her casting assistant and interpreter Mustafa Haidari with the help of Foundation for Culture and Civil Society in Kabul. The movie was filmed in different locations including Kashgar, Tashkurgan of Xinjiang province, Beijing, and California USA. Kashgar was chosen due to similarity of it's landscape to Afghanistan. ![]() The main shooting location of The Kite Runner was in Kashgar, or Kashi which is a part of Xinjiang province of China. Dreamworks decided to adapt it into a screen play written by David Benioff and it was made into a movie in 2007. In 2005 Hollywood filmmakers became interested in making a movie from this novel.
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