At a glance
- Identifiers
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- Review
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Family, marriage and kinshipMuslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleHealth, body and death
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2017 CE · 1438 AH†
- Countries
- US
- Languages
- en (original) · ur (original)
- Approach
- comedy
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- The Big Sickالمرض الكبير
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Overview
"The Big Sick" is a comedy film released in 2017, produced in the United States, directed by Michael Showalter. Its leading performers include Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Kumail Nanjiani and Adeel Akhtar. A comedy-drama by Kumail Nanjiani about his real love story with Emily Gordon amid the traditional marriage expectations of a Pakistani-American family; nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. 1 2
Context and reception
The work is listed in the screening room index with its data and external links.
Connections
- Features
- Zoe Kazan· Holly Hunter· Ray Romano· Kumail Nanjiani· Adeel Akhtar· Anupam Kher· Bo Burnham· Linda Emond
- Directed by
- Michael Showalter
- Written by
- Kumail Nanjiani· Emily V. Gordon
People and things also explored
Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· The clot stage of the embryo (alaqa) and the rulings on its loss· Pregnant woman (hamil) in fiqh· Janin (the unborn child)· The death and burial of Fatima bint Muhammad· The dosing of the Prophet during his illness· Brick Lane· Garm Hava
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Big Sick”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-marad-al-kabir-2017/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.