Reham Khan criticizes film Cake’s nomination for Oscars

As we all know that Cake has been shortlisted for the Oscars nominations and is being selected by the honorable committee with diversified backgrounds and fields. Well, some people are still not happy with Cake’s selection for the nominations for Oscars, that includes Reham Khan, IK’s former wife!
Yes, Reham Khan has shared her criticism in a tweet over the selection of the film Cake. She has linked it with present political scenario. According to her the committee got influenced and selected this film only because the producer of the film Zulfi Bokhari is a close friend of PM Imran Khan. Recently Sayed Zulfi Bokhari was appointed as a special assistant to Imran Khan on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development.
Who says you can't have your 'cake' & eat it too?
Zulfi Bokhari friend of the PM now gets his film selected to be sent in as Pakistan's entry to the Oscar's too.— Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) September 19, 2018
The film director, actors and the committee members were annoyed with this whimsical criticism. Internationally acclaimed novelist and one of the committee member Kamila Shamsie was quick to reply on Reham Khan’s criticism by saying that she do not know that producer is friend of PM all she knows is that Cake is the best film in the running.
I was on the selection committee. I had no idea (and wouldn't have thought it relevant if I had) that anyone involved was a friend of the PM. I just knew 'Cake' was the best movie in the running. https://t.co/Ydb1BV9NwF
— Kamila Shamsie (@kamilashamsie) September 19, 2018
Actor Adnan Malik has also shared his views, he tweeted, “What an odd & unfair assertion, completely disregarding the integrity of the respectable Oscar committee members with diverse political ideologies, as well as the calibre of the film itself, which was critically acclaimed across the board (including 4 stars in the guardian, U.K.)”.
What an odd & unfair assertion, completely disregarding the integrity of the respectable Oscar committee members with diverse political ideologies, as well as the calibre of the film itself, which was critically acclaimed across the board (including 4 stars in the guardian, U.K.) https://t.co/PXROHzuIu4
— adnanmalik (@adnanmalik) September 19, 2018
Film director Asim Abbasi also responded to Reham’s tweet. He Tweeted, “I understand that our storytelling (unlike her storytelling) lacked drama and masala. But still, what a strange insinuation, discounting our hard work and the committee’s decision making,”
Erm. I understand that our storytelling (unlike her storytelling) lacked nautanki and masala but still… what a strange insinuation discounting our hard work and committee’s decision making. https://t.co/zF4iLOERo0
— Asim Abbasi (@IllicitusProduc) September 19, 2018
He further shared how he teamed up with Zulfi Bokhari, “In 2016, when I showed the script of Cake to one of the leading TV channels of Pakistan, they laughed me out of their offices. That is when Zulfi came in to help me produce it with one condition: Make a film that we can be proud of.”
Ugh. I never tweet. To think I have spent the day talking about that wannabe GQ model @sayedzbukhari — but before I close this topic forever and ever, here is a little apolitical bedtime backstory for ya’ll. #CakeTheFilm pic.twitter.com/lwNHFtxamj
— Asim Abbasi (@IllicitusProduc) September 19, 2018