The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani. The film stars Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, and Ray Romano. The film premiered in the United States on June 23, 2017.
Premise[]
A Pakistani stand-up comedian develops a relationship with Emily, a graduate student. But when she falls sick and is placed in an induced coma, he takes care of her while bonding with her parents.
Cast[]
- Kumail Nanjiani as a fictionalized version of himself
- Zoe Kazan as Emily Gardner
- Holly Hunter as Beth Gardner
- Ray Romano as Terry Gardner
- Anupam Kher as Azmat Nanjiani
- Zenobia Shroff as Sharmeen Nanjiani
- Adeel Akhtar as Naveed Nanjiani
- Bo Burnham as CJ
- Aidy Bryant as Mary
- Kurt Braunohler as Chris
- Vella Lovell as Khadija
- Jeremy Shamos as Bob Dalavan
- David Alan Grier as Andy Dodd
- Ed Herbstman as Sam Highsmith
- Shenaz Treasurywala as Fatima Nanjiani
- Rebecca Naomi Jones as Jessie
- Kuhoo Verma as Zubeida
- Mitra Jouhari as Yazmin
- Celeste Arias as Denise
- Jeff Blumenkrantz as Dr. Wright
- Linda Emond as Dr. Cunningham
- Susham Bedi as Tina
- Rahul Bedi as Farhan