Comments on: Faran Tahir Takes A Captain’s Chair

By: Pakistani Actor “Lives Long and Prospers” in Star Trek « CHUP! – Changing Up Pakistan

Fri, 29 May 2009 20:42:04 +0000

[...] Captains Kirk and Picard. In this film, however, Tahir plays Robau as a heroic and strong leader. In an interview with TrekMovie.com, the film’s co-writer and executive producer Roberto Orci noted, “Being a captain in [...]

By: Faran Tahir's Awesome

Faran Tahir's Awesome — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:45:06 +0000

Dude, Faran was amazing in this role. Good to see a Pakistani in the Captain’s chair. Anyone know if he’s Punjabi-Pakistani?

By: Savana

Savana — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:12:35 +0000

The only reason I’m even going to see this new Star Trek movie is because of Faran Tahir, but I haven’t seen his name in the credits yet!?!? I’ll be disappointed to show up at the theater tomorrow and not catch a glimpse of him.

I think he’ beautiful, and any movie he’s in will have me standing in line!

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The Film Talk - Part 24 - Hulk Fever! « The Film Talk — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:14:44 +0000

[...] Topics of Interest!: Ang Lee, Faran Tahir, Peter Hyam’s Capricorn One, Romancing the Stone, Frank Darabont, Brad Pitt in The [...]

By: LSEDITOR

LSEDITOR — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:28:33 +0000

Faran Tahir is a highly-educated, well-spoken and articulate gentleman not unlike Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard character, only in real life.

And lest we forget, Captain Picard was very much a hard-ass, no-nonsense leader.

Mr. Tahir is also a third-generation actor after his parents and grandparents.

By the way, shame on anyone who brings 9/11 or nationality into play here, after all, what the heck do you think the master — Gene Roddenberry — would say about such talk…

Through technology the Earth has become a much smaller and closer place in which to live, so if we don’t all get along now, there will be hell to pay when the Klingons show up!

By: Kacey Mikuteit

Kacey Mikuteit — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:05:24 +0000

His daughter goes to my school and Faran Tahir is really nice, too. When he visited our school on Career Day, one thing he told me was that he wants to play a role that means something and shows the day and the life of a real person. He also explained to me that to him it doesn’t matter how many roles or super-stardom as long as his acting is believable. He is so kind and warm-hearted, so I find it so awkward to see him play such a scary character in Iron Man! He overall is a great actor and great person, and I hope to see more of him in the future. (p.s., he also did a really good job in Lost!)

By: Carrie Brewer

Carrie Brewer — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:23:47 +0000

Faran was one of my math volunteers last year, as his daughter was in my math class. He is super nice and has a wonderfully humble demeanor, so it was really weird to see him play such a cold, heartless character in Iron Man. Just goes to show you what a truly great actor he is! Go Faran!

By: Smith

Smith — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:20:21 +0000

Having performed and acted with Faran back at Berkeley, I assure you all that we are in for great screen time, however much he receives. Check out his work in “ABCD” just last year–

By: Perfectlymadebirds

Perfectlymadebirds — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:30:30 +0000

This is great. I have been looking very forward to this movie and was very surprised and delighted to see a pakistani starship captain for the first time I know of in Star Trek. As an artist I have already been creating the Perfectlymadebirds Epics ongoing saga of story art for more years than I can count which feature the heroic personnel of the Pakistani Starfleet:
http://www.pakistanistarfleet.com which links to the flickr site that updates weekly as the series progresses.

I count everyday that passes to the release of this movie as I am eager to see how Faran Tahir as captain will save the day.

By: Neville Ross

Neville Ross — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:58:36 +0000

Yeah, let’s put him in charge of the ugliest ship design in sci-fi history-NOT!

The Deadalus is the ugliest piece of shit ever assembled, and the movie will flop if it’s in it. Better give him an NX class ship, or a Constitution class ship.