Nargis Fakhri’s Brazilian husband

By Rizwan Khatik - Wed Nov 09, 3:04 am

Moufid Aziz doesn’t know why he’s not part of the heavy- duty promotion plan of Imtiaz Ali’s “Rockstar”, considering he plays the lead actress Nargis Fakhri’s husband (who is portrayed as Ranbir Kapoor’s love interest), but the model-turned-actor justifies it as the better judgement of his director.

However, Moufid is happy to talk about “Rockstar”, his debut project with such a “big production house” and “big names”.

Says he, “The promotion details don’t go through us, but Imtiaz always likes to have a surprise in his movie and I guess this is that. And anyway, everything in India is about the hero and the heroine.” However, Moufid Aziz, or Moufid

“When I met Imtiaz for the first time, it was my second audition for “Rockstar”. He told me that the way I looked, it was 50% of what he needed. I had the look – I looked Indian, yet a bit of an outsider. But, there was a lot of work to be done around the character. He is a gentleman who is involved in international business ventures. He is the kind of human being who thinks before doing anything and is a family guy. He cares about his mother and his wife (

Being paired with Nargis was almost like a blessing, says Moufid, adding, “I’ve done modelling for a few years in places like Germany, Spain, Portugal etc. I’ve also walked the ramp for Sao Paulo,