“It’s not really the brown girls from Jersey city who save the world.”
When Kamala Khan said this in the first episode of Ms. Marvel, I was like HELL YES. For the first time ever, we have a truly desi female Marvel superhero and I feel so represented. Here is a girl who watches SRK, whose foremothers come from pre-partition India, she eats Biryani and Phuchka, and songs by Ritviz and those from Coke Studio play throughout the series. THIS IS IT.
I would have never thought that there would come a day when a Marvel movie or series would have its initial credits in Bengali, Urdu and Hindi and we finally have it in Ms. Marvel.
What’s even better is that the fifth episode, which aired today, has Fawad Khan! And his is not a blink-and-miss appearance, but the entire episode is based on him.
Fawad Khan plays Hasan, Kamala’s great-grandfather and husband to Aisha, the mysterious great-grandmother around whom most of the story revolves. And it was such a visual treat to watch him be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
And a lot of fans online thought the same. Here’s what many of them said while going ga-ga over the episode:
We all can agree that fawad khan in ms marvel episode 5 is just #MsMarvel pic.twitter.com/CQ2CD3qHC5
— z (@reblmoon) July 6, 2022
Fawad Khan's acting was amazing in #MsMarvel Episode 5, the expressions were brilliant and the struggle to get independence from British and the pain in his eyes when talking to Muslims was real❤️ pic.twitter.com/GGwjpcD59Z
— 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 – Ms Marvel Era ⚡️ (@MarvelUpdatesPK) July 6, 2022
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Fawad Khan in the MCU is so beautiful pic.twitter.com/mlFUxbwfEi— faz (@buckyssteven) July 6, 2022
six years since his last role and Fawad Khan is still fine as fuck #MsMarvel pic.twitter.com/8RrnmO1yi1
— Advit (@rebelmooned) July 6, 2022
Ladies & gentlemen Fawad khan in MARVEL ❤️🔥
.#msmarvel #FawadKhan pic.twitter.com/dn68FPVi0a— HAS – NAIN (@hasnain_mansoor) July 6, 2022
Me, when Fawad Khan showed up on screen during #MsMarvel even though I knew it was coming pic.twitter.com/ABLQgwIUDN
— Liv (@stevenrogered) July 6, 2022
Fawad Khan in Ms. Marvel
My heart just melted :,) pic.twitter.com/vje2wk64yl— Rimy! (@Rimy_af) July 6, 2022
Fawad khan in MCU is a day I never thought I’d see but i loved every second of it. #MsMarvel pic.twitter.com/4TOPXePjpK
— this user is watching Ms Marvel (@underooswebsss) July 6, 2022
mehwish hayat and fawad khan are the most gorgeous couple to grace the mcu so far #msmarvel pic.twitter.com/ClyOnTAIbt
— ridz st4 spoilers (@filmkirbys) July 6, 2022
me every time fawad khan was on screen #msmarvel pic.twitter.com/PSFgyHoDM9
— mish (@finnspov) July 6, 2022
#msmarvel spoilers
fawad Khan in ms marvel. that’s it. that’s the tweet. pic.twitter.com/W4J1kQtI39
— ayme 🍒 (@aymx_infinity) July 6, 2022
My heart just skipped a beat again. :’)