Tigers

The first, ‘Tigers’ is being arranged jointly with Watford NCT.  It tells the true story of a salesman, Syed Aamir Raza, employed by Lasta Foods (in real life Nestle), to sell baby milk powder in Pakistan.  He discovers that babies are dying of a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula, he resigns from his job and takes on the transnational company.  The Bollywood star, Emraan Hashmi takes the main role of this salesman turned campaigner in this film.  Aamir said: ‘The mission we began in Pakistan was on a very small scale, but thanks to the filmmakers it has come into a very powerful medium to reach people all around the world. I am grateful to everyone who worked on this film and made it possible. It is amazing that millions of people have already watched the trailer and I hope many, many millions of people will watch the full film and then take action to support IBFAN and stop unethical marketing. While it is, of course, a dramatisation, it very accurately portrays the situation my family and I lived through and the practices I realised needed to end to save babies’ lives.”

The trailer is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxsiUvccuM

Background information is at: http://www.babymilkaction.org/archives/19330