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Almost the day after they wrapped production in 2016 on romantic comedy Ali’s Wedding, Osamah Sami pitched Matchbox Pictures’ Sheila Jayadev his next project, one that would once again see him draw on his experiences as the son of a lead cleric, but was instead a drama that showed his community in “all its realism”.
That initial pitch would eventually become mini-series House of Gods, which premieres on Sunday on the ABC and next month, will make its overseas premiere in
