Pod#193 - Hadi Ahmad - Parodies, Coke Studio, Hasan Raheem Tours & Never Stopping the Hustle

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Pod#193 - Hadi Ahmad - Parodies, Coke Studio, Hasan Raheem Tours & Never Stopping the Hustle

TPR Pod

1 hour 37 minutes 41 seconds

2 years ago

Pod#193 - Hadi Ahmad - Parodies, Coke Studio, Hasan Raheem Tours & Never Stopping the Hustle

Hadi Ahmad has done a lot of things. Co-run a travel company, worked in documentary film-making, dabbled in podcasting, went viral with celebrity parodies on IG, working Coke Studio, and now started a company that just did their first international tour with a Pakistani artist.

I had to ask how all this happened and Hadi had some THOUGHTS. Wide ranging chat, you'll definitely need the chapters to keep track.

Things discussed in this episode:

00:00 Why is Hadi on the show

03:49 Hadi goes OFF about obsessively following through on his ideas and how that got him into documentaries, Coke Studio & more

15:13 What he studied, writing an article that caught Netflix’s attention, being obsessed with “content”

21:37 Joining a travel startup, wanting to do his own thing, joining a creative agency and interacting with media industry heavyweights

27:54 Pakistani love romanticising “struggle” in the arts

31:48 How and why he started doing podcasts - how did so many major celebs agree to guest??

38:19 Starting parody videos with a Shamoon gag, how he met Hasan Raheem

47:01 How his Instagram notoriety opened so many doors for him, all the way to Coke Studio

56:52 How huge the international artist tour business is, and how he got involved in it

1:04:45 His views on the international demand for Pakistani artists and its economic potential

1:13:09 His new creative agency Humble Haddock and his vision of never stopping the hustle

1:18:44 Pakistani fascination with celebrity and the idea of art, rather than doing the work

1:24:20 Entitlement amongst “artists”, and excuses around not making any effort

1:30:55 His belief system around consistency and never stopping the work

1:36:07 Outro

LINKS:

Hadi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehadiahmad/

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