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Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

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Aasif Mandvi
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: March 5
Actor
Film Actor
Screenwriter
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Television Actor
Bombay
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Aasif H. Mandviwala
Aasif Hakim Mandviwala
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Chechnya
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