Highlights
- Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt will produce and present a play loosely based on the book The Last Salute to President Bush, written by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar Al Zaidi, who shot to fame after throwing a shoe at the then US President George W Bush in Baghdad in 2008.
- The Last Salute will be directed by Arvind Gaur and will premiere in Delhi in March and then travel to Mumbai and Dubai, a Gulf News report has said.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt willproduce and present a play loosely based on the book
The LastSalute to President Bush, written by Iraqi journalistMuntadhar Al Zaidi, who shot to fame after throwing a shoe atthe then US President George W Bush in Baghdad in 2008.
The Last Salute will be directed by Arvind Gaur andwill premiere in Delhi in March and then travel to Mumbai andDubai, a Gulf News report has said.
According to the report, Bhatt has chosen his new findImran Zahid to play the role of Al Zaidi, who, organisers say,has already agreed to be a special guest in Delhi.
"He holds Mahatma Gandhi in high respect and followshis ideologies. So he wanted to also come to Rajghat (Gandhismemorial) and pay his tributes," a spokesperson of Zaidi toldGulf News.
Al Zaidi's book, released in December last year, is ajournal chronicling the moments leading up to the infamouspress conference at which he hurled his shoe at Bush, callinghim a dog.
He was arrested and convicted of assault, spent ninemonths in prison during which, he alleges, he was beaten andelectrocuted for three days.
Actor Zahid will make his debut in Bhatt's nextproduction,
Chandu, a film about the student leaderChandrashekar Prasad who was shot dead in 2007.