Newcomer Imran Zahid to portray the role of JNU student leader

Imran Zahid, a 30-year-old youngster who lives in New Delhi is all set to make his debut as a hero in a film on the life and times of Chandrashekhar who was twice president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union.

The budding actor who had come on a short visit to Bhopal told PTI that noted film personality Mahesh Bhatt was the creative consultant for his proposed movie which has been titled Chandu.

What adds poignancy to the film is the sad and stark fact that Chandrashekhar was murdered on March 31,1997 while he was addressing a gathering at Siwan in Bihar.

The actor said that the film will be directed by Ajay Kanchan and added that it will be released by the middle of the next year.

Imran said that they would try to bring to reel life something what had happened in real life and pointed out that there were many instances like this in the past.

He, however, said that this was perhaps the first time that a newcomer had been chosen to portray the leading role in a film.

The budding actor said that he was in his first year in the Delhi University when he heard the news of the killing of Chandrashekhar.

Imran said that after he was chosen for the role he met a lot of people to learn more about Chandrashekhar Prasad.

He said that Chandrashekhar was truly hero and many people who knew the late student leader had given him various inputs into his nature.

The actor said that he was not at all nervous about working in the film although he was a newcomer and had no connections with anyone in the film industry.

Imran said that long back he had decided on two things and luckily for him till now he had managed to do both of them.

"I had decided that i would never go to Mumbai to beg for roles in films and that I would never do a job," he said.