Imran Zahid
Imran Zahid is an Indian actor in both theatre and Bollywood. He has acted in Mahesh Bhatt's The Last Salute, based on Muntadhar al-Zaidi's book of the same title and the stageplay The Arth, based on Bhatt's movie Arth. His latest play was Daddy based on Bhatt's movie of the same name.
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Imran Zahid | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Early life
He began acting while at DAV Public School, Sector IV in Bokaro Steel City. He then attended Hindu College, Delhi University, from where he got a B.Com degree.[1][2]
Acting
While at university Zahid became involved with a theatre group run by Arvind Gaur.[2] He continued acting while being employed as a professor.[3]
Zahid has said that he had neither the desire nor the need to work in Mumbai.[3] It had been announced in 2010 that he would act in the lead role for Chandu, a film by Mahesh Bhatt about Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader and Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation member Chandrashekhar Prasad, who was shot dead on 31 March 1997 during a political rally.[1] He had met Bhatt at a conference in Dubai in 2007 and it was then that Bhatt asked him to take part in the film.[3] The proposed film attracted criticism from students at the university.[4] In 2013, the project was scrapped due to opposition to its production and concerns of potential legal hurdles as a result of the cases related to the assassination being sub judice at the time.[5] The project was revived in 2016 and is currently under production.[6]
He played the role of Muntadhar Al Zaidi in The Last Salute, Bhatt's production based on the shoe-hurling incident involving George W. Bush.[7] Bhatt has proposed to make a film of it with Zahid reprising the role.[8]
It was announced that Zahid would act in Bhatt's Bollywood film Jannat 2 but he subsequently pulled out of the role in favour of playing the part of a narcotics detective in another Bhatt film, Jism 2.[9]
Zahid played the role of the protagonist - a journalist investigating atrocities - in a Bhatt-produced play, Trial of Errors, that opened on 29 March 2013 in Delhi.[10][11]
Zahid played the lead role in a stage adaptation of Bhatt of his movie, Arth.[12] Zahid also played the lead role of the father in Mahesh Bhatt theatrical adaptation of his film Daddy.[13][14] Zahid will play the lead role in a remake of Bhatt autobiographical movie, Janam.[15]
He additionally played the lead role in stage adaptation of bhatt's self-portraying movie Hamari Adhuri Kahani in which Bhatt has sung a cover version of the title track for this play and actor Zahid cheered for his depiction as lead actor.[16][17][18][19][20]
In the Indian conversion of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona on 400th Death commemoration titled "Do Deewane Shehar Mein" Zahid depicted the part of proteus . The play was held in Delhi and in Singapore last year . Bollywood actress Zoa Morani played the female lead inverse to Zahid [21][22][23][24]
Recognition
The Hindustan Times has said that
Imran Zahid, Mahesh Bhatt's latest discovery, surprises you in more than one way. First, he's not a regular newcomer who's bitten by the 'ambition' bug; he wants to rather fly very very slow with the support of his mentor Mahesh Bhatt. Second he's still based in Delhi, despite having reportedly securing two big films Bollywood films; and third he has a composure of a veteran who's been there and seen it all.[25]
Personal life
Zahid has said that his preference is to have an arranged marriage and that as of 2010 he was not dating.[26]
References
- Nath, Arpita (14 December 2010). "Political stories in B'wood". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- Vishwas, Rudra (16 June 2010). "Bokaro boy gets ticket to Bollywood". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Calcutta, India. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- "Real to real". The Pioneer. ASRP Mukesh. 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- Mandal, Tridip (10 May 2010). "Film on Chandrashekhar Prasad in trouble". CNN - IBN. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- "Film on JNU leader scrapped: Director". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- "Biopic on slain JNU leader Chandrashekhar Prasad to be revived". Business Standard India. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- Kalsi, Jyoti (25 January 2011). "Mahesh Bhatt talks about 'The Last Salute'". Gulf News. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- "Mahesh may show is play in Kolkata". The Times Of India. 20 May 2011.
- Singh, Renu (12 March 2012). "I play a narcotics sleuth in Jism-2 Imran Zahid". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- "Review: Now, communalism and counter-insurgency ops on stage". Zee News. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- "Imran Zahid gets applaud in Mahesh Bhatt's 'Trial of Error'". The India Awaaz. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- Madhur Tankha (29 July 2013). "Arth stages a comeback". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- "Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt Stage 'Daddy' Play". Outlook. PTI. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- "When the Bhatts were moved to tears". Gulf News. IANS. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- "Imran Zahid bags lead role in Janam remake". The Times of India. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- k Jha, subhash (24 June 2015). "Hamari Adhuri Kahani : Book, film and now, play!". DNA. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Mumbai, IANS (25 July 2015). "Mahesh Bhatt to sing for 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani' play". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Patra, Pratyush (11 August 2015). "Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kumar Vishwas watch the theatrical adaptation of Hamari Adhuri Kahani". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Banerjee, Pooja (6 August 2015). "Intriguing love triangle". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Mitter, Suprita (19 December 2015). "Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's life to premiere on stage in Mumbai". Millennium Post. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Mathur, Abhimanyu (6 August 2015). "Verona becomes Delhi in Shakespeare's desi adaptation". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Sharma, Shweta (21 April 2016). "'Theatre gives actors a second chance'". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ki Asha, Aman (28 August 2016). "A Pakistani brings an Indian play to Singapore". Aman ki asha. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Banerjee, Pooja (1 May 2016). "Delhi's tribute to Bard". Millennium Post. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- Uniyal, Parmita (23 November 2010). "Imran Zahid: from classroom to cinema". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- Agha, Eram (12 June 2010). "Homework in JNU". The Times Of India. Delhi. p. 31. Retrieved 5 April 2011.