Shahrukh Khan’s Roommate Is Bollywood Buff
Sharib Hashmi may be a new name in Bollywood but he had made a lasting
impression on the audiences mind as Shah Rukh Khan’s Pakistani roommate
in Yash Chopra’s Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
Apart
from sharing screen space with Shah Rukh, Sharib is currently excited
about the release of his upcoming film Filmistaan where he plays the
lead protagonist. The film has already won awards at various festivals
including Busan International Film Festival where it won the special
Jury Mention Award and the most prestigious National Award .
Filmistaan
is a hilarious laugh riot and is about a Bollywood buff who is a wanna
be actor. Sunny, (Sharib Hashmi) goes with an American crew to remote
areas in Rajasthan to work on a documentary film only to find himself
being held hostage by Pakistani Terrorist. What happens later is a riot
as Sunny unleashes his Bollywood side.
Filmistaan,
directed by debutant director Nitin Kakkar and Produced by Shringar
Films, under the banner of UTV Spotboy , is set to release on 6th June 2014
Synopsis:
In Mumbai, affable Bollywood buff and wanna-be-actor Sunny, who works as
an assistant director, fantasizes on becoming a heart-throb star.
However, at every audition he is summarily thrown out. Undeterred, he
goes with an American crew to remote areas in Rajasthan to work on a
documentary. One day an Islamic terrorist group kidnaps him for the
American crew-member. Sunny finds himself on enemy border amidst guns
and pathani-clad guards, who decide to keep him hostage until they
locate their original target. The house In which he is confined belongs
to a Pakistani, whose trade stems from pirated Hindi films, which he
brings back every time he crosses the border. Soon, the two factions
realize that they share a human and cultural bond. The film shows how cinema can be the universal panacea for co-existence.
