I'm playing my dream role in Jaanisaar: Imran Abbas

Pakistani actor Imran Abbas, who made his debut in Bollywood with Creature 3D starring Bipasha Basu, is gearing up for the release of his second Bollywood film Jaanisaar.


As reported by PinkVilla, Imran’s role in the movie is his dream role. "I think for any actor this will be a dream role. Very few people make these kind of films, and when Muzaffar Ali offered this role to me, it was like a dream come true for me," Imran said.

Jaanisaar is a period drama based on the love story of a prince and dancer, played by Imran and debutante Pernia Qureshi respectively.

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Talking about his role in the film, Imran said: "The character of Raja Ameer Haider is close to my heart because this character understands music and shayari and I am also a student of music and shayari. During the shoot, Muzaffar sir narrated the character so beautifully that I started living it."

"Umrao Jaan" director Muzaffar Ali is now clearly set to exhibit his acting skills in the film, but he has revealed that he was earlier planning to cast Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah for the role, which eventually he did himself.

"According to the demand of the script, there was a need of a person who somewhat resembled me. We were thinking about Naseer and Amitabh, but both of them didn't have the time. That's according to us, but according to them, we would have perhaps got their time only after two years," he said.

Ali even quipped that he "committed a mistake" by agreeing to act in the film.

"If you look at my character, you'll find that the character is extremely exciting. He is a person who has experienced 1857 and he has noticed how there was a corpse hanging on every tree. He realised that for this revolt, not just aggression, but consciousness was also required.

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"He's trying to keep alive the fire while also becoming an inspiration for the girl (Pernia Qureshi), and he is aware of all the secrets associated with this boy (Imran Abbas) which gets revealed in the end," Ali said of his character.

The scenes featuring the director have been helmed by his son Shaad, who has earlier directed Saathiya. Jaanisaar is releasing on August 7.