Pakistani film opens at Cannes Film Festival, Imran Abbas thrilled

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Imran Abbas Naqvi last seen in Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Creature’, will be going to Cannes for the premiere of his film ‘Abdullah: The Final Witness’.

The Pakistani drama written, produced and directed by Hashim Nadeem focuses on the Kharotabad incident in which five innocent Russian citizens were killed, allegedly by a suicide bombers of Frontier Constabulary (FC), at the Kharotabad check post.

The incident was filmed by a journalist and some of the videos were aired. Imran who plays Abdullah says, “The script moved me and the shoot strengthened my belief that terrorism is an evil that needs to be exterminated.”

He’s planning to catch many films there and meet some Bollywood friends: “This is my first visit to Cannes and going with a film I’m a part of is a dream come true.”

The article originally appeared in Times of India.