Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has decided to make a film version of the play, The Last Salute, (based on the book of the same name) which premiered in New Delhi last week, starring actor Imran Zahid as Muntadhar Al Zaidi, the 32 year old Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at former US President, George Bush in 2008.
Bhatt's daughter, Pooja Bhatt, will co-produce the film alongwith with Dino Morea, while the film will be directed by a Middle Eastern director. Mahesh Bhatt is also planning to collaborate with Muntadhar Al Zaidi (who has written the book) on the screenplay.
The film will be shot entirely in Lebanon with an international technical crew. It will be in Arabic and English with subtitles in order to present it to a global audience.
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