New Delhi, Delhi, India
Adding to the long list of newcomers that Bollywood star Salman Khan has launched -- is Zaheer Iqbal with whom the star posted a throwback picture yesterday on his Instagram page.
Asking his fans to guess who the boy is, Salman announced to reveal the name of the boy and his association with him today as he wrote: “being launched tomorrow”.
Well, the boy in the photo is Zaheer Iqbal and he is ready to be launched by the superstar under his own banner SKF (Salman Khan Films) in a romantic film that will go on floors in September this year.
Salman Khan launches Zaheer Iqbal... The film is not titled yet... A love story set in Kashmir... Produced by Salman Khan Films, Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde... Directed by Nitin Kakkar... Shoot begins Sept 2018. pic.twitter.com/mAVGOKCzmH
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 31, 2018
Who is Zaheer Iqbal?
To start with he is not from the acting fraternity, nor his father nor anyone in his family is closely associated with the entertainment biz. Zaheer’s father is a close friend of Salman’s father, Salim and so Salman and Zaheer have known each other since Zaheer was a kid. As Zaheer grew into a good-looking chap, Salman spotted him dancing at his sister’s wedding, where he was doing a stage performance. That’s when Salman decided to launch Zaheer in films.
The said romantic film will be launched along with Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde of Cine1 Studios. The yet-to-be-titled film will be helmed by Nitin Kakkar, who directed “Filmistaan” (2013). The leading lady opposite Zaheer will also be a new face and is expected to be finalised shortly.
Salman has been training Zaheer for a while now and is confident that Zaheer will perform well on the screen. He has named him ‘Zahero’-- which is what the entire film crew also calls him. Incidentally, the superstar personally did Zaheer’s photo shoot recently.
Talking about Zaheer, Salman said, “Zaheer is made for the movies. He is a fantastic actor and a born star.” Film producers Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde also feel confident about him. Murad said, “Zaheer is here to stay for the long run” while Ashwin Varde adds, “His greatest asset is his honesty and that shows on screen.”