Kamran shahid

Although we had just met, it took me a few hours to realise that this is who Kamran Shahid is: a jovial, unapologetically frank man who likes straightening facts on the spot. Blame the latter two on his journalism career, I guess. On the other hand, he is also the son of veteran film actor Shahid surname Hameed — also the producer of HTA — though the lineage was of little help when it came to making the film, he confesses.

The Eid-ul-Fitr release Huay Tum Ajnabi is a romantic movie and it just so happens that the story is set at an important historical juncture. HTA has taken a long time getting to the cinema screen.

Munaza shahid

The long-gestating production started four years ago — six, if you count the prior two years of penning the screenplay. The character falls into your classic hero stereotype. He is a romantic but, given the circumstances he gets into, he gets to be a man of action, the actor explains. Mikaal tells me that, in a way, Nizamuddin reminds him of the character he played in Sherdil.

Both characters had an obligation to the nation, and both characters are romantics at heart. There were tanks, gunfire, bullets — it required a lot of bravery. Shamoon, one of the powerhouse actors who can slip into any roles, but is mostly relegated to playing villains, plays — surprise, surprise — a villain in HTA.