A Great Role, In General Terms
Impeccably-credentialled Indian actor Om Puri will be appearing in yet another Hollywood movie, this time alongside Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts. Puri will be playing the role of Pakistan's former military ruler, General Zia-ul-Haq, in `Charlie Wilson's War', about the CIA's role in arming Mujahideen rebels in Afghanistan.
Hanks plays the title role in the film, under the banner of Universal Pictures. According to agency reports, the film, based on a book of the same name, revolves around how Wilson, a charismatic, wheeler-dealer Texas Congressman, teams up with a rogue CIA agent to manipulate U.S. Congress, the CIA and a host of foreign governments in a covert operation.
``The film discusses the entire political scenario of the time,'' Puri, 56, told Reuters. ``I appear as a well-settled Pakistani president who strikes a deal with the Americans that money and arms to the Afghans must flow through his country.''
Julia Roberts plays Wilson's aide in the movie, to be released next year and which will be shot in Morocco.
Puri also appeared alongside Pauline Collins and Patrick Swayze in City of Joy.
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