Om Puri to work with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts

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Published: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 1:14 [IST]

Courtesy: IndiaFM
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Versatile actor Om Puri will be doing yet another Hollywood venture. And this time around things are even bigger. He will be playing the character of ex Pakistan President Zia-Ul-Haq in the film Charlie Wilson's War. The film is a huge project as it stars none other than Hollywood superstars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

Shooting of the film will start next month with schedules in Morocco and USA. Om Puri previously has acted in many Hollywood projects like City of Joy, Wolf, East is East to name a few. Charlie Wilson's War is a political film. It is set during the period when Afghanistan was raided by U.S.S.R. and the Americans wanted to use the help of Pakistan to help Afghanistan get freedom from U.S.S.R