The screening of a short film ‘I am Arpit’ was held here on Tuesday at Noor-Us-Sabah Palace. The 17 minute film is directed and produced by Mujahid Siddiqui from Bhopal under the banner of ‘Era film productions’. The film is awarded by ‘Central Indie and Short Film Festival 2015’.
‘I am Arpit’ is a 17 minute short movie. The Character of Arpit is of a youngster who is struggling with his own identity and leaves the society in search of a place where people will respect the fact that he is a Gay. The challenging role of Arpit is played by Faisal Siddiqui who won the hearts of all by his brilliant performance in the movie. While talking to the media persons here on Tuesday, Mujahid said, “There different sections of people in the society. Many times I meet people who are homosexual and are struggling for their identity. I believe that these people should also get a place in the society.”
Further lead actor Faisal said, “This is the most challenging role for me. As I had to prepare myself mentally for this role and this was a bigger challenge.”
Recently Mujahid launched his own production house Era Film Production and has come up with his directorial debut ‘I Am Arpit’ under this banner as a director and producer. He has a keen interest on social subjects and plans to make more movies with social Messages.
Ramshankar Shivhare is the Co-producer of this movie. The story and screen play is by Er Ashutosh Anandraj and technical support by Neeraj Vyas.
Mujahid has appeared in several Bollywood movies namely ‘Satyagrah’ ‘Gali Gali chor hai’ ‘Arakshan’ but he gained popularity for his role as a police Inspector in Sai Kabir’s Revolver Rani. Mujahid started his career from Indian tv serial ‘Ek Boond Ishq’ and ‘Savdhan India’. His upcoming movies include ‘lipstick wale sapne’ and ‘Fraud sayiaan’ Produced by Prakash Jha and ‘Yarra’ directed by Tigmanshu Dhuliya.