Published on 12:00 AM, September 12, 2015

DESHI GRAPEVINE

Nusrat Faria goes to Bollywood

Newcomer to the Bangladeshi movie scene, Nusrat Faria, has been cast for Bollywood as she is to star in Mumbai based film "Gawah: The Witness".

Having only acted in one film so far, which has not even been released yet, Nusrat Faria becomes the first Bangladeshi actress to be cast in Bollywood, that too alongside actors like Emraan Hashmi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Scheduled to start filming later in October this year, the film is directed by Vishnu Dutt and Nusrat Faria has said that she has already started training for the part, the contract for which she will sign after the "look test" takes place.