the last salute
TRANSCRIPT
THE LAST SALUTEBy Mahesh Bhatt
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The Last Salute-The Play
The play explores facts of the gulf crisis and the US intervention which has been questioned by the civilized world time and again.
The play is expected to attract the elite audience which is interested in global issues like this one.
It explores emotions, talks about world peace and political orders of the day effect the common man.
Muntadhar al-Zaidi Muntadhar al-Zaidi is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi owned, Egyptian-based Al-Bagh. As of February 2011, al-Zaidi works with a Lebanese TV East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum.
On November 16, 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States armed forces. On December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi shouted "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog" and threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference. Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and some sources said he was tortured during his initial detention. There were calls throughout the Middle destroyed by American and Iraqi security forces. Al-Zaidi's shoeing inspired many similar incidents of political protest around the world.
Following the incident, Al-Zaidi was "embraced around the Arab world and was represented by the head of the Iraqi Bar Association at trial. On February 20, 2009, al-Zaidi received a 90-minute trial by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit. On April 7 the sentence was reduced to one year from three years. He was released on 15 September 2009 for good behaviour, after serving nine months of the sentence. After his release, Al-Zaidi was treated for injuries and later said he planned to "build orphanages, a children's hospital, and medical and orthopaedic centres offering free treatment and manned by Iraqi doctors and medical staff.
Highlights of the Play
• First Ever association of Mr. Mahesh Bhatt with theatre.
• Very Contemporary and global theme.
• Mr. Mahesh Bhatt to Introduce the play in Every City.
• Special reading performance by Mr. Mahesh Bhatt.
• Imran Zahid to feature as Muntadhar al Zaidi. Imran is playing the lead in Mr. Bhatt’s upcoming film Chandu.
Mahesh Bhatt’s note
• We live in a propaganda culture where factual information is routinely censored. This is the basis of our current Truth Emergency- a lack of purity in news. What threatens us most is our ignorance about what is going on in the world around us. The corporate media especially in the news departments, misinform, misinform, and propagandize the public into misguided rages against the wrong enemies.
• The Last Salute will bring you face to face with the 'real enemy' of humanity who has been masquerading as an angel of peace . It will hurl you into life an extraordinary brave person who had the audacity to dare the worst tyrant of recent times George W. Bush.
The Director
Arvind Gaur is known for his work in innovative, socially and politically relevant theatre. Gaur's plays are contemporary and thought provoking, connecting intimate personal spheres of existence to larger social political issues.
The Actor
Imran Zahid is an Indian actor in both theatre and Bollywood. Imran Zahid to feature as Muntadhar al zaidi. Imran is playing the lead in Mr. Bhatt’s upcoming film Chandu.
• About the event:
• Date: August 18, 2011 (Thursday)• Time: 7 pm onwards• Duration: One and a half hour• Venue: Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh• Gathering: Elite people from tricity (850)
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Advantages to Co-Sponsor
1) Acknowledgment in signages at Venue 2) Acknowledgment at signages outside Venue 3) Special announcement thanking sponsors4) Acknowledgment in invitation cards5) Backdrop carrying company’s logo6) Complimentary passes7) Acknowledgment in press release8) Complimentary stall at the event9) Acknowledgment in advertisements10)Facilitation to Mahesh & his team on stage
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Advantages to Associate Sponsor
1) Acknowledgment in signages at Venue 2) Acknowledgment at signages outside Venue 3) Special announcement thanking sponsors4) Acknowledgment in invitation cards5) Backdrop carrying company’s logo6) Complimentary passes7) Acknowledgment in advertisements
Price for being Associate sponsor: INR 1,50,000
ComparisonSno
Description Main Co Associate
1 Branding carrying company’s Name & Logo
2 AV before Play
3 Complimentary stall at the event
4 Acknowledgment in Speaker’s profile
5 Branding at Separate (Seating) panel at venue
6 Acknowledgment in press release
7 Facilitation to Mahesh & his team on stage
8 Acknowledgment in advertisements
9 Branding carrying company’s logo
10 Acknowledgment in signage's at Venue
11 Acknowledgment in invitation cards
12 Special announcement thanking sponsors
13 Acknowledgment at signage's outside Venue
14 Complimentary passes
Media Coverage
IANS : Iraqi shoe-thrower coming to Delhi to watch play on himMumbai Mirror : Subhash k jha Iraqi
who hurled a shoe at Bush to be depicted in a play by Mahesh BhattMSN News : Mahesh Bhatt to present play on Bush shoe-throwerBBC :Gulf new :Mahesh Bhatt talks about 'The Last Salute'Delhi boy to step into Zaidi's shoes!Indian Express : Bush shoe-thrower may get Delhi invite to watch himself on stageTimes of India : Imran Zahid urf Al ZaidiNDTV : Mahesh Bhatt to present play on Bush shoe-throwerMIDDAY : 'I want to publish my book in Hindi‘Gulf News : Indian filmmaker to present play based on Bush shoe-thrower bookSubhash K Jha : Iraqi shoe-thrower is coming to Delhi to meet this actorHindustan Times : Staging a shoe story Statesman: Foot In Mouth Time Magazine :Iraqi shoe-thrower’s last salute to Bush ( Express Tribune,Pakistan) Iraqi journalist Muntazeral Zaydi
, who threw his shoes at former US president George W Bush at a press conference in Baghdad in 2008, will be in Delhi to watch actor Imran Zahid enact the protest in Mahesh Bhatt’s play titled The Last Salute.
News X :NDTV 24x7 :NDTV INDIA :CNN IBN :PTI :Times of India (Delhi Times) :Hindustan Times :Mail Today :The Hindu :Hindustan Times - Now a film on Bush shoe thrower :
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