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MUMBAI, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Indian film director Deepa Mehta says she cast Vinay Virmani, a recent graduate of New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, in her upcoming epic.
The Press Trust of India said Virmani will star with Akshay Kumar in Mehta's movie "Komagata Maru," which is inspired by the true story of how a Japanese ship in 1914 sailed from India and was refused entry into Canada because Indian passengers were aboard. The ship was then sent back to India where some of the Indian passengers were killed by the British.
Virmani is to play the central role of Mewa Singh, the man who assassinated William Charles Hopkinson, regarded as the principal conspirator in the historic "Komagata Maru" episode, PTI said.
"The arc of Mewa Singh's character begins as a young man of innocence filled with hope and ends with an enraged man transformed by anger into a seeker for justice. I wanted a new fresh face to render this role and after much consideration I selected Vinay," Mehta said in a statement released Monday. "Vinay is talented, eager and passionate. Qualities essential for the young Mewa Singh."
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