Shamoon Abbasi to play Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan in upcoming comedy

Islamabad: Pakistani actor, director, and screenwriter Shamoon Abbasi is all set to play the role of an Indian pilot captured by Pakistan in February, local media has reported.
The announcement comes just days after Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi said he would produce a movie on Indian airstrikes in the Pakistani town of Balakot on February 26. 
Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman’s MiG-21 jet was shot down by a Pakistani fighter during a clash over Kashmir following the Balakot strike, as two weeks of growing tensions between the two countries erupted into open hostilities in February.
The plane crashed on the Pakistani side of the de facto border that separates the two sides of Kashmir, a Himalayan region that has been a source of hostility between the two countries since independence from Britain in 1947.
Pakistan ultimately returned the pilot to India. Video clips released by the Pakistan army showing the pilot conversing with Pakistani officers over a cup of tea went viral, turning him into a social media sensation and a hero in his homeland.
“After India announced that a film was under works on the botched Balakot strike and the captured IAF pilot Abhinandan, Pakistan too has announced a film to counter it's neighbor’s attempt,” popular Pakistani entertainment website Oye Yeah reported this week. ” While India’s project will be a serious film in three languages, veteran Pakistani writer Khalil ur Rehman has announced that his project will be a comedy titled Abhinandan Come On.”
The website said Shamoon Abbasi had confirmed to it that he would be playing the role of Abhinandan in the film.