NEW DELHI: Kashmir Valley’s ‘Tyrion Lannister’ Tariq Mir, 31 has bagged a task in Bollywood Producer Ekta Kapoor’s upcoming film ‘U Turn’. Mir is a lookalike of Hollywood star Peter Dinklage, who performed Tyrion Lannister within the well-known sequence ‘Game of Thrones’.
In south Kashmir’s Bumthan Village of Anantnag, Mir used to run a grocery retailer till he was noticed by Bollywood director Imtiaz Ali, who took a selfie with him throughout a competition in Anantnag. Mir grew to become an prompt web sensation and folks have been shocked to see Peter Dinklage lookalike in Anantnag.
Life has since utterly modified for Mir. He is fondly addressed as Tyrion by everybody and folks typically queue as much as take selfies with him. Mir has already labored with Bollywood superstars like Salman Khan in ‘Bharat’ film.
”There was a winter competition in Pahalgam, I had a program, Bollywood Director Imtiaz Ali took a selfie with me, and he shared it on his Instagram. That grew to become viral the world over. And everybody stated It’s Peter Dinklage in Kashmir, and since I’m right here in Kashmir and Peter is within the US. I acquired provides after these photos and I used to be shocked. They supplied me a task in a ‘Bharat’ film, and after I acquired to know the film stars Salman Khan, it was a dream come true. I’m his massive fan. And individuals on the units referred to as me Tyrion. Salman Khan picked me up in his arms within the film scene, I used to be extraordinarily joyful,” stated Tariq Mir.
