Mission Istanbul is real without being real: Apoorva Lakhia

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"We have used look alikes in the film so that the audience feels closer to reality. We have tried to be real without being real at all," Lakhia says.

The director says that there was no conscious effort on his part to make a film dealing with the issue of international terrorism. "I had read an article in the Economist about two years ago on Osama Bin Laden," he says adding that he had kept a clip of it with him and things led to this idea.

'Mission Istanbul' is the story of Vikas Sagar (Zayed Khan), a journalist, who pursues each of his stories with great zest. Sagar is tempted with an offer from an Istanbul- based television channel, Al Janora, notorious for being the mouthpiece of the world's most feared terrorist, Abu Nazir.

After Sagar accepts the offer ensues a tale of dangers and forbidden truths that make his existence difficult. Enter Rizwan Khan (Vivek Oberoi), a Turkish commando who saves Sagar's life at every dangerous turn.

Khan who is playing the role of a journalist for the first time says, "It is very difficult to play a journalist. Every person, even journalists are normal human beings with emotions."

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