MUMBAI: Our filmmakers have a penchant to make films on noted personalities all over the world. Just the other day, there was news that Akbar Khan would play the role of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in a docu-drama From President to Prisoner.

Going a step ahead, director Nalin Singh, whose film Hitler My Friend has been in the limelight for various reasons, has approached Naseeruddin Shah to play Saddam Hussein in his next film titled The Trial of Saddam Hussein.

"My script is ready. The film will have a day-to-day account of the courtroom trials of Saddam including the killings of his lawyers etc,‘‘ avers Singh in a report. According to Singh, "Saddam is a very broad subject. I will also focus on his Indian connections too including that he supported India on Kashmir."

It may be remembered that Singh‘s Hitler… had got him and Anupam Kher in trouble that forced Kher opt out of the film. He was later replaced by Raghuvir Yadav.