1. THE LAST SALUTE
By Mahesh Bhatt
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2. The Last Salute-The Play
The play explores facts of the gulf
crisis and the US intervention
which has been questioned by the
civilized world time and again.
The play is expected to attract the
elite audience which is interested
in global issues like this one.
It explores emotions, talks about
world peace and political orders
of the day effect the common
man.

3. Muntadhar al-Zaidi
is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent
for Iraqi owned, Egyptian-based Al-Bagh. As of February 2011, al-Zaidi works with a
Lebanese TV East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum.
On November 16, 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown
assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States
armed forces. On December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi shouted "This is a farewell kiss from
the Iraqi people, you dog" and threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George W.
Bush during a Baghdad press conference. Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken
into custody and some sources said he was tortured during his initial detention.
There were calls throughout the Middle destroyed by American and Iraqi security
forces. Al-Zaidi's shoeing inspired many similar incidents of political protest around
the world.
Following the incident, Al-Zaidi was "embraced around the Arab world
and was represented by the head of the Iraqi Bar Association at trial. On February
20, 2009, al-Zaidi received a 90-minute trial by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq.
On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a
foreign head of state during an official visit. On April 7 the sentence was reduced to
one year from three years. He was released on 15 September 2009 for good
behaviour, after serving nine months of the sentence. After his release, Al-Zaidi was
treated for injuries and later said he planned to "build orphanages, a children's
hospital, and medical and orthopaedic centres offering free treatment and manned
by Iraqi doctors and medical staff.

4. Highlights of the Play
• First Ever association of Mr. Mahesh Bhatt
with theatre.
• Very Contemporary and global theme.
• Mr. Mahesh Bhatt to Introduce the play in
Every City.
• Special reading performance by Mr.
Mahesh Bhatt.
• Imran Zahid to feature as Muntadhar al
Zaidi. Imran is playing the lead in Mr.
Bhatt’s upcoming film Chandu.

5. Mahesh Bhatt’s note
• We live in a propaganda culture where factual information is routinely
censored. This is the basis of our current Truth Emergency- a lack of purity in
news. What threatens us most is our ignorance about what is going on in the
world around us. The corporate media especially in the news departments,
misinform, misinform, and propagandize the public into misguided rages against
the wrong enemies.
• The Last Salute will bring you face to face with the 'real enemy' of humanity
who has been masquerading as an angel of peace . It will hurl you into life an
extraordinary brave person who had the audacity to dare the worst tyrant of
recent times George W. Bush.

6. The Director
Arvind Gaur is known for his work
in innovative, socially and
politically relevant theatre. Gaur's
plays are contemporary and
thought provoking, connecting
intimate personal spheres of
existence to larger social political
issues.
The Actor
Imran Zahid is an Indian actor in
both theatre and Bollywood.
Imran Zahid to feature as
Muntadhar al zaidi. Imran is
playing the lead in Mr. Bhatt’s
upcoming film Chandu.

7. • About the event:
• Date: August 18, 2011 (Thursday)
• Time: 7 pm onwards
• Duration: One and a half hour
• Venue: Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh
• Gathering: Elite people from tricity (850)

8. Promotional Activities
Print Advertisements
in English Leading Promos on FM PR Activity
National Newspapers
Branding with standees,
backdrops, Flags, printing Media management
formats

9. Advantages to Prime Sponsor
1) Acknowledgment in signages at Venue
2) Acknowledgment at signages outside Venue
3) Branding at Separate Seating panel at venue
4) Special announcement thanking sponsors
5) Acknowledgment in invitation cards
6) Backdrop carrying company’s logo and name
7) Complimentary passes
8) Acknowledgment in Speaker’s profile
9) Acknowledgment in press release
10) Complimentary stall at the event
11) Acknowledgment in advertisements
12) AV before play
13) Facilitation to Mahesh & his team on stage
Price for being the prime sponsor: INR 5 lakh

10. Advantages to Co-Sponsor
1) Acknowledgment in signages at Venue
2) Acknowledgment at signages outside Venue
3) Special announcement thanking sponsors
4) Acknowledgment in invitation cards
5) Backdrop carrying company’s logo
6) Complimentary passes
7) Acknowledgment in press release
8) Complimentary stall at the event
9) Acknowledgment in advertisements
10) Facilitation to Mahesh & his team on stage
Price for being Co-Sponsor: INR 3 lakh

11. Advantages to Associate Sponsor
1) Acknowledgment in signages at Venue
2) Acknowledgment at signages outside Venue
3) Special announcement thanking sponsors
4) Acknowledgment in invitation cards
5) Backdrop carrying company’s logo
6) Complimentary passes
7) Acknowledgment in advertisements
Price for being Associate sponsor: INR 1,50,000

12. Comparison
Sno Description Main Co Assoc
iate
1 Branding carrying company’s Name & Logo 
2 AV before Play 
3 Complimentary stall at the event 
4 Acknowledgment in Speaker’s profile 
5 Branding at Separate (Seating) panel at venue  
6 Acknowledgment in press release  
7 Facilitation to Mahesh & his team on stage  
8 Acknowledgment in advertisements   
9 Branding carrying company’s logo   
10 Acknowledgment in signage's at Venue   
11 Acknowledgment in invitation cards   
12 Special announcement thanking sponsors   
13 Acknowledgment at signage's outside Venue   
14 Complimentary passes   

13. Media Coverage
IANS : Iraqi shoe-thrower coming to Delhi to watch play on him
Mumbai Mirror : Subhash k jha Iraqi who hurled a shoe at Bush to be depicted in a play by
Mahesh Bhatt
MSN News : Mahesh Bhatt to present play on Bush shoe-thrower
BBC :Gulf new :Mahesh Bhatt talks about 'The Last Salute'Delhi boy to step into Zaidi's shoes!
Indian Express : Bush shoe-thrower may get Delhi invite to watch himself on stage
Times of India : Imran Zahid urf Al Zaidi
NDTV : Mahesh Bhatt to present play on Bush shoe-thrower
MIDDAY : 'I want to publish my book in Hindi‘
Gulf News : Indian filmmaker to present play based on Bush shoe-thrower book
Subhash K Jha : Iraqi shoe-thrower is coming to Delhi to meet this actor
Hindustan Times : Staging a shoe story
Statesman: Foot In Mouth
Time Magazine :Iraqi shoe-thrower’s last salute to Bush
( Express Tribune,Pakistan) Iraqi journalist Muntazeral Zaydi, who threw his shoes at former US
president George W Bush at a press conference in Baghdad in 2008, will be in Delhi to
watch actor Imran Zahid enact the protest in Mahesh Bhatt’s play titled The Last Salute.
News X :NDTV 24x7 :NDTV INDIA :CNN IBN :PTI :Times of India (Delhi Times) :Hindustan Times
:Mail Today :The Hindu :Hindustan Times - Now a film on Bush shoe thrower :

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