A TALENTED young Accrington actor is set to burst on to the big screen.

Nadeem Ahmed, 29, recently spent two weeks in London filming The King of Bollywood alongside model Sophie Dahl after winning the part during a two-day casting session.

The movie, which hits cinema screens from September 24, also stars well known Asian actor Om Puri, who appeared in East is East and Gandhi.

The former Moorhead High School pupil said: "I've always been intrigued by Bollywood films and when the opportunity came up it was something I wanted to do.

"It was amazing. I am no dancer but I had to do some Bollywood dancing and I gave it my all."

In the movie, which is directed by Piyush Jha, Om Puri plays a fading Bollywood star. Nadeem plays a spoilt son of a rich father who buys him a part in a Bollywood film.

He said: "The filming took two weeks and was really intense. There were hundreds of people on the set.

"We had people that have trained some of the best Bollywood actors and it was brilliant to work alongside established actors like Om Puri and Yusuf Sultan, who plays my father."

Nadeem, who has just returned from a modelling assignment in Dubai, said his first taste of Bollywood has left him keen to make more films.

He said: "Indian films are really artistic and like a kaleidoscope. I didn't appreciate how talented these people are until I did this."

Nadeem, whose family lives in the Lister Street, is also keen to make TV programmes.

He said: "The more I do, the more I experience. My ambition is to make a documentary about Egypt. I have modelled out there and loved it."