Actor Farid Kamil’s admiration for PKR president Anwar Ibrahim will be handsomely paid off when he gets to play his political idol on the big screen soon.

Indonesian production house Bianglala Entertainment has confirmed that Farid, one of Malaysia’s top actors, is involved in a film production entitled ‘Anwar’, which tells of the politician’s struggles several years before his sacking from the government in the late 1990s.

“Anwar Ibrahim’s struggles in fighting corruption will...