After his debut in Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur as an actor, it looks like director Tigmanshu Dhulia is taking his new-found profession quite seriously

Tigmanshu features in Hansal Mehta's new film where he plays a lawyer.

The film titled Shahid has officially been selected to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.

A source says, `Just like Anurag, even Hansal is Tigmanshu's friend. And he could not say no to him. He will play a lawyer and a mentor to Rajkumar Yadav's character.` The film is based on the true story of slain human rights activist and lawyer Shahid Azmi.