The suspense thriller Sikandar is ready for release but is scheduled to release on March 27, 2009 under the banner of Big Pictures. The movie is directed by Piyush Jha and produced by Sudhir Mishra. The key roles in the movie are being played by Parzun Dastur, Sanjay Suri, Ayesha Kapur and R Madhavan. The music of the film is directed by Justin Yesudas, Uday Shankar and Sandesh Shandilya. The movie is edited by Dev Jadhav and the sound is given by Subhash Sahu.

The movie Sikandar is directed by the famous director Piyush Jha who has made a Bollywood satire 5 years back named King of Bollywood featuring Om Puri and British model Sophie Dahl in lead roles. The ad film maker turned director Piyush’s first movie was Chalo America that was released in 1999. The movie showcased in the ‘Indian Panorama’ at the International Film Festival of India and many other international film festivals.

But this year, Piyush has decided to produce the complete commercial and Bollywood movie Sikandar which has terrorism as its backdrop. The movie is a suspense thriller with a story of 14 year old school going boy named Sikandar ( Parzun Dastur of Parzania fame ) living in Kashmir with his uncle and aunt. His life changes when he comes across a gun lying on the ground when he was going home after a school football match. Along with him is his friend Nasreen ( Ayesha Kapoor of Black fame ). Sikandar is a story about friendship, power, loyalty and triumph.