Actor Farid jumped at the chance to play Anwar in a movie

Actor Farid Kamil was a young university student in 1998 when the Reformasi wave hit Kuala Lumpur and he was all set to join the thousands of Malaysians gathered at Dataran Merdeka for a major rally led by Anwar Ibrahim.

Farid never made it to Kuala Lumpur from his campus in Shah Alam as he heeded his father's warning to stay away, fearing possible repercussions after Anwar was ousted as deputy prime minister

Now, years later...