A Pakistani national, Faran Tahir, is playing the role of Captain Robau in the recently released block buster, Star Trek.

Faran Tahir, son of the Director General of Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) Naeem Tahir, is a Pakistani born American actor who noticeably played the role of Villain in last summer's superhero action flick Iron Man and now will be seen in Star Trek as Captain Robau.

Robau is the captain of the Kelvin, the starship and the story goes on the ship.

Tahir hopes that with an actor of Pakistani descent on board, Star Trek will also make an appearance in cinemas across Pakistan.

Faran thinks that there is a generation that has not grown up with Star Trek, because there hasn't been a movie out for a while and the TV franchise has now gone.

In an exclusive talk with state-run news agency, Farhan said that there is a good chunk of young people who don't know Star Trek directly, and he thinks that he has succeeded in creating a bridge that keeps original Star Trek spirit alive and yet it updates it enough that the new audience can own it for their own.

Star Trek is a pop culture icon and as time goes, this story going to live on, he added.

The character of Captain Robau is that who created the ship while this character hasn't seen before.

It is a point of discussion for many that people have not seen a captain who was of a Middle Eastern origin.

He says that it was good kind of go back and start the story again to fill in the blanks a little bit to give people a deeper understanding of who these people are.