Warwick Davis as Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone (2001)

Fans of Harry Potter films who prefer to stay away from Bhojpuri cinema would now have a good reason to catch one, as Professor Flitwick from the popular series is set to work in the Bihar film industry.

Popular English actor Warwick Davis — who plays the adorable professor of charms at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series — will play a cameo of a British journalist studying law and order in Bihar a in Bhojpuri flick, Chingari.

Excited about his new Bhojpuri project, Davis told The Telegraph over phone from London: “I am doing this film for Srivastava, who is a very good friend and a fantastic person. A common friend introduced us. As I have always wanted to work in India, I told him to give me a call if there was role for me in any of his films.”

The film, produced by Shrey Srivastava, is a remake of Dino Morea and Namrata Shirodkar-starrer Insaaf (2004).

Davis’ stature in the tinsel town is the exact opposite of his height of 3ft 6inches. He began his career at age 11, starring as Wicket in Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi (1983).

Besides the Harry Potter series, he has also starred in numerous other films including The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) and Willow (1989), written and directed by Ron Howard with Davis in mind.

He has also starred in a number of independent films.

The actor is slated to come to India at the end of June to shoot a TV travel show and would join the Chingari unit in Gujarat for a 10-day shoot.

“It would be great fun. I am sure it will be very different from my Hollywood experience,” said Davis.

He added: “From what I have read of the script, I would play a British journalist who is doing a story on the law and order condition in Bihar. My character visits a police station, where a criminal slaps a police officer in front of him.”

Asked how he managed to get Davis for a regional film, Srivastava told The Telegraph: “I met Warwick in Hong Kong a few years ago. He had expressed his interest to work in an Indian film then. When I recently told him about the role, he accepted it readily. He was also very generous when I told him that I could not afford to meet his fees.”

Srivastava said the film, directed by KD (Kelkar Kapoor) and starring Sushil Singh and Rani Chatterjee in lead roles, is loosely based on the infamous case of the wife of an IAS officer who was raped by the son of a legislator in 2004.

“Such films are essential as the law and order condition in Bihar is still far from ideal,” added Srivastava.

He is also playing the role of the antagonist in the film, Kali Pandey.

He also said: “The original film had done good business in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. So, I decided to make it in Bhojpuri.”

Being made under the banners of Mumbai-based Khushi Creation and Communications and Hong Kong-based City Entertainment Ltd, Chingari would be released in August.

The film would also get simultaneous relases in Tamil and Telegu.