Bollywood singer Yo Yo Honey Singh decided to take a long break from the film and music industry a few years back to deal with alcoholism and depression. Although the singer has always been open about his mental health issues. he recently went on to confess that he also faced bipolar disorder.
In a recent interview, Singh spoke about the reactions he received after his comeback. The singer revealed that his songs were accepted by the people but he was not.
In an interview with Siddharth Kanan, Yo Yo Honey Singh said, “When I fell ill a lot of things were going on in life. I had the SLAM tour with Shah Rukh Khan. I had worked on a Star Plus project, I chose its name. I designed it for a year. When the show started, a lot of work was there. I was also doing a Punjabi film. A lot of things were happening. When I collapsed, when I had bipolar disorder and psychotic symptoms on set of Raw Star, maine kaha kuch problem hai mere dimaag mein, kuch hogaya hai. Mereko isko theek karne do (I said there is some problem with my brain, something has happened. I want to fix it).”
He continued, “Mujhe kuch nahi karna, mujhe isko theek karna hai (I don’t want to do anything else, I just want to work on this). It took me five years and I got better. Then, I wanted to make music. But I told my mother, ‘I’m unable to do anything’. She told me, ‘You started as a music producer, start writing beats’.
“I was making a comeback. Then, my songs became hits but I was facing failures. Mota tha, logo ne kaha, ‘Yeh woh look nahi hai, woh comeback nahi horaha’. Gaana hit horaha tha but mujhe accept nahi karahe the log (I was fat, people said, this isn’t the look, the comeback isn’t happening’. The songs were hits but people were not accepting me),” added the singer.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ has received critical acclaim since its release, and now is trending in Pakistan. According to the popular blog Film Updates, the movie is set to dominate the number 1 spot on Netflix platforms across the world. The sequel to the surprise hit ‘Knives Out’, the film follows detective Benoit Blanc to a cruise trip on a private island arranged by tech billionaire Miles Bron where his friends are asked to engage in a murder mystery game.
According to the popular blog Film Updates, the movie is set to dominate the number 1 spot on Netflix platforms across the world. The sequel to the surprise hit ‘Knives Out’, the film follows detective Benoit Blanc to a cruise trip on a private island arranged by tech billionaire Miles Bron where his friends are asked to engage in a murder mystery game.
Pakistani users are loving the movie and did not miss out on a chance to make some hilarious memes out of some scenes. Like we got a chance of representation, with this user pointing out that Blanc was wearing our very own peshawari chappal in the villa
While other users put in their own suggestions for who should be cast in Knives Out 3. This user put in Fawad Khan’s name and we will be pushing this agenda as well.
We had a good run with Pakistani dramas this year. They made us laugh, they made us cry and some made us cringe. While the chemistry between some on-screen couples positively sizzled, some scenes made us want to wash our eyes with bleach. However all was not lost. The year give us some mind-bogglingly hilarious scenes this year, and social media managed to make some amazing content out of them. Here are some of the top trending drama clips that went viral on social media in 2022.
First on our list is obviously Aye Musht-e-Khaak, which began gaining attention on social media after a confusing conversation between a husband and wife went viral on social media. Twitter users were perplexed at how urgently the husband kept pressurising his wife to go on a honeymoon with him, and wasn’t able to avoid the elephant in the room.
We have to give it to this show because even though it provided us with a done-to-dust, extremely cringey storyline that reeked of male entitlement, the memes they provided us with were top tier. Like this user making a meme out of Feroze Khan having a breakdown
3. The absolutely cringey phone call between a stalker and a girl, which apparently was suppose to be a love confession by the former.
Proposing to her with flowers? A trip to Paris or Italy? Boys, Danish Taimoor is here with notes on how to make a lady literally swoon. By threatening to shoot yourself. No big deal, huh?
6. James Dean who? Haroon Kadwani became the new face of manchild in 2022. This scene managed to generate an entire generation of memes we will tell our grandchildren about someday.
7. Shoutout to the memorable time when women all over Pakistan were told that having curly hair is wrong.
As if our national obsession with ‘fair complexion’ wasn’t enough , we are now shaming women on ‘curly hair’.
8. We should also applaud how dramas came to address domestic violence and abuse in a honest, refreshing manner. Like this scene in Phaans, where the mother refuses to shelter her son after he stands trial for abusing his wife.
#Phaans comes to an end with a powerful message, how did you like the finale episode? Share in the comments!
9. While other dramas educated their followers on the toxicity of rishta culture and how they break down any woman’s worth and self-esteem based on how rich she is or her beauty. Like this scene in Sinf-e-Aahan, Sajal Aly’s character schools her parents for forcing her to keep adhering to the toxic rishta culture, when she wanted to join the army like her brother.
10. The wonderful drama “Doobara” shattered stereotypes when it focused on a middle-aged woman starting her life all over again after she was married off against her choice when she was young. Hadiqa Kiyani won hearts on the internet when this clip began trending online where Hadiqa’s character reminds her son and sister-in-law that she isn’t just a mom, but a living breathing human being who deserves to live her own life without feeling like a burden.
Senior actor Amber Khan’s daughter Alizeh is currently trending on social media for her weight loss transformation. The youngster has shed 36 kgs in a span of six months.
Alizeh has revealed in a recent vlog that she has done lots of exercises and dieting to maintain to lose the unwanted weight.
Alizeh shared that she has been doing intermittent fasting in order to lose weight. She used to fast for 18 hours between meals and she had left bread and rice completely. She also added that sometimes she would eat junk food but then she will compensate for the later meals. She also kept working out which helped her achieve her goal.
Earlier this year, Alizeh received some mean comments from netizens for her appearance on Nida Yasir’s morning show.
Actor Fahad Mustafa took to his Twitter handle to hit back at Danish Kaneria for his defamatory post about veteran cricketer Shahid Afridi. On December 24th, Afridi was named the interim chief selector of the Pakistani cricket team by the newly appointed PCB Chairman, Najam Sethi. His term is set to last until the end of the New Zealand series.
While reacting to the news, Danish posted an unpleasant picture of Afridi and made a jibe at Shahid’s selection. Fahad was quick to respond to his post, by saying that “And clearly he is not a fixer like you.”
A year ago, Fahad hit back at Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhosle on Twitter after he targeted Waqar Younis for his religious statement.
Harsha tweeted, “For a person of Waqar Younis’ stature to say that watching Rizwan offering namaz in front of Hindus was very special to him, is one of the most disappointing things I have heard. A lot of us try hard to play such things down and talk up the sport and to hear this is terrible.”
Its equally hard to see muslims being portrayed as terrorists in almost every Bollywood movie for the longest.. I can’t imagine how difficult and embarrassing it must be for muslims in india to watch themselves being ridiculed like that.#stophypocrisyhttps://t.co/hr8mdQJ4ci
However, Mustafa took to Twitter and responded to the commentator, “It’s equally hard to see Muslims being portrayed as terrorists in almost every Bollywood movie for the longest. I can’t imagine how difficult and embarrassing it must be for Muslims in India to watch themselves being ridiculed like that.#stophypocrisy.”
This is @MazherArshad sahabs tweet im just a Pakistan cricket fan some one whatsapped me so felt proud and happy and shared it 🇵🇰 https://t.co/L0FUoIgdrC
Popular Indian actor Tunisha Sharma passed away by suicide on December 24 in Mumbai. Sharma committed suicide by hanging herself on the set of a TV serial, Ali Baba. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.”
Pained by her daughter’s demise, Tunisha’s mother Vanita Sharma registered a case to probe the matter. The Maharashtra Police are investigating the matter and no suicide note has been recovered from the spot. So far, the post-mortem report of the actor claims that the case is of alleged suicidal hanging. The Police probe is underway.
Sheezan Khan Arrested
On Sunday, Police arrested Tunisha’s co-star and ex-boyfriend, Sheezan Khan, on charges of abetment of suicide. They both were related to the show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul. Khan was arrested after Tunisha’s mother accused him of the matter. In the FIR, Vanita, as reported by The Indian Express, alleged that Sharma was earlier in a relationship with Khan and was upset for the past 15 days over their breakup.
“ Khan was produced before a court in Vasai, which sent him to police custody for four days,” said a police officer, as reported by the English daily.
Tunisha Sharma Funeral
As per the latest reports, the funeral of the young actress will be held on 27 December. The family is waiting for Tunisha’s maasi (aunt) who is in USA and she will be flying to India today for the funeral.
Tunisha Sharma’s breakup
As per the recent reports, the actress has broken up with boyfriend Sheezan Khan 15 days ago and she was quite upset for the past few days. Sheezan Khan was Tunisha’s co-star for the show Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul. He was arrested after Tunisha’s mother accused him for Tunisha’s demise.
About Tunisha Sharma
Born in Chandigarh, Sharma rose to fame during her childhood days. As a child, she was featured in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap. She is best known for her roles as Rajkumari Ahankara in Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, Zara/Babli in Ishq Subhan Allah, and Aadhya Verma in Internet Wala Love.
Apart from her works in the television industry, she also featured in Bollywood movies like Baar Baar Dekho and Fitoor (as the young Katrina Kaif).
Actor Ushna Shah called out a YouTube channel on her Instagram handle for uploading a fake video of her. The video’s thumbnail projected that Shah emotionally discussed her Habs co-star Feroze Khan and his ex-wife Aliza Sultan’s domestic violence case.
The Parizad star shared a screenshot of a YouTube video titled, ‘Feroze’s best friend, Ushna Shah breaks silence on Aliza’s [alleged] abuse’. With a warning sign, the Cheekh actor requested everyone to report the aforementioned clip as it was fabricated and spreading misinformation on the internet.
Shah also captioned the post with a note explaining her action. She wrote, “Normally I ignore such nonsense, but the video is spreading like wildfire. Half a million views!”
She then proceeded to highlight the origin of the footage used in the clip. “Please report this. They have used a clip of me crying about a dog being brutally shot from two years ago and edited it,” clarified the Habs actor.
Although the video now seems to be removed, the detrimental usage of social media is still a poignant cause of concern.
New York magazine cover story “The Year of the Nepo Baby” broke the internet, providing audiences with an in-depth investigation in to how nepotism thrives within Hollywood. The article explored how young stars with connections within the acting industry because of their famous parents or relatives, were able to quickly cement a career for themselves in comparison to anyone else with limited networking.
The article and it’s implications have now made its way to Pakistani Twitter, where one user decided to ask her followers about Pakistani entertainment figures who were able to break into the industry because of their familial connections. And the numbers are extraordinarily large.
We need to do a vulture inspired nepo chart for Pakistani celebrities too! To start off: Sethi siblings Shafi siblings Asim Azhar Danyal Zafar Ahad Raza Mir Azaan Sami Khan Haroon Kadwani Zaviyar Ejaz
Meesha Shafi and Faris Shafi are the children of veteran actress Saba Hameed. In February, Meesha defended her brother against academic Nida Kirmani’s complaints that he was an “elite rapper” by saying that both had been raised by a financially stressed single-mother, and had worked hard to arrive where they are now.
That’s a bit flat and problematic as a general perspective. Faris and I were raised by an extremely hard working, very financially stressed single mother. We do not come from money. Are you suggesting, just because she put her sweat and tears into
Asim Azhar is the son of veteran actress Gul-e-Rana and musician father , and had spoken in an interview with Dawn Images in 2018 about how nepotism allegations did not take account of how hard he had worked in order to establish his career:
. I have put in a lot of hard work into my career. For about three years, I was just spending money on music that I would put out on the net and earn nothing back from it. And yes, I managed to get popular with a niche, mostly female, crowd but there were many more people who hated me and they were very vocal about it.”
Singer Danyal Zafar is the brother of singer and actor Ali Zafar, and has also addressed nepotism privileges. In an interview withDawn Imagesin 2017, he stated that he had a different style from his brother, so he won’t be using his sibling for connections. “I just feel the shoes are not in the same spot. One thing that he made sure I knew was that my struggle and journey will be my own. I will use my own style to mark my own space in the industry,” Danyal had stated at the time.
Ahad Raza Mir, the son of famed veteran actor Asif Raza Mir, during a talk show with Anas Bukhash, pointed out that no one bats an eye on nepotism in fields like medicine or military, not in the same way everyone criticizes children of actors for following their parents footsteps. “I was doing well so people said it’s because I’m a star kid. But there are doctors whose kids are doctors, there are generations in the army and generations in politics, no one bats an eye. But as soon as there’s a child of an actor who starts doing well, everyone starts yelling ‘nepotism’,” he said of his critics.
Azaan Sami Khan is the son of acclaimed singer Adnan Sami Khan and famous actress Zeba Bakhtyar. The actor was accused of nepotism when he was cast for the Hum TV drama Ishq-e-Laa with Sajal Aly and Yumna Zaidi. However, the director of the series had addressed the controversy on an interview with Fuchsia magazine, and revealed that Azaan had been cast in the role only after he had passed a screen test.
Haroon Kadwani is the son of actor and founder of Pakistan’s leading production house, 7th Sky Entertainment, _. He was accused of nepotism after he was cast in the drama “Ruposh”. but he rejected these claims in an interview with Fuchsia Magazine, saying that being the child of a star parent means a lot of expectations are placed on you. “People think it is easy to be a star kid but instead it is very hard for me. Being a star kid has its pros and cons. My father can give me one or two roles but after that it depends on talent. If your audience accepts you then you don’t need to be afraid of anything. However, if you are not talented, your audience will reject you and you will surely be aware of it,” Haroon emphasized.
Soon other users began naming famous celebrities within the Pakistani entertainment industry who have benefited from having famous parents and connections in the industry.
Ammar Khan is the daughter of veteran actress Fariha Jabeen. The actress had been questioned about the existence of nepotism in the industry last month in an interview at the show “Hasna Mana Hai” and simply said she was not a by-product of nepotism.
Zara Noor Abbass is the daughter of powerhouse actor Asma Abbas and is the niece of superstar Bushra Ansari. In the show Time Out with Ahsan Khan, Abbas and her husband Asad Siddiqui discussed the topic of nepotism with the actress sharing that she had stopped asking her aunt from picking her up from school after realizing how famous she was:
“Bushra Ansari was always just my khala to me. It’s only when I grew up that I realized the level of her popularity and would ask her not to pick me up from school. That’s when I really understood,” she said.
Ushna Shah is the daughter of radio and television actress Ismat Tahira, and had previously addressed the pressence of nepotism and the casting couch in the entertainment industry in an interview with The News, stating that she saw a lot of girls exploited in the business. “It is not necessarily by the top level people but the lower tier that these girls have to go through to get to the meetings and auditions,” she revealed, then went on to detail the sexism that actresses have to deal with. “Men like to pass comments that at some point were considered funny by our society. But it is not funny anymore.”
Several musicians like Bilal Maqsood and Jaffer Ziadi also made an appearance on the list. Bilal Maqsood is the son of veteran television scriptwriter and presenter Anwar Maqsood, while Jaffer is the son of lehendary singer Nayyar Noor and actor Shehryar Zaidi.
Nepotism doesn’t define a person’s career as a whole as a Twitter user wrote in reply to the thread that people like Bilal Maqsood and the Shafi siblings had worked hard and created their own career without the press linking them to their famous parent. However, it is also a shocking fact how the demand for connections lead to adults from ordinary families to be pushed to the sides. Last year, it was actress Saba Bukhari who had shed light on the prevailing discrimination based on family background in the entertainment industry. In an interview with BBC Urdu, the actress revealed instances of bullying she had encountered from actresses who demanded that she leave acting because of her limited connections. “There are some actors who make film sets a quite difficult place. I remember this accomplished actress was sitting right in front of me and she began insulting my face, and complained ‘where do they even pick up these useless girls from’. She said it directly to my face that I should leave acting, because I will never be able to make it here,” Saba revealed.
Actor Ayesha Omar is ready to embark on the next phase of life and start a family soon. In a recent tell-all at a digital talk show, the Habs diva spoke at length about her personal life, plans to get married, have children – of herself, and adopt.
She also confessed that she is now ‘ready’ to be a mother and have a family. “I think now I’m ready to be a mother and I want to start a family soon,” Omar told the host.
Omar added, “I want to get married and adopt two children and somewhere along the way, I’d love to have a baby of my own too.”
“Until now I wasn’t ready but now that I am, things will start happening,” the celeb divulged.
In her latest Instagram post, she posted a picture of her to highlight society’s role in forming a person’s most private thoughts and emotions.
“We seldom realise for example, that our most private thoughts and emotions are not our own, for we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by society,” the quote read.
Capping what has been a productive year for Pakistani entertainment, local documentary “As Far As They Can Run” has been shortlisted for the Oscars.
This brings the tally of Pakistani films receiving international acclaim and getting a nomination at the Oscars to two.
The team behind Joyland made the country proud by garnering critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival and other prestigious venues, and then getting shortlisted for an Oscar nomination. And now the Pakistani documentary ‘As Far As They Can Run’ too is up for the prestigious award in the ‘Documentary Short Film’ category. It explores the lives of three differently-abled adults who join a running program in Pakistan, hoping that they might change perspectives of differently-abled people in their hometown.
The last time a Pakistani filmmaker had won an Oscar was in 2016 by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for her film “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” which explores the custom of honor killings in Pakistan. Filmmaker and Producer behind the documentary Ziad Zafar shared the news from his Twitter account, where he said that he was thrilled to be part of this film and asked his followers to send him good luck. Fans can watch the documentary on Paramount Plus.
