Pakistan celebrated Eid Milad-un-Nabi on October 19 and Pakistani celebrities also took to their social media to wish their fans on this auspicious occasion.
Check out some of the posts of Pakistani celebrities:
“May Allah give us the courage, strength and ability to follow in the footsteps of our beloved prophet Muhammad ﷺ,” wrote Humayun Saeed on his Twitter account.
Netflix’s Squid Game is the talk of the town these days and there is one more thing about it which has grabbed the attention of people, especially Pakistanis and that is the Pakistani migrant Ali Abdul, originally played by Anupam Tripathi, based in South Korea is from Delhi, India.
Tripathi was born in New Delhi on November 2, 1988, where he played a slave in a stage production of Spartacus. From 2006 to 2010, Anupam engaged himself doing theatre in New Delhi itself. He started his training in singing and acting in the year 2006.
He actually wanted to join the National School of Drama in New Delhi. However, he then moved to South Korea in 2010 to be part of the Korea National University of Arts after he received the Arts Major Asian scholarship.
Although initially, he had to face a few difficulties adjusting to the cultural and language differences of South Korea, over time he learned Korean and even became fluent in the language in a span of 2 years.
The 32-year-old actor made his acting debut with the South Korean film Ode To My Father in 2014. And the movie happened to be the fourth highest-grossing film in the South Korean cinema ever.
He was also seen in numerous Korean TV shows and films such as Descendants of the Sun, Hospital Playlist and the last one before Squid Game was the 2021 film Space Sweepers.
The turning point in the career of Anupam Tripathi is certainly his appearance on Netflix’s biggest debut series.
Anupam, who was overwhelmed with the name and fame he has been receiving after playing Ali in the Korean series, took to his Instagram handle recently and shared his gratitude.
He wrote, “It feels like a dream “, No words to express my gratitude to the people all over the world, who all are loving and blessing Ali and Squidgame. Thank you to all. Keep watching and keep blessing.”
His mother and brothers are proud of his success but but Tripathi could not share his success with his father, who passed away in 2017.
Meanwhile, Tripathi will be completing his post graduation degree in acting at the Korea National University of Arts by 2021.
Squid Game which was released on September 17 on Netflix and has become the biggest original debut series on Netflix. It has recently achieved the feat of topping the list of Netflix’s Top 10 shows in 94 countries worldwide.
A-list actresses Minal Khan and Saboor Aly indulged in a fun banter over weight loss on social media. The friend duo shared each other’s weight loss plans and target. The Jalan star also expressed her concern on how will she eventually manage to lose 5 Kgs.
Both appeared together on Ahsan Khan’s chat show and revealed that they are very close as friends and trust each other with personal life’s information.
On the work front, Saboor is currently starring opposite Imran Abbas in ARY’s Amanat, whereas Minal was last seen in Ishq Hai opposite Danish Taimoor.
Ahsan Mohsin Ikram and Minal are off to another international destination after Maldives and Dubai.
Actor Arez Ahmed has garnered positive reviews by netizens for his performance in Inteha-e-Ishq. The Uraan star has been appreciated for his nuances as Saim and his chemistry with the female lead, Hiba Bukhari.
Have a look at some of the comments by his fans and netizens on social media:
Directed by Dilawar Malik and produced by Irfan Rafique Khurram Riaz, the script is penned down Shagufta Bhatti. The drama serial also stars A-list actor Junaid Khan.
Actor Zoya Nasir clapped back to a troll on Instagram for criticising her choice of dressing. A netizen commented unpleasant remarks about her choice of dressing in her birthday picture.
The Zebaish star also exposed his hypocritical conduct.
She celebrated her birthday with close friends including singer-actor Farhan Saeed. The Meray Apnay diva took to her Instagram to share glimpses from her intimate yet fancy event.
Fellow female celebrities Aima Baig and Zara Noor Abbas sent love to Zoya on her birthday.
Hiba Bukhari despite being a private person opened up about her relationship status in a recent Instagram ‘Question and Answer’ session with her fans. The Haara Dil star promised fans to reveal the identity of her fiancé soon.
Although she dropped hints that he is a known figure and is approximately 6 feet tall.
Later on, the Fitoor star received multiple questions regarding her fiance and she replied to most of the questions. According to her, fans already know about her fiance but she will disclose it before getting married.
Netizens are speculating that the Deewangi diva might be engaged to her friend and co-star Arez Ahmed.
Earlier on Ahsan Khan’s show she mentioned that people have a misconception about her that she is married which is contrary to the reality.
On the work front, Hiba is currently being highly praised for her performance in drama serials Berukhi and Inteha-e-Ishq.
Pakistan’s pop singer Ali Azmat recently appeared on Ahmad Pansota’s show and talked about Pakistani Music and Arts. He also talked about the veteran singer Noor Jehan, a musical legend who is celebrated transnationally.
While Talking about the music industry of Pakistan’s transition over the years, the Jazba Junoon singer mentioned: “In my childhood, Noor Jehan used to sing on a show draped in Saari with big earrings and extra makeup on. We used to hate that woman.”
Passing ageist comments, he said: “Looked like a meatball, she was an old age woman at that time and we used to think that it’s not necessary for us to watch it.”
“This was the time when we accepted the other culture and it became a norm later on,” he added.
While mentioning the American society, he said that they are also not very fond of the sensationalism and forbid their children to do drugs and adopt it.
He also said that he is entitled to reject that. “I’m not a person that if Madonna is appearing on screen and I will stick my tongue out,” said Azmat while sticking his tongue out, adding, “Yes it happened but after few minutes someone said to close it, otherwise a fly will enter in your mouth.”
Meanwhile, the said remarks were strongly opposed by Ahmad Pansota.
Actor Ayeza Khan is currently basking in the glory of her successful serial, Laapata. An interview of the Meray Paas Tum Ho diva is resurfacing on the web in which she is spilling the beans on her favourite male co-stars.
When the host asks her about her favourite co-star, the Chupke Chupke star stated that when she started off in the industry, she was very fond of Fahad Mustafa whom she collaborated with in ARY’s Pul Sirat.
She added that currently Imran Abbas is her best co-star to work with and tops the list of her favourite colleagues, “Imran ke saath bohat maza aata hai, pura saal me uske saath kaam kar sakti hoon. Koi bhi project dedo mujhe Imran ke saath.”
The Koi Chaand Rakh duo has worked together in four successful dramas so far and recently hinted at reuniting for another drama serial.
On being asked about working with Hamza Ali Abbasi by the host, the Laapata diva mentioned that, “Haan maine Hamza ke saath bhi kaam kia magar Hamza ke saath kaam karna bohat mushkil hai, wo bohat hansta hai, to uske saath jitne bhi serious scenes thay jinme gussa aana tha or wo saaray emotions to wo hansta rehta tha.”
“Yes I have worked with Hamza but its really difficult to work with him, he laughs a lot, so whenever there is a serious scene with him which requires certain emotions, he keeps on laughing.”
She added, “I once asked him kya kar rahay ho? Tum nahi dogay mujhe acting cues, tum bilkul na dena mujhe, Nadeem Bhai (director) dengien cues. So Nadeem Baig used to give me my acting cues and hence I started referring to him as Pyarey Nadeem and that’s how I did the entire serial.
Hamza and Ayeza later on reunited for a television commercial.
In the recent years, Ayeza’s on-screen chemistry has been appreciated with Humayun Saeed and Osman Khalid Butt.
Actor and vlogger Zoya Nasir celebrated her birthday with close friends including singer-actor Farhan Saeed. The Zebaish star took to her Instagram to share glimpses from her intimate yet fancy event.
The actor thanked all those who made her birthday special adding, “After three days it’s finally (hopefully) a wrap.”
Have a look at the pictures:
Fellow female celebrities Aima Baig and Zara Noor Abbas sent love to Zoya on her birthday.
Zoya Nasir recenltly broke up with her fiance Christian after he had passed some insensitive comments on Pakistan and Islam.
Eternals’ premiere in Los Angeles turned out to be a star-studded affair with stars like Angelina Jolie gracing the red carpet. Kumail Nanjiani who is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host attended the premiere in a Sherwani.
Nanjiani wore a Sherwani by a Pakistani designer Umar Sayeed.
The Stuber star revealed to the Hollywood Reporter, “I wanted to wear a Sherwani because 1. They look awesome and 2. My costume in the film always reminded me of Sherwanis. And I wanted to use a designer in Pakistan, not just a Pakistani designer in the U.S. So I called my mom, she gave me names of three amazing designers in Pakistan.”
His stylist, Jeanne Yang, and the actor ultimately connected with the House of Umar Sayeed, a designer based in Karachi, Pakistan, via Instagram.
Directed by Oscar-winning Chinese director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Nomadland), Eternals is the 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.