In conversation with Hassan Choudary on his show Heart to Haute, Ahsan talked about his character, drama’s story and when it is going to end.
“I got inspiration from one of the very famous scholar Zameer Akhtar Naqvi, who is no more with us,” said Ahsan while talking about his character.
“His way of speaking attracted and inspired me. There were a lot of memes through which I gained inspiration”, added Ahsan.
Ahsan has been creating waves with his performance as Rashid in the drama serial Qayamat. The Udaari actor has been winning praise for his portrayal of a spoiled and abusive husband. In fact, the actor had even received love from across the border for his role in the drama serial. Veteran Bollywood actress Zarina Wahab, in a Whatsapp message sent to the actor, praised him, writing: “As Rashid, you are too much… Excellent work.”
Written by Sarwat Nazir and directed by Ali Faizan, Qayamat features an ensemble cast with names like Neelam Muneer, Haroon Shahid, Saba Faisal, Shabbir Jan and Amar Khan.
Yami Gautam on Friday tied the knot with Indian director Aditya Dhar. Yami made the announcement on social media by sharing a picture from her wedding day with a note. Aditya directed Yami in his 2019’s Blockbuster film, URI: The Surgical Strike.
She started by sharing a quote from Rumi: “In your light, I learn to love.”
“With the blessings of our family, we have tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony today,” she added.
“Being very private people, we celebrated this joyous occasion with our immediate family.’
She continued, “As we embark on the journey of love and friendship, we seek all your blessings and good wishes.”
In February, another Bollywood actress, Dia Mirza also tied the knot with Mumbai-based businessman Vaibhav Rekhi in an intimate ceremony. The wedding ceremony took place at Mirza’s residence in Bandra, Mumbai.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the lawsuit filed by actress Juhi Chawla against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in India on Friday (June 4).
In its order, the Delhi High Court said that “it appears that the suit was for publicity”. It said that Juhi Chawla circulated the link of the hearing on social media, which created disruption thrice.
Juhi Chawla’s lawsuit defective, abuse and misuse of process of law, wasted court’s time and filed it to gain publicity: HC
“Delhi Police shall identify the persons and take action against those who created a disruption,” the court added.
The court also directed the local Police to identify and take action against the person who disrupted proceedings of the Delhi high court during the hearing on the matter. The unidentified person on Wednesday did not stop singing songs from popular movies of the actress during the online hearing until he was muted and removed from the online hearing.
The court didn’t approve of Juhi including her social media fans in the hearing process.
Billionaire make-up mogul Huda Kattan has urged people to stop using photoshop and look beyond unrealistic beauty standards by sharing an over-edited version of a picture from the campaign of her newly launched beauty line GloWish to show what the picture would have looked like after editing.
“We’ve had ENOUGH of the over-editing, photoshop and not showing enough realness!!! So we thought we’d look in the mirror and start with ourselves,” she wrote in the caption of the post.
“Here is a not so, ‘perfect’ photo from our GloWish campaign shoot and I thought it would be really interesting to show you guys what it would have looked like had we chosen to photoshop and try to sell unrealistic beauty expectations,” she added.
Earlier, this year in April she said that she has “had enough” of filters and photo editing, as they have warped modern beauty standards into something “unrealistic”.
In 2018, Pakistani superstar Mahira Khan requested Zara Shahjahan to not photoshop her pictures from the shoot as she endorses the idea of embracing natural beauty standards.
The local drama industry is going through major content crises due to the repetition of themes and lack of experimentation. This was the reason that kept megastars like Mahira Khan and Saba Qamar away from the small screen platform for the last few years. However, the scenario seems to be getting better as some key upcoming projects are based on unique stories and trailblazing screenplays with fresh star-cast. We present to you the six most exciting dramas to look forward to in the second half of the year.
Ishq-e-Laa
Riding high on the success of his last venture, Dushman E Jaan, Director Amin Iqbal has managed to pull off a casting coup by getting on-board a stellar cast in his upcoming biggie. Powerhouse performers Sajal Aly and Yumna Zaidi are the leading ladies of this ambitious project, penned by the veteran writer, Qaisera Hayat of Alif Allah Aur Insaan fame. It features debutant Azaan Sami Khan as the leading hero, along with Adnan Samad Khan of Ehd-e-Wafa fame.
Superstar Mahira Khan is making a comeback to the medium of television after 5 years in this Farooq Rind directorial, co-starring Kubra Khan and Usman Mukhtar. Based on Umera Ahmed’s novel of the same title, this drama is apparently based around a dysfunctional family and sheds light on the impact of flawed parenting on children.
Actress Zainab Qayoom plays a pivotal role in the drama and also shared her excitement for the shooting spell.
Amidst a barrage of melodramatic scripts and emotionally turbulent screenplays, this drama promises to be in the light-hearted space. Produced by Momina Duraid, Laa Pata boasts of a stellar star-cast headlined by Ayeza Khan, Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed.
Gohar shared an interesting BTS from the sets of this Khizer Idrees directorial on Instagram. Ayeza plays the character of a TikToker, “Geeti Princess” and asked fans to follow her character’s account on video sharing app.
Imran Abbas and Saba Qamar are collaborating for the first time in this Saqib Khan directorial. After giving stellar performances in Baaghi and Cheekh, Saba Qamar took a break from television and shot for two feature films which will release post the pandemic woes. Written by Sara Qayyum, it also features Chupke Chupke fame, Sidra Niazi and Asad Siddiqui in significant roles. In his latest interview with Dawn, Imran said, “The subject is very nice and unusual, different from what is happening these days.”
Fahad Mustafa has roped in Danish Taimoor and Minal Khan for his upcoming production venture. The serial is touted to be a love story with some major plot twists. It is being directed by Jalan fame Abiz Raza. The project has been on floors since March 2021 and is expected to release towards the end of this month. Ishq Hai‘s team shared its multiple posters today on social media platforms, giving their fans a solid tease.
Urwa Hocane and Imran Abbas put their fans into frenzy when they announced their next drama for ARY Digital, Amanat. This dynamic on-screen pair has been having great fun on their sets and even shared some moments with their fans, including a video in which they are singing together. It boasts of an ensemble star-studded cast with names like, Saboor Ali, Haroon Shahid, Gohar Rasheed, Salman Saeed, Saba Pervaiz, Babar Ali, and Sheheryar Zaidi among others.
Music composer, Naveed Nashad has worked on its OST after delivering a chartbuster with Do Bol.
Choreographer and Director, Farah Khan appeared on Neha Dhupia’s podcast on music streaming app, JioSaavn, where she revealed a secret about her friend and mainstream actor, Chunkey Pandey.
During a segment of the show where she had to spill some beans about her industry fellows, she revealed, that Chunky charges a fee to attend funerals. Prolonging the fun segment, Farah mentioned that he charges extra to cry on them.
Chunkey is more famously known for his comic character, Akhri Pasta in Akshay Kumar’s Housefull film franchise.
Sarah Khan has advised single girls to get a man like Falak Shabbir in their life. During a Question and Answer session on Instagram a fan asked for an advice for ‘single girls’, to which Sarah replied, “Get you a man like Falak”.
She also shared a video clip of her favorite song sang by husband Falak.
Earlier, this year in an interview withBBC Urdu, Sarah opened up about her personal and professional life and said that she wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir.
Talking about Falak gifting her flowers every day, the actor said: “Falak has his own way of expressing love. We always highlight the negative things about men, but there are men out there like Falak who love their wives so much.”
The couple is expecting their first child, and Falak makes sure he keeps Sarah in a good mood during this phase.
Veena Malik was a contestant on the hit Indian reality show Bigg Boss. The actress participated in its fourth season and received backlash for her frank antics on the show, including her romantic camaraderie with co-contestant Ashmit Patel. The makers tried getting more Pakistani celebrities on board, we exclusively reveal you these four female celebrities who were offered to be a part of Bigg Boss in the following years.
Meera
Meera in 2011 claimed that she was also approached to be a part of Bigg Boss 4 twice, but she refused it. She was also approached for season 5 hosted by Sanjay Dutt but couldn’t come to a negotiation with the production team. Meera famously lashed out on Veena for being too bold on the controversial show.
Aima Baig
Aima Baig candidly revealed on The Munshi Show , that she was approached to be a part of the Bigg Boss season 13 in 2019 but she rejected the offer as she didn’t know how her fans would react to it.
Sadia Imam
Sadia Imam in an exclusive conversation with Fahad Mustafa on Hum TV’s morning show revealed that she was offered to be in Big Boss season 5 but she rejected the offer because she believes it is a scripted show.
Qandeel Baloch
Late Qandeel Baloch, revealed in her interview with Sohail Wariach that she was offered to appear on the scandalous reality show. Qandeel was keen to be a part of the reality show in 2016 and also began her visa procedure for the same. She claimed in another interview that she was also approached for UK’s Big Brother.
Pakistan’s Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has made it to British Vogue‘s July cover. The interview covered her life after academic graduation from Oxford University, her big plans for her future, love and marriage.
During the interview, Malala raised her concerns about the institution of marriage saying, “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a person in your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership?”
Veena Malik and Mathira have took to social media to express their opinion on Malala’s comments.
"نکاح کرنے کی کیا ضرورت ھے جب زنا کی سہولت موجود ھے۔۔۔ ملالہ "
Mathira shared a news story about Malala’s comments on marriage and wrote, ” If you think having someone as a partner in your life is great then [it is also great] getting your future blessed in a halal way wonderful.”
In another Instagram story Mathira said, “My vote is for nikkah”.
“No matter how modern I am, I will always teach my kids to go for nikkah,” she wrote.
She continued further by stating that despite being divorced she still believes in the institution of marriage.
Sonya Hussyn and Shoaib Malik recently appeared on Ahsan Khan’s show Time Out with Ahsan Khan. It was an Eid special show and Sonya told the host that she is a very good cook. Shoaib jumped into the conversation to add that he knows about Sonya’s cooking skills and that he has met Sonya’s welcoming family.
Sonya then went on to recall the time when her mother met Shoaib at her house and considered him to be a good match for Sonya, “My mother didn’t know he was married, she went upstairs and messaged me that, he’s good,” said Sonya adding that her mother is not very aware of what’s happening on social media.
In a follow-up segment Shoaib said, “My wife didn’t know I went to Sonya Hussyn’s house for dinner, It was kept a secret.”
The host asked Shoaib if he was given a chance to jump into the acting realm what kind of a character would he like to play to which the cricketer replied that he would like to play a funny character.
Sonya also made an interesting revelation on the show that she still hasn’t received her cheque for the movie Tich Button, which is produced by Urwa Hocane despite completing the shoot.
Shoaib and Sonya maintained their humorous banter throughout the show.
