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Ayesha Azhar, who danced her way into millions of hearts across Pakistan and India in a viral video, has confessed that she did pretty poorly in matriculation exams. 

The social media star became an overnight sensation in 2022 when a short clip of her dancing to a remix of the Bollywood classic ‘Mera Dil Yeh Pukaaray’ at a wedding went viral, chalking up monstrous numbers. The clip spread so far and wide that Indian superstar Madhuri posted a clip emulating Ayesha’s dance steps. 

During a recent interview, Ayesha, 18, revealed that she was only 14 years old when she danced at her friend’s wedding to the 1955 Lata Mangeshkar song from the film Naagin. The viral sensation said that she is active on social media but wants to make modelling her full-time career.

“I have completed my matriculation but I don’t know whether I will continue my studies or not because I want to try modelling,” she said, adding that she’s taking a break from education after finishing school. 

“I want to try something other than academics,” Ayesha confessed, adding that she does not have the ability to finish my studies.

She then said, “I barely passed matric exams. In fact, I failed three times,” Ayesha revealed. 

She credited her friends for forcing her to go to school, which finally prompted her to pass the exams.

Ahsan Khan slams societal attitudes on mental health 

Actor Ahsan Khan has slammed Pakistani society for its careless attitude about mental health. 

“Mental health is not considered a problem in our society. People say with ease that it is not a disease,” he said during an appearance on a television show. Talking about how people react to discussions on mental health, the actor observed that people say, “You are Muslim, you cannot have this disorder.” He then elaborated his own response: “I always ask, can Muslims not get diabetes, do they not suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), do they not get other diseases or do they not get injured?” 

“You can’t see a visible wound with mental health but does that mean it is not a disorder?” 

Ahsan then went on to promote seeking both medical and spiritual help for mental health problems. He outlined passages from the Holy Quran that can help someone who suffers from depression.  

“If you have suffered a chemical balance, or some nutrient has been depleted inside you or you have a gut problem, it can lead to depression. You can treat it with medical science and as for spiritual treatment, there is no better cure than the Holy Quran,” Ahsan stated.

The drama Pamaal has created waves for the right reasons. It’s a drama that so many women are relating to and opening up about their own lives or the lives of people that they know. 

Malika (Saba Qamar) is married to Raza (Usman Mukhtar) and they have a troubled marriage because of his extreme possessiveness. But the way that he deals with her, flip flopping between love and anger, caging her in her home and then letting her go out, mostly with him, is the quintessential narcissist that a lot of Pakistani women have lived with – or so it seems by the comments that are going around about the drama.

The pain Malika faces is also intense where she loves him but is unable to leave him. When she does leave him, her mother convinces her to go back with the typical reasons – patience, sabr, shame, badnaami. What hits you harder is that Malika’s mamoo is more receptive to her needs and her self respect. It’s so heartbreaking to see Malika raise herself up and try to break the pattern and the life she is in and then be pushed down by herself and her mother. And it’s so bittersweet that she says that she would never do that to her daughter. 

What also hits hard in these episodes is that she has resigned herself to believe that she can’t do things herself. She tells Raza that she can’t go out on her own, she’s too used to going with him, she goes shopping with her sister-in-law and her sister in law’s watch stops working and she doesn’t realise that it’s time to pick up her daughter. And Malika gets very, very upset, borderline hyperventilating and you can feel the trauma she’s living in and is now so used to that she doesn’t even realise that there is a way to be free. The queen we saw in the beginning is now the slave and doesn’t even know it anymore.

The hope is that we know that she either leaves him or manages to push herself out of her cage to become an acclaimed and famous writer and is now telling her story. A story that is so painful for so many to watch. 

In the recent episodes, 12-14 we know that she’s spent a lot of years with Raza, with a daughter in school and we know about the turning point in her life when Raza is arrested for corruption.

How will she raise herself up to become the woman she was meant to be? And what’s worse is, if Raza wasn’t arrested and standing over her with the key of the cage, would she have been able to get out? 

Only time will tell and we can’t wait see how she finally breaks through and re-emerges as the Malika that she is. 

Superstar Fawad Khan is not only Pakistan’s favourite actor but also its most reclusive one as the notoriously private star doesn’t use social media much except to promote his projects. 

During a recent appearance on a comedy show where Fawad was promoting his upcoming film release Neelofer with fellow A-lister Mahira Khan, the actor was asked by a fan, “Why don’t we see you a lot on social media?” 

After the host cracked a joke about not having a Wi-Fi connection at home, Fawad told the fan, “I don’t want to reply to this question because a lot of people are active on social media and they might get offended.” 

He then went on to say, “I am just not fond of it [social media]. If I meet fans, if a fan wants to talk to me, I would love to talk to them with great happiness.”

“Its the kind of thing that makes me think that I too might become addicted to social media. I would like to keep it out of my life,” Fawad emphasised. 

The host then asked, “Is that why you stay away from it?” 

The actor then went to elaborate more seriously: “Yes. I am an emotional man. I feel that once you are active on social media, it becomes difficult to control yourself.” 

His co-star Mahira, who was looking gorgeous in a pink sari that complimented Fawad’s pink shawl, is an active social media user with 11.7million followers on Instagram. 

Neelofer will release on November 28 after being stuck in production for years. The film stars Fawad, Mahira and Madeeha Imam. Fawad also serves as co-producer while the highly anticipated romantic film is written and directed by Adnan Rasool.

An Indian singer content creator who goes by the handle ritvikmunjal on Instagram has created a mashup of two Pakistani and one Indian song that has racked up over 3.1 million views in just four days.

The songs that have been featured in the mashup include Sabaat Batin’s smash hit Gal Sun, 2025’s monster hit Pal Pal and Indian singer Vikram Sarkar’s latest banger Naam Chale. 

As the mashup went viral, Sabaat wasted no time in commenting on the catchy mashup, writing “Aaha ” in the comments. The Chandigarh based singer replied with a heartfelt “thank you paaji”. 

Gal Sun has become a monstrous hit within two months of its release, racking up more than 6.4 million streams. The Punjabi hit has been featured in numerous TikToks, setting records on both sides of the border.

Pal Pal by Afusic has been streamed more than 8.5 million times on Spotify alone while Vikram Sarkar’s Naam Chale has also racked up more than eight million streams.

Almost 25 years after Brendon Fraser stormed into cinemas in The Mummy, the star has been signed on to star in a sequel, officially confirming that the fourth part of the franchise will return to big screens. 

The fourth part of the iconic smash hit series is still in the development stage, with very few details leaking out as yet. Industry insiders have speculated that the film will likely be released in 2027, as the full cast hasn’t been finalised yet and production hasn’t even begun. 

A Hollywood trade report has confirmed that both Brandon Fraser and Rachel Weisz have signed on to reprieve the roles of madcap adventurers Rick O’Connel and Evelyn Carnahan. While the rest of the cast hasn’t been confirmed yet, fans expect no less than the return of the titular villain Imhotep, played by Arnold Vosloo and Evelyn’s perpetually-in-trouble brother Jonathan, played by John Hannah. No word yet on who will play the leading duo’s now grown-up son or even if the character will be a part of the new film. 

Universal Pictures is playing its cards close to the chest, revealing no details. However sources have disclosed that the film will be a sequel and the events of the third part of the franchise, Mummy 3, will be ignored by the new film. 

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillent, known collectively as Radio Silence, have been given the task of revitalizing this long-dormant film property as directors. David Cogeshall will pen the script. 

Universal is also releasing a reboot of its 1930s horror hit The Mummy in 2026, however that film has nothing to do with this one.

Yesteryears actress Faryal Gohar has finally opened up about her second marriage after a tumultuous divorce with actor Jamal Shah. 

Faryal, widely considered one of the most beautiful actresses to have graced a Pakistani screen, gave an interview to a private channel recently, where she talked about her life after she split from the star. 

The famously private actress, who largely retreated to private life, confessed that she got married in 2002 to a dermatologist in California, USA.

“I met him at my dentist’s clinic. He was my dentist’s brother,” she disclosed, adding that her husband, Irfan Jamil, was “a very good person.” 

The marriage lasted for nine years, ending only when he passed away of cancer. “I have lost a lot of loved ones to cancer,” she said. Faryal then said that she spends her time taking care of her pets. 

Faryal married actor Jamal Shah in 1983, becoming one half of a power couple the likes of which Lollywood had rarely seen. The glamorous duo were among the most sought-after stars of the decade. The marriage ended in 1992. 

Already a successful model, Faryal reached the peak of popularity with the smash-hit drama Chand Grehan. She also did many plays, some of them with her sister, powerhouse actress Madeeha Gauhar, who also passed away of cancer in 2018.