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Photographs of more than 100 Muslim women were displayed on an application known as “Bulli Bai” where women were posted as the auction of the day, reports Al Jazeera.
The pictures were uploaded on an app for “sale” without their permission. The list included Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai and award-winning Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi.
Following the news, several Bollywood celebrities have come forward to express their anger.
Actor and activist Swara Bhaskar, in a tweet, said, “At that point where we’ve to remind ourselves that it’s not okay to sell Muslim women online! Remind ourselves that it’s not kosher to rally & call for genocide! That it’s not okay to disrupt people’s prayers. This is happening in our name, in the name of our Gods. It’s on us!”
At that point where we’ve to remind ourselves that it’s not okay to SELL MUSLIM WOMEN ONLINE! Remind ourselves that it’s not kosher to rally & call for genocide! That it’s not okay to disrupt people’s prayers. This is happening in our name, in the name of our Gods. It’s on us!
Dozens of Muslim women began posting their shock and outrage on social media after seeing their photographs and details on the app. The app was taken down on Saturday.
Actor Ushna Shah recently took to Twitter and gave a befitting reply to trolls, who mocked her English accent and called it fake.
On Sunday, she has acquired the accent after spending some “formative years” in Canada, where she received her formal education.
Having spent my formative years i.e: All of Grade School, most of High-School and then Uni in Canada, & then consciously downplaying my accent while in Pakistan.. I’m still accused of *faking* a “foreign accent”. Ya’ll are a bunch of bullies & and this is abuse FYI.
“Having spent my formative years i.e all of grade school, most of high school and then uni in Canada, and then consciously downplaying my accent while in Pakistan,” wrote Shah.
“I’m still accused of faking a “foreign accent”. You all are a bunch of bullies and this is abuse FYI,” said the Aakhir Kab Tak diva.
Earlier, the Balaa actress, who never shy away from stating her opinions on social media, called out people who believe TV actors promote “vulgarity.”
In her tweet, the actress said, “Every Pakistani with morals and ethics who finds acting and actors inferior, who thinks we spread ‘fahashi’ (vulgarity) should promptly get rid of their TV (or any channel that shows content that isn’t preaching Islam) and get off social media immediately!”
Meanwhile, on the professional front, Ushna is all set to feature in the upcoming Pak-Turk joint drama series on Salahuddin Ayubi. The show will be based on the life of the great Muslim leader – better known in the West as Saladin.
Ushna said that people should stop watching television and use social media if they feel celebrities are responsible for spreading vulgarity.
The celebrity said that people with ethics and morals who think of celebrities as being inferior and responsible for spreading vulgarity should stop watching television and stop using social media.
Every Pakistani with morals and ethics who finds acting & actors inferior, who thinks we spread “Fahashi” should promptly get rid of their TV (or any channel that shows content that isn’t preaching Islam) and get off social media immediately! Show your gherat please.
Bollywood actor Pankaj Tripathi has opened up about his cyber interaction with A-list Pakistani drama actor Iqra Aziz in an interview. The Stree star stated that a fan messaged him about the Raqeeb Se diva’s praise for his acting prowess.
He was informed by the mutual fan that Iqra is a very famous actress of Pakistan and as a fellow artist he made sure that he responds to her appreciation.
Taking to her Instagram stories on November 5, Aziz shared a picture of Pankaj Tripathi and wrote, “Hayee Kaleen bhaiya ap mere favourite ho (Oh Kaleen, you are my favourite).”
But Aziz would’ve never thought her random appreciation would be acknowledged by the Indian actor who also starred in Netflix’s Sacred Games.
Tripathi responded with an emoticon, a screenshot of which was shared by Aziz on her Instagram stories lately.
“Pankaj ji replied to me and I can’t believe it!” wrote Aziz on top of the screenshot with several celebratory emoticons.
Mirzapur’s season 2 recently premiered on Amazon Prime and received a lot of appreciation from the fans. Tripathi plays the leading role of Akhandanand Tripathi aka Kaleen bhaiya in the reknowned Indian show.
The story revolves around a shocking incident at a wedding procession that ignites a series of events entangling the lives of two families in the lawless city.
South Korean k-pop group, BTS member, Suga recovered from coronavirus and is released from quarantine.
His management company, BigHit released the official statement regarding Suga recovery from covid-19
“BTS member SUGA has made a full recovery from COVID-19, and his quarantine has concluded as of today (January 3) at noon.
Suga, who had been receiving treatment from home for the past 10 days from Friday, December 24, is now able to return to his daily activities.
Suga did not exhibit any particular symptoms during his quarantine and is currently recuperating while resting at home.
We would like to thank all fans who have shown concern for the artist’s health as well as those in the medical field who are doing their best to overcome COVID-19.”
Suga also shared his recovery news to the fan community platform, Weverse excitedly.
He wrote, “Released from quarantine!” with the smile emoji to express his happiness.
Suga has tested positive on December 24 for coronavirus after wrapping up his official vacation in the United States (US).
BTS fandom, ARMY also reacted with happiness and encouraging messages on Twitter.
Internationally renowned Indian musician, AR Rahman’s daughter Khatija Rahman announced her engagement on her Instagram last night with audio engineer Riyasdeen Shaik.
She shared a collage image of herself from the event and another picture of her fiance in black and white. She was wearing a pink dress with a matching mask on her engagement.
Khatija penned down on Instagram, “With the blessings of the Almighty I’m happy to announce to you all my engagement with Riyasdeen Shaik Mohamed @riyasdeenriyan, an aspiring entrepreneur and a wizkid audio engineer. The engagement happened on 29th December, my birthday in the presence of close family and loved ones.”
Several celebrities dropped their congratulatory messages under her post.
Indian female singer, Harshdeep Kaur wrote, “Congratulations to the both of you. God Bless!!”
Another Indian singer, Neeti Mohan said, “Many many congratulations. This is such a wonderful moment. @khatija.rahman @riyasdeenriyan.” Sreekanth Hariharan wrote, “Heartiest congratulations @khatija.rahman & @riyasdeenriyan !!”
Famous Atrangi Re Indian director, Aanand L.Rai also sent good wishes, “Congrats. Best wishes always. Stay Blessed.”
In November 2021, Khatija Rahman performed a spiritual song Farishton, at the Dubai Expo 2020, which was highly appreciated by the audience. It is also composed by AR Rahman.
Actor Sajal Aly is opening about her relationship with husband Ahad Raza Mir and how their equation developed over the years.
Speaking to journalist Maliha Rehman in a recent interview, the Khel Khel Mein spilled the beans on how the Sammi star proposed her.
“Ahad has talked about me a lot in his past interviews but, somehow, I’m only doing it now,” she smiles. “It’s just that I rarely give interviews and I worry that, if I’ll get asked about Ahad, I’ll just end up going on and on.”
Walking down the memory lane, the Mom star spilled how Ahad had asked her hand in marriage on the sets of Aangan.
“We had just got engaged when we started working in Aangan together. He had proposed to me and I had told him that he needed to reach out to my family. The very next day, I had fallen ill and Ahad’s mother had come to take care of me for three days. My father had been very surprised but my sister told him that Ahad’s family were thinking of marriage. Once I got better, Ahad’s parents came to Lahore, met my family and we got engaged.
She continued, “I later asked Ahad why he had been in such a hurry to get engaged. He told me that he had been afraid that, if he didn’t ask me to marry him, he would lose me, and I would marry someone else.”
Speaking about their Zee5 project after grand wedding in Abu Dhabi, Sajal revealed that her and Ahad have now decided to take a break from joint projects.
“I thought that Dhoop Ki Deewar had a simple story and I would be working with a great team,” she says about the series. “But Ahad and I did decide that we had been acting together far too frequently and that we should take a break from it, unless, of course, the sort of story comes along that we can’t resist.”
The pair posed with Sajal’s former co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui from the movie Mom in Dubai at the prestigious Filmfare Middle East Awards ceremony. The Yeh Dil Mera diva shared picture on her Instagram stories.
In an exclusive conversation with The Current, Sajal said that she is aware of her popularity in India and feels lucky when co-star Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi and Punjabi Indian actor Sonam Bajwa praise her work publicly.
The Jhooti star Yasir Hussain stated on Naumaan Ijaz’s show G Sarkar that Turkish industry’s canvas is not bigger than Pakistan’s and cited the example of Esra Bilgic that now she has 6 Million followers on Instagram but before Ertugrul’s broadcast in Pakistan, she had one million followers.
He added that Pakistanis followed her and made her bigger, Ayeza Khan has ten times more followers than her.
Ever since Yasir Hussain likened Turkish dramas to ‘landay k kapray‘, the actor has been at the receiving end of trolling by fans of Diriliş: Ertuğrul. Cyber trolls even edited Yasir’s bio on Google and listed Esra as his parent.
Yasir has often found himself at the receiving end of flak with his comments on Turkish actors and dramas. When Diriliş: Ertuğrul initially aired in April 2020, the actor had likened Turkish dramas to ‘landay k kapray’.
“Landy k kapray aur Turkey k dramay, dono hee local industry ko tabah kardein gay,” the actor had said.
Later, the actor was reported to have likened Turkish actors to ‘kachra‘ (garbage). According to details, Yasir while sharing a picture of ‘Pakistani Turgut and Pakistani Ertuğrul’ had commented: “Inko koi nahi poochega (no one will give them any attention). Kyunke ghar ki murgi daal barabar or bahar ka kachra bhi maal barabar,” insinuating that Pakistanis do not appreciate local talent enough.
He was also very critical of QMobile for appointing Esra as their brand ambassador.
“Apko nahi lagta k Pakistan brand ki brand ambassador bhi Pakistani honi chahiye? Na Indian na Turkish? Pakistan Zindabad (Don’t you think Pakistani brands should have Pakistani brand ambassadors? Neither Turkish nor Indian),” the actor had written on social media.
Earlier, Yasir responded to a netizen who asked him if he wants to increase his followers on Instagram and stated that he should ask this to Pakistani leading ladies, Mahira Khan and Ayeza Khan. Yasir believes that they are in a race to garner maximum followers.
Squid Game director, Hwang Dong Hyuk revealed that he is in discussion with the streaming site, Netflix for season 2 and season 3 of the web series.
Squid Game series trended number 1 worldwide in the year, 2021.
Hwang Dong Hyuk recently appeared on the Korea Broadcasting System, KBS programme, News Line where he opened up about the plans of releasing next season of web series. He said, “I’m currently in the midst of discussions with Netflix about Season 2 and Season 3 [of ‘Squid Game’].”
He further continued, “I think we’ll be reaching some sort of conclusion [to our discussions] soon.”
He added, “We know that many people are waiting, so everyone is working hard to prepare for the next season with a positive outlook.”
He also disclosed the main plotline of season 2 of the popular web series that the focus will be on the character of Seong Gi Hun who was played by Lee Jung Jae in Season 1. He (Seong Gi Hun) will unravel the mysteries of the organisation behind the game.
He also shared, “The overarching plotline of Season 2 will be the story of the people that Gi Hun meets and the people he chases after.”
Netflix also officially commented on the possible release of season 3 of Squid Game, “It’s true that we are discussing a wide variety of possibilities for ‘Squid Game,’ including the production of a Season 3, but nothing has yet been set in stone.”
Actor Naumaan Ijaz stated on his chat show G Sarkarthat the Ertugrul star Esra Bilgic is the Yasir Hussain of Turkey. Elaborating his answer he added that whenever she posts a picture it offends her followers here, hinting at her bold pictures which received flak from her Pakistani followers.
Esra gained mass popularity in Pakistan after Ertugrul’s broadcast on Pakistani satellite for her character of Halima Sultan.
After months of being patient and forgiving Pakistani viewers for their comments on her choice of clothes and outfits, Esra finally hit out at a troll who asked her not to wear “such dresses”.
Under a recent Instagram post, a social media user by the name Astounding Ali commented: “Please don’t wear such dresses Halima baji, not good.”
Actor Yasir Hussain responded to a netizen who asked him if he wants to increase his followers on Instagram, the Jhooti star stated that he should ask this to Pakistani leading ladies, Mahira Khan and Ayeza Khan. Yasir beleives that they are in a race to garner maximum followers.
Instagram is the most popular social media platform amongst Pakistani celebrities who use the app to interact and engage with their fans and followers. Celebrities also do their PR work and online endorsements on social media.
With 10.7 million followers, the Chupke Chupke divabecame the most followed celebrity of Pakistan in 2021, she often share pictures of her husband Danish Taimoor and her kids. Ayeza’s biggest strategy is that she posts a lot. The more you post the more followers and engagement you get on your profile. Ayeza posts multiple PR content or paid posts in a day.’
Pakistani superstar Mahira Khan has 8.5 million followers. The Raees actress shares candid moments from her life on social media including pictures with no make-up which very few actresses can. She is not very active on social media but should post more considering the amount of work she does.
