Famous actor Affan Waheed took a dig at social media users who criticize artists for showing signs of aging or undergoing surgery.
Currently, Affan Waheed is busy promoting his debut film, Mastani.
He appeared on FHM Podcast with Adnan Faisal with co-star Amina Ilyas to promote the film.
Answering a question during the interview, he said, “Everyone has to grow old; not everyone stays forever young. And when someone enhances their beauty, it’s often said that they’re unhappy with their appearance or that they underwent plastic surgery.”
He further added, “I have a sensitive nature. I get upset and go into depression when I see criticism or trolling on social media, so I try not to pay much attention to it. That’s why I often close my comments section.”
He concluded, “If any artist wants to do something within their moral limits, they should not worry about society. Do whatever your heart desires, just keep moral boundaries in mind.”
Actor Affan Waheed recently answered on Hassan Chaudhry’s The Talk Talk Show if he is dating co-star Sidra Niazi. The Do Bol star also explained why they were spotted together.
Affan stated that he frequently visited London to see his little nephew, and it was purely coincidental that Sidra was also in town at the same time, and they both met and took pictures.
He also said that Sidra is an old family friend of theirs, and they both knew each other before they were famous.
Last year when Waheed appeared on theThe Big Pick show, he revealed that because of his marriage rumours with Shehnai co-star Ramsha Khan, many people in his circle and even neighbourhood believed it.
“Women in my neighborhood visited my home and gave “Salami” (wedding token) of 5000 to my mother, fans are highly convinced about the marriage of Ramsha and me.”
A star-studded success party of Geo’s telefilm, Ruposh has been celebrated by the whole team and cast. The party was hosted by Geo Television and 7th Sky Entertainment’s producers and actors among other crew members.
A list of celebrities attended the success party including Muneeb Butt, Arez Ahmed and Hiba Bukhari, Affan Waheed and Sidra Niazi.
The lead cast, Kinza Hashmi and Haroon Kadwani were in the limelight of the success party.
Talented senior actor, Faisal Qureshi also came with his wife, Sana Faysal to join with the celebrations of the work done by the young talents in Ruposh.
Actor Affan Waheed appeared on the talk show The Big Pick, on which he opened up about his scandals in the industry.
The Do Bol star revealed that because of his marriage rumours with Pardes co-star Dur-e-Fishan Saleem, many people on social media and in his fandom believe so.
He said that many fake social media channels have reported about their supposed marriage. Contrary to reality many of his fans actually believed the fake reports. The Pardes duo also did a bridal shoot together which gave more fodder to the rumours. The Dastaan actor maintained that he and Dure are just good friends.
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Earlier he appeared on Ahsan Khan’s chat show along with his Pardes co-star Dur-e-Fishan Saleem. The duo indulged in a candid conversations over their personal and professional lives.
The Do Bol star revealed that Dur-e-Fishan was proposed by a white classmate in America when she was doing her bachelors. He said that the Dilruba diva even considered the proposal but eventually turned it down. On being asked about the same by Ahsan, Dur-e-Fishan answered that she was just 19 years old back then so it was too early to get married also she had apprehensions about her mother’s reaction on the same so she declined his proposal after considering it shortly.
Even Dur-e-Fishan made a revelation about the Shehnai hero that he broke up around three months back but is single again.
The host asked the duo about Affan refusing to share the screen space with Dur-e-Fishan in Pardes, on which the Dastaan actor stated that yes he did refused to work with her initially as when he signed the project, an established actress was doing her role who later opted out and the director Marina Khan roped in Dur-e-Fishan for the character and he was just not ready to do the same script with a newcomer which he had envisioned with an established star, also he wasn’t sure of her Urdu language skills.
Even Dur-e-Fishan said that it’s not because he doesn’t want to work with newcomers, its just that he was offered the play opposite a different co-star but after 3-4 days of shoot he expressed his happiness on working with her.
Affan recalled saying, “On set during a scene Dure said, ‘Acha, tum najoom ho? [Are you a horoscope?]’ When the original dialogue was a romantic and intense ‘Acha, tum ilm-e-nujoom bhi ata hai? [Oh, you know astrology as well?]’”
Actor Affan Waheed appeared on the talk show The Big Pick, on which he opened up about his scandals in the industry.
The Do Bol star revealed that because of his marriage rumours with Shehnai costar Ramsha Khan, many people in his circle and even neighbourhood believed it.
“Women in my neighborhood visited my home and gave “Salami” (wedding token) of 5000 to my mother, fans are highly convinced about the marriage of Ramsha and me.”
Some fans are highly convinced about my rumors, the Salami rumor is about Ramsha and me.”
Talking about his future plans regarding tying the knot, the Pardes actor revealed that he is not ready for love as yet however he added that love is a game of destiny and one can never be certain about their future decisions.
Moreover, the 37-year-old actor further said that sooner or later he surely has plans to get married.
Affan and Ramsha worked together in the light hearted drama serial Shehnai and garnered praise for their reel couple.
Pakistan is a third world nation, the majority population is rooted in patriarchal norms and customs, and crimes against women are alarming, our dramas don’t do a lot in trying to eradicate the misogynistic morals demanded from a woman.
A female in a patriarchal society is often burdened with the responsibility of carrying the family’s honor all on her own and Pakistani dramas continue to further mindset by introducing increasingly problematic tropes.
Many recently released dramas featured sequences of a father not being able to handle his daughter’s misfortunes and ending up dead because of it. This has now become repetitive to garner ratings by sensationalising the death of a heroine’s father. The fathers’ biggest problem are often associated with the daughter’s married life. It really is an unfortunate development of recent times that mainstream media has further escalated the regressive mindsets about the parental burdens of a daughter. Scenes of a father suffering from a fatal heart attack because of the disgraceful situations that arose due to the daughter’s actions or misfortunes.
Ayeza Khan’s Meherposh shows the female protagonist’s father getting a heart attack the moment Mehru’s husband divorces her in front of her entire family in a very distasteful dramatic sequence. The father dies as he couldn’t bear the dishonor his daughter’s misfortune brought the family.
Drama serial Jhooti starring Iqra Aziz showcased Nirma as the trouble maker of the family.
She emotionally blackmails and tortures her family for various reasons after being incited by her conman husband. The resulting family feuds lead to her father dying from a heart attack. Nirma’s mother is also shown to have died previously due to constant disturbances created by Nirma in the house.
In Yaariyan when the father, upon realizing how his one daughter toyed with the life of his other daughter’s prospective marital life, he is unable to bear the burden of the truth and ends up dying by heart attack.
Geo TV’s soap Uraan featuring Kinza Hashmi showed the father of one of the central female characters getting a heart attack while he is driving from his nephew’s house, who threatens to forcefully marry his daughter if she doesn’t consent to the marriage willingly. The heart attack leads to his demise.
ARY’s Ghalati also had a sequence where the female protagonist’s father dies of a heart attack after he sees his daughter being divorced amidst a family gathering. In other dramas if the fathers are not shown to directly drop dead because of their daughter’s misfortunes, the dramas push them to death by indirectly making the daughter the culprit for it.
Ruswai based on a rape victim, showed a father of a gang-rape survivor dealing with how the incident has shaken up the lives of both his children. He tries his best to settle things however, he is unable to do so. He feels helpless and in an emotionally burdened state, he loses his life in a car crash. Later in the same episode, it is revealed that the father wanted to commit suicide.
Pyar Ke Sadqay shows the female protagonist’s father being falsely prisoned due to his daughter’s step-father in law who wanted to use this opportunity to manipulate her into marrying him, in exchange for her father’s bail. The father gets a heart attack while imprisoned which leads to his death.
Saboor Aly’sTum Ho Wajah also has a similar situation where the father, weakened by his daughter eloping, ends up dying after getting a heart attack.
Nand shows a father dying in a car crash because he is chasing after his daughter, who has been forcefully taken from the house by her husband in the father’s absence. The father’s disturbed psychological state leads to a fatal car crash.
The heroine’s father in Zebaish dies trying to save his daughter from falling victim to the evil plans of the villain.
The trivialization of ethos attached to a daughter’s married life for a dotting father has been brutally dramatized and exploited by the scriptwriters for cheap thrilling sequences in the drama. The death sequences are also used to justify juvenile twists and plot changes.
Why are the fathers of only female characters shown to have such terrible consequences due to their daughters’ actions or their dwindling married life?
Fathers, are believed to be the biggest support system of a girl. But our Pakistani dramas have made the parents yet another way for a female character to face more miseries. They are pushed to death or shown to be out of their senses to either punish the female character’s wrongdoings, for instance, Jalan, or just to add some more misery to the female character’s life.
Daughters are supposed to be blessings and they should be shown in the same light instead of a burden that ultimately crushes her parents to death.
Actor Affan Waheed appeared on Ahsan Khan’s chat show along with his Pardes co-star Dur-e-Fishan Saleem. The duo indulged in a candid conversations over their personal and professional lives.
The Do Bol star revealed that Dur-e-Fishan was proposed by a white classmate in America when she was doing her bachelors. He said that the Dilruba diva even considered the proposal but eventually turned it down. On being asked about the same by Ahsan, Dur-e-Fishan answered that she was just 19 years old back then so it was too early to get married also she had apprehensions about her mother’s reaction on the same so she declined his proposal after considering it shortly.
Even Dur-e-Fishan made a revelation about the Shehnai hero that he broke up around three months back but is single again.
The host asked he duo about Affan refusing to share the screen space with Dur-e-Fishan in Pardes, on which the Dastaan actor stated that yes he did refused to work with her initially as when he signed the project, an established actress was doing her role who later opted out and the director Marina Khan roped in Dur-e-Fishan for the character and he was just not ready to do the same script with a newcomer which he had envisioned with an established star, also he wasn’t sure of her Urdu language skills.
Even Dur-e-Fishan said that it’s not because he doesn’t want to work with newcomers, its just that he was offered the play opposite a different co-star but after 3-4 days of shoot he expressed his happiness on working with her.
Affan recalled saying, “On set during a scene Dure said, ‘Acha, tum najoom ho? [Are you a horoscope?]’ When the original dialogue was a romantic and intense ‘Acha, tum ilm-e-nujoom bhi ata hai? [Oh, you know astrology as well?]’”
Affan confessed that his favourite female co-stars are Hira Mani, Tooba Siddiqui and Ramsha Khan.
The Governor of Punjab Chaudhary Mohammad Sarwar conferred actor Hira Mani with the ‘Global Women Media’ award. The Do Bol star’s work in the field of television was acknowledged on August 15 in Lahore.
Sidra Niazi is amongst the most rapidly rising newcomers, in a span of a year the actress has given three blockbuster dramas, Chupke Chupke, Qayamat and Makafaat. Sidra received critical acclaim for her performance as Urooj in Qayamat opposite Haroon Shahid and Ahsan Khan.
In an exclusive conversation with The Current, Sidra shared her wish list of co-stars both from Pakistan and India.
On being asked, Sidra named four actors each from both the nations. The Qayamat actress said that Fawad Khan and Fahad Mustafa are at the top of her list and she would love to work with Mere Paas Tum Ho actor Humayun Saeed and Ghalati actor, Affan Waheed.
On her co-star wish-list from across the border, the diva mentioned that she would like to collaborate with Ranbir Kapoor, she mentioned three more names of her preference. Hritikh Roshan is in her wish list too.
She adores Kartik Aryan and would like to work with him.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara actor Farhan Akhtar also intrigues her enough to be in her coveted list.
Hira Mani is currently busy shooting for Fahad Mustafa’s next production co-starring Sami Khan and Sumbal Iqbal in Karachi. She even shared a glimpse of it on her Instagram account.
The Mere Paas Tum Ho actress appeared on Ahsan Khan’s show where she made many interesting statements in jest. On being asked to give a message for the Prime Minister Imran Khan, Hira answered, “Haan waise jaa tujhay maaf kiya”. When the host asked her the reason of this statement she answered that she is forgiving him for his taxation policies. The phrase is from their hit OST of drama serial, Do Bol.
Hira’s co-star from Do Bol, Affan Waheed suggested these answers to her throughout the segment. The dynamic duo is currently being seen together on HUM TV’s Yun Tu Pyar Hai Bohut.
