Actor Shehzad Sheikh celebrated his birthday in a star-studded ceremony in Karachi. The birthday bash was attended by his celebrity friends including Hania Aamir, Iqra Aziz, Wajahat Rauf, Gohar Rasheed, Momal Sheikh, Hassan Ahmed and Yasir Hussain.
The Tabeer star’s co-actresses Ayeza Khan and Sunita Marshal cheered him in his comment section.
Leading actor of Pakistan drama industry Gohar Rasheed has said that whenever he gets married, he will become a husband like singer Falak Shabir.
Recently, Gohar appeared in an interview with an online portal in which he discussed various topics including his career, recent sociopolitical incidents in Pakistan and his reason for doing the role of Danyal in Laapata.
He also talked about his plans for marriage, while referring to the Nazar-e-Bad actor Sarah Khan’s husband Falak Shabir, he said that he is very impressed by him.
The Mann Mayal star said: “Inshallah! Whenever I get married in life, I will be a husband like Falak because I am very impressed with him.”
The actor said: “In our country, husbands are reluctant to show love to their wives. They are afraid to give flowers to their wives in front of the world. They do all sorts of things, but when it comes to expressing love to their wives, men are afraid to do.”
He mentioned: “I have seen with my own eyes that Falak takes great care of Sarah. When he comes to the seat, he takes care of his wife in front of everyone.”
“It is a great pleasure to see Falak taking care of Sarah and I want every man to take care of his wife in the same way”, he concluded.
He also praised the Mere Bewafa diva for performing difficult scenes during pregnancy.
It should be noted that Gohar and Sarah are currently working together in the drama serial Laapata which is being aired on Hum TV.
Recently the Digest Writer star had posted a message on Instagram to address a slap scene from his drama Laapata that was being widely shared on social media.
The actor had posted that the reason he opted for the role of Daniyal in the drama, “prove that oppression is a choice”. “If any insecure man with his fragile ego tries his ‘so called’ muscles on you, make the choice that Falak did without any fear,” he had written. “One tight slap back from a brave woman to such weak man in our society would be a giant leap for women kind.”
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharmila Faruqi recently responded to actor Gohar’s reflections on violence against women on Instagram, disagreeing with the actor’s assertion that “oppression is a choice.”
Rasheed then replied to Faruqi’s comment via his a reply and a social media post. “With all due respect ma’am. Then how can we break this vicious cycle? If thousands of women are being oppressed daily, how can we change that reality?” he asked.
“The ‘slap scene’ depicts a woman standing up for herself and saying no to violence which is a step towards breaking that vicious circle. Oppression is a choice, an idea for the generation to come where no woman should accept being abused or oppressed due to the society norms and if she does tolerate being oppressed then that is her choice not a mindset anymore,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, actor Kubra Khan agreed with the Mann Mayal actor and supported his stance.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharmila Faruqi recently responded to actor Gohar Rasheed’s reflections on violence against women on Instagram, disagreeing with the actor’s assertion that “oppression is a choice.”
The Digest Writer actor had posted a message on Instagram to address a slap scene from his drama Laapata that was being widely shared on social media.
The actor had posted that the reason he accepted the role of Daniyal in the drama was to “prove that oppression is a choice”. “If any insecure man with his fragile ego tries his ‘so called’ muscles on you, make the choice that Falak did without any fear,” he had written. “One tight slap back from a brave woman to such weak man in our society would be a giant leap for women kind.”
Faruqi replied to Rasheed’s post, saying that oppression is “not a choice”. “It’s a hard reality,” she wrote.
“Thousands of women are oppressed daily not because they chose to be oppressed but because they don’t have the choice to hit back or leave. Marital rapes, domestic violence, acid victims, child marriages are rampant because the victims are helpless physically and financially. They suffer in silence and those who do muster the courage to fight back are either silenced, murdered or divorced with no where to go. The victim blaming never ends, it’s a vicious cycle.”
Actor Gohar Rasheed has penned a long note for abusive men who think “physically abusing women is fine.”
Sharing a clip from his drama serial Laapata, the Digest Writer star turned to social media and wrote: “I hate the display of physical abuse on television. This is why I have always refrained from doing it in at least my own characters. It’s unfortunate but it has been done so frequently on our television that it’s almost become a subconscious reality for us.”
The Mann Mayal actor further added: “Apparently, physically abusing women is “fine” and any misogynistic, spineless man can get away with it, just like Daniyal thought in yesterday’s episode of Laapata. It may sound strange but The Thappad scene was the only reason as to why I took up the character of Daniyal.”
“To prove that oppression is a choice. If any insecure man with his fragile ego tries his so called muscles on you, make the choice that Falak did, without any fear! One tight slap back from a brave woman to such weak man in our society would be a giant leap for women kind”, he concluded.
“Girls like Falak rock. Men like Daniyal shock,” concluded Rasheed.
In the video, husband (Danyal) slaps wife (Falak) and she slaps him back with a warning to break his hands if he’ll think of doing that again.
Featuring a far-famed cast of Ayeza Khan, Sarah , Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar , Laapata airs on Hum TV. The drama is written and directed by Khizer Idrees.
The Meray Paas Tum Ho star recently opened up on selecting Laapata as her next drama post the blockbuster Chupke Chupke in an exclusive interview.
The Pyaray Afzal diva revealed that when the director and writer of Laapata, Khizer Idrees approached her for the play, he gave her an open choice to select either of the two parallel female lead characters from the drama. When she read the script she only wanted to do Geeti and didn’t even consider the other role.
The other parallel role of ‘Falak’ is being essayed by Sarah Khan, who is a sports enthusiast and is in love with Ali Rehman Khan’s character, Shams.
After the appreciation that she received as Meenu from Chupke Chupke she wanted to do another lighthearted and fun character hence she insisted that she will play only Geeti’s character.
The characteristics of Geeti resonated with her more as she mentioned that even in her real life the Meherposh actor is very “filmy”.
Ayeza Khan is playing a TikToker in her forthcoming drama Laapata co-starring Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed. The Mere Paas Tum Ho actress earlier announced her tribute for Mahira Khan in the drama and now she has announced her tribute to the veteran Indian actress Madhuri Dixit.
Ayeza announced the same on her Instagram account. Her character name is Geeti who loves making musical TikTok videos in this Khizer Idrees directorial.
She recently paid tribute to late actress Sridevi and posted her look on her Instagram handle.
The drama’s OST was released earlier this month and fans showered it with appreciation.
Nida Yasir attended the Mehendi ceremony of Sultana Siddiqui’s grandson. She posted a star studded group selfie on her Instagram stories which featured Ali Rehman Khan, Yasir Nawaz, Nida Yasir, Asad Siddiqui, Kubra Khan, Danish Nawaz, Zara Noor Abbas and Arsalan Naseer.
Nida mentioned that she has attended a Mehendi ceremony after almost 2 years.
The ceremony was a celebrity galore with names like Ushna Shah, Hania Aamir and Bilal Ashraf also being present.
The lavish pre-wedding ceremony was held in Karachi.
Gohar Rasheed has requested Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Government to restore Late Dilip Kumar’s residence in Peshawar.
“It is my most humble appeal to the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to restore Late Dilip Kumar Sahab’s residence in Peshawar,” wrote Rasheed on Twitter.
“Let’s this be a homage from Pakistan for the man who was loved by all,” he added.
Earlier this year in January, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan approved Rs 23.56 million to purchase the ancestral houses of two Bollywood legends Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor in Peshawar, but the owner of Kapoor Haveli in Peshawar refused to sell the house to the government at the price set by the authorities.
On the work front, Gohar will be seen next in The Legend of Maula Jatt costarring Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi.
Kubra Khan and Gohar Rasheed are one BFF duo that doesn’t shy away from flaunting their friendship and camaraderie on social media. They even appeared together on The Ahsan khan show and Jeeto Pakistan together.
Kubra and Gohar set the dance floor on fire with their electrifying moves on Sultana Siddiqui’s grandson wedding.
On the work front, Kubra will be seen next in London Nahi Jaunga and Gohar is set to be featured in The Legend Of Maula Jatt.