The mercury may be going down but things are heating up. Syra Yousuf and Sheheryar Munawar’s latest photoshoot for a local magazine has become the talk of the town with people discussing how hot they look together.
According to stylist Rao Ali Khan, who was the Creative Editor of the shoot, the theme of the shoot was ‘Boni and Clyde – a tale of love’.
Sheheryar Munawar has finally revealed why he was missing the past few weeks. Turns out the actor had a bike accident and “seriously messed up his shoulder”. Ouch!
Sharing pictures of himself in the hospital, Sheheryar shared: “So about two months back, I had taken a trip up North, and while riding my motorbike from Gilgit to Hunza I got into an accident.”
“If it wasn’t for my helmet/protective gear it could have been much worse,” he added. “I had seriously messed up my shoulder (a dislocation, torn muscles, and ligaments) and had to fly to London for surgery. I was operated upon a month and a half back.”
Sheheryar further said that he is “now out of my sling and fully mobile and up to no good again”.
The actor also shared a video his friend made of him riding the bike right before his accident. He also warned his followers that some images in the post might be graphic so viewer discretion is advised.
Of all the films releasing this Eid, Parey Hut Love was probably the most hyped. Everything about the film – cast, set, costumes, locations – was larger than life and the cast of the film promoted it to death. So much so that even if you weren’t interested in the film, you’d still want to see what it is all about.
Naturally, that raises expectations and that’s when things begin to go down. I entered the cinema excited and left the cinema deflated because the film did not match up to my expectations and what I had been promised.
To begin with, there was no story and half an hour into the film, I had figured out the plot. Parey Hut Love is the story of Sheheryar (Munawar), a commitment-phobic struggling actor who meets Saniya (Maya Ali) at a family wedding. The two spend time together and fall in love. Saniya, who lives in Turkey heads back with the promise that the two will keep in touch. However, Sheheryar’s phone is stolen and Saniya thinks that he has ditched her and is heartbroken. The rest of the film follows the duo as they find their way back to each other despite almost getting hitched to other people.
The entire film was just lots of beautiful wedding scenes put together with many of the scenes inspired by Bollywood movies. You will find references from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Hum Tum and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and even from the Hollywood film Dear Rosie. I personally felt the plot was heavily borrowed from Dear Rosie and Hum Tum.
There was no flow of scenes and some of them, like Mahira’s entry, were so abrupt that it took you a while to put things together and figure out what was going on. It’s like the makers forgot that they had a story to tell.
Parey Hut Love belonged to Sheheryar and Sheheryar only. His character was the only one which was given attention and developed properly while the rest of the movie was rushed. Sheheryar and Saniya’s love story was poorly written. Maya barely had any dialogues and she was a little more than a showpiece.
Zara Noor Abbas and Ahmed Ali Butt were wasted in the film and their roles terribly written. Zara is a talented actor and her comic timing is brilliant which is why I honestly felt upset with the way she was presented. I wish she had more screentime and her character had been more developed because she lit up the screen every time she came on. Also, why wasn’t her styling given the same amount of importance as Maya? While Maya breezed through the film in one gorgeous outfit after another, Zara’s outfits and looks were lazily done. The makeup was also a letdown – the lip colours too light and the eyes heavily done. Maya is a stunning actor and she stole the screen in Teefa in Trouble. In Parey Hut Love not so much.
Zara looks out of place in this coral pink outfit
On the flip, the cinematography, especially the ariel shots, locations, costumes, sets were amazing because of which the film was aesthetically very pleasing. The songs were also beautiful. Kudos to Azaan Sami Khan for delivering one stellar track after another and to Nigah Jee for the brilliant choreography. Morey Saiyaan, Ik Pal and Haye Dil Bechara were a treat to watch and frankly the biggest takeaway from the film.
Munawar has grown as an actor and honed his talent. He has also worked on his physique and all his hard work showed in the film. Maya could have done much better. Ahmed, Zara and Hina Dilapazeer gave some of the best moments from the film with their impeccable comedy.
The surface of Parey Hut Love was polished till it sparkled while little to no attention was paid to the core – the inside of the film was hollow.
Note – This article was updated on August 1, 2020. With no new movies hitting cinemas this year due to the COVID-19 lockdown, TV channels are airing their previous releases. Parey Hut Love was 2019’s highest-grossing film.
A host of Pakistan’s much-loved celebrities have come together for a short film titled Call To Action to raise awareness on the coronavirus pandemic.
Among those who feature in the film includes Hamza Ali Abbasi, Humayun Saeed, Reema, Shehzad Roy, Ali Rehman Khan, Zara Noor Abbas, Maya Ali, Anwar Maqsood, Bilal Maqsood, Sheheryar Munawar, Wasim Akram, Shaniera Akram, Ayesha Omar, Iqra Aziz, Yasir Hussain and Mikaal Zulfiqar. The film follows them as they talk to each other on the phones. While the conversation appears to be like one anyone would be having with their friend or family on the phone, each dialogue has a message behind it.
For example, Shehzad Roy talks about how important it is to keep washing our hands, while Iqra says, “Fasla rakhain, kaheen corona na ho jaye.” Ayesha Omar expresses her annoyance at unverified Whatsapp forwards. The dialogues are fun, short and witty.
The film has been written and directed by Faisal Qureshi.
With everything and everyone in lockdown and quarantine, we often find ourselves scrolling through our phone galleries and reminiscing about the happy moments we spent with our loved ones.
Sheheryar Munawar, who in his previous post made it clear that he was done with the coronavirus, in his latest post shared pictures of himself with his most special people. Among those people is director Asim Raza, Mahira Khan, Adeel Hussain, his Parey Hut Love co-stars Maya Ali, Zara Noor Abbas, Ahmed Ali Butt and Shahbaz Shigri and makeup artist Adnan Ansari.
“In these times of the lockdown, emotional highs and lows have become part of everyday life. Whenever I’m feeling a little low, going through old pictures always puts a smile on my face,” wrote the actor.
“I’ve always heard people say ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’, but since I’ve been missing human interaction like the deserts miss the rain (yes, being a little dramatic for effect here) I’ve discovered that ‘A picture is worth a thousand a thousand emotions a thousand memories’,” he wrote further before adding, “Sharing a few pictures of some special people. Some of whom where friends before they become colleagues and some colleagues who became friends…but all of them are now friends who are like family.”
Three weeks into quarantine and we all feel like we’re going to lose our minds. But then again, that is not exactly unexpected given our highly charged lifestyles.
Sheheryar Munawar recently in an Instagram post wrote, “You Corona! Take the hint, you’re not wanted. Go away already…I want my life back.”
We feel you Sheheryar.
But at the same time, Sheheryar wrote, “You’re not alone. There are a lot of us feeling the same way. What helps me is repeating a positive affirmation to myself when I feel stressed. Something like Amir Khan’s ‘All is Well’ from 3 Idiots.”
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Earlier, Sheheryar had encouraged his fans to make the best of their time in quarantine.
Parey Hut Love’s Haye Dil Bechara is the shaadi anthem of the season and has everyone hooked to its groovy tune. But our happy bubble popped when a Twitter user alleged that the song has been ‘inspired’ by a Spanish song titled Sofia by Spanish-German singer Álvaro Tauchert Soler. The song, released in 2016, was a hit in Europe, reaching number 1 in Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium and Switzerland.
On the other hand, Haye Dil Bechara’s music has been composed by Azaan Sami Khan, while the film’s director Asim Raza has penned the lyrics of the song sung by Jimmy Khan.
Listen to the song here:
Listen to Sofia here:
Do you think Haye Dil Bechara has been inspired or copied?
Meanwhile the team of Parey Hut Love, including director Asim Raza, producer Sheheryar Munawar and music composer Azaan Sami Khan have not yet responded to the claims.
However, journalist Fifi Haroon stated that the story was previously done and dusted.
OK so last year someone came out with the Spanish song that Haye Dil Bechara is supposed to sound like. Amazes me that the same story has turned up again and publications and websites are using it as if it’s new! Come on guys!https://t.co/r8Pc0NY1RL
Maya Ali’s only brother Afnan got married in a grand shehndi Friday night. Maya, who is a brilliant dancer, set the dance floor on fire with her moves and while dancing to Haye Dil Bechara from her film Parey Hut Love, Maya pulled Sheheryar on stage with her and the two grooved to the tune of it.
Watch video:
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Other than that, Maya also danced to a number of other songs including the 90s hit Chunari Chunari and Ik Pal from Parey Hut Love.
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The actor looked absolutely stunning in a hot pink outfit by Faiza Saqlain.
Sheheryar attended the wedding with his father.
Maya’s brother’s festivities began with a qawali followed by mayun.
Meera Jee’s contempt for Mahira Khan is no secret. Meera has often voiced her dislike for Mahira on several occasions and has referred to her an “overrated actress.”
But it appears that when the two meet, there’s no hate, only love. Mahira and Meera both recently attended the first Pakistan International Screen Awards in Dubai where they happened to cross paths. And Sheheryar Munawar recorded the entire interaction on his Insta story.
In the video, Mahira can be seen telling Meera that she is upset with her for critising her yet again.
“This is the first time I am actually upset with you Meera Jee after becoming friends because you said something about me again,” said Khan.
To this, Meera responded, “I swear I never said anything about you Mahira.”
Watch their interaction here:
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Earlier in January, Meera in an interview had remarked that “Mahira is not a talented actor. I am more brilliant than her,” adding that the superstar only gets importance because she shared the screen with Shah Rukh Khan in the Bollywood film Raees.
Maya Ali is no stranger to link-ups. Over the years, the actor has been linked to several of her co-stars. But among them all, her onscreen chemistry with Osman Khalid Butt had their fans swooning and the two began to be popularly known as Osmaya.
While fans rooted for the two to get together in real-life, some people started speculating that the two have tied the knot after pictures of them in wedding attire were shared on social media. Turned out that the pictures were from a magazine cover shoot and not from their “marriage.”
Nonetheless, every now and then, people raise questions pertaining to their relationship status. On a recent post by Maya, an Instagram user commented, “Is she still married with Osman Khalid Butt? Never seen them together.”
To this, Maya replied, “Did I, my family or Osman or his family ever mention this thing anywhere? You have a right to ask a question but please don’t give any statements about anyone…Thank you.”
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Osman and Maya made their debut in Aik Naeey Cinderella, following which they appeared in Aunn Zara. Their third drama together was the superhit Diyar-e-Dil. Their last drama together was Sanam which aired in 2016. Maya has often referred to Osman as her best friend and the two have walked the ramp and appeared on the red carpet together. However, they have never hinted at anything more than that.
Meanwhile, Maya who has had a stellar year given the success of her second film Parey Hut Love, also reflected upon the past year and shared why it was so special for her.
