Urwa Hocane’s latest social media posts have sparked excitement among fans. Hocane posted a video on her Instagram account with the caption, “A hundered & some degrees, andaroon lahore & high speed shots ! BTS of the newest with the best team ! ️ ️ ”
In the video, Sheheryar Munawar is dressed in a khaki kurta, while Urwa Hocane is seen in a beautiful black outfit in the video. The two performers seem to have a fantastic on-screen relationship.
Novice Records, a music production company, posted an Instagram picture with the caption, “Ishaq Rangtaari by the legendary Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, is an emotional masterpiece you can’t miss! Featuring the stunning duo of Sheheryar Munawar and Urwa Hocane, this song is composed by Naveed Nashad to create the perfect musical journey.”
Fans are eagerly looking forward to seeing this new collaboration.
Urwa Hocane, the famous actor who’s now producing films, wants her husband, heartthrob actor-singer Farhan Saeed, to focus on her. The two were again chatting playfully in the comments on Farhan’s latest Instagram post.
When the star of ‘Mere Humsafar’ recently posted a new picture and asked for suggestions in the comments, his loving wife advised him to focus on her.
Saeed asked in the caption of the two-picture gallery from a recent gig, “This year I should focus on?” Hocane simply commented, “Me,” followed by a series of emojis.
The adorable comment has caught the eye of social media users, who can’t help but gush over the affectionate couple. Thousands of fans have also sent their best wishes to the pair.
Urwa Hussain and singer/actor Farhan Saeed have become proud parents to their first baby girl. They shared the happy news on Instagram in a joint post.
The tiny bundle of joy, named Jahan Aara was born on January 3, 2024. Urwa Hocane has written a beautiful note on becoming a mother.
Urwa and Farhan got married in December 2016. Like most famous couples, the two have been hounded by rumors of separation. Neither of them directly spoke about it.
For three years, the two didn’t share any pictures together on social media. But on Eid-ul-Fitr in 2023, they finally posted pictures together, proving that all the rumors about an impending breakup were false.
In a exhilarating match on Thursday, the Pakistani cricket team were officially out of Asia Cup 2023 after losing to Sri Lanka by two wickets, paving the way for the island nation to face off against India in Colombo. Although many expressed their disappointment at the lack of performance, including former captain Shahid Afridi, many were still proud of the effort the boys in green displayed. Since yesterday, prominent celebrities like Shahista Lodhi and Mawra Hocane sent uplifting messages to the cricket team, especially to captain Babar Azam for his efforts to make it this far.
The aesthetic surgeon and actress took to Instagram to express her pride at the way Babar Azam kept fighting till the end.
“Dear skipper Babar Azam, proud of the way you fought. I will never stop supporting you no matter what. Chin up King don’t let your crown fall.”
Hocane sisters Mawra and Urwa rallied behind the boys in green, commending them for their hard work and prayed that more achievements will arrive soon.
Koi baat nahi..you put up a great fight Pakistan..the better team won.. #AsiaCup2023 congratulations Srilanka well done Pakistan ❤️❤️❤️❤️ My heart will always pray for you..never hopeless ever..I won’t lie, I cried a tear or two but here’s to many many heart warming…
Pakistanis were jubilant over their men’s cricket team’s splendid performance against India, however, very little was said about the Pakistani women’s cricket team’s whitewash win against South Africa.
Female celebrities have risen to the challenge, advocating for more recognition to be given to the team.
Cricket player Shadab Khan shared a picture of the team, calling for them to be treated with equal respect as the men’s cricket team.
Actress Urwa Hocane gushed about how the win made her day, and hoped to see more women entering into every field and succeeding the same way.
“The news made my day! The kind of win I wish to see for #Pakistan everyday in every field regardless of gender, we need our full force! With all that potential our only option is to work harder & win at everything for the world to see!”
The news made my day! The kind of win I wish to see for #Pakistan everyday in every field regardless of gender, we need our full force! With all that potential our only option is to work harder & win at everything for the world to see! #PakistanWomenCricketTeam@TheRealPCBpic.twitter.com/mt2BsBJku3
Mawra Hocane posted a caption on her Instagram stories where she congratulated the team captain Sidra Amin, and the rest of the women’s cricket team for their fabulous performance.
Nadeem Baig made national headlines when, on talk show ‘The Fourth Umpire’, he was asked which actress was the most difficult to work with on set, and he revealed it was Urwa Hocane.
Hocane and Baig was worked together in ‘Punjab Nahi Jaungi’ in 2017.
Now, Hocane has responded in a post on Friday where she addressed the allegation that she was ‘difficult’ by revealing her side of the story:
“Nadeem bhai and I have only done one project together and had one difference of opinion about the song ‘Lak Hilna’ where we eventually went with his aesthetics, choice of song and dance step as I sensed he was unwilling to hold a discussion probably because as a society we have become so intolerant to difference of opinion, specially when it’s a woman.”
Hocane revealed that despite being trolled heavily for the past few days since Baig’s comment on the show, she had never thrown him under the bus out of respect for him.
“Despite being extremely trolled for the song I never threw my director under the bus out of respect for him. I am so hurt with how my personality is being misrepresented publicly merely for holding a healthy discussion on set which I believe is a basis to team work while in all these years it was never pointed out to me in person.”
Singer-actor Farhan Saeed has reacted to a netizen’s demand of ‘Boycotting Tich Button‘ because of his co-star Feroze Khan.
The Mere Hamsafar star took to Twitter and shared his two cents about Feroze Khan’s inclusion in the rom-com.
A Twitter user while addressing Saeed shared, “I would like to request to you all people. Do not watch this movie Tich Button because it features a ‘wife beater’.” She went on to tag Khan in the said tweet as well.
The Suno Chanda star then replied to the tweep and commented, “Well Ayesha, I respect your opinion but before you just put a cross on the hard work of almost 300 people for almost three years, you should know this movie was shot in 2019.” Saeed further shared, “You don’t just cancel the hard work of so many people.”
Actress Mathira shared her two cents on Farhan’s statement.
Feroze has been accused of physically abusing his former wife, Syeda Aliza Sultan.
Actor Sonya Hussyn recently shared that she has sent her film Tich Button‘s producer Urwa Hocane a legal notice due to a “breach in the contract” whereby she was not paid her contractual dues for the project.
In the legal notice, the Azaadi star’s legal team addressed the matter by reminding Urwa that she “entered into contractual relations” with their client. “Under express terms and conditions”, she agreed to pay Sonya a certain amount upon completion of the shooting, which began on February 2, 2020, and ended on June 5, the same year.
The notice states that even though Sonya performed her part of the contract “in exceptional circumstances” such as the outbreak of Covid-19, she was not paid her due “despite repeated requests and reminders” accounting for a “breach in the contract”.
It noted that after quite some time, “in stark convention and blatant violation of contract”, the Meri Shehzadi diva “fraudulently” attempted to pay Hussyn Rs500,000.
Hussyn returned that cheque and “unequivocally refuses to be a prey of [Urwa’s] fraudulent scheme,” according to the notice. Sonya is demanding the payment agreed upon in the contract which is “still outstanding”.
Additionally, she demanded Rs5 million for “general damages” on account of “distress, dismay, mental torture, humiliation and embarrassment” within 14 days of the receipt of the notice for the “undesirable and unwanted circumstances” created by Urwa.
Upon failure to comply with this, Sonya instructed her legal team to “institute civil and criminal legal provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 for criminal breach of trust, cheating, fraud, and misrepresentation” and file a civil suit in court and seek recovery of payment, general damages and attachment of Urwa’s immoveable and moveable assets.
Urwa’s Response
Urwa has now addressed the matter in an interview “I am not aware that Sonya Hussyn has sent any notice to me, I mean I am just a call away, we have been shooting the film for so long which a lot of things might happen. We should speak to each other and find out, I am sure there should be some misunderstanding, we all are mature enough and can resolve issues, why sabotage a project like this? I am also worried about such a notice, it’s not like that, she’s been a team, and I know the process has become longer but we understand and will address this misunderstanding, maybe Sonya Hussyn would have called me.”
Farhan Saeed’s Reaction
While opening up about the absence of his co-stars Sonya Hussyn and Feroze Khan from the film’s promotions, Farhan Saeed said, “they are an integral part of the film, at the trailer launch, Sonya didn’t appear because she was a Toronto for awards, Feroze Khan was absent from promotions because he was in Saudi Arabia for the Umrah, I even said to Qasim, ‘we should ask Feroze to pray for film’s success, I wish they join us in in future promotion but they worked beautifully.”
Farhan retorted, “Maliha, problems are in every project. I can’t agree with the thing that a project doesn’t have any problem let me tell you every project has issues, especially in films, however, I would say that you should own the project wholeheartedly. If you ask me, there are zero regrets and hard feelings, every one has his own career choices and graphs.
Sonya’s Statement
In a recent interview with Hasan Choudary, she discussed her dispute with the Tich Button’s makers.
Talking about it Sonya said, “I think, everyone knows now why I’m missing from promotions of Tich Button, the thing is out already, the public knows why I’m not seen, payment dispute was the main issue, also, sometimes, your chemistry and vibe don’t match with some people and that’s why I’m distant.”
She further added, “I took Urwa’s name because Urwa was the only producer who approached me, she was the main face behind it, she was the one who signed the contract with me, that’s why I sent her a notice, I addressed Urwa specifically because I had a contract with her. I talked to all producers before sending the notice, it was last option to approach legally. However, on Ahsan’s show, I mistakenly said something but he created it a big thing.”
Actor Mawra Hocane shared adorable pictures of her fancy 30th birthday celebrations on her Instagram handle.
The ‘Jawaani Phir Nahi Aani 2’ star, who marked her special day in the presence of her close ones, including her alleged boyfriend, Ameer Gilani in Lahore.
With a 10-picture birthday picture dump, Hocane wrote, “Best Birthday eve with the Best ever!!!! ☀️”
The Sammi star looked absolutely gorgeous in a silver midi dress curated by the celebrity designer Hamza Anwar as she posed with her family and friends in front of a balloon backdrop at the homely celebrations. She styled the look with strappy stilettos and statement earrings while keeping the makeup simple and dewy, and her hair tied up in a high ponytail.
Hocane’s elder sister Urwa was also spotted at the affair.
A-listers of Pakistani entertainment industry are currently in Toronto, Canada for the ceremony of 8th HUM Awards under fire, being held in Toronto on 24th September 2022.
Senior politician Sharmila Faruqi recently schooled local celebrities (with the noted exception of Hadiqa Kiani) for not doing enough for flood relief.
In an Instagram post, she shared pictures of several celebrities in Canada for the Hum TV Awards, along with an image of Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie in Pakistan.
The backlash by prominent personalities started a scrutiny fest for the channel on social media. While sentiments of the local netizens have been hurt, the reaction on social media seems to be strikingly overwhelming.
For the unversed, the event was planned months in advance, from the venue to the performances and guests, everything was keyfully planned weeks before the event itself.
Earlier when HUM TV held its award show in 2018, it garnered a similar backlash due to the snubbing of the General elections.
To be factual, bookings of venues of that scale for events that are high profile cannot simply be postponed or cancelled in a matter of days. Celebrities that are set to perform have contracts in place for set performances which cannot be revoked.
The show from the get-go was advertised with a disclaimer that HUM will donate a portion of the earnings through ticket sales to the flood victims. HUM has done its part in helping those in need, also hosting a live fundraiser telethon via their foundation ‘HUMdard’ that was held in Karachi in early September. Another such fundraiser event was also held in Canada prior to the Awards which was attended by numerous celebrities.
Hum TV even officially addressed the controversy on social media.
All this backlash led to several celebrities coming to their own and HUM’s defence. We saw the likes of Ahmed Ali Butt who took to Instagram stories, sarcastically mocking those praising Angelina Jolie and calling out our people’s double standards or lack of fact-checking skills by pointing out how a portion of ticket sales will go to relief funds and that the event is not just some lavish party.
Mahira Khan, Ushna Shah and Haroon Shahid also joined in on this with Haroon taking to Twitter to let people know that they already are and will continue to do their part in raising awareness and doing everything they can to help those in need.
We also however saw Azfar Rehman announce via Instagram post that he has chosen to not attend the event, having withdrawn by choice.
Ushna Shah, who is also in attendance at the fundraiser event in Canada, was seen posting from the event showing millions being raised for the relief funds.
Despite all of HUM’s efforts, the backlash is still nowhere close to dying down. It’s rather unfortunate that in most such cases of online backlash, audiences are proven to assume the worst without any fact-checking done from their end.
That’s exactly what we are seeing here, with #BoycottHumTV still being blasted at them under every post and #BoycottHumAwards trending on Twitter. The internet is a cesspool of misinformation and vicious hate cycles and unfortunately, this is just the next one.
The ceremony will be screened on Hum TV later this year.
