Actor Ali Abbas, known for his diverse performances and verstile roles in the entertainment industry, is not very enthusiastic about working with his father, veteran star Waseem Abbas. Now we know the reason why.
During a recent appearance as a guest on ‘Nadan Mezban’, host Nida Yasir asked “Do you face difficulties working with your father?”
Ali Abbas replied, “I try not to work on the same drama with my father, but we have a deal that if we work on a script together, we won’t look each other in the eyes.”
“When we work together, I take a different approach. Recently, my father Waseem Abbas and I worked in a drama serial with intense scenes, which I found challenging to act out. His expressive eyes make it tough for me to separate our real relationship from the characters we play. I have so much respect for him that I struggle to argue with him, both on and off screen,” the Dil -e- Nadan actor added.
Veteran actor Waseem Abbas is one of the most successful actors to have made a name for himself in TV dramas, films and theater. But it wasn’t always like this.
During an appearance as a guest on Showtime with Ramiz Raja, Abbas shared a story about his film career, revealing that 18 of his films flopped.
Ramiz Raja asked “So your track record in films is also quite something. We’ve heard that out of 19 films, 18 were flops.”
Waseem Abbas replied, “Out of 19, 18 didn’t work. When my film would flop, and I would be sitting in the studio because we had our own production house, I wasn’t cast by my own production house. I used to tell my father, I don’t want to work in this, and he would ask, ‘Why?’ I would reply, ‘Because the film will fail.’ So, when a producer would come to sign me, I would look at his face and think, ‘Why has he come here? I’ve already given 15 flops, and now he’s back again?’ Then, when the film would be released, I’d ask, ‘Why isn’t that guy showing up at the studio?’ and they’d say, ‘He’s left.’”
Senior actor Waseem Abbas was asked about beautiful actresses in the industry and his reply was very interesting.
Waseem appeared as a guest on Geo News’ program ‘Hansna Mana Hai,’ where he engaged in an interesting and humorous conversation.
During the program, host Tabish Hashmi asked whether Sajal Aly is more beautiful than Haniya Aamir. To this, the senior actor replied with a firm “no.”
The actor’s response sparked a lot of reaction from the program’s participants. The host then humorously asked if Tabish Hashmi is more beautiful than Haniya Aamir. The actor shook his head and said, “Not at all.”
It’s worth noting that Waseem Abbas played Haniya Aamir’s father-in-law in the drama ‘Mere Hum Safar.’
Actor Ali Abbas’ acting career kicked off with director Amin Iqbal’s drama Meri Dulari opposite Yumna Zaidi on Geo TV. He weighed 86 kilos before stepping into TV and lost around 9 kilos to look the part.
However Ali revealed on Nida Yasir’s morning show that on the first day of his shoot, the veteran director slammed him. According to the Meherposh star, Amin told him that he doesn’t look like a star and will never become one, also that he doesn’t have the qualities in him to be a leading hero. This incident dampened his confidence.
Now in an exclusive interview with The Current while promoting his movie Rehbra, Amin Iqbal responded to Ali’s allegations. The Ishq-e-Laa maker said, “The judgement could be wrong at times as I am a human too but whatever I have said about someone, it has become true. There is a difference between being a star and being an actor.
“I have introduced artists like Yumna Zaidi, Saba Qamar and Sameer Sohail from Lahore to the showbiz fraternity, even recently when I casted Azaan Sami Khan in Ishq-e-Laa, people scrutinised his casting in the play but respect and disrespect is in the hands of God.”
“I know his father and grandfather personally and have had good terms with him.”
Iqbal concluded by saying that now that Ali is in a better space career wise, it could be because of the remarks that Amin gave him early on his career as Abbas must have improved himself after it.
Earlier this year Abbas appreciated his contemporary Ahmed Ali Akbar in an interview with Maliha Rehman.
The Mere Apnay star stated that Ahmad has given a superlative performance in Parizaad and it makes him happy that underrated actors like him are now getting leading roles in mainstream projects.
He added that at the time of Ehd-e-Wafa there was noise about him being sidelined in the play which starred bigger names like Ahad Raza Mir and Osman Khalid Butt alongside him.
Ehd-e-Wafa emerged as a blockbuster in 2020 and starred an ensemble cast.
The Fitrat star mentioned that he is the biggest fan of Naumaan Ijaz and takes inspiration from him while performing, especially from his performance in Mera Saeen.
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.
