Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, known in India for her role in Shoaib Mansoor’s movie ‘Bol’, is satisfied with her small screen work, zeenews.com media reports.
Even while many of her countrymen have come and carved a niche in the multi-billion dollar Indian film industry, she says she has no such aspirations. “I don’t want to be a Bollywood star for sure because the kind of stardom that we get from Pakistan, I am very happy with that. So becoming a Bollywood actress is not something I am aspiring to do,” Mahira, who played Ayesha in ‘Bol’, told IANS.
Mahira likes Salma Agha, Zeba Bakhtiar, Somy Ali, Meera and Veena Malik, and actor Ali Zafar are among those from Pakistan who have pursued their love for acting in India. The Indian film industry is growing by leaps and bounds, and the film industry in Pakistan is not as big, but Mahira is nonchalant. She says television industry in Pakistan is stronger, and has given her a chance to play strong characters.
The 27-year-old essayed the role of Khirad Ehsan in TV serial drama ‘Humsafar’, which became one of
the most super duper hit dramas of the Pakistani TV industry. She was praised for her performance by critics and fans alike. “After ‘Bol’, I did a serial called ‘Humsafar’ which was bigger than any movie that has come out in Pakistan and it did extremely well. It was maddening to see the reaction of both critics and fans, so I thought let’s just give it a break for sometime and then take another project.
“Also in Pakistan, movies are not bigger as our industry is not that big. One movie coming out in five years is not tremendous. What we have is TV, which is at par. Stars there are TV stars, so I am enjoying that and honing my skills as an actress,” she is quoted as saying. Recently her seriol play Sher-e-Zaat is onair.
The actress was born in Karachi and pursued her higher education in Santa Monica Community College,
Los Angeles. Her first tryst with showbiz came as a video-jockey when she was 16 years old. She had no dreams of becoming an actress. But Indian dancing diva Madhuri Dixit`s performance and dance moves
in the 1989 film “Ram Lakhan”, tempted her towards the art. “I became an actress only because of Madhuri Dixit. I was watching ‘Ram Lakhan’ and her song ‘Bada dukh dina o ramji’ was coming. The moment I saw it, I told my mother, ‘I want to do it, I want to be on TV’,” said Mahira. She said her future plans include one project from India and a few Pakistani projects.
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