INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mahira Khan on Humsafar ‘downtrodden& image of Khirad: ‘There were things brought in to show she had a spine&While the entertainment
industry in Pakistan faces an all-time-high in terms of ratings, one cannot be entirely oblivious to the fact that the quality of the
content getting produced is still shackled to the timeworn, problematic ideas that largely rely on misogyny
Addressing this issue was one of the top tier artists of Pakistan media royalty & Mahira Khan, at the launch of ‘The Next Big Story.& In
spite of holding the image of a fairly more progressive actor, the 33-year-old unveiled how storytelling does not just tailor to the frame
of mind of only a specific lot of the society but is merely just a depiction of all the stories that exist around us.However, the way that
story is told is what is really important, she believes.&We are living in a time where we have a voice
Not me, not this man but every single one of us has a voice
So compared to a hundred opinions, there are thousands
Compared to a thousand, there are millions
And also I agree with the statement that all art is political, everything gets affected by everything,& she said.
Speaking about the
gradual pace with which a society reforms its opinions and amplifies responsiveness towards unjust ideas, Mahira added: &The times change
So with the times that are changing, ten years ago or twenty years ago it wasn''t a big deal to put out a sexist joke, but today it is
Why is that so? It was wrong then and it is wrong now
Because suddenly there is more talk about it.&&And I have myself said no to certain things and certain projects where I thought that ‘no I
don''t want to be a part of it.& But we cannot cater to a section and nor can we tailor-make a story that caters to every single person
I am telling a story, if it is about someone who abuses his wife so be it
If it is about someone who is cheating on her husband then so be it
What we must be mindful of is that we don''t glorify it,& she adds.&This happened to me on my very first week with Humsafar and people kept
saying ‘oh this is the downtrodden woman&
Go back and look at it, and there is a reason why she was not, because the slap was removed from it, there were things that were removed and
there were things that were brought in just to show that she had a spine
But &it was a story and that story was told,& she further said
&People cannot suddenly stop telling stories
Yes, we should be mindful of what we are saying
We cannot glorify sexist jokes, we cannot glorify certain things and be like ‘yaar yeh kya baat kehdi&, ‘he gave her a slap, bravo&, --
And that, we should be mindful of,& she said.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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