Pakistani actor Sanam Saeed talked about her favourite Bollywood film and how her colleagues Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan bore the brunt of the ban on Pakistani artistes in India.
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00:00Of course, we always make fun of how Muslims are portrayed in Indian films with the kajal and the namaz ki topi and the green in the background somewhere.
00:10Fawad and Myra really got the brunt of it. So I'm sure that they are nervous and scared because of how they were treated.
00:18Why mix politics with art and culture and all of that? Tragic. But also like, I mean, we got, I guess we all got over it. It is what it is.
00:28Hi, this is Tanam Syed for Brute.
00:30I have watched several Bollywood films.
00:57My favourite? Oh, tough one. Which one was the one with Kangana where she went on her trip after her fiancé ditched her?
01:09Queen. Yeah, Queen is I think going to be my all-time favourite. It's the first one that pops up in my mind because it was just so well done.
01:17And again, I really loved her performance in that. It wasn't a spectacle. It was just, again, something really relatable.
01:25Of course, we always make fun of how Muslims are portrayed in Indian films with the kajal
01:32and the namaz ki topi and the green in the background somewhere to, you know, to show
01:38that this is a Muslim person or an Islamic, a Muslim community. And of course, I mean,
01:44it gets too political, but they've always been highlighted as the enemy. I don't think I've seen
01:50any projects where the two nations are friends and collaborating together,
01:57unlike in reality where collaborations are happening at every level.
02:09We're baffled. I don't think it was a shock when the cross-border cultural exchange was
02:16happening. It was exciting. It was about time. It felt really exhilarating, liberating,
02:23and kind of complete that finally these two hubs of culture and creativity and art were
02:32collaborating to form even greater stuff. And then when the ban happened suddenly, it was a
02:38bit of a rude awakening, a shock, confusion, why mix politics with art and culture and all of that.
02:45Tragic, but also like, I mean, we got, I guess we all got over it. It is what it is. You can't
02:51fight it. There's nothing you can do about it except stuff like this, what we're doing now.
02:55So despite it, you know, we're still trying to make our way and
02:59work together. It's unfortunate. It's just very tragic and unfortunate.
03:15No, I guess because I never worked in Bollywood, this isn't Bollywood. I guess Bollywood is a
03:23completely different ball game. And by the time I was getting my foot in the door, the ban had
03:28come. So I guess, and Fawad and Mayra really got the brunt of it. So I'm sure that they are nervous
03:34and scared because of how they were treated. It's definitely a confusing place to be in when
03:41one second you're like here and the next second you're kind of just completely let go. So I can
03:47totally understand why Mayra would be nervous to take that step again, because it was a tough
03:54exit for them.