Originally posted by: unicornhugs
100% this! Look at all the recent blockbusters and there is one common theme - the leads have ample screen space together. In my opinion, they had to know this was a risk. Personally I’m okay waiting for their journey but most people aren’t. Wahaj can’t do an Iqtidar type because that itself is a Tere Bin type. Nobody would have wanted to see that again with another female lead and it might have been rejected and even if they somehow accepted it, the same kind of views would have been considered a failure for him…just like people don’t seem impressed with SMD’s views but they’re fairly impressive for most other artists.
watch sherry in radd or aiej. did he not have ample screen space? watch hamza in jej - did he not have screen space? watch feroze in khumar and akhara - did he not have screen space? watch im, kmkt - did bilal and fahad not have screen space? did danish not get screen space in rej or tcm? watch muneeb in shiddat or imran in namak haram - did they not have screen space? did FQ not have screen space in zulm or khaie? did imran not have screen space in ehram e junoon or mehshar? 95% of ML roles done by A-list male actors (even B+ list male actors) have ample screen space and are nothing like iqtidar. iqtidar type shows are very much a minority.
742