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Sarmad Khoosat, who directed Fawad Khan in
2011 hit Pakistani drama 'Humsafar', says
though he finds the 'Khoobsurat' star a brilliant
performer, the actor does not feature on his wish
list.
Sarmad, who also helmed Fawad's Pakistani
show 'Ashk' in 2012, says the duo enjoyed a nice
relationship till 'Humsafar' but things have not
been the same between them post the show.
"I like Fawad as an actor and a star but our
approach and our process of working don't match
and for me the process of filming a drama or a
film is more important than the outcome.
"Our actor-director relationship was extremely
nice till 'Humsafar' but after that I had
reservations about a few things with him," the
35-year-old director told PTI in a telephonic
interview from Karachi. When asked if the
difference means that the two would not pair up
for any project in future, Sarmad said, "It's
nothing like that. There is no animosity between
us. I might work with him in future. I feel Fawad,
Mahira and I should work together again. But I
don't have a feeling that 'Oh, I want to do
something with Fawad'. My wish list does not
have him." The young actor-director, however,
says he is very happy with the praise that Fawad
has got in India.
"He deserves it. He is a great actor. I am very
happy that people love him here because he is so
talented. This should hopefully lead to more
exchange between the two countries because they
are so similar in culture and people that I don't
even feel I am in a different nation whenever I am
in India," said Sarmad.
His show 'Humsafar', a 23-episode long love
story, will start airing from next week on Zindagi
channel in India.
'Humsafar' is adapted from Pakstani author
Farhat Ishtiaq's novel of the same name and
depicts the trials and tribulations of a married
couple, Asher and Khirad. The young director feels
people will connect to the drama as both the
countries have common emotions.
"We share heritage, history, language and so
much more. The universal emotion which clicks
with people from both the contries is same that is
romance. I am ecstatic that the show is reaching
out to an audience which should have witnessed
it much before. In fact, our inside joke was that
this show is like Bollywood film 'Maine Pyar
Kiya', which is a love story between a poor girl
and rich boy and that's the basic plot of
'Humsafar' too," he said.
The director said 'Humsafar' was his first
romantic play. He had mostly done dark plays so
he was apprehensive about helming it. Sarmad is
now glad that he did the show as he feels drama
has an old school charm to it, which is rare to
find in serials today.
"When I read the story, I thought it is so unreal
and different from whatever I had done in the
past. The show felt like a fairytale and I thought
let me try this new genre.
"'Humsafar' has a very simple storyline and has
melodrama but we all got through that initial
block soon. The show has a retro feel to it and
moves like a fantasy where everything gets stuck
on these two characters and rest doesn't matter,"
he said, adding that the show's quality was
alleviated by the cast.
"Fawad and Mahira both are genuine people, who
put their soul in the show. Even the clich scenes
were made believable because of great acting. I
have to give credit to all my actors for making it
such a big success," Sarmad said.
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fawad-khan-and-my-approach-to-work-differ-says-humsafar-director-sarmad-khoosat-2024164
2011 hit Pakistani drama 'Humsafar', says
though he finds the 'Khoobsurat' star a brilliant
performer, the actor does not feature on his wish
list.
Sarmad, who also helmed Fawad's Pakistani
show 'Ashk' in 2012, says the duo enjoyed a nice
relationship till 'Humsafar' but things have not
been the same between them post the show.
"I like Fawad as an actor and a star but our
approach and our process of working don't match
and for me the process of filming a drama or a
film is more important than the outcome.
"Our actor-director relationship was extremely
nice till 'Humsafar' but after that I had
reservations about a few things with him," the
35-year-old director told PTI in a telephonic
interview from Karachi. When asked if the
difference means that the two would not pair up
for any project in future, Sarmad said, "It's
nothing like that. There is no animosity between
us. I might work with him in future. I feel Fawad,
Mahira and I should work together again. But I
don't have a feeling that 'Oh, I want to do
something with Fawad'. My wish list does not
have him." The young actor-director, however,
says he is very happy with the praise that Fawad
has got in India.
"He deserves it. He is a great actor. I am very
happy that people love him here because he is so
talented. This should hopefully lead to more
exchange between the two countries because they
are so similar in culture and people that I don't
even feel I am in a different nation whenever I am
in India," said Sarmad.
His show 'Humsafar', a 23-episode long love
story, will start airing from next week on Zindagi
channel in India.
'Humsafar' is adapted from Pakstani author
Farhat Ishtiaq's novel of the same name and
depicts the trials and tribulations of a married
couple, Asher and Khirad. The young director feels
people will connect to the drama as both the
countries have common emotions.
"We share heritage, history, language and so
much more. The universal emotion which clicks
with people from both the contries is same that is
romance. I am ecstatic that the show is reaching
out to an audience which should have witnessed
it much before. In fact, our inside joke was that
this show is like Bollywood film 'Maine Pyar
Kiya', which is a love story between a poor girl
and rich boy and that's the basic plot of
'Humsafar' too," he said.
The director said 'Humsafar' was his first
romantic play. He had mostly done dark plays so
he was apprehensive about helming it. Sarmad is
now glad that he did the show as he feels drama
has an old school charm to it, which is rare to
find in serials today.
"When I read the story, I thought it is so unreal
and different from whatever I had done in the
past. The show felt like a fairytale and I thought
let me try this new genre.
"'Humsafar' has a very simple storyline and has
melodrama but we all got through that initial
block soon. The show has a retro feel to it and
moves like a fantasy where everything gets stuck
on these two characters and rest doesn't matter,"
he said, adding that the show's quality was
alleviated by the cast.
"Fawad and Mahira both are genuine people, who
put their soul in the show. Even the clich scenes
were made believable because of great acting. I
have to give credit to all my actors for making it
such a big success," Sarmad said.
http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fawad-khan-and-my-approach-to-work-differ-says-humsafar-director-sarmad-khoosat-2024164
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