‘Excuse me, aap bhi?’
This one legendary line is known to most Pakistanis by now. They were uttered by Waseem Hassan Shiekh, a man no one had heard about before until his debut in a low-budget yet well-received TV commercial.
Waseem starred in an ad for KitKat Talcum Powder. and the rest, as they say is history. He became famous for his hilarious dialogues in what could’ve been a forgettable and average TV ad at best. In fact, he became a social media star overnight because of this ad.
He went on to star in numerous ads, all of which were received well by his fans and critics both. No matter who you asked, Mr. Waseem has become a household name like Fawad Alam or Ali Zafar.
Social media gave him all the fame. And as recent events unfolded, it also proved to be cruel to Mr. Waseem.
Social Media Fame – A Double-Edged Sword
Recently a post went viral on Facebook, which contained Waseem’s ‘life story.’ It was shared by a third party, and was picked up by many other social media accounts and outlets as well.
Many people believed that story to be true.
However, Waseem recently went on record on social media, and denied the story, terming it as a total fabrication.
He also appealed to people all over social media to take down the story, contacting various publications and asking him to factcheck the story by him. Many have complied with his wishes to date.
Here’s his response with his reasons for taking down the false story:
What Does This Incident Tells Us?
Social media, like all other tools is both a force for good and bad. We see militants recruiting people for their own narrow ends. We see a common chaiwala get a good job as a result of a random post by someone on social media.
But for us users of social media, we need to be mindful of many of the things we come across social media. It is always better to trust a source than a third-party who is just out there to gain fame (as seen in Waseem’s example).
This is the world we live in and with change, we too should be more cautious and sensible than others.
At the very least, it is hoped that Waseem’s most recent appeal on social media can set the record straight.
aaj kal koi famous ho sakta hai
Fawad Khan or Fawad Alam??
Who Fawad Khan? They are talking about Fawad Alam 1st of his name, from the house of Cricket, Best finisher of game ever.
Jio Zafri!
Thanks son
Hahahaha nice
shareef banda bechara rozi roti kama raha ha awain usko b tang ker k rakha howa ha
Poor guy, at least he’s original.
Shame on that a** who’s using it for his own advantage.
Aare na karo yaar, aapne apna favorite Tahir Shah add nahi kia is list main…
I’ve seen the ad but this is the first time I’m hearing his name. Seems like a nice guy however. That blush on though.
yeah right, I just checked the video after you mentioned and shocked to see it has more then 80k views. Huh.. hum kahan ja rahe hain dost… :-(
Abhi aap koi Islamic bayan upload kardo kitne log dekhainge usko?
nahi bro islamic videos bi kafi dakhtay hai but at the end no implementation…..
Implementation wali baat tu bilkul sahi hai dost aapki, magar still in comparison to other videos religious sharings ka ration kam hai.
Allah Pak hum sab ko sahi hidayat ata farmaee…
can i add you on facebook? what is the address?
Bilal bhai, Alhamdulillah I am not in that mess called Facebbok :-)
Mujhe kio aap spirtual personality lag rahay hai :)
Spiritual personality – matlab dost? Aasaan lafzoon main?
means no materialism and no interested in fake things like social media
nahi dost, bas dua karain Allah Pak sahi hidayat dey, Mujhe bhi aur hum sab ko bhi :-)
Propaki pe KMQ ka sikka chalta hai boss. Aur inke mureedon ki list bohat lambi hai. Lagta hai an kareeb aap bhi baiyat karien ge.
Allah Maaf kare Ishtiaq bhai :-) Mureed pehle hum tu ban jaeen kisi ke!
Mujhay is banday ke ads buhat pasand hein full time masti walay ads hein. Par seriously mujhay nai pata tha ke ye banda dil ka itna saaf hoga. Please guys take his message serious.
He was talking about Arslan Naseer?