‘I didn’t mean that she is old’ Firdous Jamal Clarifies His Controversial Statement About Mahira Khan [Video]

The veteran actor has no grudge against Mahira and was only offering constructive criticism.

Veteran actor Firdous Jamal clears the air about his previous statement about actress Mahira Khan. The renowned artist has no personal grudge against Mahira and all he wants is for her to take on better roles.

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Recently, veteran actor Firdous Jamal made an appearance on Samaa TV’s popular talk show Super Over with host Ahmed Ali Butt. During the interview, Ahmed brought up Firdous’s old comments that made many showbiz artists upset. He asked the actor how the young generation should learn to take criticism.

“I don’t say anything to anybody on the basis of personal grudges,” Firdous Jamal explain. “I talk on the technical grounds, I don’t watch their work as a normal viewer because I, myself an artist.”

He went on further to explain his controversial statement he made about Mahira Khan.

“I criticize these actors as a technician and what I said about Mahira Khan earlier that she should do better roles is because we have a different concept of heroine in our society, we think of an 18-year-old girl as a heroine, there’s a difference in age (between a lady and a girl), I didn’t mean that she is old.”

Check out the full interview of Firdous Jamal on Super Over here:

Firdous Jamal is a veteran Pakistani actor who is known for his brilliant acting skills. Jamal started his career from Hindko dramas and has worked in more than 300 television plays and 150 stage plays.

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