Mahira Khan Reveals She was Scared to Take on Work in India Amid the Ban

The ‘Superstar’ actress opened up about the ban in a recent interview.

Mahira Khan

After the Pulwama attack, Pakistanis have been banned to work in India. In a recent interview, Mahira Khan opened up about the ban and revealed that she felt scared to take on work in India.

Just recently, the Superstar actress made headlines as she signed up for a web series on an Indian OTT platform. Speaking about the opportunity with Film Companion, she said:

“I guess, having experienced it firsthand, it’s just sad. When I think about it… I mean, we have all moved on. That’s what we do, if we don’t have this, we do something else. That’s what happens. But I feel like a great opportunity for the entire subcontinent to come together and collaborate was lost. I think it might happen again. Who knows?”

 

Mahira Khan opens up about the AICWA ban

Mahira Khan further mentioned that she received offers for other digital projects as well, but she turned them down out of fear.

“A lot of the other series were offered to me at that time… I don’t know if anybody will understand when I say this, I was scared. I was genuinely just scared. It wasn’t about what people say, I was just like, ‘I don’t know if I want to go there.’ And there was some content which was amazing, and I didn’t want to miss out on it.”

 

The actress further added,

“But I was scared and I have no shame in admitting it. Now I am a bit more like, ‘No, come on yaar, you can’t let something that happened, which was political, affect your choices.’ So I don’t think I will do that anymore and I hope that we collaborate, even if it’s on digital or in any way.”

You can watch the whole interview here:



 


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