Before conquering the screen with his riveting performance in Manto, Sarmad Khoosat was a director and writer. His blockbuster creation ‘Humsafar‘ was closer to his heart than we thought.
In his appearance on Rewind with Samina Peerzada the Shashlik creator opened up about his divorce after he had created the blockbuster drama Humsafar. He had been ‘nikkahfied’ at the time and the relationship fell apart.
Sarmad Khoosat explained that at the time he signed the deed because he thought it was time. Humsafar had really brought his romantic side out and he was ‘really in love with love‘. He later realized it wasn’t the right time to get married as he wasn’t ready to take on that responsibility.
“Well I did get married (only nikkah) at the age of 27 because I felt it was right at that time. But then later on I felt it wasn’t right and I wasn’t cut out of that so we decided to call it quits.”
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The Shehr-e-Zaat creator made a very mature decision. Often people are pressured into marriage citing an ‘invisible expiry date’ when they lack the emotional stability for it. This leads to a plethora of marital problems.
Now years later the actor is being pressured towards marriage again. But he’s not about to repeat the same mistake.
“We have a relative who keeps budging me to get married again since I’ll soon be 40.”
More About Sarmad Khoosat
He also spoke about his childhood and upbringing. He revealed how his father was married twice, and how he was born at home.
Sarmad Khoosat was a very outdoorsy child until he got hurt and then he started looking for adventures indoors.
The Moor Mahal actor almost became a doctor and even got into Nishtar Medical College in Multan. He called it quits because he wasn’t feeling it.
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How he became a storyteller has a whole tale behind it. He reminisced how he loved listening to his Khala’s ‘sequelized‘ stories and how he was an avid reader. Sarmad Khoosat was obsessed with Thomas Hardy and his tragic stories. Who would’ve thought he’d go on to create tragic masterpieces like Humsafar, Shehr-e-Zaat, and Manto.
Yet the filmmaker says his influences come from Pakistani filmmaker Mehreen Jabbar.
Filmography
The filmmaker started off with Pakistan Television’s show Shashlik. His first television drama was Piya Naam Ka Diya in 2007.
After 2007 he really explored TV drama with Mujhe Apna Naam-o-Nishan Milay, Kalmoohi, Pani Jaisa Piyar, etc. He even won the award for best director at the LUX Style Awards for Pani Jaisa Piyar. He directed Jal Pari, Baaghi, and Akhari Stop.
Since Manto, he’s moved on to films with Zindagi Tamasha.
