{"id":357875,"date":"2022-04-21T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=357875"},"modified":"2022-04-21T18:31:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:31:39","slug":"who-didnt-want-imran-ashraf-to-play-billu-in-chaudhry-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/who-didnt-want-imran-ashraf-to-play-billu-in-chaudhry-sons\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Didn&#8217;t Want Imran Ashraf to Play &#8216;Billu&#8217; in Chaudhry &#038; Sons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Ramzan&#8217;s drama &#8216;<strong><em>Chaudhry &amp; Sons<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; continues to garner love and praise, the show&#8217;s writer made an interesting revelation. Did you know she didn&#8217;t want to cast Imran Ashraf?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Suno Chanda<\/strong><\/em> famed writer Saima Akram Chaudhry, recently revealed that she did not intend to cast <em><strong>Ranjha Ranjha<\/strong><\/em> famed actor as &#8216;Billu Chaudhry&#8217;. As always the versatile artist made the character his own, and we can&#8217;t imagine someone else essaying the role.<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/chaudhry-and-sons-imran-ashraf-recreates-shehnaaz-gills-iconic-kya-karun-mein-marjaun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chaudhry And Sons: Imran Ashraf Recreates Shehnaaz Gill\u2019s Iconic &#8216;Kya Karun, Mein Marjaun?&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>He brought Billu Chaudhry to life as a fun and vibrant character. But we&#8217;re curious, who did the writer envision in the role? Just not &#8216;Moosa&#8217; or &#8216;Wali&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Fuchsia, the scriptwriter revealed that she did not want to cast Imran as Billu as she was imagining him as Moosa from <strong><em>Raqs-e-Bismil<\/em><\/strong> or Wali from <strong><em>Badzaat<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, later when Imran Ashraf brought the character to life, she was super impressed later with how he changed everything from his wardrobe, as well as added those rap songs which Billu sings in many scenes. His dedication and commitment has made Billu another beloved character.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-iul73yp0djg\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:331\/186\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.193353%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-iul73yp0djg\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iul73Yp0dJg?start=3483&amp;feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iul73Yp0dJg?start=3483&#038;feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>Saima Akram Chaudhry is somewhat becoming a name synonymous with great Ramzan dramas. She has delivered several hit drama serials over the past few Ramadan seasons. From projects like <strong><em>Suno Chanda<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Chupke Chupke<\/em><\/strong>, and <strong><em>Ishq Jalebi<\/em><\/strong> to her name, this year there were many expectations from <strong><em>Hum Tum<\/em> <\/strong>and <strong><em>Chaudhry &amp; Sons<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out how Imran made Billu a character to remember and what Saima Akram Chaudhry feels about her character\u2019s translation on screen:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Ramzan&#8217;s drama &#8216;Chaudhry &amp; Sons&#8216; continues to garner love and praise, the show&#8217;s writer made an interesting revelation. Did you know she didn&#8217;t want to cast Imran Ashraf? Suno Chanda famed writer Saima Akram Chaudhry, recently revealed that she did not intend to cast Ranjha Ranjha famed actor as &#8216;Billu Chaudhry&#8217;. As always the versatile artist made the character [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/who-didnt-want-imran-ashraf-to-play-billu-in-chaudhry-sons\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":357967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1291,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-357875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-social-media","9":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Billu-Chaudhry-Sons-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Billu-Chaudhry-Sons-1-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Billu-Chaudhry-Sons-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Featured","Social Media","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Who Didn\u2019t Want Imran Ashraf to Play \u2018Billu\u2019 in Chaudhry & Sons?","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1291,1297&exclude=357875","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357875"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=357875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}