Celebrity Trivia with Mahira Khan and Bilal Ashraf

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Full Article Here: https://gn24.ae/871eccb18137000 See more at https://gulfnews.com/videos/entertainment Dubai Cinema Timings: https://gulfnews.com/cinema-listing#cinema/movie/HO00007180  Pakistani superstar actors Mahira Khan and Bilal Ashraf came to the Gulf News head office to chat about their latest film Superstar, but our reporter Manjusha had a surprise quiz in store for the charismatic duo. How well do they actually know each other? #MahiraKhan #BilalAshraf #CelebrityTrivia

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00:00We have with us two very special stars, one of the biggest cultural experts from Pakistan

00:09is Mahira Khan and there is of course the rising star Bilal Ashraf, we all know him.

00:14From what we understand is that now that they're visiting the Gulf News office we thought we'll

00:18have some fun with them.

00:20Okay, I know Mahira, a little birdie told us that you know she loves quiz shows, if

00:26she had a way, I don't know if it's very reliable but she wanted to be a quiz master at some

00:31point in her life, is that true?

00:34Brand new information?

00:35No, that is not true at all, what's true is that I do like playing games and winning.

00:43Oh, there you go, the lines have been drawn, suddenly there is tension in the air.

00:48Well, I guess I'm going to win this one then.

00:50Oh my god, there's a lot of pressure on us now, may the best player win.

00:56So here is, I know from yesterday that you both complete each other's sentences, you

01:00guys like each other a lot but we thought we'll come up with a quiz that says how well

01:06do you know your co-star?

01:07So I'm going to start with of course the lady, so for Mahira this is, for which film did

01:17Bilal have to learn Pashto?

01:18Oh, I know this, Janan.

01:21Oh right, and she's got one point guys.

01:24And for you Bilal, how old was Mahira when she became a VJ on MTV's Most Wanted and

01:31Weekends with Mahira?

01:32I have no clue actually, yes.

01:34Yes, oh my god.

01:37How old was she?

01:3820...

01:39I came back.

01:40Yeah, 23?

01:41She was 20, how old do you think she is?

01:4222?

01:43No, little younger, 21.

01:4421, okay.

01:45Okay, she wins that one.

01:55Okay this is easy, I think Mahira for you, where did Bilal study in the US, which state?

02:01Aha, um, trying to, yeah.

02:11Oh my god, are you mouthing?

02:14Okay, there's a, yeah, this is a bit contentious, yes, you cannot, yeah, you cannot look for

02:18help, come on.

02:19New York?

02:20Close, about three and a half hours.

02:23Boston?

02:24Amish County?

02:25Close to that.

02:26Oh okay, fine.

02:27Rocky?

02:28The film Rocky?

02:29Yeah.

02:30You know this?

02:31Where were you?

02:32Red Cross?

02:33Philly.

02:34Philly!

02:35Oh my god!

02:36You know what, my father, which university?

02:42I went to Franklin and Marshall College, which is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

02:47Oh my god!

02:48There you go!

02:49My father went to Philadelphia, Temple University, aww.

02:54This is going to be easy for you, Bilal, because we want to support you to open your account.

02:58Yesterday, Mahira said she loves her grandfather very much, she also mentioned his profession,

03:04what was he?

03:05What were you going to be?

03:06Architect.

03:07That's it!

03:08Oh you're really helping him, so it's one on, oh this is nice.

03:12This is very easy, I'm pretty sure you'll know it.

03:14What is Bilal's favourite band?

03:17I don't think he has a favourite band.

03:20Can I tell you what kind of a guy Bilal is?

03:28It has begun.

03:31You know those boys who have a screen in their car, you know those boys who have the

03:42screen in their car and that play the videos, right?

03:47Cheap videos, yeah, that's him, like he, no he's not your kid, but he's that guy who has

03:56those, you know, like, yeah, I don't want to say anything more.

04:01You know those guys, those guys, you know what I'm talking about, yeah.

04:05What is Mahira Khan's favourite junk food?

04:07We saw her eat a lot of junk yesterday, last night, yes.

04:12Junk food?

04:13I think beef burger.

04:16Yeah, I like a good burger, a good burger, yeah, because I think it's hard to sort of,

04:22I judge a hotel by like how.

04:24And it should be well done?

04:26No.

04:27Medium well?

04:28Medium, yeah.

04:29I was part of this conversation yesterday, it was between well done and medium.

04:33Okay, cool.

04:34Okay, this is for Mahira now.

04:37What was Bilal pursuing before he became an actor?

04:41Architecture?

04:42No, sorry, sorry, sorry, no, no, wait, I know this.

04:48He was doing like VFX and stuff like that.

04:52That's right.

04:53She's good.

04:54So you got three rights, yeah?

04:55Oh, man, you got one right, two right, okay.

04:58This is easy.

04:59Mahira had a job in Los Angeles before acting.

05:03What was it?

05:04Selling medicine?

05:05I don't know.

05:06Mahira?

05:07Yeah, I mean, I was a cashier.

05:08Selling?

05:09Yeah, selling.

05:10That is not, cashier is not selling, they buy and then, so you don't get the point.

05:18But at Rite Aid or stores like that, you're doing, you multitask, right?

05:22Yeah.

05:23Okay, next is, what next to you, right?

05:27What is Mahira's favourite movie?

05:29I guess one of her, well, favourite films is probably Breakfast Tiffany's, yeah?

05:42Audrey Hepburn?

05:43Because you like Audrey Hepburn, right?

05:44Sure.

05:45I'll give him that, but I'll give him that.

05:47Okay, sad.

05:48Who is Mahira's celebrity crush?

05:50I don't have one.

05:52SRK, Shah Rukh Khan?

05:54Oh, yeah, yeah.

05:55Heetha and Madhuri Dixit, I thought.

05:57They are my, they're, okay.

06:00So, anyway, the quiz went well, I think Mahira won, hands down, give it to her.

06:05Good job, guys.

06:06Okay, listen, can you tell us about your movie Superstar as well?

06:10I know it's releasing on Eid, what is it that we should know about the movie and why should

06:15people watch it?

06:17Well, Superstar is, I guess, a message of love from all of us, for everyone around the

06:24world, and come fall in love, watch Superstar this Eid.

06:28Well, I think it's, Superstar is, you know, when you do a lot, when you keep doing films

06:35or projects or whatever, and I haven't done many, but one thing I do know is that when

06:41on set, there is this strange kind of, what would I call, what do you call that?

06:50Don't say love again.

06:52Magic.

06:53Okay, so when there's this, there was, yeah, this one day, right?

06:59Yeah, so when there's this, you know, strange kind of feeling that everybody has come together

07:07and everybody is working really hard for the same thing, you know, not for myself, I wasn't

07:13just working for me or he wasn't just working, it was for Superstar.

07:17Collectively.

07:18Collectively.

07:19There was heart and soul, tears and laughter and sweat and blood.

07:24I don't know, there's this feeling then that, please watch it.

07:28Watch it because we've given it so much.

07:31And hopefully when they'll see it, they'll see, you know, our heart beating on the screens.

07:38Hopefully.

07:39Yeah.

07:40Hi guys, this is Mahira Khan.

07:41And this is Bilal Ashraf.

07:42And both of us are wishing you a very happy Eid, and Eid has just gotten better because

07:47our film Superstar is releasing this Eid.

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