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The mastermind behind "Main Manto Nahi Hoon", Nadeem Baig. | Buzz Episode - 7 | 19 July 2025 | Hassan Choudary | ARY Digital

Host: Hassan Choudary
Guest: Nadeem Baig (Director)

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02:29We'll see you next time.
02:59We'll see you next time.
03:29We'll see you next time.
03:59We'll see you next time.
04:30It's true.
04:31You've never given a flop.
04:32Have you?
04:33I don't look at success like this.
04:39You've never given a flop.
04:41I think whatever I've done, people have liked it.
04:44You've never given a flop.
04:46Kind of.
04:47But first of all, you've got a lot of love guru.
04:49Thank you so much.
04:51Mashallah, 80 crores, 80 crores business and surpassed JPNA 2 which was I think at 70 crores.
04:58So now, Love Guru is your most successful film till date.
05:01It is.
05:02Sir, the question is, how many crores do you get?
05:04I think there's a bigger picture behind this film.
05:14That picture values the most.
05:18Whatever I got out of it or A.R.Y. made out of it or Humayun made out of it or Salman Iqbal.
05:24I think the more important thing was that it has made people come out of their houses.
05:30They went out, went to the cinema halls.
05:33They liked it and they believed in the cinema again.
05:38The worry that I had before releasing this film was that if people don't have a habit, it's been 2-3 years since Maulajat came, there was no commercial hit after that.
05:51And because people don't have a habit, how do we get people to take it and get it?
05:56But I always believe that our audience, the Pakistani audience, which are in the world where they are, they are in America, Canada, UK, they actually want to see Pakistani cinema, dramas growing and they watch it.
06:14Sir, when the film is released, I am thinking about it.
06:17You can't help me for this to understand.
06:20Of course, no film is 100% flawless.
06:23It's always a very iconic film in that film because it's always a subjective sort of thought that I think the film is good or not.
06:31In Love Guru, it's the fact that those who are good, they are very good and everybody really enjoyed it.
06:37But nevertheless, there are some people who said, what is new in this film?
06:40What I don't understand is that if it's not new in this film, or if people have made the age of Humayun and Mahira's age, Humayun and Mahira have also addressed it.
06:50How does that film go on to make 80 crores?
06:53What is the reason behind it?
06:56I think that in the film, there is something that when you are watching the film 2-5 hours in the cinema, you are watching the film very well.
07:07But when you go out of the cinema, and you have something that we enjoyed it,
07:14but there was nothing, there was no twist in any story that we have never seen in our lives, or this kind of story that we have seen before.
07:27I think more than that, this was a very very simple film.
07:32It was.
07:33It was a simple, typical rom-com, which is in a very comfy zone with pop-corns and two beautiful people who enjoy their romance and relationship.
07:45We have seen such films in the world, such as Hollywood rom-coms or even Indian rom-coms, but now it has been closed in both places.
07:59It has been closed in the world, because the rom-com genre now has been restricted.
08:03restricted and most of the things that people have incorporated into their series.
08:10There is no film on it now.
08:12Most of the light-hearted, simple films are not being produced.
08:15So, this was a little risky topic for us,
08:20because we always have a dramatic and if it's a comedy then it's a hilarious comedy
08:26which is in the situation like J.P.N.A.
08:30But this was a different film than all the films that I have done.
08:34When we were watching it before releasing it, I liked the film, the feel of it.
08:40I believed in two characters, I believed in the story, I believed in their emotions.
08:46So I thought it would probably be good for people too because I am an audience too.
08:51Was it a difficult film for you to make, of all the films that you made?
08:54It was, I think, difficult.
08:58There is no film and there is no film in all films.
09:01What a joke!
09:02Because to give confidence in the story is the most important work.
09:08The visuals and the looks and the beauty comes later in the picture.
09:14When people believe in the story, people will be missing something in the film.
09:19For example, people say the redemption arc of Humayun Saeed was missing in the film.
09:25Do you not agree with it?
09:27I agree with that.
09:29But there was something that we changed in the film and that changed the climax of the film.
09:37Will you tell us what was to be originally and why you changed it?
09:42You know, it is very easy to understand that what could be the climax.
09:47This was strictly your call, your call?
09:49No, it was not just my call.
09:51I am not that kind of a person who thinks that this work should happen or it is my decision only.
09:59I share it with a lot of people.
10:01I like to show my film to many people before releasing it because I am someone who is living with that film.
10:10I might not see any problem in that but another point of view always helps and I am very open to that.
10:19But the other thing that I have also found was the camera thing.
10:24I think if I make it, somehow I had this thing in my mind that I just took a little advantage.
10:36Creative.
10:37Creative license.
10:38I have taken the license that I should not take.
10:40I think at this point, the world is becoming very responsible and sensible.
10:49So, the maker has to update his or her software at the same time.
10:54So, I think that it was a mistake that I regret.
10:59I regret it.
11:00The story is done.
11:01The story is done.
11:02The story is done.
11:03The director is done.
11:04What a fun thing to do with you.
11:05I am very fascinated with you.
11:08I have said, I want to find out other directors who are so good at directing TV dramas, TV shows and also TV films.
11:18What do you mean TV films?
11:20What do you mean TV films?
11:21I think it is an exceptional skill or talent.
11:25How have you come up with this formula, this code that when you direct a television drama and
11:31ab manto nahi hum, shuru ho chuka hai, wo bhi ek successful or TRPs or rating sab kuch
11:38or film ashi karor.
11:40How is this possible?
11:42Film was something that I always wanted to do when I was studying science.
11:50You were studying science.
11:52Science.
11:53So, I felt that there was a lot of interest in films.
11:56There was a lot of interest in fiction.
11:58So, I have read a lot of fiction.
12:03The English fiction and the Urdu fiction.
12:07I have read a lot of stories.
12:08I always fascinated my stories.
12:11And Hollywood was a lot of fascination.
12:14Because I have read all the books in the 50s and 60s.
12:24So, I think that film is something that I always wanted to do.
12:29But I ended up going to TV and did lot of management work.
12:36And from there, my expertise was mostly producing dramas.
12:43So, I started a very late and seriously drama direction.
12:47That was also when I did Dolly's IG Barat.
12:50Yes.
12:51So, that was when, probably I said this somewhere else also.
12:55And I thought that all of them are nominated.
12:58The director is not nominated.
13:00Everyone was nominated for an award.
13:03For a certain award.
13:04So, I said to myself,
13:06What do you think about the comedy?
13:07What do you think about the director?
13:09What do you think about the director?
13:10Or the actor shines more in comedy.
13:13So, it doesn't come to your mind that there is a director behind it.
13:17I still don't believe that the director should be seen in a drama or a film.
13:23It should always be the character taking the lead when you watch something.
13:30So, I thought that they would like to do a serious drama.
13:35I thought that people would like to do a serious drama.
13:39But it would have been a shock.
13:40Now it's not.
13:41It's not an award.
13:43So, the recognition and appreciation shock is all.
13:47I am not undermining it.
13:50Not being arrogant or anything.
13:52So, then I did a play which was my first play with Khalil and Rahman.
13:57Which was Manjali.
13:59And I was nominated.
14:01And Khalil got the award in front of Hamsafar.
14:04Hamsafar was running in front of that drama.
14:08And Hamsafar was a big hit.
14:10And Khalil got the award.
14:12He was sitting next to me.
14:13I was like, Khalil, go and take your first award in a drama.
14:17And don't forget I made that drama.
14:19So, I think that drama is something that I grew up in the work.
14:29The first film was the shock of the first time.
14:33And when I made the first film all-time hit.
14:38And then it just started.
14:40Every film all-time hit.
14:42Every film.
14:43Yeah.
14:44The thing with you and Khalil Sahib is that.
14:49And now that, of course, Man Manto Nahi Hoon has also aired.
14:54Near perfect success record.
14:57A little controversial thing too.
15:01But when Khalil Sahib is not working with you.
15:04We have seen that there are lapses in the story and narrative.
15:09What is it with you and him.
15:12That when both of you work together.
15:15It's always like you are able to create magic.
15:18I think Khalil Sahib's world,
15:23which he creates in his script.
15:25It's a kind of fantasy.
15:32And it's a very realistic premise.
15:34For example,
15:36Dear Afzal.
15:37Because you are watching it these days.
15:39So.
15:40Lekin.
15:41Us dunya ko.
15:43Us world ko.
15:46Bohat believable banana.
15:48Or us fantasy ko intact ratna at the same time.
15:50Because unki lafazi aasi hoti ho.
15:52Yeah.
15:53Jumla aasa hota hai.
15:54Yeah.
15:55Jaro sa out of the box hota hai.
15:56Us ke inder ek shairanapan hota hai.
15:58So usko bohat believable karna.
16:00So that it is digestible to people.
16:03And yet they enjoy that dialogue also at the same time.
16:06Main Manto nahi hoon.
16:08Abhi kyunke shuroo hai hai.
16:10Dho hi kishte hai hai.
16:11What is this drama about?
16:13This abtuk khani khuli gahi hai.
16:16This drama is about a world which is full of hated, vengeance, egos.
16:28Bohat si woh chizhen jinko hum let go nhi kar pate hain.
16:31And hum us pe arde rate hain.
16:33And upni zindagiyan.
16:34And upni idgirth ke loogun ki zindagiyo ko tabaa kar di te.
16:37Because hum us baat ko forgive or forget nhi karna chaate.
16:41I think life is too short.
16:43And zindagiy mein maaf kar deyena.
16:45And move on karna.
16:47Bohat important hai.
16:48So in this animosity wali duniya mein, there is this man who is an example of how a human being should be, how the values should be, how kind hearted a man should be, how understanding that person should be generally in our surroundings, in our houses, in our workplaces.
17:17So in this world, there is this man whose name is Manto.
17:23And he is the example of goodness.
17:26This is, I will not tell you what the story is, you've seen it.
17:32It will keep revealing itself.
17:34But this is for me, this is the story.
17:36For me, this is not the story.
17:38There are two families.
17:40They are fighting with each other.
17:42There is animosity and there is, you know, this character.
17:46I think these are the big stories of the story that you actually are writing.
17:53What do you think of Khalil Rahman Komer's script as a result of other directors?
18:00What is it?
18:01Because you've known him longer, you've known them personally.
18:05The social scene when you're on a person person, you've used to understand their curfews as a result of his storytelling.
18:11So I've worked with in their works as many years.
18:12It's been the one that I committed to.
18:13I have worked most in the past 15 years.
18:17So it can happen that my understanding
18:20will be a little bit more about it.
18:24But I don't want to say that
18:26the rest of the people who have worked,
18:28they didn't understand what he was writing.
18:30They did understand what they were writing.
18:32Sir, this, mashallah,
18:34that you have made a big cast in your minds,
18:38was it a challenge or not?
18:40Everybody wants to work with you.
18:42So they give their left hand and right leg to say,
18:45I am lucky that, you know,
18:49people give time to me in whatever I do.
18:52It is difficult.
18:55Casting is something that I do at Six Sigma mostly.
19:00Casting and the creatives.
19:02So it takes me months to cast in a drama.
19:09For this, there were characters
19:13who were always casted.
19:16They were always casted?
19:19Like Sajal Humayun,
19:22these two characters were casted.
19:27before the years of the time.
19:29The other characters were so big,
19:31so many characters.
19:32They were casted by them all.
19:34Although the roles are not so big,
19:37but the roles were so big.
19:39So, that was a big time.
19:42Because of that, probably that's what made them do it. I did not face a lot of pressure handling these actors. I enjoyed, you know, shooting Manto. Also, Manto, when I started, it's before Love Guru.
20:01Yes, yes, yes.
20:01When I started, it was very, very hot. These days, I was shooting Manto. And it was very warm, everything was good. But we enjoyed it.
20:10And then, before release, you will expel to Lahore. Manto.
20:14We had to finish that.
20:16Sajjal and Humayu were your first choice, all along, from the beginning, from the beginning.
20:20With Humayu, you don't have a choice, do you?
20:22No, Humayu is not someone that who would, for example, Pyaare Afzal Khalil Sahib had written for Humayu.
20:29And I said, Humayu shouldn't do it. I think it's a, let's take someone else. He said, fine.
20:35He said, fine.
20:36And we then cast him to Hamza.
20:39Sir, hold that thought.
20:41No, I don't want to hold that thought.
20:44Sir, please hold that thought.
20:46But your question is so difficult that I feel like you have to break.
20:49Sir, please hold that thought.
20:50Khawattino's raat, it's a very short break.
20:53When we come back, we will keep going.
20:56Don't go anywhere.
20:59Welcome back.
21:00Khawattino's raat, I'm here.
21:02As I said, Hit Machine.
21:03I don't think it will flop.
21:05Sir, speaking about Manto.
21:07The first episode is very dramatic.
21:09The second episode will be very light hearted.
21:14So, was it a conscious thought that we had this mood and flow?
21:18No, this is the way Khalil Sahib had written it.
21:20I think this is the beauty of it.
21:22The charm, the light hearted part and the humor that Humayu brings in.
21:29And the very dark story around it.
21:32I think that's a very interesting combination.
21:35That's what I like about this drama also.
21:37Although, Khalil Sahib,
21:39a lot of light heartedness
21:42use a lot of light heartedness.
21:45Like he has used it in Gentleman.
21:47There were a lot of light hearted moments.
21:50So, it's also.
21:51So, I think that's a good thing.
21:53Because, I think that any dramatic, dark story
21:57should be very digestible.
22:00And that's the beauty that he brings in his script also.
22:04I just said, also speaking about the projects that you're producing.
22:07Abhi aapke joh ane wale drama hai.
22:10Meri zindagi hai tu.
22:11Doctor bohu.
22:12Badhi zyadha expectations unke saath bhi jhodi mein hai.
22:15Especially meri zindagi hai tu.
22:17Because you're getting Bilal and Aniya together.
22:19So, sir.
22:20Yeh joh aap eek fans ki taraf se eek cheez hooti hai.
22:23Their expectations.
22:25Unka intazaar.
22:26Yeh kitna factor in karta hai when you're producing a project.
22:29In terms of the,
22:31I never casted people like this.
22:34I never casted people like this.
22:36Achha.
22:37Yeh.
22:38Mujhe lagta hai ke,
22:40Jeb mein sript pahdha hootah hoon.
22:41Yeh,
22:42Usko develop karra hootah hoon.
22:43Or,
22:44Uske baare mein,
22:45Reiter ke saath,
22:46Eek conversation karra hootah hoon.
22:47Ushi conversation ke darmiyan mein,
22:49Koi,
22:50Koi,
22:51Lohg flash kertte hain aap ki.
22:52Or,
22:53Sab loog eeshi kertte hain hoon.
22:54So,
22:55Meri zindagi hai tu.
22:56I thought that,
22:57Bilal,
22:58You know,
22:59Is very very choosy.
23:01And after,
23:02Very big hit,
23:03Like,
23:04Murshid.
23:05He was thinking that,
23:06You know,
23:07I'll do something which is,
23:08Which is fine.
23:10So,
23:11I have pitched it
23:12And then,
23:13I have said that,
23:15Jeb bade hit hoti hai,
23:18Uske baad wala decision,
23:20Is important.
23:22Um,
23:23So,
23:24The drama that,
23:25Meri zindagi hai tu,
23:26The kind of character you have.
23:28People don't expect that kind of a character from you.
23:31So,
23:32Do completely opposite.
23:34And,
23:35Yeh character,
23:36You know,
23:38Is,
23:39Whoever I pitch.
23:41Is,
23:42Should not refuse.
23:43Yeh wo wali issue hai na,
23:44Jho,
23:45Mein kabhi ek character pitch kar raha hota ho,
23:46An actor ko sako samaj hi nah raha hota.
23:48Or,
23:49Isko lagta hai ki nahin,
23:50Iske inder toh kuch issue hai.
23:51Or,
23:52Then I get,
23:53Little pissed also.
23:54So,
23:55He,
23:56Read it.
23:57He understood it.
23:58He signed it.
23:59Hania,
24:00She was too busy doing,
24:01You know,
24:02Many things.
24:03Um,
24:04You had her in Meri hamsafar also.
24:06Meri hamsafar also.
24:07Uh,
24:08But,
24:09But,
24:10When I said that,
24:11You know,
24:12Mujha lagta hai ki tummei drama karna chahi hai.
24:14Tummei aur Bilal ko.
24:15And,
24:16She said,
24:17Yes also.
24:18I think that script,
24:19Um,
24:20Resonated,
24:21With,
24:22Both of them.
24:23It's a very,
24:24Bitter,
24:26And,
24:27Little,
24:28Thodi bitter,
24:29Or,
24:30Thodi,
24:31Um,
24:32Sweet,
24:33Romantic,
24:34Story.
24:35Bitter,
24:36Yet,
24:36Sweet.
24:37Yet,
24:38Sweet.
24:39There's no elements hain.
24:40And,
24:41Woh,
24:42Uh,
24:43I think it should work,
24:44For the audiences and for both of them also.
24:46And,
24:47You have Dr. Bahu.
24:48Yeah.
24:49Is it about a Bahu who's a doctor?
24:51It is,
24:52As the name tells you.
24:53Uh,
24:54But,
24:55There is a lot more,
24:56Um,
24:57In between.
24:58So,
24:59Shuja and Kubra,
25:00Was again the casting like,
25:02Ali Raza and Kubra.
25:03Than I did in Noor Jahan.
25:05Yeah.
25:06And, Kubra asked,
25:07Who's Ali Raza?
25:08I said,
25:09There is a new boy.
25:10You have to trust me.
25:11And,
25:12She did.
25:13So,
25:14This time,
25:15Um,
25:16Kubra and Shuja,
25:17And I saw a scene that Mehreen did,
25:18Um,
25:19Which is a very,
25:20Very romantic scene.
25:22Between Shuja and,
25:24Uh,
25:25Kubra.
25:26Because she knew that,
25:27That scene is very close to my heart.
25:29So,
25:30When she edited it,
25:31She sent me,
25:32The,
25:33The,
25:34That scene.
25:35And she said,
25:36How's it looking?
25:37And,
25:38It,
25:39Made me feel very, very good about,
25:40The drama.
25:41And both of them,
25:42It,
25:43There was a sizzling chemistry,
25:44Between Shuja said and Kubra.
25:46Uh,
25:47So,
25:48I'm happy.
25:49And I'm hoping that,
25:50It should do well.
25:51It's also the expectations that,
25:52The three of them have increased.
25:53Are you able to reveal more of the drama in the drama?
25:57Or,
25:58Are you able to reveal more of the drama?
25:59I think that,
26:00Meere Hum Suffer 2,
26:01Which is written by,
26:04It's probably something else.
26:06Okay.
26:07Which is written by,
26:08The late,
26:09Saira Raza.
26:10That,
26:11I'm very, very sad about,
26:12That,
26:13She passed away.
26:14Uh,
26:15You know.
26:16Recently.
26:17Uh,
26:18Recently.
26:19Uh,
26:20She's a phenomenal writer.
26:21And,
26:22Uh,
26:23Asim Ali Murid is doing.
26:24And,
26:25Uh,
26:26Featuring,
26:27Farhan and Hania?
26:28Um,
26:29I will not reveal that.
26:30No,
26:31No,
26:32Sir,
26:33It's not a big deal.
26:34No,
26:35Abhi,
26:36Abhi,
26:37Uski casting is going.
26:38And,
26:39Uh,
26:40But,
26:41How is it going to be a sequel,
26:42If Farhan and Hania are not in it?
26:43Farhan and Hania are not in it.
26:44Lekin,
26:45Kehani is not a sequel,
26:46Sequel.
26:47Uh,
26:48Like,
26:49London,
26:50Which is not connected to Punjab.
26:51But,
26:52Atleast at Humayun.
26:53Uh,
26:54Toh Farhan is in it.
26:55Achah,
26:56Farhan is in it.
26:57Yeah.
26:58I don't think she will be in it.
27:00I don't want to give false hopes.
27:02Uh,
27:03There,
27:04Will be someone else.
27:05And,
27:06Uh,
27:07And,
27:08Apart from that,
27:09Aside from that,
27:10These are the three,
27:11These are the three series,
27:12Uh,
27:13That,
27:14We are working on.
27:15There are a lot of scripts,
27:16Uh,
27:17We are working on right now.
27:18Uh,
27:19And,
27:20Uh,
27:21Apart from that,
27:22Aside from that,
27:23These are the three,
27:24These are the three series,
27:25Uh,
27:26That,
27:27We are working on.
27:28The drama,
27:29Without it,
27:30Without it,
27:31People are working on casting,
27:32Without it,
27:33No,
27:34This is not their lives.
27:35It is not compatibility.
27:36What do you have to say about that?
27:37I think that,
27:38People,
27:39Uh,
27:40In a certain way,
27:41In that way,
27:42You also have to listen.
27:43That,
27:44With a story,
27:45There was a story,
27:46He had to do this,
27:47He had to do this,
27:48He had to do that,
27:49He had to do this,
27:50He had to do this,
27:51He had to do this.
27:52The thing is, you have to watch. There might be a change coming in the character at some point.
27:59The character might regret doing what he did or she did.
28:02So, the things you do wrong in life, the things you do right, there is no story in that.
28:10The decisions you make in life which are not right, that is where the story lies.
28:16The right decisions, there is no story in that.
28:21But with Sajjal, I did Sinfai Ahan and Kuchhan Kahi.
28:27And while doing Kuchhan Kahi, I pitched her Manto and she said yes to that.
28:33Okay, this is what it is.
28:35This is what it is.
28:36And with Sajjal, you know, she is a fantastic actress.
28:42So, to do her work is very enjoyable also.
28:49She gives you what she brings in a scene.
28:52Very few actresses who can do that.
28:55She is one of those.
28:57Just like Mahira also.
28:59Mahira also, I always admire.
29:02She is a superstar and she is a very, very passionate actress.
29:07She gives her, she tries in giving her 100% in every scene, in every situation.
29:16So, working with her was a treat.
29:19So, you know, someone like Humayi who is a giving actress.
29:22Someone who is a very invested actress.
29:24So, this was the most enjoyable part of Love Guru.
29:27I think she has not discovered her as yet.
29:31As yet.
29:32Okay.
29:33I think there is no mistake of Mahira.
29:35So, it will be a sequel of Love Guru.
29:37Inshallah, we will do the sequel of Love Guru.
29:40You are planning it?
29:41Yeah, I have a very good story of Love Guru.
29:43Really?
29:44Yes.
29:45Actually, I told her when, you know, when we were shooting.
29:48I said, Mahira, this is the story of Love Guru 2.
29:51She said, let's make two first.
29:53And one later.
29:55So, do you mean this work properly?
29:57Are you just doing this story?
29:59No, we will do it.
30:00I think Love Guru is a very different zone for the next film.
30:06All right.
30:07So, I know that you are a part of JPNA 3.
30:10This is the script.
30:11This is the script.
30:12It is the script.
30:13Or the script is everything.
30:15And your next film is going to be JPNA 3.
30:17That I don't know yet.
30:19What is this story?
30:20No, sir.
30:21We will just watch something.
30:22No, no, no, no, no.
30:24No, no, no.
30:25No, no, no.
30:26No, no, no.
30:27There are two films I am working on at the moment.
30:30I don't want to get into directing dramas more for next two, three years.
30:39Okay.
30:40I think that I should give time to films more.
30:44Because...
30:46Or not this will be a ungrateful thing.
30:49If people want to watch your films and love you,
30:53then you should make more films.
30:55In three years, one film is not a good idea.
30:57So, I want to make every year at least one film.
30:59So, next year the film is coming to you,
31:01you haven't decided on which one film.
31:03I have decided.
31:04We will not tell you.
31:05It will probably come in two films.
31:06It will probably come in two films?
31:07It will probably come in two films?
31:08Yeah.
31:09If I could make Manto and Love Guru in one year,
31:14then I can do two films.
31:16I am pushing my boundaries.
31:18That can happen.
31:19So, now excitement is on the rise.
31:20You will not tell anything else.
31:22Not yet.
31:23We will also be in that film.
31:25Ajat, while we are talking about you producing content
31:31and now the elephant in the room is talking about payment delays
31:35and all these things.
31:37And you are also rightly saying that
31:39we have to face a lot of challenges with actors.
31:43So, first, please address this issue.
31:45We are going to talk about payment.
31:46We are going to talk about the conversation
31:48that actors are not paid on time.
31:50I am sure it is true
31:51because senior actors like Mohamed Ahmed Sahib
31:53has come out and spoken about it.
31:55What is your stance on that?
31:56First, the thing is that actors or technicians
31:59should not get any payment delay.
32:02If Ahmed Sahib or any actor
32:06has a payment delay,
32:08I think it is a very very sad thing.
32:12Under the contract,
32:14what is your time decided,
32:16you should get the payment
32:17at that same time.
32:19Every actor.
32:21And not just the actor,
32:22but the technician.
32:23I think that technicians
32:25are those people
32:26who cannot speak on TV
32:28but they will also have 10 questions.
32:33But the kind of system that we are working in
32:37where all the production houses
32:40are doing many dramas
32:42and 50 episodes in 8pm.
32:47So, sometimes,
32:48what happens?
32:49The payment is delayed.
32:51The cash flow is delayed.
32:53The cash flow is delayed.
32:57And if you have the cash
32:59that you have the cash
33:00that you have the money
33:02and that you are waiting for some money.
33:04So, I think it is something to do
33:06with the management of finances.
33:08If there is a lag in there,
33:11it will also be lag in actors' payment.
33:15And what should not come?
33:17I don't mind.
33:18You have told me
33:19what is your mind for it?
33:23What people should take from it?
33:26What are your expectations from it?
33:28Because this is you coming back
33:30with Humayun and Khalil Sahib
33:31right after.
33:32Right after not,
33:33but after Mere Paas Tum Ho.
33:35Which sort of, I think,
33:36was that big milestone
33:38that really,
33:39when YouTube and reviewers
33:41and all these things created,
33:43that is when Mere Paas Tum Ho came.
33:45And I think,
33:46the first thing that was
33:47a social media-driven phenomenon
33:50that was Mere Paas Tum Ho
33:52if I am not mistaken.
33:53So, after that,
33:54I am not a mentee.
33:56So,
33:57do you have any specific expectations
34:00from this project?
34:01You have come up with
34:02the most difficult question.
34:03Expectations,
34:05when you make something,
34:06you always have expectations.
34:08I have tried my best to
34:11make it look
34:14good
34:16and, you know,
34:17tell a story
34:19which Khalil Sahib has written.
34:21And that story
34:23that I also like.
34:24My expectations are
34:26that
34:27I hope people get it
34:29and I am sure they will.
34:31Because in my life,
34:34my experience is
34:35that it is a small thing
34:37that I have tried to say
34:39and that it is a small thing
34:41that I have tried to say
34:42and that little mistake
34:44that I have found
34:45under the carpet
34:46will be gone.
34:47People have pointed that out.
34:49For example,
34:50in Love Guru,
34:51the dress
34:52Myra was wearing
34:53on her wedding day
34:55was the dress
34:56that Humayun
34:57chose
34:59for her
35:00when they were in London.
35:01Yeah.
35:02So,
35:03I met someone
35:04and she told me
35:05that many people
35:06probably
35:07don't know how to do it.
35:08But
35:09I met someone
35:10and she told me
35:11that
35:12Mayra
35:13has the same dress
35:14and my mother said
35:15Mayra is wearing
35:16the same dress
35:17that Humayun chose for her.
35:18So,
35:19you know,
35:20people don't,
35:21people get it.
35:22And if one person gets it,
35:23I think you have done your job.
35:25So,
35:26your question was
35:27that my expectations
35:28from Manto,
35:29I have tried
35:30given my best to it.
35:32I hope people like it.
35:34I hope they ignore
35:35the mistakes that I have made.
35:36I hope they like
35:37what I have done
35:38with my heart and soul in it.
35:41That's the max.
35:43It's not a very interesting answer.
35:45I could see this on your face.
35:47Do you feel pressured?
35:48I don't.
35:49I feel
35:51uh
35:52I felt pressured
35:53I felt pressured
35:54uh
35:55I felt pressured
35:56uh
35:57because Khalil Sahib
35:58had so much criticism
35:59on his previous project.
36:01So,
36:02that's for me.
36:03So,
36:04everyone is ready to
36:05criticize him again.
36:07Which is an unfair thing.
36:08I think
36:09that
36:10uh
36:11many people
36:12are ready to
36:13criticize him again.
36:14Which is an unfair thing.
36:15I think
36:16uh
36:17uh
36:18many people
36:19do a lot of work in the world.
36:20And
36:21many successful people
36:22sometimes
36:23uh
36:24are wrong.
36:25Although,
36:26Khalil Sahib
36:27says
36:28that
36:29you know
36:30it was
36:31the director
36:32who made a mistake.
36:33Yeah.
36:34So,
36:35most recently
36:36about London
36:37London
36:38and
36:39uh
36:40yeah
36:41and
36:42and
36:44about the dramas
36:45also.
36:46I think
36:47it's very unfair.
36:48Uh
36:49it's very one-sided
36:50comment
36:51that you're giving.
36:52Uh
36:53you're saying something
36:54about a director.
36:55You know
36:56if he gets
36:57a chance
36:58he might say something
36:59about your script also.
37:00Yeah.
37:01the good thing is
37:02if
37:03there was
37:04anything wrong
37:05in London
37:06I might have done
37:08something
37:09which was not right.
37:10I would never say
37:11that
37:12Khalil's
37:13subscript
37:14was
37:15uh
37:16lesser.
37:17I would never say that.
37:18Yeah.
37:19Thank you so much
37:20sir
37:21for your time
37:22and for the wonderful insight.
37:23I wish
37:25wishing you all the very best
37:26for your upcoming two films
37:27and of course
37:28for me
37:29منٹو نہیں
37:30uh
37:31during the course of the drama
37:32I'm sure
37:34if I'm sure
37:35when I'm sure
37:36we'll try to ask you
37:41if we can't
37:42call
37:43call
37:44thank you so much
37:45uh
37:46on that note
37:47on that note
37:48you'll see that
37:49in the next episode
37:50we'll see you again
37:51in the next week
37:52we'll see you again
37:53if you'll see us
37:54in the next week
37:55if you're done
37:56I'll see you again
37:57You