{"id":25565,"date":"2023-11-17T15:47:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/should-give-marriage-a-chance-saba-qamar-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:47:07","slug":"should-give-marriage-a-chance-saba-qamar-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/should-give-marriage-a-chance-saba-qamar-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Should give marriage a chance: Saba Qamar | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Starting off with minor roles, Saba Qamar\u2019s rise to fame as a leading actor was driven entirely by her passion for acting. Reuniting with her co-star and longstanding friend, Ahsan Khan, on the pilot episode<\/a> of his new YouTube show Lo Kar Lo Baat<\/em>, the duo took a drive around Lahore and reminisced about their professional relationship and Saba\u2019s journey through the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAhsan Khan, we\u2019ve grown so old! Do you remember our first project together?\u201d Saba exclaimed as Ahsan recalled a former telefilm project at the National College of Arts where the two actors collaborated. The celebrities also discussed a telefilm they shot on the \u201cpicturesque hills\u201d of Abbottabad where the Baaghi <\/em>actor expressed her fondness for one song from the project before making a big revelation.<\/p>\n

Saba divulged, \u201cI really like the song from it that we performed on a hill. What a romantic song! I had a big crush on you (Ahsan) back then.\u201d While old fans of the two artists have seen them share the screen many times, there have never been talks about a potential romance.<\/p>\n

Ahsan remarked on Saba\u2019s exceptional confidence despite being new to the industry to which she credited the Udaari <\/em>star with an old anecdote. \u201cDo you remember we did a show in Dubai? Hum awards in 2015, we performed together and backstage I was very nervous about how this would go.\u201d Saba recounted her first on-stage performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou said to me, Saba Qamar, they [the audience] are people just like you, who are you scared of?\u201d she shared. \u201cIf fate has brought you to this position where they are watching you from the seats below then you must have something that you are on the stage.\u201d Furthering on, Saba explained how Ahsan\u2019s advice proved valuable and changed her life.<\/p>\n

Over the course of their drive, they also discussed their mutual enthusiasm for work and Saba\u2019s commitment to time. \u201cIf I am signing a play with Saba, I get so stressed out,\u201d Ahsan revealed, stating how he receives a call from the showrunners, inquiring what time he would reach the set because Saba always arrives before him.<\/p>\n

Commenting on their fifteen-year-long friendship, Saba relayed her surprise at the passage of time and acknowledged, \u201cThank God, our faces look decent [for our age]\u201d, before launching into a discussion on self-development. Ahsan added, \u201cWhen a person is good from the inside your face reflects that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further complimented her, \u201cYou\u2019ve worked on yourself. Just yesterday I was telling someone about the way I have seen you work on yourself and work isn’t really about how you look, but the way you\u2019ve developed your skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Saba iterated the importance of making mistakes. \u201cI\u2019ve made a lot of mistakes. To learn from them is the beauty I think\u2026I always say the more mistakes you make, the more you will learn and become refined. Your work will show that beauty. If there\u2019s anything I\u2019ll teach my children, it is that make more mistakes that’s how you learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amidst their heartfelt recollections, the actors also poked fun at Ahsan\u2019s viral interview snippet from a 2017 award appearance in London where he referred to himself as a \u201cBritish-Asian actor\u201d, inspiring memes. Saba began, \u201cDon\u2019t you miss Lahore? You just stay in Karachi now or do you work\u2026,\u201d she trailed off humourously before Ahsan picked the cue.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I work here and there, Karachi and Lahore,\u201d he added laughingly. Comparing her childhood to her present-day fame and success, Saba disclosed her strong belief in manifestation. \u201cWhen I was a kid, I would say and think big. I used to say \u2018I\u2019ll party with Shah Rukh Khan\u2019, \u2018I\u2019ll do a Bollywood film\u2019, \u2018I\u2019ll work with Irrfan Khan\u2019, \u2018I\u2019ll become a star\u2019- this is the law of attraction. Whatever you think about, you attract that. I always think big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long-time admirer of Bulleh Shah, Saba expressed her distinct ideas about love which do not necessarily involve reciprocity. \u201cI have always had a big desire for ishq, I believe there is no you or I in ishq. If you wait for reciprocity, that\u2019s a transaction. That\u2019s a business. Love should be unconditional,\u201d she insisted.<\/p>\n

She maintained that marriage is a \u201cladoo\u201d that does not cure the impulse to complain. However, it is better to try it once and risk it all than to not, she added. The actor further appreciated the change in public reception to serious content.<\/p>\n

Speaking about her film Kamli<\/em>, Saba said, \u201cPeople here say that audience doesn\u2019t want to watch serious content. Kamli <\/em>proved them wrong. People liked it and we got an amazing response. The clothes were modest, there were no item numbers. Despite this, I witnessed people crying in the cinema\u2026they understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cheekh <\/em>actor went on to reveal her future plans which involve moving abroad and enrolling in film school to eventually direct her own film. \u201cThere\u2019s so much to do, one life falls short\u2026 I need to do something new every day. If your life doesn’t have aims or goals then what are you doing,\u201d she stated. I\u2019d [rather] choose death.\u201d<\/p>\n

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