{"id":43365,"date":"2024-01-03T15:07:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/weve-never-signed-a-written-contract-for-bulbulay-ayesha-omar-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T15:07:07","slug":"weve-never-signed-a-written-contract-for-bulbulay-ayesha-omar-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/weve-never-signed-a-written-contract-for-bulbulay-ayesha-omar-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve never signed a written contract for \u2018Bulbulay\u2019: Ayesha Omar | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While many television shows enjoy enthusiastic public reception, few go on to become a distinct household name with a successful run for 14 years and no signs of stopping. Hitting the small screen in 2009, Bulbulay is one offering that has found dedicated fans all over the country.<\/p>\n

Talking about the widely-loved family sitcom, actor Ayesha Omar delved into her long experience working with Bulbulay\u2019s team and how the show catapulted her to fame. Ayesha graced the couch at The Talk Talk Show on Express Entertainment with host Hassan Choudary for a candid interview, where she discussed personal life, showbiz, social advocacy and of course, Bulbulay.<\/p>\n

Longtime fans of the celeb can recall her time at MTV Pakistan where she found popularity as a VJ. However, Ayesha credits Bulbulay as the milestone that made her a public darling. Essaying the role of Nabeel\u2019s wife Khoobsurat with her trademark refrain \u201cshut up, Nabeel,\u201d Ayesha remarked on how the sitcom\u2019s audience cuts across the board and earned her fans of every age and class.<\/p>\n

When asked about her long commitment to the show, the Habs actor revealed that she tried to leave the show after 26 episodes. \u201cI tried a lot to quit because my mother hated the show\u2026she would say you are doing such a pathetic show,\u201d Ayesha disclosed. The actor discussed how her mother felt that Bulbulay was a waste of her daughter\u2019s quality education and hard work.<\/p>\n

If not for co-actor and producer Nabeel who predicted that the sitcom would become Ayesha\u2019s identity one day. True to his word, the model shared how Bulbulay eventually charmed her mother as well who now recognises her work as a service to public.<\/p>\n

Delving deeper into the heartfelt camaraderie the sitcom\u2019s team has built over the years, Ayesha divulged how none of the actors have ever signed contracts, binding them to continue. \u201cWe\u2019ve never had a written contract for Bulbulay. We work on word of mouth because we trust each other,\u201d she offered<\/p>\n

Veering toward a more serious topic, Ayesha recounted a difficult time in her life when she found herself in an abusive relationship. The actor underlined the importance of sharing her story, stating, \u201cWe (celebrities) are human beings. There are good and bad things happening in every person’s life. And if someone can learn from my story, get inspired, or make a hard decision that they cannot make, man or woman, so why not [talk about it]? I have a platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many recognise the power and promise of strong women like Ayesha amplifying pervasive social issues such as domestic violence, the same platform can activate a whole new host of stereotypes. The celeb rejected the oft-held assumption that women in positions of power or influence are immune to domestic violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Discussing critics who question how a \u201cblunt\u201d and \u201cindependent woman\u201d like Ayesha found herself at a disadvantage, the actor acknowledged her youth as one factor to describe the complex dynamics of an abusive relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it wasn’t that it was constant physical abuse. There were instances,\u201d she remarked, echoing many other survivors. Abusive partners frequently resort to empty promises to change, giving their partners false hope. She furthered on, \u201cAnd then the person would apologise and say, it won’t happen again but it would. So it was an ongoing process.\u201d<\/p>\n

One myth about abusive partners paints them as always violent. However, Ayesha was quick to correct that this is not always the case, a pattern that makes domestic violence only more insidious and damaging, not less.
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\u201cIt wasn’t that I was married and that I was getting beaten up every day,\u201d the star pointed out how she wasn\u2019t always in close quarters with her partner, unlike a married couple. \u201cAnd thank God I wasn’t married. I escaped that because we would\u2019ve gotten there. We were very close to marriage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

As per Ayesha, pivotal to this experience was her childhood and upbringing in the absence of a father. She criticised how society mocks women who have a problematic or absent relationship with their father. Phrases like \u201cdaddy issues\u201d are commonly invoked to minimise what Ayesha contends is \u201ca very traumatic\u201d experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen there\u2019s no male role model in your life to see, you don’t understand how a man should behave with you, what you should accept and what you shouldn\u2019t,\u201d Ayesha identified the ways a missing paternal figure impacted her. \u201cSo when you have not seen your parents’ relationship, how your father treated your mother, you don’t know how a man treats a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor elaborated on how this lack can distort a woman\u2019s understanding of her partner\u2019s abusive patterns, making her think his attitude is normal. \u201cI believed it, that maybe this is love, this is passion and this is emotion,\u201d Ayesha admitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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