‘Some Pakistani actors make a fool of themselves in Bollywood’

Actor Iman Ali has no plans of venturing into Indian cinema

While she is all geared up to work her magic once again on the silver screen with the film Mah-e-Mir, model-turned-actor Iman Ali has opened up on the possibilities of working in Bollywood. In a recent interview with Khaleej Times, the Khuda Kay Liye star shared her views on Pakistani actors such as Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan who have ventured across the border.

“Everyone should follow their dreams and aspirations. If our actors are doing well in Bollywood, why not? One should not put barriers on actors; we have forever been putting barriers and it has not done any good to anyone,” said Ali. A strong believer of allowing people to follow their dreams and aspirations, Ali applauded Pakistani actors who are making strides in Indian cinema. “I am really happy for the ones who are doing good for themselves. All the best to them,” she added.



“As long as they are not going to India and making a fool of themselves or putting our nation to shame, as some have done, we shouldn’t take it personally. But those who want to make a fool of themselves let them do it, because they are not responsible for the whole of Pakistan.”

However, Ali herself hasn’t planned to make her Bollywood debut as yet, as she believes everything happens at the right time. “I don’t think and plan. I think there is a divine plan and a divine planner in this existence of ours,” she said. “We can do the best that we can, with whatever that is thrown our way. Planning doesn’t work for me because I believe in the divine plan and that’s the design I want to go with. So wherever the force takes me, I shall go and be the best that I can,” she added.

Mah-e-Mir is releasing across Pakistan on Friday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2016.

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