Zahid Ahmed opens up about using drugs and why he stopped
The 'Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb' star made an appearance on Omar's web show and talked about his career and personal life
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Popular television actor Zahid Ahmed has paved his way through the entertainment industry with his stellar acting prowess and how he decided to experiment with roles.
The actor has been very candid about his life - whether it is his dramatic weight loss or a nose job gone wrong - he has always filled in his fans about things many celebs would shy away from.
Ahmed did the same in a recent interview with veteran actor and model, Iffat Omar. The Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb star made an appearance on Omar's web show and talked about his career, personal life and his usage of drugs.
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“I’ve used hash a lot in my life. Now by the grace of God, I’ve quit. I think people need to stop pretending," he shared. "The world has changed and you can’t run from reality. In Karachi, we have the highest rate of marijuana consumption in the world. We should talk about drug consumption. My sons will be teenagers in a decade and they’ll use it because it’s so common."
He went on to add, "We need to stop trying to balance it in between good and bad deeds. The biggest debate is that using hash and marijuana isn’t haram. So, I just want to raise awareness with my experience that it doesn’t make anything better in your life either.”
The Besharam star thinks that people use drugs to get away from tensions in life. "I realised that God has given me everything. He gave me a successful career that I dreamt of even though I wasn’t very religious. He also gave me an extremely supportive partner and two beautiful kids. So what did I need to run from?"
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"Then I realised that He was testing me by giving me everything. I realised it after I gave up using hash that if I try to get away from things now then I’m being extremely ungrateful,” he said.
Ahmed also talked about how he decided to experiment with the roles he took on. In Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb, the actor played the role of a youngster suffering from split personality disorder.
"I wasn’t scared at all. When I first heard about the role, I decided that I wanted to do it. I was inspired by Moin Akhtar’s Rozee," he said. "When I saw the character crying like that, I felt the emotions of the women in my life. I wanted to act like I was actually a woman, not someone who was faking it. I’m in this job to not just play a man; that’s boring."
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He continued, "I wanted to have a diverse acting career so I thought if you want to expand the margin of your performance then you have to take risks."
Ahmed was also asked if being married affected his career? “If I wasn’t married before coming into this field, I would’ve been tempted to go astray, the actor shared his reasons for tying the knot before making it big in the industry. "It’s very easy to get distracted with so much beauty around you. I wouldn’t have been this disciplined and my moral compass would’ve been tilted."
He asserted, "For single people, this is the biggest fear in this industry. Many people also find their partners this way so I’m not judging, but for me, my focus has remained in one place because of my marriage."
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The actor has been very candid about his life - whether it is his dramatic weight loss or a nose job gone wrong - he has always filled in his fans about things many celebs would shy away from.
Ahmed did the same in a recent interview with veteran actor and model, Iffat Omar. The Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb star made an appearance on Omar's web show and talked about his career, personal life and his usage of drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvI8apfOsY4
“I’ve used hash a lot in my life. Now by the grace of God, I’ve quit. I think people need to stop pretending," he shared. "The world has changed and you can’t run from reality. In Karachi, we have the highest rate of marijuana consumption in the world. We should talk about drug consumption. My sons will be teenagers in a decade and they’ll use it because it’s so common."
He went on to add, "We need to stop trying to balance it in between good and bad deeds. The biggest debate is that using hash and marijuana isn’t haram. So, I just want to raise awareness with my experience that it doesn’t make anything better in your life either.”
The Besharam star thinks that people use drugs to get away from tensions in life. "I realised that God has given me everything. He gave me a successful career that I dreamt of even though I wasn’t very religious. He also gave me an extremely supportive partner and two beautiful kids. So what did I need to run from?"
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAp6DwCps7E/
"Then I realised that He was testing me by giving me everything. I realised it after I gave up using hash that if I try to get away from things now then I’m being extremely ungrateful,” he said.
Ahmed also talked about how he decided to experiment with the roles he took on. In Ishq Zah-e-Naseeb, the actor played the role of a youngster suffering from split personality disorder.
"I wasn’t scared at all. When I first heard about the role, I decided that I wanted to do it. I was inspired by Moin Akhtar’s Rozee," he said. "When I saw the character crying like that, I felt the emotions of the women in my life. I wanted to act like I was actually a woman, not someone who was faking it. I’m in this job to not just play a man; that’s boring."
https://www.instagram.com/p/B94RUoYJp2J/
He continued, "I wanted to have a diverse acting career so I thought if you want to expand the margin of your performance then you have to take risks."
Ahmed was also asked if being married affected his career? “If I wasn’t married before coming into this field, I would’ve been tempted to go astray, the actor shared his reasons for tying the knot before making it big in the industry. "It’s very easy to get distracted with so much beauty around you. I wouldn’t have been this disciplined and my moral compass would’ve been tilted."
He asserted, "For single people, this is the biggest fear in this industry. Many people also find their partners this way so I’m not judging, but for me, my focus has remained in one place because of my marriage."
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