Hadiqa Kiani is grateful to have worked with 'Dobara' director Danish Nawaz

Singer-turned-actor Hadiqa Kiani is grateful to have worked with Danish Nawaz in Dobara and to show that gratitude, she penned an appreciation post for the director on her Instagram.

The television serial stars Kiani as Mehru, who has decided to change her life after the passing of her husband, and people around her just can’t seem to digest that. Having gotten married early in life, Mehru never got to spend much time with herself, on her appearance, her physical and mental well-being and her sudden desire to relive her youth is met with disapproval and taunts from the likes of her own children.

With Mehru, Kiani is attempting to change the expectations people attach to widows. And by doing so, she is telling the story of so many middle-aged women who have had to overcome the loss of a husband and then face the brunt of society’s baseless accusations. Written by Sarwat Nazir, the serial has been produced by Momina Duraid Productions.

Kiani’s post reads, "I wanted to take a moment and appreciate the director of Dobara, the incomparable Danish Nawaz.” It adds, “Aside from being incredibly hardworking, talented, respectful and honest, Danish has a keen eye for detail. He truly understood soul of Dobara and directed it in a manner that highlighted the key nuances of the script and its characters. So grateful to have had the opportunity to work on this project with such a fantastic team."

In an earlier interview with a local publication, Kiani had shared, “I am at a turning point in my life. I took out all my emotions through Raqeeb Se and Dobara. It was cathartic. It was me breaking out. There are so many Mehrus, including myself all around me. They come to me at airports and weddings telling me they see themselves in Mehru. Their husbands are with them but they just come up to me and blatantly say it.”

She added, “Sources very close to me told me a decade ago that my contemporaries in music had already been sent to their graves. They told me that I had achieved all that I possibly could and that I should be happy with that. But if you tell yourself that you’ve seen and done it all, you’re as good as dead.”

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