We have to cease pitting girls in opposition to one another, Mahira Khan on her equation with Saba Qamar

Actor Mahira Khan has addressed longstanding rumours of a rivalry with Saba Qamar, calling the narrative “manufactured” and rooted in a broader tendency to pit outstanding girls in opposition to each other.

Hypothesis first started circulating about the 2 in 2019 after Saba appeared on The Munshi Present. When requested about her equation with Mahira, she responded candidly, “we aren’t pals.” The comment rapidly sparked on-line chatter, although it stemmed extra from fan hypothesis than any real-life dynamic between the 2 actors. Saba clarified instantly afterward that “there in no such difficulty between us both just because we have now by no means interacted or labored collectively. She is doing nice work in her personal lane and I’m in mine.”

Since then, Mahira has repeatedly been requested for her response, and she or he has persistently praised Saba’s expertise whereas questioning why profitable girls are so typically framed as adversaries.

Showing on the Vasay Chaudry Present as a part of their up-coming film Neelofar’s promotion, Mahira Khan acknowledged merely, “I’m not being diplomatic, I believe Saba is a superb actress.” She added that it’s not private to anybody; she merely has only a few pals inside the trade, and used the chance to elucidate that the narrative surrounding her and Saba is an element of a bigger tradition of pitting profitable girls in opposition to one another. “We underestimate what two highly effective girls can do if they arrive collectively. Hopefully, if we ever collaborate, it may be a extremely good product. We’ve a broader world-view drawback the place, the second we see two profitable girls, we pit them in opposition to one another, and it really works for everybody besides them.”

Each actors have now publicly dismissed the narrative, lastly placing the rumours to relaxation. Nonetheless, the dialogue itself reveals how rapidly hypothesis can tackle a lifetime of its personal in showbiz and sometimes overshadow the precise work and achievements of ladies within the trade.