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Gohar Rasheed was nearly slapped by a stranger for his wicked Mann Mayal role

Gohar Rasheed was nearly slapped by a stranger for his wicked Mann Mayal role

The actor revealed that some members of the Mann Mayal audience took his character Mikael a little too seriously
Updated 10 Aug, 2016

Gohar Rasheed fits into his roles like a hand in a glove; maybe that's why he always gets the role of the antagonist in TV dramas and films. But he has only one request from his fans: 'Please don't judge my personality based on my on-screen characters.'

In an interview with BBC Urdu, the Mann Mayal actor narrates an incident where he was harassed by women when he went to the cinema with his friends.

"I went to the cinema with a couple of friends and there were a few older women standing nearby. One of them came up to me, and asked, 'Aap Mikael hain na?' (You're Mikael, right?), and I said 'yes.' Just then in all seriousness, she said, 'Ap bohat buray hain' (You're a bad person) and the other woman standing behind her said, 'Ap please yahan sey chaley jaein warna hum ap ko chapair maar deyngay' (Please leave this place otherwise we'll slap you), and had I stayed there a few moments longer, I would've probably gotten a slap."

Previously, Gohar had said that his character Mikael in TV drama Mann Mayal can also be seen in our society, which is why his character is so relateable to the audience.

"When the drama aired, I received messages from women on my Facebook page and profile saying, 'Thank you so much for playing your character so well, our ex-husbands used to behave exactly like that; mistreating us while we used to sit naively and thinking no, he is my husband, there was also the societal pressure. Now after watching Mann Mayal we realise we were only ill-treating ourselves. Thank you so much for playing this role and you're a terrible person'."

After having been cast in numerous negative roles, the actor has started fearing that he is being typecast, "In our industry we have a lot of heroes, and whoever [enters the field] comes to become a hero."

And he doesn't want to be a hero? No, is his reply, he doesn't want to be a hero.

"All the pappu boys in our industry, who don't know how to act and are still acting, who are not here on merit, I dislike them immensely," he adds, while refusing to take names.

During the Q&A, Gohar was asked If he were ever offered a role in a movie along the lines of Brokeback Mountain, would he take it. "If I'm offered the role in Pakistan, it's going to a problem, if it's being offered abroad I still wouldn't do it [ laughs]," he replied.

However, upon mentioning that Fawad Khan had played a gay man in Kapoor And Sons, Gohar changed his statement.

"Fawad did a commendable job. It's all about the treatment of the role. If I got a role like Fawad did in Kapoor & Sons, then sure I'll do it, I'll have no qualms, but not something like Brokeback Mountain."

Comments

Dija Aug 09, 2016 04:13pm
To me Gohar Ayub's acting is the best in this drama that in reality is getting ithis play going...otherwise the story, the characters, the acting of others are all too pathetic...very disappointed to see this from Hum...that had its image of showing quality programs...Maan Mayal is in reality a disaster!
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IB Aug 09, 2016 04:46pm
Gohar is simply a superb actor... like his acting in that drama the most... his expressions are so natural and teasing that one really feels antagonized... its a treat to watch him act
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Abdulla Hussain Aug 09, 2016 07:18pm
Particular roles on an individual in some of the dramas plays intensively with human physiology, this is not fair. The writers & directors should avoid such negative intensiveness.
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Arooba khan Aug 09, 2016 07:44pm
The Character of ." Mikhail" in this drama depicts the society that we are now a days having majority has lust of money for that they can cross any limit. This role is tremendously done by Gohar he doesn't deserve a slap but huge around of applause :) but this incident is the witness that how brilliantly is he doing his job. So that people got confuse about the reality and drama ;).
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Atif Aug 09, 2016 08:19pm
Mann Mayal has a terrible story-line. It is a weird mix of imagination with our societal background, where a girl who comes from a very conservative background lives in the house, post-divorce, of a guy who was not deemed good enough to be her husband. She behaves and fights with Salahuddin like she is his wife.
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rehana siddiqui Aug 09, 2016 11:01pm
salahuddin character is hopeless , no girl should go for such a person who does not use his brain, munnoo acts like a ignorant person, no brain ,just want to cry for nothing, writer should have made her bold after what she is gone through , gina & mikaele character are strong but should be exposed by now getting real bore we watch it to see if writer gets some thing out of it or not
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rehana siddiqui Aug 09, 2016 11:06pm
this play is getting on your nerves, Salahuddin has no brain, no character, munno acts like an ignorant person, just crying, enough, she should have been bold after all that drama in her life, her parents disappeared from the face of earth, parents don't do that, writer is getting confused ,
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Alex Aug 10, 2016 01:39am
Thanks to greed of writer director producer, and lack of professionalism, the prolonged serial has become a chooN chooN Ka Muruba!
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GQ Aug 10, 2016 01:46am
GR lacks acting skills!
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Dilber Maseeh Aug 10, 2016 02:28am
The TRP has ruined this beautiful story that should have ended at least 3-4 months ago. Period
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Shia Labasher Aug 10, 2016 03:56am
surely there is a personna match otherwise he should be nominated for at an emmy!
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BNS Aug 10, 2016 04:14am
Gohar, you are the best actor in MM, keep it up.
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Alam Aug 10, 2016 06:55am
What Gohar Rasheed encountered was an appreciation of his art. He was assigned the role of a villain and he did it so perfectly that it looks real for which he was going to get slapped. Well played Gohar Rasheed.
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mesotwisty Aug 10, 2016 09:26am
This guy is doing justice to his role. The drama is crap.
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Syed Muhummad Asim Aug 10, 2016 09:41am
The drama makes no sense to me . The drama is gaining popularity based on Hamza Ali Abassi fame.
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Maestro Aug 10, 2016 10:16am
It's a part of acting.
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PB Aug 10, 2016 11:35am
He sounds so fake. First of all, if he doesnt look papoo then that doesnt mean he should generalize all papoo looking to be bad actors and hate them. all pappo looking guys in the industry are surviving bcz of their acting skills not the looks. Some of them are better actors than him. The incident of women threating to slap him is like a child telling you Batman exists for real. No one in real world walk up to a celebrity and threaten to slap them. He is probably trying to prove that he is such good actor that ppl take him serious in real life also. Women sending him msgs on facebook and telling him about their abusive husbands and thanking him! WOW - so whats next? abusive husbands turning saints after watching his stupid-starplus-inspired drama!?!? Grow up man, enjoy your celebrity status and attention but dont take commoner as fool!
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Tajamul Aug 10, 2016 11:53pm
He is a superb actor and I would say he is the best actor in Mann Mayal. I am sure he can do perfectly any role he is asked. I don't know what kind of insane people are these who tried to slap him.
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Naeem Aug 12, 2016 10:01am
It is indeed his best performance...when any actor injects his role into audience with his acting and swayed them to feel part of the situation is I believe is the real actor. Gohar did a fabulous job and did justice to his role…BZ. The incident which he narrated above is the clear example of how his role has affected the audience.
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