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You don't have to be conventionally good-looking to be a hero, shares Imran Ashraf

You don't have to be conventionally good-looking to be a hero, shares Imran Ashraf

Kudos to the actor for opening up about rigid beauty standards in the industry.
01 Aug, 2019

Imran Ashraf gained popularity playing a trans character in Alif Allah Aur Insaan and made waves after his exceptional acting in Ranjha Ranjha Kardi but the actor has faced his fair share of criticism.

Imran played the role of a person with mental health issues in Ranjha Ranjha Kardi
Imran played the role of a person with mental health issues in Ranjha Ranjha Kardi

In his latest interview with Haroon Rashid, the actor was asked if people often laugh at him for doing such characters to which he said, "People did laugh at me. For 10 years, people have laughed at me. For eight years, I have tolerated peoples' jokes. People used to call me a minor supporting actor.

These are the words I heard but I had a belief that I was going to do this, I kept asking God for help. I kept working hard and look now."

He added, "Looks don’t matter, my character does. There's a hero in every street, so the unconventional can also be a hero. I am doing art and in art, there isn’t any need for six-packs, deep eyes and pretty hair. And in the process, if some norms are being challenged then so be it."

Kudos to him for opening up about rigid beauty standards in the entertainment industry.

Comments

harris Aug 01, 2019 04:12pm
I think you do... Masses are fickle and need the superficiality to escape their own respective realities...
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Hasan Aug 01, 2019 08:51pm
True. You only have to be a son or a daughter or a relative of a producer or a director or an actor.
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ambreen Aug 01, 2019 09:50pm
Always loved his acting
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rizwan Aug 01, 2019 10:24pm
This actor Imran Ashraf identifies well with the looks of a common man and not of the elite!This sets him apart and thus he will go a long way as an an actor with depth!
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Bhaijan Aug 02, 2019 12:06am
GOOD looking counts, and he’s good looking.
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N abidai Aug 02, 2019 03:39am
According Firdous Jamal you have to be under 30 yrs old ,and made of a special material ,he has invented call heroine material ,to be in film ! He has not given the age and special hero material for actor ,perhaps he can start with you,what you say !
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