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Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy doesn't think actor Sonya Hussyn will ever be Mahira Khan and doesn't appreciate comments she made about her in the past.

Chinoy, the Oscar winning director, commented on an Instagram post by Grazia Pakistan.

In the post, the magazine had recirculated comments Hussyn made in a 2018 interview. She appeared on the After Moon Show hosted by Yasir Hussain on August 12, 2018.

Asim Azhar and Hussyn were the guests on the episode and in one segment, they were asked to answer a series of questions by quickly choosing from the options presented to them. One of the questions Hussyn was asked was if she were Mahira Khan, which film would she not do: Verna, Raees or Ho Mann Jahaan.

Hussyn chose Raees. "Why, because you don't want to work with Shah Rukh Khan?' asked the host.

"No, never," replied Hussyn. "It was never my dream to work with Shah Rukh Khan. My dream is that your character should be such that you are seen and you're not just a side character to a hero," she explained.

Chinoy didn't seem to like what she said and replied to the Grazia Pakistan post. "Don't think you'll ever be Mahirah Khan so you won't ever get to say no - don't diss other women in the industry, [it] reflects poorly on you and your upbringing," she wrote.

While Chinoy definitely has a point about pulling other women down, we wish our celebrities weren't asked questions like this on shows at all. They're often taken out of context and used to pit celebrities — most often women — against each other. Perhaps our celebrities also need to stop answering questions about the skills and choices of their fellow industry members.