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There’s a lot that goes on in the lives of actors that you may not know about. Often, stars hide their personal lives and relationships in order to keep entertaining their fans. In a podcast, actor Mohib Mirza opened up about his struggles, both professional and personal, how he has evolved as a human surrounded by the people he loves. He also seemed to confirm his romance with actor Sanam Saeed.

On December 28, the Neeli Zinda Hai actor appeared on a podcast with Munib Nawaz, his childhood friend and fashion designer, with whom he discussed all the possible things he could’ve done differently, including his life when he started out, personal relationships, his vulnerabilities, the importance of voicing insecurities, his experience with filmmaking and counting his blessings.

The host asked Mirza if the life he has was once a goal, such as making films or reaching a milestone like the Oscars. Mirza said, “I don’t think I had a specific image in mind. But some small elements from it were my goals. The rest you know every single day we’re evolving and it [our brain] is like an open sea, desires and wishes never seem to end. Just like that, whatever I manifested and dreamt of deserves to come true, be it the good things you want or the fear that you end up manifesting. The rest, if I have to say, I’ve been blessed with what I was and have been given, not just the fame but also got to work with the kind of stuff I always wanted to do.”

When asked about the fears that he manifested, Mirza said as a professional actor it would be falling behind time and not being able to meet deadlines to finish certain tasks. On the personal note, when he was asked about his younger self and his goals, Mirza opened up about his past relationship with model Aamina Sheikh.

“When I met Aamina, my focus was ‘she’s the one’ and I was in love with her and then came marriage and all the other things after that, as they should. We had a great, great partnership and everything was going fine, we had a daughter and after that we started to grow differently,” he said.

“I had never imagined that things wouldn’t work out between us. Eventually, I came to realise, it happens with everybody and those who say it doesn’t, are just talking rubbish. I was with her for 12 to 13 years in a marriage and we had a falling out afterwards. It wasn’t our partnership that was the issue but the things that we did in our daily life related to work. Like, for example, if I’m in Skardu for 90 days and I’m filming Dukhtar, so what I learnt at that time spiritually and emotionally and the direction I grew towards, we didn’t align.”

Talking about his daughter, Mirza shared that he hasn’t seen her in five years and it was a conscious decision on Sheikh’s part. When asked what was the most difficult thing he has experienced, the actor said it’s the time away from his daughter. “I don’t want a grown kid who, because of me or examples we see on social media, goes through what we see online. I’ve worked enough and with the common sense I have, what happens on social media, it’s better if the kid grows older and understands things on her own and if not then it’s very unfortunate,” he said on a lesson he has learned.

Then came a discussion about his current love life. Nawaz asked Mirza about how he met Saeed. “Sanam means beloved, and Mohib means the one who gives love. I don’t think I have to say anything else,” he said.

“It’s not easy for either of us to give it another try. Especially if you realise the ‘one more time’ factor, if you want to start a new chapter then [that’s what] you want to do this time. Correction is for those who want to correct things, those who understand the value of relationships and want to understand it. Not someone who never accepts their mistakes and finds themselves right in every situation.”

Saeed also gave a small glimpse of her new relationship in her 2022 rewind video on Instagram that saw some vacation pictures with Mirza and intimate moments with her family.

On the work front, Saeed and Mirza were last seen together in feature film Ishrat Made in China that featured Sara Loren, comedian Mani, Shamoon Abbasi, Ali Kazmi, Nayyer Ejaz, designer HSY and Shabbir Jan. Mirza has also returned to our TV screens and was last seen in Neeli Zinda Hai. Before that, he was seen in Dil Ruba, Dushman-e-Jaan and short film Full Circle.