Not proud to be part of Mere Pass Tum Ho: Rehmat Ajmal

KARACHI: Actress Rehmat Ajmal has expressed that the serial “Meray Paas Tum Ho” was something she was not proud to be a part of.

In an Instagram post, the actress who played a side role in the hit drama Mere Pass Tum Ho shared that she did not support the director Khalil-ur-Rehman’s point of view.

She wrote on her Instagram, I understand that we as artists have a social responsibility in terms of the content we produce and the messages we put forward and that I take that responsibility with a lot of seriousness and dignity. I’ve been receiving a lot of concerned, hateful and confused messages since the past few months and as much as I want to address them individually, I think I’ll just give an overview of my perspective for now. I absolutely do not endorse the concepts and viewpoints of Mr. Khalil us Rehman.”

She added, “I watched Khalil ul Rehman’s interview and got to know about his problematic views on very many things way after the project was completed.”

“I am not proud to be a part of something that is so compromising and ill-informed. However, I (like many others) was not aware of the entire storyline or Mr. Khalil ul Rehman’s ideology at the time this project was shot – which was a year ago. My role in this project is limited so, I did not get a chance to see how it’ll come together or how it’ll eventually unroll on television and that is where I think I slipped a little. It was my first ever telecom project and I am learning, I have learnt to be cautious and more conscious with my creative choices.” she further wrote.

The actress requested, “Please extend new, struggling artists some leeway as we are in the process of learning, we are also trying very hard to make our own mark solely based on our merit.”

 

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I understand that we as artists have a social responsibility in terms of the content we produce and the messages we put forward – & that I take that responsibility with a lot of seriousness and dignity. I’ve been receiving a lot of concerned, hateful and confused messages since the past few months and as much as I want to address them individually, I think I’ll just give an overview of my perspective for now. I absolutely do not endorse the concepts and viewpoints of Mr. Khalil Ul Rehman. I watched Khalil ul Rehman’s interview and got to know about his problematic views on very many things WAY after the project was completed. I am not proud to be a part of something that is so compromising and ill-informed. However, I (like many others) was not aware of the entire story line or Mr. Khalil ul Rehman’s ideology at the time this project was shot – which was a year ago. My role in this project is limited so, I did not get a chance to see how it’ll come together or how it’ll eventually unroll on television and that is where I think I slipped a little. It was my first ever telecom project and I am learning – I have learnt to be cautious and more conscious with my creative choices. Please extend new, struggling artists some leeway as we are in the process of learning – we are also trying very hard to make our own mark solely based on our merit.

A post shared by Rehmat Ajmal (@rehmatajmal) on Jan 21, 2020 at 11:29pm PST

Earlier on Wednesday, a petition was filed against the serial in Lahore court to stop airing the last episode of the hit drama. In the petition, the petition pleaded that the drama had put a negative impact on the Pakistani women as it continued to downgrade women in society.

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