Eversince veteran actor Firdous Jamal’s controversial remarks regarding Mahira Khan went viral, Mahira’s colleagues and close friends from the industry have been rushing in for her support. Hurling criticism against Firdous’s ageist and sexist comments, everyone is lauding Mahira’s compassion and controlled response and hailing her for her professionalism.
The latest one to show up in Mahira’s strong support is none other than producer Momina Duraid who gave Mahira her first major breakthrough ”Humsafar” and is also producing her upcoming film ”Superstar”.
Momina while criticizing Firdous’s remarks announced that her production company M&D Productions won’t be working with the actor in future in any capacity, further saying that ”we are ashamed of him to be a part of our fraternity”. Momina further lauded Mahira for her restraint saying, ”She could have reacted in the worst possible way to Firdous Jamal Sab’s disrespectful and regressive coments about her and she had every right to do so. But responce to all the people who spread hate was to spread love and be positive only. That is the true sign of a woman who is strong and secure”.
While Momina has come up with a friendly gesture for Mahira we await how Firdous Jamal responds to the scenario.
Firdous Jamal is not the Holy Cow that he should not be criticized for his attitude towards new emerging and serving artists who work in a passion to keep the cinema and entertainment community revive and change into an industry. Mayra Khan is one of the few personalities in the entertainment world who have proven her worth as a source of earning to hundred and thousand workers in the media industry. Firdous Jamal appear on the small screen when PTV and Radio Pakistan was the only two institutions that were promoting the entertainment. That was the period when every tom, dick and harry was the best actor and appear on the screen on the basis of whom you know and how you know in the PTV and PBC production management. Today every artist have to prove his or her worth in the industry and not in the institution. Mayra Khan has proven her self as a commercially accepted artist that is surety to success. Firdos Jamal words are ” A stupid Carpenter blames his tools”. He is the actor when acting was the act of MIRASI. Sir the world is changing and now you got the reputation, try to keep it safe. Acting is now a professiona like other profession and it is the service to the art.