Aftab Iqbal has a long and illustrious career. He has done several back to back shows which proved to be bangers on television and he managed to bring a revolution in the comedy theatre industry with the opportunities he created. Aftab is also a journalist and columnist and he has worked in these two positions for ages now. He is also very blunt and always says how things look to him. He gave an interview to Hafiz Ahmed and shared a lot of insights into his life and work.
He addressed the Sohail Ahmed controversy and said that yes they have differences where he felt he needs to debunk some of his claims but he mostly thinks that Sohail Ahmed is a very good artist and he loves his work. That was the reason he wanted him for his Hasb e Haal when they were making the show. He further shared that he actually wants to apologize to the whole Hasb e Haal team today as his leaving put a spanner in the show’s running and therefore in the work and salaries of the people working there. He should have remained there and not taken the decision but he feels everything happens for good as he was able to rescue the careers of many comedians including Amanullah.
Here is what he said:
He also shared his salary on Hasb e Haal which was 5 lakh rupees when he was brought in for the show. He left when he was getting 15 lakhs from the show. He later on got into Geo and he was earning 15 lakhs when he started. He left Geo when he was earning 85 lakhs per month. He later joined Express at 75 lakhs with 70 lakh for his show and 5 lakh for his column. He left it when he was getting around 1 crore 25 lakhs from Express.
This is what he shared:
He also produced shows for Samaa and he was getting around 2.5 crores for that.
This is what he revealed:
