Ali Gul Mallah is a great artist from the Sindhi industry who has just become a household name for his appearance in the Urdu drama Ishq Murshid. His character Fazal Bakhsh and his dialogue Bhallay won everyone over and he is now an integral part of the drama. Ali Gul Mallah has a career spanning over 3 decades and this makes him privvy to a lot. He had many chances which later did not pan out and one such chance involved Emraan Hashmi, the Bollywood actor.
Ali Gul Mallah is a big fan of Nadeem Baig Sahab and he revealed in Ghazal Siddique’s podcast that he actually got to do a film with him and that film also included Emraan Hashmi. In those times, they signed Emraan for 20 lakh rupees and many artists were working in cross-border projects. The film however, kept getting delayed as it was meant to be shot in Dubai.
In the end, the film was delayed so much that Emraan Hashmi’s fee had risen to 3 crore rupees which was not affordable and the film got shelved and never released.
Here is what went down:
