Mariyam Nafees is an actress who does not compromise on quality. She has not worked a lot in her 9 year career and only picked stories that she wanted to tell. Her passion is for good stories more than simply for appearing on the screens. Mariyam Nafees was a guest for Independent Urdu and talked about her character Zeenat in Jaan e Jahan which was really loved by the audience.
Mariyam talked about that if she wanted to play a lead opposite Hamza Ali Abbasi as he is one of the most famous actors in Pakistan. She said that she does not care if she plays a heroine opposite Hamza as they have known each other for years and they are more like friends so being cast as a lead opposite him is not a huge priority. If it happens that will be good but she is not actively looking for it.
Here is what she said:
She also shared that she was supposed to play another character in Jaan e Jahan which was later removed from the script. She then got offered two more characters and she chose to play Zeenat as Zeenat had a huge impact in the drama and her character arc was perfect.
This is what she shared: