Faysal Quraishi is a versatile and brilliant Pakistani television and film actor who is currently making headlines for his unique and challenging character, Zaviyar, in Hum TV’s new drama serial Raaja Rani. He is paired with Hina Afridi in the drama.
The actor recently spoke with Nadia Khan and Zohaib Hassan on their morning show, which airs on Entertainment 365. In the show, he talked about choosing Raaja Rani script over other run of the mill characters.
Talking about it, Faysal Quraishi said, “I was getting similar roles after the success of Khaie, but I didn’t want to do another serious role like that. People had high expectations from me, and I was being offered intense scripts. Babar gave me two scripts that were quite similar. Then I received Raaja Rani, which was incomplete at the time, but I insisted on doing it because it was different. The script was still being written midway, and honestly, everyone had to suffer because of my desire to work in Raaja Rani”
He further added, “I just wanted to act in a completely different drama, and this time I’m playing a man who has mentally regressed to the level of an 8 or 9-year-old child. I didn’t want to keep doing run-of-the-mill roles.”
Talking about the criticism surrounding the song sequence, Faysal Quraishi said “Hina is younger than me — I’m aware of that. I even mentioned that Hina wasn’t even born when I started acting. We know the pairing looks off, but Amin Iqbal and Babar Javed aren’t crazy for casting me opposite Hina — there’s a reason behind this casting and how it’s executed. Babar knows how to play with characters and situations. He understands public sentiment. He also said, “In the drama, Zaviyar’s character is actually ten years younger than the character Hina is playing. People will appreciate the song once they see it in context. I had several questions for the director regarding the execution, and once you watch the drama, you’ll see the answers. We’ve addressed the age difference in the storyline.”
