Senior actors have largely been ignored by our industry in many aspects. We generally see that there are no good roles written for that age bracket, neither is something fresh ever added for their tracks. They are largely ignored in the award categories and just lurk in the background among the gliz and glam of the industry. Many of our senior stars have complained about the disrespect they get from the youngsters. Many a times these things just keep happening and everybody ignores them. A scenario like that happened with Munawar Saeed who is playing the role of father in baby baji, a very senior actor with hundreds of projects to his credit.
Baby Baji’s cast was promoting their drama on Nida Yasir’s show and Munawar Saeed was not only largely neglected by the host but netizens think that Nida was disrespectful towards him as well.
The incident occurred several times as can be seen in these clips:
Netizens reacted strongly to Nida’s behaviour towards Munawar Saeed and here is what they had to say: