New Delhi, July 10 Ace Pakistani actress Sarwat Gilani says that the ban on Pakistani artists in India is "a temporary phase that both the countries are going through" and emphasizes that "the people of the two countries don't want this to happen".
Sarwat, who also acted in Zee5 web series 'Churails', tells life in a telephonic interview: "It's a temporary phase that both the countries are going through. I know that the people of the two countries don't want this to happen. We have similar cultures, similar traditions, but because of these political setbacks, these things make our art and the love for art bounded by boundaries and borders. I feel it's a phase and should go away hopefully, because music and art can't be contained in a bottle or a box. It will make its way itself in due time. Inshallah!"
As part of her latest project, the cross-border actress will be seen reading veteran lyricist-poet Gulzaar's short stories in the Zee Theatre multi-starrer show 'Yaar Julahay', which draws its name from a Gulzar poem. The episode will be screened at Tata sky Theatre in the coming week.
It is a series of dramatic readings of some of the Indian subcontinent's best-known writers, including Gulzar, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Munshi Premchand, Amrita Pritam, Qurratulain Haider, Balwant Singh, Asad Muhammad Khan, Ghulam Abbas, Rajinder Singh Bedi and Intezar Hussain. Its debut episode featured Pakistani actress Mahira Khan.
The first short story, 'Sunset Boulevard' is about Charulata, a once popular actress who is eagerly waiting to meet the writer of her biography, but to her surprise she discovers that the person is not the one whom she had expected. The second story, 'Das Paisay' is about Chuckoo, a kid who left his home and set out for nowhere on a train after fighting with his grandmother over 'dus paisey'
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