With the arrival of 21st century, there were many different fields that opened its door for people to pursue a career in it. These were quite different from the clichéd  jobs and feilds, later it became challenging for the curious kids to make their parents allow them to experiment something new. Also, there were a lot of professions which had stereotypes attached to it. Acting is one of those few challenging fields!

So, in Pakistan, there are a few celebrities whose families did not approve of their acting!

1. Saud

Saud belongs to a very religious family, he is a nephew of famous Naat Khuwaan Qari Waheed Zafar Qadri. Saud is from a very decent Urdu speaking family from Karachi, he later moved to Lahore in the early ’90s to work in lollywood! Saud was quite famous for his acting in Urdu and Punjabi movies, and now he’s quit acting and has moved to production only! In his family, it was a “near-sin” thing to pursue acting as a career.

2. Sharmin Ali

Sharmin too was subjected to social hate and her family did not support her going to showbiz! But her sisters supported her anyway! Sharmin said in an interview that it’s about time that we should break the stereotype about acting. She’s putting everyone’s hate down by her good work! Haven’t you seen Sang e Mar Mar yet?!

3. Hassan Niazi

“Jin ko mere showbiz me ja ne se aetraz hai wo apne gharo se cable hata de mai showbiz chordu ga” Hassan said to his family after they asked him to stop working in showbiz.

4. Sarah Umair

Sarah who was also called the “Pakistani Kareena Kapoor” faced a lot of backlash from her paternal family! Her father’s family did not approve of her acting and her work. But since her mother was working in an ad agency, she supported Sarah in every step she took!

5. Shamyl Khan

Shamyl Khan belongs to a Pashtun family, it took him quite a lot of time to convince his family. When his first movie came, none of his family members were there for him!

6. Zara Sheikh

Before Zara’s father died, in 2013 all of her family members were against her decision of working in showbiz. But Zara did not leave her passion for acting and modeling.

Do you guys know of any celebrity who chose passion over anything else? Well, this sure proves that following your passion is not always easy, and maybe in the procession, one has to sacrifice more than what they thought! Cheers. 🙂