Mahira Khan: I don’t want to be a Bollywood star

Pakistani actress Mahira Khan is also a well known name India due to her magnificent performance in Shoaib Mansoor’s film ‘Bol’. The starlet is getting many Bollywood offers but she is satisfied with her small screen work back in her homeland.

While almost everyone else aspires be a part of Bollywood, the 29-year-old told the media that she doesn’t want to be a part of the multi-billion dollar Indian film industry because she is happy with the fame she gets from the people of her country.

“I don`t want to be a Bollywood star for sure because the kind of stardom that we get from Pakistan, I am very happy with that. So becoming a Bollywood actress is not something I am aspiring to do,” Mahira, who played Ayesha in ‘Bol’, told IANS.

Currently the likes of Salma Agha, Zeba Bakhtiar, Somy Ali, Meera and Veena Malik and Ali Zafar are among those who have come all the way from Pakistan to work in the Bollywood industry. It is certainly not something bad because the Indian film is growing leaps and bounds whereas the film industry is Pakistan is not as big. Nevertheless, Mahira is nonchalant as she is happy with the fame she is getting from the small screen.

“After `Bol`, I did a serial called `Humsafar` which was bigger than any movie that has come out in Pakistan and it did extremely well. It was maddening to see the reaction of both critics and fans, so I thought let`s just give it a break for sometime and then take another project,” she said.

In the end, however, the actress revealed that her inspiration of becoming an actress was Madhuri Dixit.

“I became an actress only because of Madhuri Dixit. I was watching `Ram Lakhan` and her song “Bada dukh dina o ramji” was coming. The moment I saw it, I told my mother, `I want to do it, I want to be on TV`,” said Mahira.

Well, let’s see if Mahira Khan changes her mind and decides to enter Bollywood because her acting is certainly liked by the Indians as well.

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