Zara Akbar

Published February 23, 2013

People do not give enough credit to Pakistani film and stage actresses. They are often looked at with concealed condescension. A few days ago, a TV channel ran an interview of film and Lahore stage leading lady Zara Akbar. The artist answered some very tricky questions with such poise that you felt bad for all those artists who tried to make it big in a film industry which did not have much to offer. They had no choice but to join the theatre. Keep it up Zara A. And you do not look 30 at all.

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