Audiences have been loving Faysal for his acting chops as well as hosting skills for decades. However, the actor keeps on pushing the boundaries and experiments with content in all his projects. One of his recent character, Sardar Saif ur Rehman in Muqaddar became quite popular but unfortunately, not entirely for the right reasons. Though his acting was lauded, the character itself didn’t sit well with many people.
We got in touch with the actor after Muqaddar’s conclusion to find out how he viewed his character and his end.
Here are a few highlights from the interview:
- How would you define Sardar Saif?
- Did he feel that it was justified to show that Raima accepted Sardar eventually?
- What responsibility did he feel he has in order to show people that Sardar is not an idealistic character?
How would you define Sardar Saif?
“He is a stubborn character; he won’t let anyone cross the limit he has set for them as we saw in her daughter’s case. Similar situation was with Raima. These kind of people are brought up in a very different way. I know a lot of people like him in real life. He has only two sides: either very good or very bad. It is difficult to understand Sardar’s character; even I faced issues while playing him. But I left my concerns to the three women behind this project; our writer, content head and director. I guess women have a better ability to understand such men,” he said.
Did he feel that it was justified to show that Raima accepted Sardar eventually?
“We’re seeing this since Beauty and the Beast that a woman surrenders to his tormentor and that is because women have the power to change people. We’ve seen innumerable times how a man changes for the better when he falls in love. Maybe Raima was changing him or perhaps Raima accepted him to make him better,” Faysal clarified.
What responsibility did he feel he has in order to show people that Sardar is not an idealistic character?
“I’ve seen it earlier as well that audiences sympathize with the character because a big star is playing that role. The same happened with my role in Haiwan where my character deserved to die a miserable death but people wished I had been forgiven. Similarly, I am getting messages now that why did we kill Sardar; it was supposed to be a love story. Well… Sardar wasn’t a good man; he deserved this end. It was a love story because it was shown from Sardar/Raima’s perspective; it would have been a villainous character if show from Ali Ansari’s view,” Faysal said.
Watch the full interview here to find out why TV is stuck in the rut of ratings, how actors struggle with creative choices, what’s next and much more:
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