Male actors have less margin of acting in TV: Junaid Khan
November 23, 2020 12:05 PM
A musician turned actor, Junaid Khan started his career a few years ago and is easily one of the finest stars in our industry today.
Through his versatility and effervescent charm, he has managed to make his place in the audience’s as well as the critic’s hearts. Having appeared in one hit play after another, it seems that the coming year is going to be just as exciting for the bright star as this one was.
Junaid Khan, over the years, has evolved into a true thespian, who can mould into the characters he is performing, whose recent example we have seen in Kashf.
In a recent interview with BBC, The actor talked about Kashf in detail. He also talked about the versatility of characters he has been playing over a few years.
While talking about the role of male actors and the margin of acting they have on television he said: “Male actors have very less margin because television is more of a female medium, so the female is the main protagonist. Males are more prominent in films. In television, they focus on the male characters revolves around the story of a conventional housewife. So, there are same relationships husband, brother, father and cousin. For me, television is an expression and I am exploring it.”
He also gave an insight into his upcoming film “Kahay Dil Jidhar” which is directed by Jalal Romi and written by Kamran Bari, Mansha Pasha is also a part of the movie.
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