Zaira Wasim Announces ‘disassociation’ with acting
National award-winning actor Zaira Wasim, who shot into fame with her role in Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal three years ago, announced her “disassociation” with acting yesterday, saying she was not happy with the line of work as it interfered with her religious faith.
In a detailed post on her Facebook page, which she later shared across all social media platforms, Wasim said, “though I may fit here perfectly, I do not belong here”.
“Five years ago, I made a decision that changed my life forever. As I stepped foot in Bollywood, and it opened doors to massive popularity for me,” she said, “I started to become the prime candidate of public attention, I was projected as the gospel of the idea of success, and was often identified as a rolemodel for the youth. “
“However, that was never something that I set out to do or become, especially with regards to my ideas of success and failure, which I had just started to explore and understand,” she said in the Facebook post.
“This field indeed brought a lot of love, support, and applause my way, but what it also did was to lead me to a path of ignorance, as I silently and unconsciously transitioned out of ‘imaan’ (faith). While I continued to work in an environment that consistently interfered with my ‘imaan’, my relationship with my religion was threatened,” the actror continued.
She said as she continued to “ignorantly pass through” while trying to convince herself that what she was doing was okay and was not really affecting her, “I lost all the ‘Barakah’ (blessing) from my life”.
Zaira Wasim will be seen in another movie, The Sky is Pink, also starring Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Farhan Akhtar. The shooting of the film was completed in March this year.
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