Nimra Khan elaborates the story of upcoming series Umm-e-Ayesha scheduled during Ramazan.
Nimra Khan, the actress, is set to portray for the role of the lead character, in the upcoming Geo Entertainment series “Umm-e-Ayesha,” directed by Saleem Ghanchi and produced by Abdullah Kadwani.
In an exclusive chit chat with media , Nimra elaborated that the upcoming show, scheduled for release during Ramazan, delves into the challenges faced by a woman who wears the hijab. These challenges include issues like “encountering job discrimination due to her attire” and facing prejudice during the matchmaking process.
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“Umm-e-Ayesha portrays the journey of a girl raised in an average middle-class family, where her mother consistently urged her to cover her head with a dupatta. However, as she delves deeper into her understanding of Islam, she opts for the hijab, seeing it as a preferable alternative to the dupatta. Nimra explained that her character makes a personal commitment to never appear before non-blood male relatives without her hijab.”
She explained that the challenges faced by the lower middle-class family, such as their inability to afford a car, led Ayesha to purchase a scooter. Consequently, she endeavors to secure employment to fund her pursuit of a PhD.
“Even though people like her CV, she gets rejected from jobs because of her attire. Employers ask her to change her get-up but she refuses to,” Khan revealed, adding that her character also refused to remove her hijab for marriage prospects.
She highlighted that the show is “all about faith, which never wavers through life’s trials and tribulations”.
When asked why the showrunners did not hire an actor who was actually a hijabi, Nimra questioned if there were any hijabi actors in the Pakistani drama industry at all.
“If a girl does the hijab, why would she act in TV dramas? For the drama about Qandeel Baloch, we didn’t get her to star in it. We take inspiration and convey it in our own way because we’re actors and we need to execute it in a better way,” she said, brushing off the question as “irrelevant”.
Commenting on the overall experience, Nimra maintained that it was beyond her expectations as the cast was supportive, and there were “positive vibes”. She stated that it was a “challenging character” because she “had to wear a hijab and drive a scooty”, however, it sent a “good message” overall.
The Ehraam-e-Junoon actor maintained that it was also challenging because the “Islamic history” had to be portrayed and talked about “exactly and without errors”. She said, however, that there could be mistakes as those involved in the show were “only human”.
Khan hoped she was “convincing” in her role and that audiences would like the upcoming show.
The show also stars Omer Shahzad, Mehmood Akhtar, Nida Mumtaz, Tara Mahmood, Rehma Zaman, Eman, Asim Mehmood, Diya Rahman, Mohsin Gillani, Beena Chaudhry and Ayesha Rajpootand, and is written by Hina Huma Nafees.