The News on Sunday - INSTEP - June 11, 2006

Exclusive Interview

:: Catching up with Zoheb Hassan ::

Instep: Is this the first time you are acting in a play?

Zoheb: Yes

Instep: And how does this play exactly happen?

Zoheb: My wife heard the album and she's also a writer. Kismet is a very visual album. She asked me if she could write a story on the lines of the album. I said sure. She wrote it, we pitched it to a channel and we got a great response. So, we did the play.

Instep: Why acting?

Zoheb: One should keep on doing something different. I had already done music videos. This was new and exciting.

Instep: How was the entire experience?

Zoheb: A music video is maximum 4-5 minutes whereas in a play you keep coming back in every episode. In a video you play to the camera but in a drama, you play away from the camera. It was hard at first but overall the entire experience was great. We had a great director and everyone - Iman Ali, Aijazz Aslam, Tooba - knew that it was my first time so they were professional.

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