Coming on the personal front, where did you meet your wife and how did it all come about?

Well, it was more or less an arrange marriage. initially we did get on too well, maybe because both of us are introvert personalities. But now we have developed a good understanding and things are going on very nicely. We have two daughters, Aliana and Amelia.

What is the pop music scene here in Pakistan, has it really progressed after you left?

I honestly believe that no one is indispensable. We started at that time when nobody else was doing that and we were basically the first to do that. The public is now much more exposed than before. The music industry is getting a boost because of new advancements. Musicians have more outlets to showcase their works. I feel that as a composer one should take the long route and hard route because master pieces cannot be created in comforts.

Tell us something about your charity work.

About two years ago, we built a Nazia Hassan Charity Foundation in the UK. Nazia in her lifetime had contributed so much to charity, she gave her royalties that she earned from charity shows, and I remember she once donated an ambulance. Currently I am taking care of Nazia Hassan Charity Foundation.

After Kismet what is next?

After this play I am planning to make a telefilm on Nazia. She lived such a short life that people don't know her as much as I think she must be known. The film will be on her life that we can call a docu-drama. I will also use songs including those that I recorded with Nazia before she died. It would be out in almost two years time.

We have heard that you have plans to go Bollywood?

No, I don't think so. I don't like the Bollywood culture. I was never interested in it before. I am a very shy person, people might not believe but I am.

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