Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
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Saqib Saleem, who was recently seen in a father’s day special short film ‘Aamad’, talks about his father and his relationship with him.

“When I first read the script of Aamad, I said okay – this is a very simple yet a very complex story about the unsaid thing – the unsaid apologies between a father and son. What attracted me to this film was its simplicity. It challenged me as an actor – I had to learn Kathak. I consider myself to be a pathetic dancer otherwise,” Saqib said.

Saqib on his bond with his father said, ” I did Aamad for my father. Over the last 6-7 years, my relationship with him has become so much better. From a time when I’d hide things from him to a bond wherein there’s no filter between us – we can talk about anything and everything in the world. A father-son relationship is a very different kind – I don’t know to explain this. If my dad answers the phone, the first thing I say is, acha mom ko phone do – that’s how sons are with dads.”

Considering that Saqib and his sister, actress Huma Qureshi, decided to leave their homes to pursue acting, was his father wary of his decision? “My father has been very supportive in whatever capacity he could be. When both of us joined the industry – he was very apprehensive as this is a world he hasn’t seen, it was an alien world for us – but he told me one thing that, “If you want to do it, you’ll do it and I’ll support you but there’s a fear.

“This fear was coming from a very paternal instinct and I can completely imagine what he, as a father, must be going through. He was looking out for us and with whatever work we’ve done in life, he’s only become nicer and easier about it. He doesn’t stress about it now. So I think every relationship takes time to evolve like this,” he added.

When asked if the web space offers more opportunities and whether he considers this to be a future, he quipped, “I enjoy digital because there’s no censorship – we know that jo script mei likha gaya hai wahi hoga, koi uspe baithke kanchi nai maarega. “