The acting world in Pakistan may have its pros and cons but, regardless, Sami Khan’s prowess is undeniable. Still, it’s important to remember that this is all part of this career,” Sami shrugs. “It does, sometimes, especially because we now have access to OTT platforms and are aware of the kind of work that is being done internationally. The other roles can help the external actor, the one who needs to pay the bills and run a home.” “I feel that every year, I need to do at least one role that keeps the inner actor in me alive. But he is also a man with patience - accepting the lows of a mercurial profession with equanimity and willing to wait for the highs that can keep his fire burning The widely liked Sami Khan is an extremely talented actor, breathing life into even the generic characters that he plays on television or film. The audience tends to blame actors for taking on run-of-the-mill roles but what they don’t realise is that this is our bread and butter. Sometimes you get offered great roles and sometimes you wait for ages but no unique script comes your way. I mention this to Sami Khan when I meet him and he replies pragmatically, “It’s important to always be patient. For every groundbreaking script, there are 10 others, revolving entirely around domestic politics and extra-marital affairs.
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There are also other roles that didn’t quite make a mark - an inevitable reality in every TV drama actor’s life. He also delivered a strong performance in the 2019 film Gumm as a distraught father succumbing to a life of crime. Slowly, steadily, over a career that now spans 18 years, actor Sami Khan has been putting together an extensive repertoire of work.Īvid TV drama watchers will recall him in a slew of memorable roles: the gritty Sabz Pari Laal Kabootar from all the way back in 2012, the emotional rollercoaster Aisi Hai Tanhai in 2017, a pivotal role in the groundbreaking Ishq Zah-i-Naseeb in 2019, 2021’s psychologically harrowing Saraab, and the currently on-air Dil Zaar Zaar.
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