{"id":1389,"date":"2016-02-02T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T14:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2016-02-09T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T14:18:51","slug":"the-two-top-pakistani-actresses-have-shot-in-bollywood-vinay-sapru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The two top Pakistani actresses have shot in Bollywood&#8221; &#8211; Vinay Sapru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pac-act.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1390\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pac-act-300x166.png\" alt=\"pac act\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pac-act-300x166.png 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/pac-act.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Relations between India and Pakistan might be hitting an all-time low. But the two top leading ladies of Pakistan, Mahira Khan and Mawra Hocane are a part of the Bollywood movie industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Mahira will make her debut later during the year with Shah Rukh Khan in Rahul Dholakia&#8217;s <i>Raees<\/i>, Mawra Hocane whose parents live in Sydney, Australia works in Pakistani films and is now open to working in Bollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Vinay Sapru, the co-director of Mawra&#8217;s first Bollywood film <i>Sanam Teri Kasam<\/i> says he was very sure he wanted Mawra for his film. &#8220;Mawra had to play my leading lady Saraswati. My co-director Radhika Rao and I have always worked with stars. <i>Sanam Teri Kasam<\/i> required fresh new faces. We chose two actors who have already made a name for themselves in other parts of the world. Mawra is huge in Pakistan and her co-star Harshvardhan Rane is a major Telugu star. Both bring a virgin freshness to their characters in Hindi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sapru says Harshvardhan is exceptionally talented, &#8220;although he isn&#8217;t a Kapoor or a Khan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally Anil Kapoor&#8217;s son Harshvardhan Kapoor makes his debut later this year. Vinay Sapru sees no clash of interests there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the similar-sounding Ranbir and Ranveer co-existing in Bollywood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Bollywoodhungama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relations between India and Pakistan might be hitting an all-time low. 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