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Zara Noor Abbas and Asad Siddiqui don't like the content being created for Pakistani drama

Zara Noor Abbas and Asad Siddiqui aren't happy with the kind of content being produced in Pakistan. The couple were guests on Time Out With Ahsan Khan recently and spoke about the industry and its perks and shortcomings.

Abbas, who was known to hit back at criticism online, spoke about how she doesn't take it too personally anymore.

I worked hard and started focusing on myself. When the same people who love you criticize you, you should understand that the criticism is coming from an honest place. It isn't personal," she said, adding that she took it as a reason to focus more, work harder on her dramas and understand, then overcome her own shortcomings. Speaking about the fame that comes with her chosen profession, she added that the realization of the magnitude of being Bushra Ansari's niece came much later. "It's only when I grew up that I realized the level of her popularity," she confessed, laughing that she would sometimes ask her aunt to pick her up from school only to "show off".

The couple wasn't happy with the same stories being told again and again on screen, saying that if they had the power, they would show content that is different than just saas-bahu conflicts or second marriages.

"As an actor, you should take responsibility for some things. You should not tell stories about marriages or spouses cheating, etc," said Abbas, adding that she is changing her choices and opting for better scripts.

"This is my prime concern," Siddiqui added. "Why don't we do things that can at least bring some benefit to the people watching them? If I'm showing the same story every day there is rape happening in every drama then what are we really doing?" he asked.

"I don't understand what these ratings hold," Siddiqui added, refusing to believe that 220 million people want to watch the same kind of content over and over again. "This phenomenon is quite useless," he said.

Abbas then argued that sensationalizing how a harasser preys on the victim at night and showing such content in detail gives people ideas. "You're showing these shots, you're making a montage of them. Don't show these things, don't sensationalize it," she said, adding that the message should be given in a subtle way if these topics need to be spoken about.