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Zoya Afroz made the best of her brief screen time as Tabassum Khan in Netflix’s sikan. In an exclusive interview with PopDiaries, she shared her story of working with Director Neeraj Pandey and starring opposite Anivash Tiwary.
According to her, working with Neeraj Pandey, the director of Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, and Actor Avinash Tiwary was very pleasant. Calling Neeraj Pandey a visionary director, she said, “The experience was amazing. Firstly, just to get the opportunity to work with Neerraj sir, who is known to be a visionary director, and he is known to bring out films that are, in my terms, revolutionary.” She found everyone on set to be very warm and pleasant towards her.
When asked about her experience working with Avinash Tiwary, she recalled an incident and said, “When we met for reading, right before we went to Abu Dubai for our shoot. And we sat down, we just got down to our lines, and everything was just smooth flowing, and we just connected as co-actors.” She feels the chemistry between Sikander and Tabassum was great because they connected so well off-camera.
Talking about playing a content-driven character or a massy character, she explained that both of them coexist together regardless of the platform. Drawing comparisons between Pushpa 2: The Rule and Sikander Ka Muqaddar, she said, “As an Actor, we would love to be versatile and be able to do everything that we are offered. But to me, I think, personally, I love stories that are content-driven.” She continued, “The story has to be very impactful.”
Her role in Sikander Ka Muqaddar was brief yet impactful, so when asked about her opinion on whether, in OTT, what matters the most, the quality or quantity of the character, she answered with quality. “More than the screen time, I think the impact of the character matters a lot to me. How they drive the story forward matters to me.” She related it with her role, saying, “When I was offered Tabassum’s character, it had a lot of impact in taking the story forward.”
While she did not reveal any details about the sequel, she hopes for the film to continue and to present her character in a new light. She didn’t reveal anything about her future projects. However, she said, “You would see me a lot in terms of screen time, in terms of character and terms of good projects,” which means that the upcoming year is going to be very busy for her.