Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan have been praised for their on-screen chemistry ever since Pakistani drama Humsafar hit TV screens, but the actress has said that the show’s director was not convinced by their coupling.
“The biggest fear of our director [Sarmad Khoosat] was that the show will tank, because according to him, Fawad and I had zero chemistry. He would always be telling us to rehearse more, to at least hold hands,” Mahira said in a statement.
Humsafar first aired in Pakistan in 2011 making Khan and Mahira household names in the country. Their on-screen romance as married couple Ashar and Khirad gained the love of Indians as the show made its premiere there last year.
“When the show went on air, our director called us and said, ‘Both of you are magic’,” she added.
According to Mahira, who will be seen next in Shah Rukh Khan film Raaes, the secret behind their pairing was the trust the two actors had in each other.
“We don’t get chemistry. We never did. What we had was the right attitude and we trusted each other,” she said.
Humsafar portrayed the emotional journey of Ashar and Khirad. The story was about how two strangers with strikingly opposite personalities fall in love after an arranged marriage.
