C H I T C HAT
I was nervous to look
Hamza in the eye, says
Maya Ali
D
ecember's gone, and the promised return of Hamza Ali Abbasi to our TV screens has yet to materialise. His upcoming drama serial, Tera Gham
Aur Hum helmed by Diyar-e-Dil director Haseeb Hasan,
pairs Hamza paired with Pakistani TV's new dream girl
Maya Ali. Maya has been one half of many recent hit
couples on TV, from her turn in Diyar-e-Dil with Osman
Khalid Butt to her on-again-off again relationship with
Imran Abbas in Mera Naam Yousuf HaiWill Tera Gham
Aur Hum have the same kind of success? "Obviously, I
would really want it to be like that," says Maya in an exclusive conversation with Images. "Just like hashtags such
as #Osmaya (Osman and Maya combined) and #Wafa
(their characters Wali and Farah combined) are established, I now hear of #Sanu (Salauddhin and Manu) and
#Haya (Hamza and Maya). That's a good sign, right?"
Tera Ghum Aur Hum is the story of Manahil aka Manu
(Maya) and Salahuddin (Hamza), whose sister Aiman is
best friends with Manahil. Salahuddin is a mature, serious lad, who is out of a job, so Manahil's father asks him
to tutor his daughter. So begins Manu and Salahuddin's
relationship, which will take a turn a few years down the
road. Maya's enjoyed great chemistry with her co-stars
like Imran and Osman, with whom she's acted many
times. Was she able to recreate the same magic with
Hamza, we wonder? "I'm trying to, obviously," she said
with a giggle. "I know Osman will kill me for saying this,
but Hamza is very comfortable to work with, so you automatically give a good performance. I was too nervous
to look at him straight in the eye, but he always insisted
that I do. I feel that people will like our performance together." While she's enjoying a great phase in her career
as the leading lady of choice these days, what Maya is
secretly coveting is a villianous role: "I really want to play
a negative character, but I haven't gotten the chance yet.
Our writers sometimes write [such a negative role] that
you feel that people will abuse you." The leap to films
isn't too far for Maya. She intends to make her debut
"very soon". "I definitely plan to be in films in 2016," she
shared.
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