{"id":23732,"date":"2021-10-18T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/asad-mumtaz-malik-who-plays-guru-in-parizaad-shares-he-was-shy-to-face-the-camera\/"},"modified":"2021-10-18T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T12:53:08","slug":"asad-mumtaz-malik-who-plays-guru-in-parizaad-shares-he-was-shy-to-face-the-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/?p=23732","title":{"rendered":"Asad Mumtaz Malik who plays Guru in Parizaad shares he was shy to face the camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is uncommon for an actor to make his acting debut as a supporting character, yet manage to make his presence felt and earn a huge fan following the way Asad Mumtaz Malik has in the currently airing drama, <em>Parizaad<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Right after the first scene, Guru became a favourite among the fans. What&#8217;s even more unusual is that Asad has been part of the industry for almost two decades, yet it was only now that he got discovered as a performer\/actor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Hassan Choudary of<em> Something Haute<\/em>, Asad shared details about his dream to become an actor as a young boy, his journey from a wedding photographer to becoming the Director of Photography and creating magic in dramas such as <em>Daam<\/em> and <em>Alif<\/em>. He also spoke at length about how he got the chance to play Guru in <em>Parizaad<\/em> and other details.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77611\" style=\"width: 591px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited wp-image-77611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/images\/2021\/10\/Untitled-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"527\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hassan Choudary and Asad Mumtaz Malik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the fact that Asad always wanted to become an actor, he shared that he did not immediately sign the first project he was offered. &#8220;I took a week to say yes to <em>Parizaad<\/em>,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;I kept thinking. Discussed it with my wife and kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asad went on to share that he was afraid of being in front of the camera. &#8220;I was shy. Everyone is afraid to face the camera for the first time and it was the same case with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since I had such a long experience of around 25 years behind the camera, I knew I would pull it off but there is always a little hesitation involved,&#8221; he further confessed.<\/p>\n<p>Asad added that Guru was a challenging character to play and that is exactly what motivated him to sign the project. &#8220;Getting such a challenging character for your debut is a blessing for any actor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Everything You Wanted To Know About Asad Mumtaz Malik Aka Guru Of Parizaad | Alif | Daam\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" data-trx-lazyload-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCuckOfLlmE?start=1662&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I took a week to say yes to Parizaad,&#8221; he shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,39],"tags":[715],"class_list":["post-23732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment","tag-asad-mumtazasad-mumtaz-malikparizaad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.somethinghaute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}