Dangal actor Zaira quits Bollywood,
says relationship with religion threatened
News18.com
Zaira Wasim rose to fame with her debut in Aamir Khans film Dangal (2016). For her spectacular and nuanced performance, she won a number of awards including a Filmfare Award and a National Film Award--National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement by Ram Nath Kovind in 2017. The child actress again proved her acting skills when she took up the lead role in Secret Superstar.
However, in a surprising move, the National Award-winning actress Zaira Wasim on Sunday announced her disassociation from the field of acting, saying she was not happy with the line of work citing that it interfered with her faith and religion. In a detailed post on her Facebook page, which she later shared across all social media platforms, the Kashmiri-born star said she realised though I may fit here perfectly, I do not belong here.
Five years ago I made a decision that changed my life forever. As I stepped my foot in Bollywood, it opened doors of massive popularity for me. I started to become the prime candidate of public attention, I was projected as the gospel of the idea of success and was often identified as a role model for the youth, Wasim said in the lengthy post.
However, thats never something that I set out to do or become, especially with regards to my ideas of success and failure, which I had just started to explore and understand, she added.
The 18-year-old actor said as she completed five years in the profession, she wanted to confess that I am not truly happy with this identity i.e my line of work.
For a very long time now it has felt like I have struggled to become someone else. As I had just started to explore and make sense of the things to which I dedicated my time, efforts and emotions and tried to grab hold of a new lifestyle, it was only for me to realise that though I may fit here perfectly, I do not belong here.
This field indeed brought a lot of love, support, and applause my way, but what it also did was to lead me to a path of ignorance, as I silently and unconsciously transitioned out of imaan (faith). While I continued to work in an environment that consistently interfered with my imaan, my relationship with my religion was threatened, she said.
Wasim said as she continued to ignorantly pass through while trying to convince herself that what she was doing was okay and was not really affecting her, I lost all the Barakah (blessing) from my life.
