Mahira Khan has compared herself to Jennifer Connelly

• Mahira Khan and Fahad Mustafa are already promoting Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad, which is due to be released on Eid-ul-Adha.
• During one of her public appearances, the Superstar actress discussed choosing lesser roles and likened herself to Jennifer Connelly.

On Thursday evening, Fahad Mustafa and Mahira Khan attended the Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad trailer premiere at the Arts Council.

The actor’s limited screentime in Shehr-e-Zaat came up. According to Nabeel Qureshi,

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“Mahira has a pivotal role in the film. She’s a huge star and I don’t think she’d agree to work in a film that doesn’t have a strong female character.”

That’s when the Sadqay Tumhare actress revealed that she wouldn’t mind playing a minor role in the appropriate film. The Humsafar actress then compared herself to Jennifer Connelly and Fahad Mustafa to Tom Cruise.

“You’re wrong, Nabeel. I would do a small role in a good film because I believe it is important to be a part of good films. So, I hope I can be a Jennifer Connelly to my Tom Cruise.”

Mahira Khan shared how everyone carries the film together, not just the actor playing the protagonist.

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“I had always thought to myself, ‘I carry my films. I carry them. I don’t need anybody.’ And then I then thought, that’s the wrong way to think about it. I don’t carry my films; everyone carries that film. Together, … This is what we were taught initially when we first came into the film industry. We all, this generation, were taught that YOU bring the box office numbers. I see Top Gun and I see Jennifer Connelly, who is by far one of the best actresses in Hollywood.”