‘Over the years, the desire died for us’

Updated On: 24 May, 2022 08:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

As her much-loved show Zindagi Gulzar Hai returns to Indian screens after six years, Pakistani actor Sanam on how Bollywood is no longer a goalpost due to the political scenario

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Those who missed the tender on-screen romance between Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed’s characters have a reason to cheer. Six years after Zindagi Gulzar Hai was abruptly pulled off air in India, the show will return to screens. The drama, one of the most popular Pakistani exports, would air on Zindagi channel in India. However, following the Uri attacks in 2016, the channel was shut down, only to be resurrected in 2020 as a digital wing of ZEE5. Now, as the love story makes its way back to the screen, Saeed says that the series hasn’t lost its charm despite the years. “I am grateful that something that was made a decade ago continues to be a hit. The show had a lovely Jane Austen vibe of strong, independent woman, and was made from a female gaze. I am still attached to the character,” she says.

After Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Saeed and Khan will be seen in Abbasi’s next