World famous cricketer and former captain of Pakistan national cricket team Shahid Afridi recently appeared as a guest on Wasey Choudhary’s live audience talk show. gap shab And during the episode he spoke openly on many topics.
During the 34-minute episode, the veteran cricketer also shared his views on the Pakistani film I am Shahid Afridi Starring Humayun Saeed, which was not a biopic but based on a fictional story. The discussion came to light when Afridi admitted the fact that he grew fond of watching Punjabi dramas because of his teammate Abdul Razzaq, who introduced him to Punjabi content. The host then asked him what kind of movies he liked and he sheepishly admitted that he had written the script for I am Shahid Afridi.
“Oh, you wrote that movie? It should have been titled ‘I am Humayun Saeed’,” Afridi said in response to Wasey’s confession and amid laughter from the audience.
“Humayun came to me and said ‘Lala we are making this film’ and I gave him permission to use my name. You must have seen the movie Munna Bhai MBBS, There were many wonderful messages given to people through that film, so I told them that if it is such a film, then why not? I myself will act in that film. But the condition is that people should get good messages from the film,” Afridi said while explaining his thought process behind allowing Humayun to use his name for the title of the film, which has seen a large number of Was bound to attract the audience.
“When I finally saw the film, I told Humayun that you have given the wrong title of the film. He asked me ‘Why Lala?’ What happened?’. And I told him that the name of the film should have been ‘Main Hoon Humayun Saeed’ because you are everywhere in the film. Afridi jokingly said, “I don’t see any good message in the film.”
In the same segment of the show, Afridi revealed that he wanted a biopic to be made in his name, which would reflect his inspiring journey of becoming a cricket sensation: “It is my wish that a film be made on my life and the experiences I have had. I have gone through”.
