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Actor Alyy Khan identified the key differences in how people approach work in India, where he earned much of his fame and respect, and his home country, Pakistan. Alyy recently appeared in the Netflix film The Archies and the Disney+ Hotstar series The Trial. He is also a regular face no Pakistani television. In an interview, he said that it is important for Pakistani actors to work abroad if they want to be successful.
Asked about his long history with India, Alyy said in an interview with Maliha Rehman, “I began my career in India, and whatever respect I earned in my career started from there. When I started working in Pakistan, I was already in a ‘nearly famous’ category. I didn’t have to face some of the problems that Pakistani actors do. Not only India, I had also worked in other industries around the world, so I had that experience.” But, he said, there’s some weight to the argument that Pakistani actors need to work abroad in order to be taken seriously. “Pakistan’s public doesn’t support its own people very easily. When actors go to India and they’re praised there, suddenly their value increases,” he said, adding that Pakistani artistes are very talented, and should be given opportunities in industries around the world.
Asked about the key differences between the film industries in India and Pakistan, the actor said, “People talk about budgets, but exposure is more important. There was a film called Bheja Fry. They made it for Rs 50 lakh, but it earned Rs 10 crore. They made a sequel for Rs 10 crore, but it didn’t do well. Budgets aren’t the only thing. You need people on set (to maintain order). In Pakistan, you go to a commercial shoot, the budgets are high. They want to shoot in magic light, and you arrive on set on time, but the way people work is still as ‘dheela’ as it used to be. You can forget all about magic light. The actual work isn’t happening the way it should happen.”
Alyy said that until a bigger pool of artistes isn’t trained, the same level of professionalism will not filter down to those with more ‘hands-on’ roles. He said that shoots that require 25 days often take 50, and there’s usually no issue with clashing dates because other projects are also delayed. Which is why he had to fly back to Pakistan every few days when he was working in India, and shoot solo because the Pakistani projects weren’t on schedule.
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