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Sarwat Gilani shares thoughtful take on working with alleged criminals

 Actor Sarwat Gillani, in an interview with  JORE , expressed her drive to flip the script on female representation in Pakistani TV and cinema. And with that, she also reflected on her earlier roles, and what all she took away from them. “I feel as entertainers, we have a responsibility towards the kind of behaviours we encourage. Even when I was doing the  satisavitri,  girl-next-door, damsel in distress kind of roles, I would think to myself that there are unbelievable women doing unbelievable things, why aren’t we talking about them? My struggle even then was, how much of these sob stories are we going to do?” Sarwat shared. View this post on Instagram A post shared by JORE (@joremagazine) When Churails came to her, Sarwat felt things shifting. “In fact, even before Churails, I was always advocating for women’s rights on various platforms. I felt like, I would not be able to justify a character this weak and meek a...