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Urwa Hocane opens up about regressive plight of Pakistani television, glorification of toxic heroes

Actress Urwa Hocane opened up about the plight of Pakistani Television and the glorification of toxic masculinity in an interview with journalist Maliha Rehman. The Punjab Nahi Jaungi star said that PEMRA issued multiple notices to the producers of her drama Udaari for highlighting child abuse, which is a serious issue in the country. She also agreed with the host’s stance that domestic violence and toxic masculinity are being romanticised in recent dramas, which is extremely problematic. “We have romanticized domestic violence, domestic harassment, and martial rape we have romanticized all that and it’s wrong. Have you lost your mind?”. While she added, “And if a girl is silent we consider it as a heroine?”. she added, “I’ve come up to the point that I end up singing on the script that is less problematic”. “And I hope that I get to convince the director to make the story slightly better, there are full of angry heroes in stories until they pull your head and until the...