“You can critique someone’s performance and still be kind. Feedback is fair; making fun of someone’s appearance isn’t. There is a real person on the receiving end of it all, still learning and finding their feet. Let’s give people room to grow.”

— Mehwish Hayat, actor

“Their youth has ended, but [the actors of Jawani Phir Nahin Ani] are still saying that their youth is yet to come.”

— Ali Azmat, singer

“They call me a flop because Psycho didn’t make 100 crores. I call myself brave because I survived the people who left me after it.”

— Meera, actor

“Never underestimate a woman in her 80s. She’s been working since she was 20, she’s lived at least nine lives, she does NOT feel old, and she definitely doesn’t give a s*** about what other people think. She is unstoppable.”

— Maheen Khan, designer

Published in Dawn, ICON, October 11th, 2026