Actor Hani Taha, in a recent interview, opened up about the making of the drama serial Aik Mohabbat Aur, in which she stars alongside Ahad Raza Mir and Maya Ali. She touched upon last-minute script changes and the various transformations that occur during the journey from script to screen.
Explaining just how much a script can evolve once it reaches the set, Hani stated, "The whole point of having a really good director and a really good actor is that you improvise together." She added that not everything written on paper ultimately survives to be shown on screen.
Hani revealed that an early draft of the script for Aik Mohabbat Aur initially took a very different direction for one particular character, who was originally written to influence a male lead. The actor shared that Qudsiya Ali's character, Maham, was initially intended to develop romantic feelings for Mir's character, Haroon. She noted that the inspiration for this subplot was traced by the creative team to "a very bad Indian drama."
Although Hani acknowledged that the subplot was eventually removed "very rightfully, because it would have taken away from the whole story," she also stated that it ultimately was "such an irresponsible thing" to have been considered in the first place.
Furthermore, she addressed viewers' criticism regarding a particular scene involving her character, saying that she stood firmly by the director's creative call. "I am a director's actor. I completely trust the director. And I completely trusted him with it," Hani explained.
She added that art remained open to interpretation and that audiences were entitled to their own perspectives. "It's up to people if someone liked or disliked it. I honestly did not think there was anything wrong with that shot. Otherwise, I would have addressed it at that time that this is not right," she said.
