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Urwa Hocane: our dramas don't need Netflix

The Aap Ki Izzat star says calling a good local show "Netflix-quality" sells Pakistani drama short.

By Sukh Sandhu ·

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Urwa Hocane and Fizza Ali Meerza looking at a phone
Urwa Hocane, right, with Fizza Ali Meerza at a Na Maloom Afraad event, 2014. File photo. Image: Waseem Siddiqui, VOA Urdu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Urwa Hocane is tired of hearing good Pakistani dramas described as "Netflix-quality". Speaking on Gloss Etc with Maliha Rehman, she called the phrase lame and said: "We're doing better than that."

Hocane argued that Pakistani drama puts story ahead of glamour, and that commercial success follows a strong story rather than the other way round. She pointed to HUM TV's Aap Ki Izzat, in which she plays Beena, as proof that local shows can draw big audiences without extra spectacle.

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