Zaira Wasim Quits Bollywood: I Am Not Truly Happy With This Identity
National Award-winning actor Zaira Wasim on Sunday announced her "disassociation" from the field of acting, saying she was not happy with the line of work as it interfered with her faith and religion.
National
Award-winning
actor
Zaira
Wasim
announces
her
'disassociation' from
the
field
of
acting,
saying
she
was
not
happy
with
the
line
of
work
as
it
interfered
with
her
faith
and
religion.
In
a
detailed
post
on
her
Facebook
page,
which
she
later
shared
across
all
social
media
platforms,
the
Kashmiri-born
Dangal
fame
star
said
she
realised
"though
I
may
fit
here
perfectly,
I
do
not
belong
here".
"Five
years
ago
I
made
a
decision
that
changed
my
life
forever.
As
I
stepped
my
foot
in
Bollywood,
it
opened
doors
of
massive
popularity
for
me.
I
started
to
become
the
prime
candidate
of
public
attention,
I
was
projected
as
the
gospel
of
the
idea
of
success
and
was
often
identified
as
a
role
model
for
the
youth.
"However,
that's
never
something
that
I
set
out
to
do
or
become,
especially
with
regards
to
my
ideas
of
success
and
failure,
which
I
had
just
started
to
explore
and
understand," Wasim
said
in
the
lengthy
post.
The
18-year-old
actor
said
as
she
completed
five
years
in
the
profession,
she
wanted
to
"confess
that
I
am
not
truly
happy
with
this
identity
i.e
my
line
of
work".
"For
a
very
long
time
now
it
has
felt
like
I
have
struggled
to
become
someone
else.
As
I
had
just
started
to
explore
and
make
sense
of
the
things
to
which
I
dedicated
my
time,
efforts
and
emotions
and
tried
to
grab
hold
of
a
new
lifestyle,
it
was
only
for
me
to
realise
that
though
I
may
fit
here
perfectly,
I
do
not
belong
here.
"This
field
indeed
brought
a
lot
of
love,
support,
and
applause
my
way,
but
what
it
also
did
was
to
lead
me
to
a
path
of
ignorance,
as
I
silently
and
unconsciously
transitioned
out
of
'imaan'
(faith).
While
I
continued
to
work
in
an
environment
that
consistently
interfered
with
my
'imaan',
my
relationship
with
my
religion
was
threatened,"
she
said.
Wasim
said
as
she
continued
to
"ignorantly
pass
through" while
trying
to
convince
herself
that
what
she
was
doing
was
okay
and
was
not
really
affecting
her,
"I
lost
all
the
'Barakah'
(blessing)
from
my
life".
"I
was
constantly
battling
with
my
soul
to
reconcile
my
thoughts
and
instincts
to
fix
a
static
picture
of
my
'imaan'
and
I
failed
miserably,
not
just
once
but
a
hundred
times...
"I
kept
procrastinating
by
tricking
and
deluding
my
conscience
into
the
idea
that
I
know
what
I
am
doing
doesn't
feel
right
but
assumed
that
I
will
put
an
end
to
this
whenever
the
time
feels
right
and
I
continued
to
put
myself
in
a
vulnerable
position
where
it
was
always
so
easy
to
succumb
to
the
environment
that
damaged
my
peace,
'imaan'
and
my
relationship
with
Allah
(God)," she
said.
Talking
about
her
life
as
an
actor,
she
said
she
continued
to
observe
things
and
twist
her
perceptions
as
she
wanted
them
to
be,
without
really
understanding
that
the
key
was
to
see
them
as
they
were.
"In
the
great
and
divine
wisdom
of
the
Quran,
I
found
sufficiency
and
peace.
Indeed
the
hearts
find
peace
when
it
acquires
the
knowledge
of
Its
Creator,
His
Attributes,
His
Mercy
and
His
commandments,"
she
added.
Wasim
said
she
began
to
heavily
rely
upon
Allah's
mercy
for
help
and
guidance
instead
of
valuing
her
own
believability.
"I
discovered
my
lack
of
knowledge
of
the
basic
fundamentals
of
my
religion
and
how
my
inability
to
reinforce
a
change
earlier
was
a
result
of
confusing
my
heart's
contentment
and
well
being
with
strengthening
and
satisfying
my
own
(shallow
and
worldly)
desires,"
she
said.
The
actor,
who
made
her
big
Bollywood
debut
opposite
superstar
Aamir
Khan
in
2016,
said
she
questioned
the
deepest
sources
of
her
ideas
of
success,
meaning
and
the
purpose
of
her
life.
"The
source
code
that
governed
and
impacted
my
perceptions
evolved
into
a
different
dimension.
Success
isn't
correlated
with
our
biased,
delusional
and
conventional
shallow
measures
of
life.
Success
is
the
accomplishment
of
the
purpose
of
our
creation.
We
have
forgotten
the
purpose
we
were
created
for
as
we
ignorantly
continue
to
pass
through
our
lives;
deceiving
our
conscience,"
she
said.