New
Delhi,
Mar
5
(PTI)
Pakistani
actor
Sarah
Khan,
who
has
a
huge
fan
following
in
India
courtesy
her
shows
"Hum
Tum",
"Khirkiyan" and
"Sabaat",
says
her
dream
since
the
time
she
began
acting
has
been
to
star
opposite
Bollywood
star
Salman
Khan.
Sarah,
31,
who
currently
features
in
Zindagi
show
"Abdullahpur
Ka
Devdas",
a
classic
love
triangle
that
revolves
around
three
characters,
says
she
has
fans
both
in
India
and
Pakistan,
and
given
an
opportunity
would
love
to
star
in
a
Bollywood
movie.
"For
any
actor,
it
is
a
big
deal
to
work
in
another
space
so
it
will
be
great
if
I
get
to
work
in
Bollywood.
I
would
love
to.
I
feel
half
of
my
audience
is
in
India,
and
the
other
half
is
in
Pakistan.
Who
is
not
a
fan
of
Bollywood?...
I
really
like
Deepika
Padukone.
And
when
I
began
my
career,
I
thought
that
I
will
work
with
Salman
Khan,"
Sarah
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
Her
new
show,
shot
just
before
the
start
of
the
Covid-19
pandemic,
had
a
slightly
delayed
launch
but
the
actor
is
confident
that
the
old
school
love
story
will
resonate
with
the
audience".
"I
wanted
my
audience
to
see
'Abdullapur
Ka
Devdas' and
my
portrayal
of
Gul
Bano.
It's
an
old
school
love
story
set
in
modern
times.
It's
about
two
people
who
fall
in
love
through
letters.
"Audiences
in
both
India
and
Pakistan
love
beautiful
love
stories.
We
both
love
'shayari'
and
a
story
of
love
rooted
culturally," said
the
actor
married
to
Pakistani
singer
Falak
Shabir.
"Abdullahpur
Ka
Devdas",
directed
by
Anjum
Shahzad
and
written
by
Shahid
Dogar,
also
stars
Bilal
Abbas
and
Raza
Talish.
It
is
produced
by
Shailja
Kejriwal.
Sarah
believes
the
reason
behind
the
popularity
of
Pakistani
serials
in
India
is
their
potrayal
of
day-to-day
reality.
"These
are
stories
that
more
or
less
are
happening
in
our
homes
and
in
our
neighbourhoods.
So
people
from
both
the
countries
can
relate
to
it.
Our
actors
are
known
for
their
natural
acting,
hence
the
audience
feels
connected
to
them," she
added.
According
to
Sarah,
Pakistani
serials
are
also
evolving
with
time
and
looking
beyond
the
typical
"hero-heroine
centric
plots".
"It
is
no
longer
just
about
the
love
story
between
two
good
looking
people,"
she
said.
Sarah,
who
wanted
to
be
a
singer
in
her
school
days,
said
she
found
her
way
into
acting
by
chance
when
she
met
people
from
Hum
TV
during
recording
of
one
of
her
songs
after
which
she
was
offered
her
first
drama
"Badi
Appa".
"I
thought
'Let
me
do
it
since
it's
the
time
of
school
holidays',
but
that
project
made
me
realise
how
big
a
responsibility
it
was.
I
stayed
away
from
acting
for
few
years
but
I
couldn't
find
joy
in
any
other
thing.
It
made
me
realise
that
I
wanted
to
be
an
actor
and
there
was
no
looking
back
after
that," she
said.
"Abdullahpur
Ka
Devdas"
can
also
be
viewed
on
YouTube.