Actor Bilal Qureshi Speaks Out Drama Making is Dead in Lahore
One of the many leading actors of Pakistan who hails from Lahore, Bilal Qureshi turned to his Instagram stories recently, expressing his distress at the declining state of Lahore’s showbiz industry, from the significance it once held.
“Drama making is dead in Lahore,” Qureshi noted in the text post and added a broken heart emoji.
“Being a Lahorie, I really feel bad and sad,” he added further. Actor Bilal Qureshi on drama industry of lahoreIt is worth noting here that Pakistani showbiz was predominantly based in Lahore from independence until 2007 and the cosmopolitan city was the home to mainstream media and the country’s largest film industry, Lollywood.
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However, during the early 2000s, the industry in Lahore began to collapse and witnessed a gradual yet significant shift in actors, producers, and filmmakers moving from there to Karachi, cementing the financial capital of Pakistan as the new center of the country’s entertainment industry, with major film and drama productions happening in the city of lights.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Qureshi made his powerful on-screen debut in ARY Digital’s superhit serial ‘Thakan’ in 2012. He went on to prove his talent with many characters over the past decade. Apart from his acting stint, the celeb is fairly active on his social media and family’s YouTube channel, enjoying a huge following.
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