At a meet and greet session for Zindagi Tamasha, held under a winter evening in Karachi, Instep had a chance to speak to Eman Suleman, one of the four protagonists in Zindagi Tamasha.
Speaking to Instep, she explained that she worked with Sarmad Khoosat before in Aakhri Station.
“It was a seven-episode drama serial and I was in one episode and after two years, in 2018, I shot for Zindagi Tamasha,” said Eman.
When asked how challenging it was portraying her role in Zindagi Tamasha, Eman (surprisingly) said, “Not as challenging as Aakhri Station. I don’t like to think about a character too much. I get anxious,” she confessed, “I take a lot of stress so I work in that moment and I go with the flow. I don’t think about it too much. When I did Aakhri Station, it sucked the life out of me. I internalized it. It was a tough role to do.”
Zindagi Tamasha, notes Eman, is made for Pakistanis. “And it would be a tragedy if this film doesn’t release in Pakistan.”
After Aakhri Station and Zindagi Tamasha, is Eman Suleman looking to pursue acting in the future, ON television or films? Eman said it all depends on the script. “I would love to but I’m kind of tired of seeing the same trope over and over again about a suffering woman or weak women. So, if a script is good, sure. If I don’t like the script, then no.”
At the moment though, Eman Suleman, who recently tied the knot, is not looking at scripts as such. “I’m looking at one thing – that’s next year so let’s see what happens.”
She is, for now, working with students. “Nowadays, I’m working with students; I think they are very bright and I feel as if they are thinking out of the box, they are getting out of their comfort zone and they are not doing it for money – not right now at least.”
Eman expanded on working with students further. “They have that creative freedom; they are not following a formula so I guess I enjoy working with them a lot. I do thesis films. More than dramas, I like working with students on thesis film(s). Besides, we got lucky enough to get great opportunities. Awais Gohar, the Director of Photography, who did Kamli (and I worked with him multiple times) and he said to me ‘now it’s our time to give back’. That’s about it.”