Pakistani film industry star, Reema Khan in a recent interview with a local TV channel, has made some shocking revelations. The veteran actress has claimed that a fellow actress tried to kill her by giving her poison in her food. She went on to say that the person who was sent to poison her was given Rs 0.1 million as a reward and that she had apologised. The actress said that she had never reported this incident to the police.
Khan also revealed that there was widespread harassment in the entertainment industry and she herself has been harassed numerous times in Lollywood.
“There were numerous colleagues who gave me a very tough time. I was also subjected to character assassination,” said Khan. “Once someone fired at my house and another time my colleague tried to poison me when I was doing a shampoo commercial for Asif Raza Mir,” she claimed.
The actress added that she has been sacked from multiple projects, got embroiled in scandals and was subjected to character assassination. Khan went on to allege that her scenes have also gotten cut from films and people have decreased the number of her songs because of professional jealousy and even involved her in legal disputes for giving people ‘shut up calls’.
However, I have made my way in the industry despite all the negativity and I believes that the only way to deal with all this is to stay positive, the actor said.
Published in Daily Times, January 29th 2019.