Pakistani actor Shahzad Nawaz has revealed that veteran Indian actress Sharmila Tagore sent him a special message praising his performance as the antagonist “Dr Shahnawaz” in the ongoing drama ‘Dr Bahu’.
In a recent interview, Nawaz said that the message reached him through filmmaker Mehreen Jabbar, who quoted Tagore as saying that, “I hate this man, Dr Shahnawaz, but this actor carried it so well. Tell him that he acted so well.”
Veteran Bollywood actor Tagore, whose career has spanned over six decades across Hindi and Bengali films, is the mother of Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan.
It may be noted that praise for Nawaz’s performance in Dr Bahu has not been limited to Tagore alone. Nawaz revealed that real-life doctors had also been reaching out, finding the character of Dr Shahnawaz surprisingly relatable.
“I even received DMs from real-life lady doctors on Instagram. They told me an interesting… thing that their fathers-in-law are the same. One even said the Dr Bahu father-in-law was nothing because the language her father-in-law uses is insane and unbearable,” he said.
Nawaz is a multi-talented Pakistani filmmaker, actor, communication strategist and brand architect with an impressive career in television and cinema.
He gained critical recognition for writing and producing Chambaili (2013), Pakistan’s first political film, which earned him an ARY Film Award nomination for Best Film.
On television, he has delivered a widely-praised performance as Behroze Karim in the hit drama Parizaad (2021), followed by notable roles in Badshah Begum (2022) and Mein (2023) alongside Ayeza Khan.
