Who needs fireworks when Usman Mukhtar lights up New Year’s Eve with exciting revelations? Mukhtar’s career seems as versatile as his comic book collection, with diverse subjects, from superheroes to statesmen.

 

Usman Mukhtar had an exciting New Year’s Eve. He spoke to CNN about his movie Umro Ayyar: A New Beginning and his plans for the future. 

 

Umro Ayyar: A New Beginning is Pakistan’s first superhero fantasy film. It came out in June with Mukhtar, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Sanam Saeed, Faran Tahir, and Adnan Siddiqui included in the cast. Unlike many typical movies in Pakistan, the film was unique in that it talked about myths, legends and superheroes.

 

 
"I love superheroes, and playing Umro Ayyar was a big honor for me,” he told CNN. The movie took four years to make and was finally released last year. When he and the other actors saw it for the first time in the cinema, they were amazed by it.

 

He was especially happy that kids loved the film. “Kids in Pakistan don’t have a lot of movies to watch, and they enjoyed this one. We hope to make more superhero and sci-fi movies for the global audience,” Mukhtar said.

 

When asked if he saw a global market for films like Umro Ayyar, he believed there was a lot of untapped potential in Pakistan. “People want to see something different from Pakistan,” he explained.

 

Mukhtar is also a big fan of DC Comics and Superman. He collected comic books and action figures as a child. “I want to create content my children can watch and be proud of,” he added.

 

For 2025, Mukhtar is not working on a sci-fi or fantasy project. Instead, he will play Allama Iqbal in an upcoming series about Fatima Jinnah, the famous Pakistani stateswoman and sister of Quaid-i-Azam. He hopes people will enjoy it when it is released in 2025.