renounced<\/a> his Pakistani citizenship and moved to India. The actor said there were three aspects to it. He understands why his father did what he did, he loves and respects him, and the whole thing taught him a truth about the world.<\/p>\nSpeaking about the first aspect, Azaan said his father is an artist and artists have very fragile hearts. He said Adnan faced some hardships, especially politically, which drove him to seek Indian nationality. Azaan said he understands it, but that he isn\u2019t here to defend his dad; he can\u2019t defend his father and it isn\u2019t his place to either.<\/p>\n
The actor said he \u201cloved his father deeply\u201d and respects him \u201cin accordance with his religious beliefs\u201d. Azaan lamented having been asked multiple times to denounce his father on public platforms, and said that\u2019s not something he can bring himself to do. \u201cI\u2019ll always be his son,\u201d he told the host.<\/p>\n
Talking about what he learnt from the ordeal, the actor regretted that humans aren\u2019t where they should be; there\u2019s a lot of hate going around. He said he receives a small percentage of that hate every time he posts a nice picture of himself on Instagram and a comment calls him \u201cthe son of a traitor\u201d. Azaan said he came from a family of patriots and that he loved his country. \u201cWill I have to prove my patriotism all my life?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
The actor asked people not to \u201cjudge the son for the sins of his father,\u201d but then clarified that he doesn\u2019t consider his father\u2019s actions to be a sin.<\/p>\n
Talking about his beginnings as an actor and musician, Azaan said that he was always a very under-confident child. He remembered developing impostor syndrome because, in his view, any love or recognition he received was because his parents were celebrities. The singer said this pushed him into daydreaming, seeing himself in the place of the main characters in films and songs, which is where his \u201cobsession\u201d with the performing arts began.<\/p>\n
About his mother, Zeba Bakhtiar, the actor said he sought her counsel in his career and agreed when the host said his mother was his \u201cgreatest critic\u201d. He explained how his routine is to watch his dramas with his mom over dinner, then wait a day to let her fully analyse his performance before asking for a review.<\/p>\n
Azaan said he was lucky to be working on Main Manto Nahi Hoon, because it meant working with some of the best people in the industry. He said he especially looked up to Humayun Saeed as a person as well as an actor.<\/p>\n
He also recalled the slight awkwardness he feels working alongside Saima Noor \u2014 whom he first met as a child visiting drama sets with his mother. The actor said he apologises to Noor before shooting any scene where he has to be less than polite with her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer turned actor Azaan Sami Khan opened up about how he feels about his father, Adnan Sami Khan,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-105583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}