Mahnoor Baloch known for her infrequent appearances in movies and dramas finally broke her silence on why she has taken an indefinite hiatus from screens. Calling out lack of diversity in our media industry, Baloch explained reason for her limited on-screen appearances, stating that industry still had long way to go in terms of creating roles for women of different age groups and backgrounds.

Appearing on an Eid special on local TV channel, Baloch expressed her dissatisfaction with roles written for and offered to women her age. “It is pity that our industry is still developing in which certain type of role is designed for women, in which same roles are shown for them its age limits are also set,” she said. “Unlike international media industry, which produces stories on different subjects and people of various ages, Pakistani media industry only focuses on love stories, portraying actors who are much older than their characters.”

One thing that Baloch stressed upon was double standards for what qualifies as hero and heroine in love stories on TV. “Even though hero is 55 years old, he won’t look old. But woman her age would get roles as hero’s mother.

Published in The Daily National Courier, May, 02 2023

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