Through life's ups and downs, and the few mistakes we make and all the successes that we get, let nobody - nobody's opinion - define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be yourself.

Mahira Khan

Categorized in : You Yourself Be Yourself Life

No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.

my-life good sky life

Life is such a beautiful thing. When you sit for a moment during the day and live that particular moment, everything seems perfect.

day moment beautiful life

Empowering women with better education, being sensitive towards their wellbeing, health, happiness, ensuring equal opportunities, and respecting their rights will go a long way in transforming Pakistan.

women health education happiness

I'm the poster child for cyber bullying. It's hurtful.

child cyber hurtful bullying

Only a good actor has an edge over a weak actor. A hardworking actor has an edge over a lazy actor. Nationality has nothing to do with it.

good-actor nothing good lazy

I am human. I make mistakes.

mistakes make human i-am

My first priority is my child.

priority first child

I've been travelling, returning home for promotional appearances, and juggling it all with being the mother of a five-year-old.

returning being mother home

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.

movies never always want

I believe in one thing, and that is content, because if your content is strong, the film will surely be hit at the box office.

your will strong believe

I don't think that I can tell any story better than the story of my own country, than the stories of my own countrymen.

better think my-own country

The Lux girl is every girl as far as I'm concerned. She can be shy, confident, boisterous, elegant, or clumsy.

confident she shy girl

After watching Guru Dutt's films, I became a huge fan of Sahir Ludhianvi's poetry and the songs of Guru Dutt's films.

songs watching poetry guru

I am an anomaly in my country. I hope, in the coming years, there will be more women like me.

i-am me women hope

I do only one film at a time.

only film time

Good films with great content is what I dream about.

i-dream great good dream

I was shooting for 'Bin Roy' and 'Ho Mann Jahaan' simultaneously.

roy simultaneously bin shooting

I don't want to be close to politics.

close politics want

It isn't easy to break into Bollywood. But that's not my goal.

bollywood break goal easy

When 'Humsafar' did well, every single person associated with it shined. Its DoP [Director of Photography], Shehzad Kashmiri, went on to become a huge director. So, a good and successful project just blesses everybody.

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