My guest for today is Uzair Jaswal
whom I know nothing about.
But today I will get to know.
So come lets meet Uzair
Who is both a singer and an actor.
Samina: Thank you so much Uzair for finding the time to come. Uzair: Thank you.
Samina: And talk to me. Uzair: Thank you so much that you invited me.
Honoured to be here.
I was both intrigued and interested.
About so many singers in one family.
So many composers and musicians.
All brothers. How did it happen?
How many are you? Six brothers and one sister?
Yeah, yeah. Samina: And are all of them artists?
I think in front of the screen only 3 of us.
But secretly in their lives,
at the back end
Everyone's an artist in their own way.
We all know Umair.
Umair bhai and then there's Yasir bhai.
I don't know Yasir because I have never met him. Yeah, but I have seen Umair.
And you know I would like him to be on the show.
Maybe you could put in a good word for me.
Definitely, I'll let him know.
So you're the second last? Uzair: I am the second last.
Indeed
Are you a favourite?
Surprisingly a lot. Samina: Have you nudged the youngest aside?
Have you taken over all the love?
For some reason the youngest ones has always been
An introvert, a shy one.
Wouldn't hang out away from home much either.
He is still at College abroad.
So, for some reason I was always going out with my parents,
I spent a lot of time with them.
I stayed next to them mostly.
Even now when I have a day off from music and shoot,
I mostly spend time with them.
Guess it was like this since childhood.
Always had a special bond with them. Samina: What does your father do?
My dad's a geologist.
So all this oil and gas that you guys get
He's the one who discovers it
And tells where exactly to dig.
Where to find oil and gas!
And he may find gems in between too!
Pakistan is full of such amazing rocks.
Yes, yes.
Does he bring back home any rocks?
He used to once in a while.
Only if it was interesting.
He usually did bring while he was out on the field.
Now since he is old,
He has a desk job.
So mostly his work is to
figure out where to find an asset for the country.
So yes, you find a lot of things in such a journey!
Right? I would love to meet him.
So the sister is the oldest? Uzair: Yes
Who is the naughtiest?
Among brothers?
Or is it your sister who's the naughtiest?
I feel like in their own way Yasir bhai is naughty.
My sister as well but she was quite older to me.
I think when I was 13, she got married.
So I couldn't really spend any time with her.
In my school or college life.
So I always had that respect barrier with her.
Always kept a distance
Didn't confide much in her because I feared her too.
But I guess the child
Which has created the most upsets is me.
Parents and family both.
Till now my father says that I annoy a lot.
What would you do which was so annoying?
Umair bhai used to hate me because
wherever he'd go, I'd cling to him.
I would keep asking about his whereabouts.
and if he wouldn't tell, I'd threaten to tell mom.
I would say, "Take me along." Samina: They must have hated you.
I was like clingy cuz I wanted to spend time with him.
Because of him, my friends have always been
older than me. Even now the friends that I have
be on field or be it Osman and Ali Rehman from Islamabad
Ahmed Ali and all these actors.
because they are actually
friends with my older brothers. but I am more friends with them.
I have spent a lot of time with them.
And have developed a certain bonding with them.
I think I have created
a priceless friendship.
Samina: How was your home like? What did your mother do?
My mom's always been a house wife. Samina: Home maker.
Indeed as she had many kids.
You can barely do anything. It's a job in itself.
So where did the music come from?
A lot of people don't know this but surprisingly
Both my parents have amazing voices.
But only we've heard them.
Because of bathroom singing
Or kitchen singing.
And if they listen to a song, they repeat it.
Oldies like Kishore's and Rafi's songs.
So basically music has come form them.
Secretly cuz they've never told anyone.
But I am sure as most of us
Have bearable voices
It is so because they were amazing.
And they listened to good music. I remember traveling to Lahore on G.T. Road.
There was only one cassette of Kishore.
It would be played thrice while going and thrice on the way back.
So while growing we heard so much music of our father,
we had gotten to know
the difference between good and bad music.
And mashaAllah we used to be seven siblings.
I remember as we had only one car.
We would all fit into the car travelling for 7 hours towards Lahore.
through G.T.Road.
And you continue to listen to the same songs
We would beg dad to change it.
But no, it kept repeating itself.
So I feel that listening enhanced because of it and so did talent.
And it wouldn't be possible without their support and encouragement.
Samina: Did you go on picnics? Uzair: Yes, we did.
But ever since we've grown there's been a little distance in the family.
Everyone becomes busy.
As they're all working.
Even though luckily we all still live together.
We all live in the same house. Samina: In Islamabad?
Uzair: Indeed. My brothers are married. But still we live together, all of us.
In the same house and it's a lot of fun.
But the picnics and getting together of childhood
And going out together on the same day is difficult.
Were you born in Islamabad?
No, I was born in the States.
But the rest were born in Lahore.
What were your parents doing in States?
Mama was working there and my dad was there
On a scholarship. So after they got married
They lived there for 4 - 5 years.
And my dad was very studious.
Very smart and intelligent.
He got a scholarship and then went alone
And then he got so sad that he called over whole family.
4 kids and a wife.
And then my mom started working so that both of them could support the family together.
And get everything together.
I was born while they were there.
And the younger brother was born there?
No, he was born in Pakistan. Samina: So you came back then?
Uzair: Yes, my grandparents were unwell. Samina: And then you settled in Islamabad? Uzair: Indeed.
We have lived our whole life in Islamabad.
Do you remember your first day of school?
I do remember it.
Surprisingly people wonder about remembering their childhood memories.
But I remember most of the small instances as well.
And most of them are quite interesting.
Going to school. Dad dropping me off. My mom not being there.
After dropping me off he would say from afar that he was right there.
And I would steal glances at him.
I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing
But I am very quick
At making friendships.
I am kind of a friendly guy.
I think I didn't look out the door after 15-20 mins
To see whether dad was still there or not.
Because I was dancing
And doing my own thing.
And I feel like it was a process from the beginning
That on the first day I was dancing
I was trying to show off
showing to my teacher that I could move.
And then there was an annual function
where she picked me.
And my mom still has my Kindergarten report
where at the end
Are the Principal's comments.
My Kindergarten report says that, when I was 3,
"Your child is full of music"
and then she signed her name.
But that's all that she wrote. Nothing academic.
Just that.
And well my mother
still has that report card.
And I hope and wish to see my Principal someday.
Samina: Has there been any teacher
Or a musical instrument at home?
No, this wasn't ever the case for me.
Samina: No teacher. Uzair: No, we never learnt.
One should but it was raw talent.
It was easier for me because of Yasir bhai and Umair bhai.
When I was still young
I would see them.
We used to share our rooms.
All of us brothers.
2 in each room. I shared mine with Shahzeb.
The other two would be jamming in their room at all times.
They had rock bands in their schools.
Both of them would be jamming in their room creating noise.
With their friends there. I would just sit in a corner.
And would watch them.
Seeing them made me passionate
Both of them were my inspiration too.
And they're the reason
For my love of music.
Whatever little I know it's because of them.
They are my teachers.
And they enhanced my passion.
Imagine… it was my goal to go every week
To either one of my brothers' concerts.
I would go and sit in the front row.
Either I'd have a camera with me.
Like those big video cameras of that time
I would be shooting with that.
Or I would be dancing and screaming.
"That's my brother". Showing off! Got all this passion from them.
What kind of discussion takes place at the dining table?
We never sit together at the dining table.
This is my parents' most frequent complaint.
My father often tells us that
While he had the house under construction he
thought about making just one room.
Because at the end of the day you all will be in our bedroom
In our bathroom, you will all be using our things.
We would even eat on their bed.
We would even see the T.V. in their bedroom as well.
Half of us would fall asleep while sitting in
Their room: some on the sofa, some on the bed.
My parents wouldn't find any space to sleep.
We would even use their bathroom while passing by.
And dad's perfume as well.
So my father always kept saying that
Only one room was enough for us.
He said that even when I open the fridge it's all filled up with your stuff.
When I open the cupboard, I see your shoes.
At least leave my room now.
So all my life from what I remember, we've mostly eaten in their bedroom.
We would just get some food and go sit in front of their T.V.
And we would just talk and watch T.V.
My father tried to establish that proper dining table thing
And that we should behave like good children
And eat properly that way
But we were those same spoiled brats always
In his room, sitting on the sofa and munching on food.
Or sit on the bed inside the comforter
Putting the plates on the side tables.
Waiting for someone to pick them up. Uzair: have you ever been scolded.
A lot. By dad. Samina: Ever been beaten? Uzair: No, never that.
My mother was my savior all my life.
My father had this lone dialogue:
Nobody would go out of home after 7 – 8 in the evening.
In our school life.
He said do whatever you want to do: play, wander around.
But by 8 or maximum 9, you should be home.
No late nights.
So the biggest fear would be on nights when it turned 11
Or midnight, how to get home!
How to enter! That wait after the bell would ring.
Fearing that if dad opened the door, it would be doomsday.
Mom would save us from that.
She would say' "He is young. It's ok."
He was with friends. He had told me on phone earlier.
She used to protect me in every way. And every other child as well.
But me mostly. Samina: What sport did you play?
All of you combined?
So we had these drums at home.
The only you put the clothes in, like trunks.
So we would invert it
Then we would tie a string to a pen
Throwing it across the ceiling fan
And hang it to make it look like a microphone.
We had formed guitar marks
on all our bats.
And we all had a proper
Jaswalian Band.
The things we did!
Drums would act as instruments.
Guitar was being played.
We would play hide n seek a lot.
We had a store room.
There was a lot of extra stuff in it.
It was a total dump.
There was a lot of places to hide in there.
You could hide beneath anything.
We played a lot of other indoor games as well.
Played ball games as well.
Since we were a lot of brothers, we played Cricket quite a lot.
Table tennis. And various other sports.
Climbing the trees as we had many at home.
On the neighbors' trees as well.
And our parents would get a lot of complaints too.
That your children destroy our fruit trees.
We all had a mission at that time
That we'd go out in the streets and
Whoever has had any guava trees in their home,
We were liable to catch the fruit.
If it was spilling out over the wall, it was fair game.
We would get quite a lot of fruits.
We had quite a partnership going back then.
Once, my friends and I, decided to throw something
At a honeycomb and run.
We often formed plans like these.
So they all hit it with something, while I couldn't
And they all ran away leaving me behind.
And then so many bees stung me.
After that day I stopped playing in the streets.
I thought these are not for me.
When we got back home, they were even inside my hair.
They were still stuck to me.
So many had bitten me.
Samina: So were you swollen and what about fever?
No as you know, moms have the solution to everything.
But I have played
all kinds of spoiled
games in my childhood.
I haven't missed out on anything.
Because we never needed any friends.
Brothers were enough.
We never used to be idle.
We always had something to do.
We would climb the rooftop for no reason.
There were no proper stairs to the rooftop.
So reaching to the top was always an adventure.
To go to our neighbors' house and then scale the wall from behind.
We used to do the craziest things.
And kite flying. We have done that a lot.
We loved Basant so much, we all would go to Lahore.
It used to be like a thing.
That we would get there a day earlier
And would fly kites all night long.
We would have a BBQ. Families coming along.
Dad would also fly kites along with us.
Samina: Have you made kites of your own?
Indeed. With shopping bags. We'd call it momi guddi.
We would put some broom sticks into a plastic bag.
We have done it a lot of times.
Made plastic kites.
Samina: Thread? Uzair: No, never that.
Samina: I mean the sky lanterns?
Uzair: No, never.
I have tried them.
But even when I buy them from market,
I can't seem to make them fly.
It just comes back down.
What were you fond of collecting?
Comics? Books?
Not really but there was a time when…
I used to collect bottle caps.
It was a strange hobby.
Collecting all kinds of different colours.
And then there would be some campaigns to which made you search them.
Chewing gum stickers. I would collect those too.
Made a whole book out of it.
But never collected any stamps.
Samina: Or dinky cars?
So with us it was such that
We weren't in the habit of collecting for long.
There wasn't just one child. We were six.
Even if somebody was collecting something,
After 5 minutes their collection would be destroyed.
We would destroy each other's stuff.
There was no such thing such as if one person
Has bought a perfume, it'll only be theirs.
You will use it and if you go out your friend will too
Your brothers and their friends as well.
Whoever is passing by can use it. Samina: So 6 means 2friends each at least.
So there was no concept of ownership.
So we would
Play and use each other's things.
So what about the lone sister? How'd she survive?
She was lucky as she was the eldest.
She was very strict with us.
She cared about us a lot too. Samina: She was the second mom?
Yes, she still cares quite a lot.
She lives abroad. She's very loving.
But we were quite scared of her.
Still are.
Samina: So you did not bother her? Uzair: No, not her.
We couldn't have. To me she was
Way older than me.
Not even the older brothers?
I think Haroon bhai and Yasir bhai, the older two
They feel more frank with her.
But I don't, not like I can share any secret with her
If she gets to know, I am comfortable but I wouldn't tell myself.
Since there is a barrier of age and respect.
Have you ever hidden anything from your brothers?
Ok, so I am very secretive about my life,
But usually
I do tell all. Not everyone though.
I am closer to Yasir bhai
And with the youngest one if I get to talk to him.
He also lives abroad.
But I am very comfortable with Yasir bhai
And Yasir's wife, Saba.
I am very close to her. So I tell her stuff.
She knows my life anyway.
Due to similar friend's circle.
I am close with my other sisters in law as well.
But more so with her cuz we live on the same floor at home.
I am so lazy I wouldn't even select the paints for my room
But she would.
From my sofas to the carpets
Everything is done by her.
I am off on shoots and when I
Come back half my things are fixed or set up.
She takes care of me quite a lot. Samina: Any secret possession?
Anything in childhood?
Like children often have possessions.
They keep it in their drawers
Or beneath the bed. Uzair: The possessions that I had were
Cards and letters from my friends.
We used to write quite a lot
When we were young.
If I was friends with someone
Or if I was close to someone
Or like someone…as I was very basic, I would write letters.
Cards and
Personalized conversations.
Did you ever keep a diary?
I didn't.
I had a scrapbook though.
We did use to make scrap books back then
You'd give that scrap book to one of your friends each day
It had a lot of stuff like favorite colors and so on. They'd fill up
And give it back to you and this way
You'd form a collection of 30-40 friends.
Their hobbies and favorite things and what they like about you.
Some put a sticker inside, some would paint it.
I had those scrapbooks.
But now that I've grown up
I don't know where they are.
Somewhere in a box at home.
But as I said with time when you grow up
You start realizing that the things which were special to you
Earlier, you eventually stop
Caring about them. May be you
Become occupied with all that's happening.
So much so that little things that made you happy
You forget about them.
At that time
The scrapbook was the most important thing to me.
And there was a folder too that contained
Pictures of all my favorite rock stars.
If anybody dares to touch that folder,
I would go crazy.
And now I don't even care.
About such things.
I am good at giving away things even if they mean a lot to me.
Did you all make a theatre production together?
To show to the parents?
No, never together. Samina: Only concerts?
Uzair: Indeed. Samina: And jam sessions.
We have done a lot of music at home. Samina: So how did you become actors?
Samina: That is very surprising. Uzair: I used to do a lot of theatre.
Since childhood. When I was 14, I started doing theatre.
A lot of theatre took place in Islamabad.
So we did a lot of theater there.
My parents would obviously come to see as they were really supportive.
But then Yasir bhai started
Making stuff like
For some reason he had an interest in
Being behind the camera and he became a director.
I worked quite a lot with him.
Whatever song I made, he would
Make a video.
I was his try out dummy.
All his initial projects are shot on me.
Any song or a mother's day special
He would try it out on me.
If a new camera came he'd say, 'Uzair stand there, I'll shoot you'.
We have done a lot of stuff like that.
Umair bhai didn't even know that he could act.
Till one day he told us that Sarmad had called him
And he had auditioned for a play where he's playing a Sultan
And we were all like Umair?
You can act as well?
He was clueless to it earlier.
He was so good. Samina: No, he was really good.
Yeah, he looked great and now he's continuing to act.
But he's very selective with work.
But he's good at what he does.
When did you first fall in love?
Ok, love? I don't even know.
It has happened
So many times now.
I feel like I get infatuated?
And I get attracted to people.
In some way, be it their
Personality or looks.
The way they take acre
Of me or…
But I don't know if I've ever been in love.
Now I think that way.
When I was young I always felt like I was in love
I have written so many songs.
I fell in love everyday.
But then I feel like
It's a process.
You learn this way about life.
When did you write your first song?
And who was it written for?
The first song I wrote was at the age of 14-15 and it was called "Yahin."
I released it on YouTube and that's how my career started.
And you wrote it for someone? Uzair: Indeed.
Can I hear it?
Can you share it with me? Uzair: Right now?
Yeah, why not?!
It's very simple. Samina: I am interested.
Cuz I was a little kid so…
Basically I didn't even know how to make a song.
It was something like this. Samina: Very nice.
It feels as if we're sitting somewhere with a full moon.
So basically this is what I was trying to tell her Was about the moon and stars.
Cuz a lot of film dialogues are associated with moon.
So when you are young, you want to impress.
You are in school and you pick up the guitar for precisely this reason.
You want to look cool.
So I literally wrote what I was feeling like.
That I want to hang out with you?
And did you sing it for her?
Plenty of times.
I am not shy with my emotions.
So how long does it last?
A romance?
I don't even know if it's ever been romance.
You feel like you're getting close to someone.
You like someone but love is a crazy thing.
You can never understand it.
Once or twice I really wanted it to work out.
Once.
But then it didn't.
And then I was like
This is not it.
I thought it was a difficult thing to do so let's not get into it.
So now I am just going
With the flow.
And I've written a lot of songs.
What happens is that when at least in your life,
If people come and then go
You can write about it.
You can think about it. Even if you're
Feeling sad about it, or heartbroken
It works anyway.
So a lot of the songs which got me a lot of recognition
With my fans and got me to connect with them
Are the ones I wrote when I was miserable.
It's a very funny thing
At least I get a song out of it.
That's how I feel.
At least I get some good music out of it.
With those emotions.
So what comes first to your mind? Words or music?
It has happened once or twice that
I penned the lyrics first,
But most of the times you get a melody first.
You think about something and you're feeling it
*humming*
And then you find words to complete that melody.
And I feel like
Its very important
For you to feel that way.
For you to think that way. Samina: Heartbreak is imperative.
At least once.
They say that see the heart of an artist break first
And then see a master piece being built out of it.
So yes, it is imperative for you to feel that way.
To go through that process.
And
You learn about life about people
About relationships
If you haven't gotten your heart broken
Once at least, I feel like then you're not…
Samina: You've not lived. Uzair: Yeah, yeah. The n you're not strong enough.
Yeah, it's very important.
Have you ever been disappointed a lot?
Uzair: A lot of times. Samina: What disappoints you the most?
I am a…
I feel like…I don't know if people would agree or my friends would … I am very trusting, giving
And easily open up with my friends. Very secret about
My personal life
I laugh and I play. I take in
People's secrets and I take care of them.
I like to take care of them.
I see people around me
The life after post-graduation
Is really weird.
The responsibility phase after
the university.
And you feel like school, college
And friends are gone.
Family starts expecting from you.
And you have to fall in love.
Need to plan if
Parents put pressure of marriage
In near future. So, we have to like someone.
And just fitting in
And not knowing where
Are you gonna end up. It's very tough.
Not being sure of where you belong
And where you want to end up
And do for the rest of your life.
But I knew that, thankfully since I was a kid
That what I want to do
Music and acting.
When you're grown up
and ending college
There's always disappointment
Either disappointing yourself in some way
Because everything
Has pros and cons.
I couldn't go to College
Because I was doing music. I started music at the very young age.
I sacrificed my studies.
Sometimes I think
Why didn't I go abroad.
I finished College here.
But I wanted to experience and travel.
With my work I am filling that gap.
Because I travel a lot for my work.
So these kind of disappointment
If you could do something for people
And you expect a lot and I expect a lot from my friends.
I am not a person who survive in a room
In a house without people
My friends says we love traveling alone
I asked how can they?
I am not one of those people, who travel a lot and said I am having the time of my life.
I need at least ten friends
Around me all the time.
For me to have fun. For me nice evening is not
sitting alone and watching Tv. I's me sitting with
A Bunch of my friends
Having a great time watching tv or my favorite show
Or whatever else. Samina: This happens
when you grew up with many siblings, then do don't get afraid.
Exactly.
I don't like being alone
When expectation or needs aren't fulfilled
I feel bad
Everyone gets busy with their life and priority changes.
Have you ever thought
That how lucky you are
That had a reason to go on
and discover yourself
Through your music and acting. Umair: Obviously, I think Allah every day.
And the people who don't have it
Who can't discover themselves.
I have very huge circle of friends.
Because of my schooling and college.
More than half of my friends
After graduating were thinking that what to do.
What's next?
And that confusion really
Brings you down.
And they said, you are lucky.
I still enjoy my
Work a lot.
They are like you don't have to do anything
I am like for once do the acting on tv
At least 12 hours.
And you do 9 to 5 jobs. Samina: At least.
My whole life, I've heard
My job is 9 to 5 and weekends are off.
I did just two plays.
And I don't know when to sleep
And no weekends are off.
I don't know what you guys brag about
This is a lot of work.
For them it is nothing.
Obviously I feel very lucky and blessed
I have always knew my direction
And where I had to go
And that my parents were by my side. My parents my
Family were so much supportive.
I want my friends
To do, to be there
where their hearts take them
They are always switching
That upsets me a lot
How do you prepare for a character? 0:35:28.795,0:35:31.825? Have you studied acting?
No. Samina: You've been learning?
I have been learning since I was fourteen.
Because I did 8 to 9 plays in Islamabad.
Theatre is a wonderful training.
In theatre, you do rehearsal for three months
For 10 days play.
You learn new things in theatre every day
Our directors were brilliant. Osman Khalid Butt was my director.
He's my very great friend. He directed three of my plays.
We used to make fun of these things
But now I feel like there were amazing activities
They organized workshops and
Vocal training
We used to do funny things
How to pronounce words like
Red leather and Yellow leather
We used to play a game
To pick the cue.
Before the other guys finishes
He points at you and you have to pick it up. We thought it as a game
But actually there were preparing us to pick our cue on time.
You should know your cue.
In theatre missing your cue is worse.
If you delay the audience will get bore
And wait for the dialogue
Theses minors things I have learnt
Gradually I am
Now played in two serials
Where I am a hopeless romantic person.
That must have come easily?
I was telling you
That's the kind of work that comes to me and attracts me
And it is working for me right now
I feel like I can play that well
Later gradually I will get more
Interesting and different scripts.
I would like to explore more Samina: Does it happen while acting
A melody comes into your mind?
Yes.
And you are about to see your dialogues
It happens many time.
I did both serials OST
In the acting process
I was thinking what kind of
Song should I sing for that theme.
I was lucky that directors gave
Me liberty to sing the
OST because I am actor too.
When we went through the whole process
It is important to feel the story
And make OST side by side.
My first play was
Mooray Sayyan
It's OST was my Album tilte
Na bhulana
And my favorite line was
Meaning that your city's air is lucky more than me because they blush through the cheeks
whenever they want.
And very romantic
It's very important to feel.
What is success?
Success is
That your parents are happy
And feel proud and brag about you.
I feel like that's my biggest success.
For me walking
Into my house
With all the helpers and family on a Saturday night
Fixed to the T.V. watching my play
And crying and laughing with me
And Mum calling all my brothers and sister that
It's 8 o'clock and watch Uzair's play
For me that's success.
I love my parents and they've worked really hard.
All our lives.
To get us to where we are today.
And I feel like that without their support
The kind of work that they've done for us
The love that they give to us
We wouldn't be here.
That's my biggest success the way
My dad introduces me.
Or says I am his father.
I am Uzair Jaswal's dad.
So he is like that
People recognize me in this way now.
And what is failure?
Failure… after all this I think
That even though I haven't really
Been or I haven't really
Done any mind blowing things but
I feel like that I have
Been in this industry for a while
Cuz I started off early
For failure I just feel like that
Everything is possible.
For me failure is forgetting your roots.
And forgetting who you are.
I see a lot of people who
After a little bit fame…
Every day is different in this line of work.
Sometimes high, sometimes low. Today it's you, next day someone else.
And there's a lot of competition.
So you can't think
Very high of yourself.
And wake up like you're the King.
Yeah, you need to stay humble.
You need to stay grounded.
Respect your elders.
No matter how big a star you become
Whoever came before you, has worked more than you
They're seniors for you, respect them.
They know their work, they know more than you.
And that's how our parents have brought us up.
Umm, so for me
Not remembering that
Forgetting your roots, forgetting from where have you come
And where you've to go
Is failure.
Staying humble, staying true to your work
And not letting any of this get to your head.
It's a bubble.
You know when you're living it, you're enjoying it.
Just like everything else, you know.
You need to enjoy you need to work hard but just remember
Your roots and your background.
And then
Give more than you take.
What is life?
Life is very
Unpredictable.
I feel like it's a chance
Given to you.
And you've to work hard and make the best use of your talents
And just look after your parents
Take care of your family
And just be happy
Whatever time you have.
When are you the happiest?
I am the happiest when I am around my parents and my family.
And when are you sad?
That is exactly what I was going to tell you. Even if I stay here for a night,
My mom's going to call me ten times in the morning.
I am not a person who can live alone.
Do stuff alone.
So I am kind of sad when I am away from them.
I enjoy it for a while or when on vacation
But I miss home a lot. I am the kind who
Gets home sick very quickly.
So I am sad when I am away from my family.
And jut the thought of
Not being with your family
You know your parents getting old, family getting distant
You know people get married and priorities change
I don't like that, I don't like to even think about it
It would be the last thing on my mind.
That's how much I hate it.
That's how much you've been packed into that nucleus?
With all your brothers.
I am still in it and I want to live it forever.
I love it and I am very lucky.
And I am very thankful to my parents.
And what is death?
It's something that has to happen.
And you should be prepared for it. It's unavoidable.
Whatever time you have, spend it wisely and work hard.
Any regrets?
Nope. I have made a lot of mistakes but no regrets.
I feel like everything happens for a reason.
Have you planned your future?
Never, I take it as it comes.
I feel like plans don't usually work
And that really disappoints me. Samina: Why are you wearing this ring?
I don't know.
It's just been there.
Someone gifted it to me a long long time ago.
And I found it
In my cupboard just recently.
And I started wearing it again.
It's not…
It doesn't hold
Any value. It's just there.
It's in the wrong finger I know.
I will change that.
It was such a pleasure talking to you.
And I really wish you luck. Uzair: Thank you.
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