Gohar Rasheed is a versatile Pakistani actor known for his top-notch television and film performances, particularly in challenging negative roles. His hit television appearances include Digest Writer, Mann Mayal, Khuda Mera Bhi Hai, Laapata, Ishqiya, Jindo, Jannat Se Aagay, Mann Jogi, and others. Gohar has established himself as one of the leading character actors in the industry and was recently praised for his performance as Inspector Shafiq in Geo TV’s drama serial Case No. 9. Fans are currently praising his performance in Goonj as well.
Recently, Gohar Rasheed appeared on Geo TV’s podcast hosted by Mubashir Hashmi, where he revealed that he had initially refused Case No. 9.
Talking about it, Gohar Rasheed said, “At 7th Sky, we have Marry Baji, who usually narrates scripts to actors. This time, however, the script was narrated by someone else who explained it in a very poor manner. After listening to the narration, I refused the drama. A few weeks later, I received a call from Saba Qamar, who suggested that I should do this character and advised me to speak to the director. When I finally heard the story from the director himself, I realized it was a completely different narrative altogether.”
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He further shared, “When I found out that Shahzeb Khanzada had written the script, I was quite skeptical. I thought, how can a journalist write a drama? A drama script is very different, and I didn’t know how it would turn out. But once I read it, I was blown away. I was pleasantly surprised by the detailing. It was a well-researched and well-written drama. Kudos to 7th Sky for producing such a project.”
Gohar also spoke about the intense interrogation scenes with Saba Qamar, saying, “The dialogues given to me during the interrogation sequence were extremely harsh and brutal. I got scared while reading them. I was worried because such dangerous questions in such a tragic situation felt very disturbing. I didn’t want to deliver those dialogues and requested the director and writer to change or tone them down. However, they explained that these are, unfortunately, normal questions asked of rape victims and are part of the SOPs followed at police stations. After understanding that, I delivered those dialogues.”He concluded by saying, “It was a horrific scene for me to perform. People loved it, but I personally hated doing it.”
He further added, “It’s genuinely Saba Qamar’s love for me that whenever she sees a potential character she refers it to me and both the time she predicted that people will remember the characters she sent them to me and it happened, people do remember Shaukat and now people liked Shafiq so much. I am glad that I heard her and did both the characters.”
