Juvaria Abbasi is a renowned television actor who began her acting career with PTV. Her notable dramas include Taana Baana, Raqs-e-Bismil, Dil Dia Dehleez, Sukhaan, Najiah, Aakhir Kab Tak, Ghissi Phitti Muhabbat, Baban Khala Ki Betiyan, Dil Diya Dehleez, Shehnai, Budgumaan, and Bay Qasoor. Currently, fans are praising her performance in the hit drama series Meri Zindagi Hai Tu.
Juvaria Abbasi recently appeared in Ahmed Ali Butt’s podcast Excuse Me. In the podcast, she opened up about her early marriage, divorce, and being a single mother.
Talking about her marriage with Shamoon, Juvaria Abbasi said, “l got married early. I have no regrets about marrying Shamoon. It was my decision because I was madly and sadly in love with the person I got married to. No regrets, whatsoever. Also, I have a beautiful daughter from him. We saw our personal growth as humans. We don’t have any personal grudges. We had a great time together. I also have no regrets on my divorce decision. It was solely my decision.”
On another occasion, she said, “I wanted to be an actor, and that’s why I got married early. In fact, we both got married early because we wanted to start our careers as actors, and my parents had told me to do whatever together after getting married.”
Talking about being a single mom, she said, “Being a single mom was the biggest challenge—a social taboo. People would think, ‘Can she raise her daughter? Will she be able to do this job perfectly? Will she turn her daughter into a rebel?’ People were more concerned than me. My point of view was to give her education, exposure, make her learn Islam, and give her the right to decide what’s her choice in life. For me, it was important what my daughter wants as a human. I was thinking of her as an independent human; she was not just my daughter. I think our parents suppressed us—’Don’t talk like that,’ ‘Don’t be blunt in front of others.’ I didn’t want that to happen with my daughter. I had to teach, and I did that.”
She further added, “I tried not to be an absent mother or father. I was present in her life both as mother and father. I gave her a good education. I was following up her routine closely. I was dealing with her as both parents. I was doing hard work. I tried to spend time with her—when is she going to school, when is she taking Quran classes, when is she going for belly classes, watching movies with her, teaching her solo traveling. We have made single motherhood a dilemma. We think a single mother can’t survive.”
Talking about Anzela’s relationship with her father, she said, “Initially, we were concerned about Anzela’s relationship with her father, but it ended on its own. Although I never stopped Anzela from meeting him because I knew his importance in her life. I wanted her to meet her father and see on her own because I come from a broken family. I only met my father thrice in my whole life, so I don’t know who he is, his character, or how he looks. The last I met him was after my accident; after that, I don’t know how he is. I got married at 17 and had my own life. We both didn’t try meeting. He is alive. This is the first time I talked about this.”
