Do films like Straight challenge you as an actor where the scope to perform is minimal?
Every film, every role and every scene I do in films is a challenge. I don’t think I’ll be able to perform if I am constantly nervous or stressed.
It’s difficult to some extent playing a character which has a dominant driving emotion in films like Manorama or Dor. When there isn’t a particularly outstanding over bearing trait in her personality, such roles are much harder.
Much harder even to make these characters look real and normal …

Hard-work, dedication and focus is Tahseen Tasneem’s motto, an upcoming stylist from Karachi and a former air hostess with the national flag carrier. She ventured into the beauty business about a year back and has never looked back since. “I joined PIA in 1987
As an air hostess and worked in that capacity for 15 years. But the time came when I wanted to do something more in sync with my family life and having undertaken a number of courses in styling, I decided to open up a salon on Zamzama …