Meera

Was Meera set up?
There’s
a clip on Youtube showing Meera as a host of a show in English language.
Come on, what were the director and producer thinking? She did her best in
being absurd, as expected. But the question arises: why is it so easy to set
Meera up?

Here she was trying to interview fashion photographer (or is it
‘fatographer’) Tapu Javeri. The actress, as she’s is often seen and heard,
is striving hard to get the tête-à-tête take place in English and ends up
sounding like…well, herself really!

The clip begins with Meera hoping to pronounce ‘fashion photographer’
correctly. Then she goes, “main buhat lost ho rahi hoon” followed by the
repetition of the welcoming sentence, “its honour to have you on my show.”
It gets even better when she exclaims, “we will be the back after right… we
will be the back after right short break… ye toilet kitna duur hai… can we
rehase… reharse…rehearsal.”

The madness doesn’t die down soon readers. Meera goes on to shower praise
on Tapu Javeri by saying, “I admire your work quite some time,” and rounds
off the hilarious monologue (can’t be called an interview) by uttering, “I
hit to cut you off… I hat to cut you off… I hate cut you off… I’m very sorry
to cut you off, but we have to go to the bathroom break.”

After such a conversation who doesn’t need a ‘bathroom’ break? The
surfacing of this clip proves once and for all that everybody’s out to get
poor Meera, and not just Ateeq.
Meera to appear in Drama Husna aur Husan Ara

It’s
all been very hush-hush on the Meera-Atiqur Rehman front the past week. Some
say it could be the proverbial lull before the storm. Methinks the sponsors
of the soap opera have pulled the plug on it and new sponsors may show up
soon when Meera returns from Canada. Yes dearies, she’s in Canada,
apparently shooting for a film.

There’s no news whether Atiqur Rehman
(hubby, no-hubby) is also in North America. Gossip-mongers say he could be
while people with a serious disposition think he’s not.

Take your pick!

Shh… be quiet. Don’t make a sound. We may discover lots more so stick
around.
Hotstepper of the week: Meera

Being
Meera - bonafide Lollywood star, fodder for the press and a permanent form
of amusement for everyone - must be more difficult than anyone gives her
credit for. And with everything Meera has been through recently,
particularly the very public and often off-putting ‘married/not-married’
scandal, one can’t imagine what being in her shoes must be like. But one has
to give Meera credit for constantly turning everything to her advantage. All
the obsessive news reports about Meera’s recent problems have turned her
into more of a household name than she was before. By her own admission, she
has received thousands of marriage proposals on her e-mail account (which
she publicized via an interview that then became a YouTube hit) and she is
being talked about incessantly, everywhere. Moreover, Meera’s essence seems
to have been captured perfectly in the Mekaal Hasan Band video ‘Chal Bulleya’
(directed by Bilal Lashari) where she not only looks rather stunning but
perhaps commands the most arresting screen presence. And given that the
video also features several notable celebrities, that is just proof of the
power film stars command. In the video, as she lies in a bathtub and laughs
at the veritable shower of currency notes on her, one can’t help but feel
that despite it all, Meera knows how to play every card right and re-emerge
a new person. And that’s why she is Instep’s hotstepper this week.

Was Meera set up?
There’s
a clip on Youtube showing Meera as a host of a show in English language.
Come on, what were the director and producer thinking? She did her best in
being absurd, as expected. But the question arises: why is it so easy to set
Meera up?

Here she was trying to interview fashion photographer (or is it
‘fatographer’) Tapu Javeri. The actress, as she’s is often seen and heard,
is striving hard to get the tête-à-tête take place in English and ends up
sounding like…well, herself really!

The clip begins with Meera hoping to pronounce ‘fashion photographer’
correctly. Then she goes, “main buhat lost ho rahi hoon” followed by the
repetition of the welcoming sentence, “its honour to have you on my show.”
It gets even better when she exclaims, “we will be the back after right… we
will be the back after right short break… ye toilet kitna duur hai… can we
rehase… reharse…rehearsal.”

The madness doesn’t die down soon readers. Meera goes on to shower praise
on Tapu Javeri by saying, “I admire your work quite some time,” and rounds
off the hilarious monologue (can’t be called an interview) by uttering, “I
hit to cut you off… I hat to cut you off… I hate cut you off… I’m very sorry
to cut you off, but we have to go to the bathroom break.”

After such a conversation who doesn’t need a ‘bathroom’ break? The
surfacing of this clip proves once and for all that everybody’s out to get
poor Meera, and not just Ateeq.

Meera to appear in Drama Husna aur Husan Ara

It’s
all been very hush-hush on the Meera-Atiqur Rehman front the past week. Some
say it could be the proverbial lull before the storm. Methinks the sponsors
of the soap opera have pulled the plug on it and new sponsors may show up
soon when Meera returns from Canada. Yes dearies, she’s in Canada,
apparently shooting for a film.

There’s no news whether Atiqur Rehman
(hubby, no-hubby) is also in North America. Gossip-mongers say he could be
while people with a serious disposition think he’s not.

Take your pick!

Shh… be quiet. Don’t make a sound. We may discover lots more so stick
around.



Hotstepper of the week: Meera

Being
Meera - bonafide Lollywood star, fodder for the press and a permanent form
of amusement for everyone - must be more difficult than anyone gives her
credit for. And with everything Meera has been through recently,
particularly the very public and often off-putting ‘married/not-married’
scandal, one can’t imagine what being in her shoes must be like. But one has
to give Meera credit for constantly turning everything to her advantage. All
the obsessive news reports about Meera’s recent problems have turned her
into more of a household name than she was before. By her own admission, she
has received thousands of marriage proposals on her e-mail account (which
she publicized via an interview that then became a YouTube hit) and she is
being talked about incessantly, everywhere. Moreover, Meera’s essence seems
to have been captured perfectly in the Mekaal Hasan Band video ‘Chal Bulleya’
(directed by Bilal Lashari) where she not only looks rather stunning but
perhaps commands the most arresting screen presence. And given that the
video also features several notable celebrities, that is just proof of the
power film stars command. In the video, as she lies in a bathtub and laughs
at the veritable shower of currency notes on her, one can’t help but feel
that despite it all, Meera knows how to play every card right and re-emerge
a new person. And that’s why she is Instep’s hotstepper this week.

Don’t
harbour the notion even for a teensie weensie moment that the Meera affair
is going to burn out or fade away. It may lose steam, rest assured it’s here
to stay.

Last week the actress and her alleged hubby Atiqur Rehman were
reported to have moved towards the blissful direction of truce. Both took
back the court cases they had filed against each other in the span of six
episodes… sorry, I mean a couple of months. As they say in diplomatic
parlance, it’s a good beginning towards a peaceful settlement of the issue,
and well begun is half-done.

However, the ‘done’ part is a tad dodgy. What is Meera going to achieve
if things settle down? Or has she already achieved what she wanted to?

Stay tuned. There may be a twist in the tale.

By the way, there are pictures floating around on the Internet in which
Meera and Atiqur Rehman are having a whale of a time on a foreign beach like
a honeymooning couple. I said, like a honeymooning couple. It’s just a
simile. Don’t take it seriously!

Courtesy: Dawn Images
The Truth Behind Meera’s Marriage!
Just
when you thought that Lollywood’s self-proclaimed ruling diva had vanished
into thin air and would not be creating any more waves, Meera strikes again
with a big, billowy bang. This time she has fallen flat into the thick
marriage mire or so she claims. Let’s analyse the facts to see whether her
marriage scandal with Atiq-ur-Rahman, the man who undoubtedly possesses a
lot of mollah, is true or is it just the last flicker by the fading flame
before she vanishes into complete oblivion.

Meera and Atiq-ur-Rahman decide to
withdraw criminal proceedings against each other

by THAKUR LAHORI

Meera and Atiq-ur-Rahman have mutually reached a settlement according to
which they will not be pursuing criminal proceedings against each other. Upon
hearing the news of settlement, a horde of reporters reached Meera’s abode for
her statement in this regard. In a brief press conference Meera said that she
did not know any person by the name of Atiq-ur-Rahman. “My statement regarding
the matter is the same as that of my lawyers. When I don’t know any person named
Atiq, then there is no question of any settlement. He is a fraudster who is
blackmailing me. The marriage pictures have been fabricated and doctored on the
computer by Faisal Saif, a director in India. He has even accepted that he
tampered with the photographs.”

Meera presented a recording of the conversation that she had with Faisal in
which he had said that he was sorry for whatever was happening with Meera in
Pakistan. He accepted that the pictures were tampered by him in India. He
further said that he never gauged how far things would go and if he had any
intentions of maligning Meera, he would have done that when she was in India. He
did all this because Meera gave him a hard time during the shooting of a film.

Meera said that she would file a case against Faisal both in Pakistan and India.
Now the question arises what does she want by presenting this audio tape to
media? Meera’s alleged husband Atiq-ur-Rahman has shown so many evidences in
court that all point towards the fact that Meera did actually marry him. Why she
doesn’t accept the marriage, boggles our mind. If Meera and Atiq-ur-Rahman do
not want to stay together, they can seek divorce. Atiq-ur-Rahman is ready for
the separation. Then why this hullabaloo? It seems this war will continue
despite news of compromise between the two parties.

The telephonic conversation between Meera and Faisal Saif, a director in
India

Meera: Hello.

Faisal Saif: Hello Assalam-o-Alaikum.

Meera: Walaikum Assalam.

Faisal: Meera ji, why are you spreading rumours in the press that I planned to
murder you? If I had planned to get rid of you, I would have shown you my power
during the shooting… you would never have been able to leave India.

Meera: The marriage photographs…

Faisal: The pictures are now in the open. What can I do now? I merged the
pictures on the computer. I would have told you but your behaviour was very
aggressive towards me. It was unintentional. That doesn’t mean that you start
slandering me in press that I intended to murder you. Why would I murder you? I
am a director and you are an actress. Meera: You brought my private pictures
into the open. You merged them and tried to prove that I am someone’s
girlfriend.

Faisal: I cannot give any explanation. But yes, I am sorry that the pictures
came into the open. I didn’t intend to do this. What can we do now?

Meera: Did you work on the photographs on the computer?

Faisal: Yes, I doctored them on the computer obviously. We cannot make such
pictures by hand. What kind of an idiotic question is that? Lets just forget the
whole matter. Let it cool down.

Meera: I will tell media that it is you who has made those pictures.

Faisal: You tortured me when you were in India. You made my life hell. My health
deteriorated because of you. You went away without realising what I went
through. The more you will trumpet the truth, the more you will drown in mire.
We are both in this together.

Meera: I never made anyone’s life miserable while I was in India.

Faisal: That is what you think. And it is far from truth.

Meera: Okay, thank you.

Faisal: Take care.

Meera brought this conversation to the forefront two and a half months after
her marriage scandal gained momentum. This shows that Meera needed publicity and
she has succeeded in gaining it. The whole country seems to be discussing the
depth of the quagmire Meera is in. Every day a new fact unfolds like in a
suspense film and it seems that the director of this film is none other than
Meera herself. She played her cards well. Though she is now withdrawing all the
criminal proceedings against Atiq-ur-Rahman and moving towards reconciliation,
this will not be an easy task. Both have agreed to accept whatever the court
will decide regarding the property and divorce. It has also come to the
forefront that Meera has paid Atiq-ur-Rahman a sum of Rs 35 lac. Atiq-ur-Rahman
told media that the agreement has been reached on request from Meera’s mother.

“Showbiz girls are not marriage material” - Atiq-ur-Rahman

In an interview, Meera’s alleged husband Atiq-ur-Rahman said that it has been
proved that she tied the nuptial knot with him. “We started dating each other in
June 2007, when she came to Dubai for shooting with Sangeeta. The friendship
with Meera soon turned into a serious relationship and we married in December
2007 in Defence, Lahore. Our wedding was attended by friends and family members.
Meera wanted to keep this marriage a secret since the very beginning. Whenever I
asked her to announce our relationship, she always declined saying that first we
must get established and have our own place. In 2008, Meera forced me to open a
production house and work on a drama serial. She convinced me that it would be a
profitable venture and we would earn millions. I invested in the project. I have
been with her throughout. If she wants to live with me as a wife, I am ready to
accept her but she will have to accept our relationship. After that, it is her
discretion whether she stays with me or leaves me. I don’t mind. If she hadn’t
been my wife, why would I have invested in her projects and bought a home for
her. I did the right thing by marrying her and giving her my name. As for her
allegation that I threatened to kill her, the FIA officials asked her to produce
the intimidating message I sent her. Even after so many days she has failed to
produce that message.

If she is not ready to accept me as her husband, I will not let her keep the
expensive gifts that I gave her. After all, they were worth four to five crores.

“In Pakistan, Meera used to get two to three lac for a film. Apart from the one
lac that I gave her monthly, she used to milk at least four lac more from me
every month. I used to bear all her expenses. Meera’s father Sarwar Shah and
uncle Pervaiz Bukhari are witness to our marriage. All the guests that were
there will testify that we tied the knot. I have paid all the medical expenses
for Meera and her family. I even donated my blood when she was being operated
for polycystic ovaries. I don’t know why she played the whole game with me. It
is clear that she was only interested in my money. I bought my Defence bungalow
while I was in America. When Meera came to know of the deal she blackmailed me
emotionally and told me to trust her. Thus the house was bought in her name.

“I first suspected her when she started ignoring me. I knew she talked to other
men as well. The relationship between a husband and wife is based on trust but I
realised I could not trust Meera at all. Gradually we started drifting apart. My
servants at home used to inform me about each and every person that came in the
house. I came to know that she had illicit relationship with a number of men. I
want to ask Meera, with so many people ready to prove the fact that we did get
married, why is she denying it? My predicament is a lesson for all men. I want
to tell them that girls in showbiz are not marriage material. Never have a
relationship with them. I am glad that I am out of this quagmire now. I have
begged forgiveness from Allah (SWT) and my family and I have realised that I was
wrong.

The Marriage Mire

by YOUNUS BUTT

The Meera marriage scandal is making rounds in the sub-continent these days.
People have been speculating whether Meera has really married Atiq-ur-Rahman or
is it just a hoax, a drama conjured up to gain some limelight. In order to
understand the reality it is imperative to know who Meera and Atiq-ur-Rahman
are.

Meera, whose real name is Irtaza was born in Sheikhupura, Punjab. She came to
Lahore with her mother and uncle due to some domestic tiff. She always wanted to
step into the glamourous realm of showbiz. After trying her best for many years
to gain some limelight she finally made her presence felt. Her first film was
‘Kanta’ in which her name was changed to Meera.

Meera has worked in numerous films. Almost every producer/director says that
whenever she wants to work in a film, she gives them a hard time by getting on
their nerves. They say that her expenses also increase their budget. She delays
shooting and gives trouble to the film-makers. Meera’s life has become a joke
and her scandal with Atiq-ur-Rahman is the latest gag that has come to the
forefront.

Atiq-ur-Rahman belongs to Faisalabad. He is a businessman who imports children’s
games from China and sells them in the local market. Meera and Atiq-ur-Rahman
have been married since the last two years but it is only in 2009 that he
realised he should announce their relationship. Meera and Atiq-ur-Rahman don’t
see eye to eye because of her uncle Pervaiz. As Meera gained fame and publicity,
Pervaiz started becoming rich as well. He helped Meera reach for the stars. He
knew her secrets and also about her marriage to Atiq-ur-Rahman. Pervaiz
threatened Meera that if she would not continue giving him money, he would
publicise everything that she has been doing over the years, which includes a
lot of scandals. When she was not able to fulfill his demands, he joined forces
with Atiq-ur-Rehman.

The recent reports are that some elders have intervened to solve the matter but
Pervaiz has threatened that if Meera will not succumb, he will malign her even
more. This is just the first chapter of a book. He doesn’t know that she is a
cunning person. She will do anything to win.