Sarwat Gilani is a wonderful actor with an innate ability to transform into the character she’s meant to perform – fitting perfectly into the role with all its defining curves and edges. Gilani made her movie debut in Jawani Phir Nahi Aani where she played a pregnant Pathan woman opposite Vasay Chaudhary. She went on to do great work in the web series, Churails.
Recently in an interview on the show “Conversations with Sonia Rehman”, Sarwat Gilani opened up about her decision to take up negative roles, ones she had refrained from taking up in the past. “When I started my acting career I used to reject the negative roles. I used to say that I don’t have dates, so I can’t do this role”.
“Then I realized that people should know that why I don’t want to perform negative roles. Dramas are not only about entertainment and fun, we as an actor have a duty on our shoulders to deliver something interesting”, added Sarwat.
However, with performing a negative character comes great responsibility, “When I perform a negative character I make sure that the message is delivered to the audience and in the end she should know what was wrong and she should be regretful”.