In a candid chit chat with FUCHSIA, Pakistani actress & educationist Tazeen Hussain shared some entertaining tidbits about herself that we’re excited to reveal – things we bet you didn’t know!
Tazeen Hussain is a Pakistani actress and educationist but not only is she an actor par excellence, Tazeen Hussain is also an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Design at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS). Hussain has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design from IVS, and a Masters in New Media and Society from the University of Leicester, UK.
If you didn’t know, she is also the daughter of the legendary actor Talat Hussain. She made her debut in the late 1990’s but parted ways post her marriage and made a comeback recently in 2022.
Tazeen entered the acting scene in 1994 with Shalimar Television Network’s telefilm “Raqeeb,” starring alongside Faisal Rehman. Following this, she featured in Syed Mohammad Ahmed’s telefilm “Aurat” and portrayed a character facing management issues in “Shahpar.” She made her mark in television, playing a variety of roles from 1994 to the present, for which she has been recognized critically and appreciated by the audience.
After a break of over fifteen years, she returned to television in Mohammed Ehteshamuddin’s “Yunhi,” portraying a composed, divorced daughter in a typical Pakistani family setting. Subsequently, she starred in Mehreen Jabbar’s “Jurm,” playing the role of a mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter. Recently she also was seen in the Eid-ul-Fitr film release, Daghabaaz Dil in a very fun character. Currently, she is on our screens in the drama ‘Let’s Try Mohabbat’ playing the character of Samiya.
She visited FUCHSIA HQ and we got to find out so much more about her, her life philosophy, her fitness secret and much more. Read on for more!
1. What’s your life philosophy?
Tazeen Hussain: She laughed and refused to answer under this pressure and jokingly said: “Iss tarha kay sawal mujh say na kero!“
2. What’s one activity that’s like therapy for you?
Tazeen Hussain: “Exercise!”
3. A perfect Sunday includes…?
Tazeen Hussain: By the tone of her voice, we figured its possibly her most favorite day of the week. “Oh yeah, having all my 3 kids with me sitting at a table, having our breakfast and watching them all fight with each other” she laughed!
4. 3 things we as women should never be guilty about?
Tazeen Hussain: “3 things we women should stop and not be guilty about? Wanting to live our lives separate from our family, our kids, our husband, being ourselves, we shouldn’t feel guilty about that. We shouldn’t feel guilty if we want to only be with our kids as well. You know that pressure to be a career person, you shouldn’t feel guilty about that. If you feel that you want to just be home, being a homemaker or just being whatever, you shouldn’t feel guilty about that. And what else? These are two things.
They shouldn’t feel guilty about if they like men. Yeh bhi ek bara masla hogaya hai. Some could like that there is a man in their life who is a decision maker and who earns but then that is also an issue. Why? Phir kehtay hain ap emancipated nahi ho sakti, aap aise nahi ho sakti. I think everybody should have the right to be the way they want to be and that’s okay. Respect yourself.”
5. One lesser known thing about you?
Tazeen Hussain: “Despite the surface stuff – I want to do a PHD!” Truly an ambitious soul!
6. One line to describe your relationship with your father, Talat Hussain.
Tazeen Hussain: “I think its a relationship of pure love, a relationship that is not very hierarchical even though he is my parent.”
7. When did you start acting first?
She mentioned: “I have been performing since I was a child. I appeared as a child artist in a production titled ‘Andhera Ujala’, an adaptation of ‘The Miracle Worker’, a three act play written by William Gibson on the childhood of Hellen Keller and produced by Theatrewalay, a group led by my father Talat Hussain and Rahat Kazmi. I don’t think I ever planned to be an actress, it just happened!”
8. Her first film?
Daghzabaaz Dil, an Eid release!
9. What is the best part about acting?
In her view: “Well you get to experience life through the different characters you play. In a way i get to live different lives at the same time, get richer through their experiences, learn from their mistakes and feel their emotions, their loss, their joy.”
10. Her words of wisdom? What she wants to say to other women who are grieving?
Tazeen Hussain: “Stop romanticising grief, we need to shed this approach and belief. Our films, afsanay and stories are like this and possibly contribute.”
