In response to the controversy around a video that seemed to be portraying Fahad Sheikh as bullying his senior colleague Muhammad Ahmed on the set of a TV project, Fahad Sheikh has defended himself against such claims and stated that legal action may be taken against those who posted what he called misleading clips.
The controversy started when Muhammad Ahmed was interviewed in Sheeba Khan’s Dareecha podcast and he mentioned an on-set incident with a younger star.
He said that he was teased in front of the cast and crew without naming the young star being mentioned. Comments were also made about his appearance and his relevance in the industry.
She also said that there was one occasion when the actor put a little hand fan up to his head like a blow-dryer and was joking with people during the shoot.
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A video came out soon after, in which Ahmed was being covered with a hand fan while Fahad Sheikh made funny remarks and people around him laughed.
The video became controversial on social media, where many called out Fahad for disrespecting the veteran actor.
Reacting to the viral clip, Fahad denied through a series of Instagram stories that it was out of context and not a true representation of his relationship with Ahmed.
He explained that they had collaborated on a few projects and had a friendly relationship with each other, referring to coworkers as like a family and to their workplaces as friendly and comfortable.
Fahad also indicated that he made his own apology to Muhammad Ahmed prior to the controversy being made public, and made another apology publicly.
He said he has great respect for Ahmed as a senior actor, and never meant to offend or embarrass him.
He ended with a strong statement that legal action would be taken against those who “circulate edited or out-of-context videos in order to establish a false narrative.
Meanwhile, after Ahmed’s previous comments, he was widely supported by other actors and he has since expressed his gratitude to colleagues for coming out to support him.
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