Hassan Sheheryar Yasin as Akram in Pehli Si Mohabbat
I have had many conversations with HSY over the years. There have been interviews revolving around a new collection that he has designed, little snippets caught while he’s been running around backstage as show director at a fashion week, conversations zeroing in on his experiences as a talk show host, and exclusive details excitedly revealed to me regarding a major awards show that he had been helming. But today, I’m talking to HSY — aka Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, aka Shero — only about his acting career.
A quick scan of these interviews, and of HSY’s 27 years in the entertainment industry, highlights how he’s perpetually been diversifying. Designing may be his self-proclaimed raison d’etre but he’s constantly ricocheted from the catwalk to the awards stage, the TV cameras, show direction and then, in the blink of an eye, swiveling right back to the catwalk.