Yasir Hussain’s ‘Monkey Business’ comes under fire for performance on Bollywood songs

Yasir Hussain’s theatre play “Monkey Business” is being performed at the Arts Council Karachi.

The play, which will continue till April 20, has been produced by Inkorporate Digital and LOIQ films.

Umer Alam and Yasir Hussain are the main leads of the theatre play, whose first show was attended by the celebrities including Saboot Aly, Iqra Aziz, Ali Ansari, Aijaz Aslam, Faysal Quraishi and others.

In the drama serial, whose video clips are making rounds on social media, both Yasir Hussain and Umer Alam can be seen donned as women, performing to Bollywood songs like Saki Saki and Say Shava Shava.

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Users are expressing anger on Yasir Hussain on the social media as the actor has been quite vocal to ban international artists and projects in Pakistan, yet promoting Bollywood songs in his drama.

“What else can we expect from Yasir Hussain”, a social media user wrote while another said: “They slam Indian content on TV, but in their private parties and dramas, they promote all the Indian songs, culture, and content—what hypocrisy by Yasir Hussain and people like him”.

“This is the sad reality of so-called Muslims—they will die like this, while dancing,” another user commented.

One said: “Pakistanis can only make good dramas; they should stick to that.”