Minahil Malik is a big social media star in Pakistan, especially on TikTok and Instagram where she has millions of followers.
She’s known for making cool videos where she mouths along to songs (lip-syncing) and acts them out. She’s good at it and a lot of people think she could be a great actress someday.
Recently, there was a bit of drama online because of a video Minahil made. There’s a popular trend based on a song from a movie called Heeramandi. In the movie, a character named Lajjo sings a song called “Mujhe Chor Di Jie.” Minahil made a video of herself acting out the song, just like Lajjo did in the movie.
Here’s the thing, though. Some people didn’t like Minahil’s video. They thought she was overacting and making too many intense faces. They also didn’t like that she was copying something from Bollywood, an Indian film industry. Some people even joked that she should move to India if she loved Bollywood so much!
Even bigger than people not liking the video, some thought social media stars shouldn’t be making videos like this at all. They thought the dances from Heeramandi were inappropriate and disrespectful because of the movie’s historical setting. So, in the end, Minahil’s video caused a bit of a debate online.