We fall in love with people’s imperfections: Fawad Khan

Be it for the bratty Zaroon or the ­passionate Ashar that he portrays on the small screen, Fawad Khan has undoubtedly become synonymous with everything even remotely ‘romantic’.

His dreamy eyes have already taken the nation by storm. Be it for the bratty Zaroon or the ­passionate Ashar that he portrays on the small screen, Fawad Khan has undoubtedly become synonymous with everything even remotely ‘romantic’. In reality, ­however, Fawad doesn’t claim to be an expert on relationships. “I’m no Dr Phil…but I would say the secret to a successful relationship is never perceive any person as perfect. Accept them with their ­imperfections,” says the Pakistani actor, who’s happily married to his teenage crush, Sadaf.

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The 32-year-old Lahore-born, who spent his childhood across the globe in Greece, Saudi Arabia and UK, doesn’t even want to brag about being perfect, himself. “I’m sure I have a lot of imperfections, my wife has imperfections… strangely enough, those are the imperfections that you fall in love with, they’re called idiosyncrasies, and ­recognising them is ­important. If there are certain things you don’t like, talk about it and figure them out. That I think is the strongest thing in any ­relationship — this level of understanding. And of course, you have to be friends first before being companions, and then companions first before being ­married. So, this, I think, should be the order,” he says in his rich ­baritone that has caught the fancy of his admirers. But how is he coming to terms with this new bunch of admirers across the ­border? “Well, I feel ­flattered. It’s an amazing feeling, though I can’t taste the fruit,” he jokes, and then once again adds in jest, “But you might find out after a while, maybe I’ll start ­reciprocating!”



Fawad indeed is far from the prim and serious lad he comes across on screen. In fact, he even clears the air about being ­anywhere close to the uptight ­and suave ­royalty he plays in his Bollywood debut ­alongside actor Sonam Kapoor. “No, I’m not ­boring,” he says with a smile, while adding, “You might just see me play a ‘gully ka launda’ in my next film.”