Hamza, like every human, was imperfect. Despite going into
acting, he still had stage fright which he overcame by trusting in
his skills and continued the course for the next 3 years. He was
also a part of the dance society during his university time.
As of now, he is waiting to submit his thesis, graduate from NCA
and continue his journey finding and visualising stories for his
films in everyday situations.
There are never too many stories you hear when you sit down with
an artist. We sip our coffee just as Hamza recalls his first theatre
experience.
“The first time I did theatre, I couldn’t absorb the character and
I had to attend workshops to learn the skills of how to get into
character in every different situation,” Hamza tells GLOSS.
The excitement in his tone and the glow in his eyes have us in
admiration, “The situation I was given was post-partition in a café
based in Karachi. It was a café opened before partition, but was
still operating in Pakistan.”
“My role was that of an 83-year-old sweeper and in that 32-minutes
play I had just one dialogue, ‘You only get a mother once, not
again and again.’”
The tiny details that Hamza recalls from the play are so beautifully
conveyed that they leave us in awe. From the setting up of props