It’s Parizaad Tuesday and here’s a surprise for all Mashal Khan fans. Do you know her enough? Scroll down to know!

Mashal Khan’s character Lubna in ‘Parizaad‘ has us in awe! We also can’t help but love her transformation from Lubna to Mahparah. Her acting skills are praise-worthy and her emotional quotient on-screen is even more powerful. As a gift for her fans, we are delighted to share 8 lesser-known facts about her!
1. Mashal Is Multi-talented!

Mere pas na dost thay jin k sath mai har roz hangout karti. Toh mere andar buhat kuch tha jo mai dunya ko dekhana chahti thi aur wo abhi tak. Woh khaniyan, woh experiences and yeh sab zariye ban gaye of expression.
Mashal Khan
Mashal is fond of horse riding, shooting, painting, writing, and whatnot. She told us that she finds it difficult to express her emotions while talking, so she utilizes other mediums to communicate how she feels. Moreover, she elaborates that her mother is a great painter and has always been active to push her children to learn different talents.
2. Mashal Was Bullied As A Child

Bullying is the worst. Jo log bachpan mein bullies hote hain woh bade ho kr bhi bullies hi rehte hain.
Mashal Khan
Mashal shares that she used to get bullied in school because she was overweight. She feels her classmates associated ugliness with being overweight, and every day she used to come back home crying. Moreover, she advises the young generation to stand up for themselves while facing such a situation and take action against it instead of letting it damage their self-esteem.
3. Mashal Is A Vegetarian

The idea of eating dead meat just scares me. We are desensitized to this violence, but we shouldn’t be. We should be aware of what we are doing.
Mashal Khan
Mashal shares that she was 3-years old when she saw an animal getting slaughtered at Eid for the first time, and she cried the entire day after it. Hence, that drove her to be inclined towards being vegetarian. She says that since a young age as she didn’t like eating red meat and fish but was okay with eating chicken as she was told that it provided protein for health. However, one of her Turkish friends told her that she is under the wrong influence and she should search up. Therefore, she did some research and also found out that dairy is awful for health. From then onwards, she turned to vegetarianism.
4. Acting Is Her Life!

Acting is meri zindagi ka maqsad. Mai yehi cheez krne k liye paidah hoi thi.
Mashal Khan
Mashal says that her life has been quite a lost journey, and now she has finally reached a point through acting where she clicked smoothly. She declares that acting is her life’s objective, and she was born to do this for the rest of her life. Moreover, she states that she knew acting was her thing since she was 8 but ignored it due to family expectations. However, now she advises the young generation to choose what they love & go for it.
5. Mashal Takes Acting Notes From Hollywood Stars!

I think Matthew McConaughey taught me how to cry. When I saw him toh mujhe realize hua ke it doesn’t matter how you look, just do it. Whatever is coming, just do it.
Mashal Khan
Mashal shares that she learns a lot from Hollywood actors by observing their work. She told us that her two favorites are Meryl Steep & Matthew McConaughey. Moreover, she shared that she has learned method acting from Meryl Steep and has learned how to do crying scenes from Matthew McConaughey.
6. Mashal Is A Book Worm!

Mai apni dost se pechle hafte hi yeh baat kr rahi thi k hum dono bol rahe thai ke hum kitna parhte thai. And humein itna shauq tha, hum books exchange krte thai magar ab waqt hi nai milta.
Mashal Khan
Mashal told us that the last book she read was Zahir by Paulo Coelho, and that too was a long time ago. However, she says that she loves books and often re-reads the ones she likes the most to bring back nostalgic memories. Moreover, she also said that she underlines the imperative sentences in a book, so she could go back and relate the present paragraph in more detail.
7. Mashal Loves Animals & Saving Them Is One Of Her Life Mottos!

Injured animals toh mere ghar peh pohanch jate hian. It’s so strange k khuda unhein bata deita hai k is ghar mein ek larki rehti hai, woh tumhari madad karegi, wahan jao.
Mashal Khan
Mashal revealed that she adores all animals, and she helps rescue them through animal facilitators. She says that most stray animals stay at her place until they are healthy again for adoption or to be rescued by the animal facilitation teams. Moreover, she also told us a story of an injured cat whose face was badly bruised and doctors informed her that it can’t be saved, so it died within three days in her arms.
8. Mashal Loves Travelling!

I am an Aquarius, hum buhat jaldi feel karte hain ke jaise k hum qaid ho chuke hain, toh i like it, yahan se wahan.
Mashal Khan
When asked if it gets tiring to travel from place to place for shoots, she replied that she likes it. She cannot stay in one place for long and feels claustrophobic. Moreover, she said that since she is an Aquarius, she likes to travel a lot.
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