Help Me Durdana

Help Me Durdana is a 2019 Pakistani comedy television film aired on ARY Digital on 5 June 2019. It is co-produced by Fahad Mustafa and Dr. Ali Kazmi under their banner Big Bang Entertainment. It has Yasir Hussain, Ushna Shah and Mehmood Aslam in leads.

Cast

Yasir Hussain as Daniyal aka Dino/Durdana; Dino's mother
Ushna Shah as Maheen
Mehmood Aslam as Chaudhry Sahab
Noaman Sami as Dino's friend
Zulqarnain Haider as Feeqa

Controversy

A week before the release of telefilm, Hussain became a victim of trolls and news when he commented offensive words against LGBT community on his Instagram account. He posted a promo picture of telefilm where he was wearing a Saree as it was the requirement of his role in the project. The fan commented ‘Why don’t you guys hire an actual transgender?’, to which Hussain replied, ‘matlab apko job chahye’. Many people criticize this act of Hussain and find it offensive. Reviewer from The Express Tribune called this as transphobic act to which Hussain said, "I have immense regard for transpersons". He further said that people misunderstood his role as he was playing a role of a mother not a transgender in the project.