When Ramsha Khan talks about her night at the Hum Awards, she doesn’t open with glitz. She starts with sweat.
“I legit… was the most anxious before going on stage,” she says, laughing at herself. “I was very hot, like, what is happening?”
She had been performing and hosting that evening, so most of her time was spent darting between the stage and backstage chaos. Still, one thing managed to melt her nerves: Humayun Saeed’s performance. “It was so cute,” she says, grinning. “I was looking forward to it actually.”
The humour in her voice tells you a lot about her. She doesn’t pretend to be unfazed by fame. She’s the girl who giggles through awkwardness and turns it into a story.
Finding herself in Nisa
Ramsha’s latest hit Biryani has brought her a new wave of attention. The drama’s mix of comedy, warmth and heartbreak centres on Nisa, a woman who knows her worth, and insists others do too.
“She is everything that I want to be as a woman,” Ramsha says. “So assertive and so, you know… the self-respect peak. I wish I was like her.”
She lights up when she recalls her favourite moment from filming. “It has to be the dinner scene with Rocket,” she says, still laughing. “The actor who played him was also our AD. He kept improvising lines, very provocative lines, and I was constantly giggling. I couldn’t stop. That’s one of my funniest memories.”
There’s a reason audiences connect with her: she doesn’t separate herself from the characters she plays.
Love from London, grounding at home
Ramsha’s fame stretches far beyond Pakistan. With 3.5 million Instagram followers and a growing fan base in the UK, she was genuinely surprised by the response when she visited London.
“I was not expecting so much love and respect,” she says. “I stay in my bubble, I don’t go out much. So when people recognised me there, it was a shock, in a good way.”
Her fans flood her comments with affection, and she admits she turns to them on hard days. “If I’m having a bad day, I just look at my Instagram comments,” she says, smiling. “My day gets better.”
Still, she’s quick to add that her life at home is the opposite of celebrity chaos. “When I go home, nobody talks about work,” she says. “We don’t talk about the industry or fame. My mom thinks I’m the biggest and bestest actor in Pakistan, but she’ll still go, ‘Hello, what happened?’”
It’s a warm, teasing family dynamic that keeps her steady. “My friends aren’t from the industry either,” she says. “That’s how I stay grounded.”
Looking ahead
Ramsha has played romantic leads, comedic heroines and even an army officer. Now, she wants something new. “I want to do something related to action,” she says. “Something different. Let’s manifest that!”
And when she looks back five years, her proudest achievement isn’t a role, it’s a mindset. “I’m proud that I didn’t let this world mess me up,” she says quietly. “I still see good in people. I believe there’s always good in everyone.”
That mixture of optimism and humour might just be her superpower. In a world of carefully curated images, Ramsha Khan still sounds like someone you could share biryani and a good conversation with.
