Telefilm ‘Koji’: when love acts as a healer on April 5, 2018On the 25th of March, TV One aired a telefilm by the title of ‘Koji’. Koji is the story of an unattractive girl belonging to a group of beggars inhabiting a slum area of Karachi. Her unattractiveness comes due to a big blotch on one of her cheeks, the sight of which becomes nauseous for […]
All performing art forms are important because they develop the society: Osama Tahir on March 28, 2018Osama Tahir is a new sensation in Pakistani showbiz who started his acting career around two years ago with a film titled ‘Chalay Thay Saath’. After that, he appeared in a HUM television drama serial ‘Darr Si Jati Hai Sila’, written by Bee Gul and directed by Kashif Nisar. While this serial is still on […]
‘Our housewives are blackmailed in the name of financial dependency and honour’ on February 18, 2018Utter the name ‘Bee Gul’ and think of anything that is classy, any aura that is soothing. You won’t regret. Think of a hard-bound, old book lying on a wooden table, its cover’s hue changing from brown to golden and golden to brown under the pale glow of a lamp. Think of puddles after rain, […]
‘O Rangreza’: A struggle to find the meaning of life on February 11, 2018Growing into an adult is not an easy task, or of ‘excitement’ as we put it when we have not yet entered the adult life but have been staring at its gates in awe, thinking that the insertion of the key into the hole is everything, not knowing that excitement, orgasmic or any other lasts […]
‘Akhri Station’ — a miniseries based on social issues on February 7, 2018To be released on February 13 on ARY, ‘Aakhri Station’ is a mini-series based on social issues. Written by one of the best female writers of Pakistan, Amna Mufti, and directed by the highly talented Sarmad Khoosat, ‘Aakhri Station’ is going to be Kashf Foundation’s third production after ‘Rehaai’ and ‘Udaari’. Addressing child marriages and […]
In conversation with theatre-turned-TV actor Muhammad Fawad Khan on January 31, 2018 Muhammad Fawad Khan is a young theatre and television actor of Pakistan who attracts us with his voice, which he chooses to produce in a soft manner in his currently running drama serial ‘Piyari Bitto’, but the base of which makes us realise that that if Fawad gets to speak on the top of his […]
Umera’s endeavour to promote Urdu among children on January 24, 2018Umera Ahmad is a name that needs no introduction for Pakistanis. The writer of numerous novels and drama serials of Urdu language such as Peer-e-Kaamil, Amar Bail, Lahaasil, Man-o-Salwa, Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Daam, Doraha, Malal, Kankar, Shehr-e-Zaat, Dur-e-Shahwar, Uraan, Qaid-e-Tanhai and Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishaan, Umera Ahmad has earned immense popularity and love of Pakistanis due […]
Dramaturgy, characterisation, psychology and symbolism on January 22, 2018The discourse on modern Pakistani drama is incomplete without mentioning the name of Saji Gul, whose meaningful works comprising of intriguing plots, dark themes balanced by an intelligent pen and rich characters resulted in the simultaneous running of his three plays, ‘O Rangreza’, ‘Iltija’ and ‘Pyari Bitto’, commencing in 2017 and walking with us into […]
Drama serial ‘Neeyat’ — when Mahira proved her mettle on December 20, 2017 Set in New York, carrying an aura of winters, having all its characters clad in warm, woollen clothes, walking briskly through the western streets while holding cups of coffee in their hands, ‘Neeyat’ was a classy drama serial aired in the year 2011 on ARY. It was a soft play depicting the lives of young […]
Playwright Faseeh Bari Khan exhibits the beauty of Walled City through his abode on December 18, 2017Faseeh Bari Khan, who is a popular drama writer of Pakistan, is known for representing a common culture through his works. Be it ‘Quddusi Sahib Ki Bewah’, ‘Behkawa’, ‘Khatoon Manzil’ or ‘Mohabbat Jaye Bhaarr May’, the lives of people residing in the alleys of Karachi have been brought to the front. Showing perseverance, Faseeh Bari […]