Point taken---magarr uss (acchay) zamane mein there was no commercialism of the extent we have now or since a decade!
Rahat Kazmi once said..in a show.."Abb Humein Biscuit Bechne Walon Ka Sahara Le Na Hoga...Tubb Hum Survive Kar Sakeinge!"
I saw "SEAGULL" at the Arts Council stage this evening directed by Zia Moheyuddin with Rahat, Talat, Arshad Mahmood etc in cast. Though it was the adaptation from CHEKOV's play...yet it reminded me of our good old days of PTV (sixties and seventies) and the perfection due to rehearsals and other befitting technicalities! Zia Bhai at NAPA is doing all that as also Rahat told me that they have been rehearsing for whole ramadan! Poor fellows--I just saw one banner---as an advert at the box office area--:) Not 55 adverts after every scene to make money and care two hoots about the viewers!
Its a sad tale and situation and we can write books lamenting on it but as I see...there is hardly any likelihood that things will improve aur jaisa lutrum puttrum chall raha hai...chalta rahe ga.
My facebook friend Samira Fazal of NURPUR KI RANI also lamented like me...but I see some sparks and hope on what she is trying to write---that things may improve..but on a very slow note!
Over to those who wish to write books--here on Lilly's page.
-Raju Uncle
uncle i feel like that things about about to get back on track. just few years ago when we used to have those crappy indian style soap, everyone complained about them, and now we hardly have anymore of those.
good writers are coming back, i think hum tv did an amazing job by bring some serious writers from khawateen digest and other places, and now our dramas are getting close to the old style ptv dramas. there are still some bad writers and crappy dramas but then we have a choice to not watch them.
ab her cheez pehlay ki tarhan achi nahi hai, magar still i think it's better then few years ago when there were just cappy stuff on tv.
aaj kal dour is not the best but i think we have passed the worse.
...just my personal opinion