Actresses who had ruled the Drama Industry in their respective Era!

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The popularity do not only require hard work but luck as well. If I talk about the entertainment industry only then getting one good project is considered as a golden chance to prove that who you are, some artist do lots of hard work but they fail to earn the level of recognition what they actually deserve. This does not only happens in Pakistan but in Bollywood and Hollywood as well. However here we are only talking about Pakistan Entertainment Industry.

Since the rise of drama industry from 2009 new talent injecting every year is making grounds difficult for the current talent to sustain the rule of Industry and each year we notice new actor or actress ruling the hearts of audience. We all know that the only way to rule the drama industry is to perform in a powerful project scripted and directed by a popular writer and director. Here my topic is to give you a list of only those actresses who had ruled the drama industry from 2009 through their power packed performance in a mega project.

2009: The actual rise of Drama Industry begins from 2009 from a drama called **“Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishan”. **This drama gathered immense TRP through its powerful storyline. Beside Samiya Mumtaz, Sarwat Gillani was also in the lead role but Samiya’s performance as Saba was widely praised by the audience. She was definitely ruling the Industry at that time.

2010: The year of 2010 was purely dedicated to Sanam Baloch, she was able to rule the hearts of audience through her mesmerizing performances in super hit dramas Dastaan and Daam. Both dramas took the overall TRPs of above 7.

2011: In year 2011 our drama industry was clinching towards growth stage. In this year we have noticed many new talent pooling in the industry. This year was quite competitive in comparison with 2010. At the start of 2011 three actresses were ruling the industry Syra yousuf for Drama “Mera Naseeb”, Sadia Khan for “Khuda aur Muhabbat” and Saba Qamar for “Paani Jesa Pyar”.

Then there comes **Mahira Khan **with super dooper hit drama Humsafar leaving all actresses behind in terms of popularity. Drama serial “Humsafar” had not only given extra-ordinary fame to Mahira Khan but to Naveen Waqar as well and this was the reason why most of her fans overreacted on her marriage with Azfer. Both Naveen and Mahira were ruling the industry when Humsafar went On-Air. Saba Qamar could have remained on the ruling position with drama serial “Maat” but due to “Humsafar” Mahira and Naveen was able to take the ruling position.

**2012: ** **Sarwat Gillani **was leading the Industry with Drama serial “Mata-e-Jaan Hai tu” straight after when Humsafar came to an end in February 2012. Sarwat Gillani may not be able to outshine in “Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishan” but she was outstanding in “Mata-e-Jaan” . She was leading the Industry until Mahira Khan claimed back her ruling position in July 2012 with another project “Shehr-e-Zaat”. She once again outclassed other actresses with her mesmerizing performance as Falak in Shehr-e-Zaat. Straight after when Shehr-e-zaat came to an end the crown was placed on Sanam Saeed’s head for drama Zindagi Gulzar Hai. In this year Sanam Baloch failed to acquire leading position as Dur-e-Shahwar received less viewership.

2013: This year was dedicated to three actresses with a cognominal name Sanam. Firstly **Sanam Saeed **led the Drama Industry for a half a year until May 2013. I still remember that many people have shown concerns on Sanam Saeed’s selection as a lead actress but she proved that she is not a novice actress as she performed tremendously with Fawad Khan in “Zindagi Gulzar Hai” thereby making character “Kashaf Murtaza” super hit. After Sanam Saeed, Sanam Jung was also leading on the popularity chart for drama “Dil-e-Muzter”. Sanam Baloch once again claimed her ruling position back in June 2013 through drama “Kankar”.

By the end of 2013 the competition had become already tough this time many actresses were performing in good projects. Soon after Kankar ends in November 2013 I was thinking that Sanam Jung will again lead the Industry for “Muhabbat Subah Ka Sitara” but my prediction was wrong as Sajal Ali had already taken up the ruling position with drama “Aasmano pe Likha”.

2014: Currently Ayeza Khan is ruling the Industry with drama “Pyaray Afzal” but from the beginning this year had remained competitive. No one actually ruled the Industry sustainably as everyone was working in good projects. Ayesha Khan, Ayeza Khan, Sajal Ali, Sanam Jung, Saba Qamar and Arij Fatyma they were all competing equally as they were all working in good and popular projects.

Now who will rule the Industry when Pyaray Afzal will come to an end?

Ayeza Khan will definitely go back from the driving seat as besides Pyaray Afzal she is not working in any good projects. Mere Meherban is not a powerful content. Sanam Jung might rule again for Mere Hum Dum Mere dost but I am not hearing much from this drama. Sarwat’s Projects are absolute disaster in this year. “Izteraab” Yet again wrong choice from Saba Qamar. There might be a chance for Ayesha Khan with drama “Soteli” but up till now this drama is not receiving much viewership. So the answer is that Sadia Khan or Sabreen Hisbani might rule the Industry with drama “Laa” this is currently the most interesting drama and a mega project ON-AIR on HUM-TV and it is the time for Sadia Khan to claim back the lead position of Industry.

If Sadia Khan fails to mesmerize people through her acting then there will be a strong chance that Sonya Hussain will rule the Industry as she is the strong contender with a drama “Shikwa”. Sonya Hussain is a next rising star and with one mega project she can easily claim the leading position as she is a talented actress. My sympathies with Sonya as Marasim is currently ON-AIR on least watched entertainment channel A-Plus and not on HUM TV or ARY Digital, however if anyone wants to see her versatility then my suggestion is to watch Drama Serial Marasim.

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I agree samiya was amazing in meri zaat, so was sanam in dastaan and daam , I think I like sanam only in 3 dramas dastaan, daam and kankar.

but I never liked mahira as khirad , more than mahira it was fawad khan show humsafar, mate e jaan one of the biggest disaapointmemnt and sarwat was pathetic in it.

sanam saeed was just ok in zindagi gulzar ha.

I never liked sajal ali, pata nhi kyun :(

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Maria Wasti....she was very popular in her times especially Boota from Touba Tak Singh and Dunyia Dari.

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saba pervaiz in chand pur ka chandu

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She is still all over the place and still looks young and plays younder to middle age characters.

Too bad she never got married.

I guess she is one of those artists who are married to their craft. :)

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DA can you make names bold in your post please.

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already done names, year and drama titles

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Sarwat was great in Malaal! But Matae jaan was just crap overall, too much hype jinxed it.

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Don't really like pyaray Afzal so I don't agree with Ayza khan ruling 2014 :/. Just my opinion.

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^ so who is ruling 2014 till now

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No one. All bakwaas.

rule? who can rule like Uzma Gilani, Khalida Riyasat and Rohi Bano. These all newcomers are just robots and money grabbing machines. There is no art in their acting

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Lolz baut gussay mei han :cb:

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consumerism / commercialism is everywhere. From Art to religion. Ramadan has become a food festival. People are striving for one time food and other group is enjoying sehri deals starting from Rs 1000 + Tax. In such senseless societies, Art never flourishes. This is the reason we are watching all these TV shows revolving around a fake world, where our common people and their problems have no representation. If a project like Humsafar is treated biggest achievement just because it got high ratings, it shows that how shallow standards our society is following now. There was no depth in the script. Believe me, a long play of 90 minutes produced in 1980s by PTV had much depth and material for learning than all these High TRP projects. Why can’t we have programs like Rozi, Half Plate, Daur e Junoon, Mirza and Sons, etc? Reason is these robotic actors and writers are churning projects for marketing companies. I’m fade up of all this garbage.

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Bohut ghussay main hain. :chai:

How do you know so much about 80’s drama ? :hmmm:
Must be old. :chai:

Read the article ‘8 dramas that changed my life’ on hipinpakistan.com and comment.

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If I read Heer Waris Shah, it doesn’t mean I was class fellow of Kaidoo like you :snooty:

The list of dramas in that articles are 6. pehle ginti seekhen ye log, phir comment karen. These dramas were good, but when it comes to classics, they stand far behind in the list.

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I agreed with muqawwee, even Shehnaz sheikh storm the nation with just two dramas...In recent times Sadia Imam ruled tv industry, though she did same type of roles but got high popularity...

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Even ‘aap ki Ateeqa’ did well with Dasht and Nijaat… Her role in Sitara and Mehrunisa was also good. :chai:

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^ I loved her in nijat

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I think some new actresses are good, but the terminology that they ruled their era is not fitting them. For that we need to look at actors who are just playing academy to new-comers. Samina Peerzada, Bushra Ansari, Saba Hameed did quite well during their time

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shukria shukria…