Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
indian audiences are appreciating pakistani plays on zindagi bcoz for many people in india its a new experience (though there is no comparison of paki with indian ones) just like when turkish plays started to air in pakistan they got high ratings, ishq-e-mamnu was a big hit.... though i didn't watch yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti but name suggests its on the same theme of baraat series and many other plays in the past..so whats so special lol....
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
Exactly. Indian shows are very traditional with no real story, atleast the ones I've seen. But what does this mean for us? We have found a new market for our dramas, if they ask actors like mohib to work in their dramas will he do it? Just to become more famous, regardless of whether the content is good? I guess he will. I used to respect him before but he just seems very bitter. Aamina needs to sit him down and have chat about what she's doing right and he isn't.
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
First of all I consider Mohib more talented than Pyare Afzal. Okay, it was a good performance by Hamza Ali Abbasi, but its not something that should be taken a benchmark for a classic performance in recent times.
Secondly, PTV’s artists not only earned tags of bhaand, meerasi, etc they were also denied even a house for rent. They had to face problems in finding rishta for themselves and their daughters. If it was not modern technology and access to world over media, the little change we see in masses attitude was not possible.
In Pakistan, there are so many channels telecasting 90% crap and during airing of that crap 10% good works also don’t get proper attention. What Indian channels are airing is our better work and thats we they are able to appreciate it more than us.
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
First of all I consider Mohib more talented than Pyare Afzal. Okay, it was a good performance by Hamza Ali Abbasi, but its not something that should be taken a benchmark for a classic performance in recent times.
Secondly, PTV's artists not only earned tags of bhaand, meerasi, etc they were also denied even a house for rent. They had to face problems in finding rishta for themselves and their daughters. If it was not modern technology and access to world over media, the little change we see in masses attitude was not possible.
In Pakistan, there are so many channels telecasting 90% crap and during airing of that crap 10% good works also don't get proper attention. What Indian channels are airing is our better work and thats we they are able to appreciate it more than us.
I don't know what century your living in dude??? Nobody in the urban population talks like that about tv actors. They get as much respect and attention as one could get. Its not audiences fault that little effort is put into publicizing good content, there is so much clutter on telly, the least channels can do is promote theur own products so people cant miss it. No point getting bitter about it. Back to the main article, what I found disgusting was the way Mohib said it so blatantly that artists are not respected, you are representing your country when you speak to foreign media and it is in your own interest to be gracious about the feedback you're getting. Rightnow I was watching a telefilm on Hum with Babar Khan (Koi to rok lo) and the pretty girl who's been in another telefilm, she has so much potential but if the print/electronic media won't pickup on that who's to blame? We have such killat of interviews and news items on telly that most of the stuff gets unreported and many brilliant telefilms get un noticed. This doesn't mean people have no eye for good content/actors but its the responsiblity of channels to promote them enough.
When they air dramas based on digest stories in Pakistan you call it a crap and when indian channels are showing the same you call it our better work?
I agree he is a talented man and he better show his talent on screen not off screen.He should accept the challenge of competition and prove that he is a better actor than pyare afzal.You like it or not it’s a fact that hamza has a huge fan following
I checked his twitter and he is getting positive response for his performance in firaaq.What else does he want?
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
well for them popularity of artist and ratings of dramas matters most…he is workling in drams since many years but its a fact that he is not popular and didn’t give super hit plays as a lead so i think he is expressing his frustration with the words of work and respect…
There are many other deserving actors like Adeel hussain,Meekal hassan who didn’t reach the height of popularity that hamza and fawad did with one or two plays.They are still working hard and competing but that does not mean we don’t appreciate their work.
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
I mean best of the crap. As is the popular phrase in Pakistani politics ‘choosing between lesser evil’
Hamza’s fan following doesn’t prove his talent. Future will tell us whether he was a one project wonder or he can show and improve his skills to perform more challenging roles. My point is I don’t think him a benchmark best performer now. Its just his beginning.
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
Same century. I have said there is shift in attitudes due to modern technology and people having access to foreign content. But if you see overall attitude of society towards artists in Pakistan, its not something that we should be proud of. The way our legends like Lehri passed their last years of life without government support say a lot about our carelessness about our artists. For us legendary artists are just like used tissue paper and we are here to claim and talk about respect of artists.
That’s what bella and hybrid had said earlier they are liking our dramas because it’s something different and new for them.Honestly tell me have you watched Ye shadi nahi ho sakti? Was it worth watching? Aisy he tareef krty jain Mohib ki pehly kuch kr k dikhaye.
He was a good host in Pakistan Idol,everyone bashed the judges but at the same time appreciated his work.There is no reason to support his nashukra attitude.
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
I have watched few episodes of that drama. It was okay like Hamza’s role in Pyare Afzal was not anything extraordinary. BTW, Mohib didn’t compare himslef with any actor. He just referred general attitude and I find him right. We are taking it seriously just because he say so to Indian media. Many of our artists have been saying all this in their interviews to Pakistani media and there was no such response as we are seeing for Mohib.
BTW, The heading is Artists are more respected in India than Pakistan and not ‘Artists are not respected in Pakistan’. There is a huge difference in both the statements.
If Mohib hadn’t given any good performances, why was he nominated for his roles in ‘Josh’ and ‘Seedlings’? Why he won award for best supporting actor in ‘Shehr e Zaat’.
Re: Artists are not respected in Pakistan - Mohib Mirza
Mohib has spoken about to this issue to Pakistani media in the past when he was struggling to make a mark. There is, however, no need for him to say such things when he is getting recognition in Pak. He has a large fan following that many actors can only dream of and as previously mentioned in the thread, won national awards too. It is sad to see he has used this platform to show his bitterness when he could have been more grateful.
'Yeh Shaadi Nahi Ho Sakti' didn't do so well in Pakistan because it was an inferior copy of the Baraat series. IMHO Mohib was outdone by Waseem Abbas and Ahmed Hassan who had better lines and great comic timing.
