best urdu novel???

majzub_e_kamil · May 2, 2004, 7:52pm

ap logon kay khial may urdu ka sab say acha novel kon sa hai

Seedha_Saada · May 2, 2004, 7:53pm

jo mein ne likha tha

majzub_e_kamil · May 2, 2004, 8:18pm

ap ki kitab ka naam kahin 'nakam aashiq ki appbitee" to nahi

Jal_Pari · May 2, 2004, 8:21pm

used to read novels by Razia Butt....lot of romance and classic fantasy :D

shawaiz · May 2, 2004, 9:00pm

Shaukat Siddiqui's Jangloos. For me its a masterpiece of urdu literature.

Sheraz_CT · May 2, 2004, 9:11pm

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Shaukat Siddiqui's Jangloos. For me its a masterpiece of urdu literature.
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what is it bout? didnt they make a drama called jangloos?

majzub_e_kamil · May 2, 2004, 9:34pm

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Shaukat Siddiqui's Jangloos. For me its a masterpiece of urdu literature.
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Shaukat Siddiqui's khuda ki basti wala ya koi aur .mujhay aag ka darya aur aakhir shab kay humsafr (quratulain haider) duno bhot pasand hai

shawaiz · May 2, 2004, 9:42pm

It was also televised on PTV but I haven't watched it. It is about the rural life of post-partition punjab. The main protagonists of this novel are two fugitives, who escapes from Montgomery jail.

the_paindoo · May 3, 2004, 8:29am

Read a few by Nasim Hejazi
Liked Qafli-e-Hejaz and Akhri Chattan

MiniMe · May 3, 2004, 3:38pm

Try Bano Qudsiya's Raja Gidh

Mahnoor · May 3, 2004, 4:08pm

reading "mammlei dil kai " by Razia Butt

funguy · May 3, 2004, 4:14pm

Not a big novel reader other thna the occassional khawateen digest :D.

But the best Urdu book I have ever read has got to be Qudrutullah Shahab's "Shahab Naama". It's about post-partition Pakistan all the way til Zia.

It also has a chapter called, "Maa" which is sure to bring tears to anyone's eyes.

Faisal · May 3, 2004, 4:33pm

Shahab Naama is not really a "novel". Its more like a non-fiction, auto-biography.

funguy · May 3, 2004, 4:38pm

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Did I call it a novel?

suroor_ca02 · May 3, 2004, 5:01pm

lolz. i like to read them as well, especially the eid numbers

Mahnoor · May 3, 2004, 5:06pm

hahaha I dont know if you read Pakeeza or not but I won sohnn halwa in poetry section once

funguy · May 3, 2004, 5:08pm

suroo, you sound so much like a character from 'behnoN ki mehfil'. Someone who has lambay ghataaoN jaisay baal, jheel jaisi aankhain, naazuk pankhri jaisay haunt, naak aisa kay makhi bhi naa baithay waiting for her mangaiter from Englainde.

Waisay some of those afsaanay are very juicey.

suroor_ca02 · May 3, 2004, 5:09pm

^ yep pakeeza, shuaa, khawateen, even jasoosi.

sohn halwa..nicee..yummy. i dont read poetry section sometimes i read the joke sections or khana pakanay ki tarkeebay. :D

MiniMe · May 3, 2004, 5:19pm

Since we have people here who read Urdu regularly, I assume. What do you guys think of Mumtaz Mufti?

Has anyone read Alkh Nagri?

aysh · May 3, 2004, 5:47pm

i highly recommend Altaf fatimas Dastak na do
beautiful novel that takes the reader along on a journey from pre partition india to post partion early pakistan. (Not a lot of gory stuff) thats just the timeline where the story is based.

Basically a bitter sweet love story of a well off family and its very life like characters.
They tried making a tv play out of it as well and i am pretty sure made a hash of it , but the book is fab fab fab .
I wonder where the writer is now and what she is doing? hope she had a good life .
Beg borrow or steal but plz read this book