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yeah they are showing it like 90% of Pakistanis commit pre-marital sex and get a girl pregnant 
Even the Indian moviemakers are moving away from the ‘mein tumharay bachay ki maa bannay wali hoon’ storylines and these writers - all they can think about is having babies out of wedlock.
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Oh puh-leez cut this crap. All of you, stop crying about it. You got what you asked for. There is demand for such garbage, so you will see more and more of this. It’s comical you guys say how dirty those dramas are but how many of you will stop watching them? Either change channel and don’t talk about it or keep watching it and stop crying about it. Stop making such ridiculous remarks like ‘piyari shammu is such a dirty drama that I can’t watch with my family but I am addicted to it and can’t stop watching it”. Make up your damn mind.
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^ hey! i love this trash!!! :p
and i think its hilarious that there trying to make it more modern n seeing how far they can go! hahaha..
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Mm...no, I can't tolerate most of the dramas I see glimses of - once in a while I see something decent, and I'll follow it...
Today I saw Main Aur Tum, and they gave an inuendo that Shehri was watching porn, and that he screws some girl living in an apartment above him at 3 am's in the morning.
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that is why i love tivo. i tivo pyari shammo and watch when my parents arent home. it is so addictive cant wait till monday.
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I dont know why script writers aren’t opting for more normal scripts - describing what normal life is like. This is just plain exaggerated nonsense. Gossip material. So nothing interesting is going on in your own community? Theek hai, watch pyari Shammo and you’ll have enough mirch masala to gossip about with your friends.
I dont get it.
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It's simple, people seem to like the stuff comin outta the West, all that talk of relationships and open talk of sex. So, let's take it one step further. It's like Friends on Redbull.
Melodrama, much folks? I change the channel. The last drama i saw was Tanhaiyaan, before that, Alpha Bravo Charlie, before that Uncle Urfi. I can relate to those dramas, I can relate to the characters and empathise with them. However, script writers these days are obsessed with putting so much drama into it it's stupid. There isn't even any comic relief, for crying out loud, it's just one girl looking evil to some guy looking evil standing in front of someone not looking at them or the camera. Who the hell takes that kinda pose in real life? Why does anyone think that all people wanna see are dramas of people with everything materially, but they're still out to screw each other. Whatever, i have my gripes abuot the crap tehy're pumping on the screens now, but hey, I'm not donig anything to change the matter so I guess I'll just wrap it up now. G'night all.
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well thats the demand of the time. things have changed dramatically in pakistan in the last decade or so. so naturally dramas had to go through the change aswell to accomodate the change. i absolutely have no roblem with what they are showing in dramas today. keeping to old ways definitely won't help anyone. yes we'll get more quality dramas to watch but that won't show the reality that pakistan is going through now.
i hope they won't over do it. all is well and ok for now.
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old dramas were good. first they started copying indian dramas constantly wearing saris and always being dressed up with full make-up and know they always talk about sex. some of the dramas are still clean like ana and most of humayun saeed's dramas.
main aur tum i didnt know it was that bad-they stole story lines from american shows, shums listens to tapes at night that said we was a lady instead of a man so he started acting like a lady- chandler in friends
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Bloody Pakis.
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dont like it dont watch
i dont watch these stupid dramas. i prefer the OC 
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OC?
I agree RT wolfie - its hard to relate to drama characters these days…last time I checked, I wasn’t knocked up by some man-whore looking for an abortion …
But I’m sure there are such people in our Pakistani community, so they can relate to them…
I wish they’d just make a drama about some realistic character…you know like a college girl in the states? :halo:
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The OC is a drama series getting pretty popular in the States and Canada. I don't know why I know that, the main girl looks like my sixth grade science class skeleton.
I wanna see more dramas about Pakistanis outside Pakistan. No drama seems to come to mind where an innocent and naive farm girl wasn't stranded in the big bad States. Or, wasn't a weird Sopranos rip-off.
Regular life can seem very unappealing. For example, the trials and triumphs of a college girl in the states, trying to decide whether to become more Western or more Eastern, or whatever, sounds like a drama I'd like to see, but doesn't have enough sex, guns, drugs, parties or sex in it for the masses? A more sedate view of Western life sounds interesting to me, rather than that of a rolicking party. I'm ranting, and giving away all my ideas, g'night.
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** Where there's drama**
By Omair Alavi
Watching and understanding a play on local television these days is an act of courage, bravery, guts and above all, the reason why people are switching to Indian channels. It seems gone are the days of notable playwrights such as Asghar Nadeem Syed, Hasina Moin, Amjad Islam Amjad, Ashfaq Ahmed and producers and directors such as Sahira Kazmi, Nusrat Thakur, Shoaib Mansoor, Mohsin Ali, etc. In fact, a look at some of today's dramas would seem to suggest that our directors and producers are copying Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki without realizing that their plays end up becoming Indian clones.
These days, a director is someone who can yell "lights, camera, action" while every second person consider himself a playwright. Since that is the case, tons and tons of plays are being aired from numerous TV channels, leaving one to decide what to opt for and what not to within a minute. The unusual experience of coming across three plays recently prompted this writer to share some facts in the current crop of TV plays.
Ahsaas airs on Indus Vision and begins with a brilliant title track sung by Shabnam Majeed (of *Supreme Ishq* fame) for Javed Allah Ditta and Mohsin Javed. Other than this, Barkat Sidiki's play doesn't bring in anything new. What Ahsaas portrays has already been seen on Indian channels where two parties clash over business, a love story blossoms in one of the families with the boy and girl having no clue about it, a poor guy who is cheated upon by his rich wife and a student who falls in love with her professor who incidentally is a widower (with a five-year-old in tow).
While Shabbir Jan (strikingly reminiscent of Marlon Brando in *Godfather*) and the ever-graceful Abid Ali are the two fighting businessmen, Faisal Qureshi is Abid's nephew who is love with the over made-up and under-dressed Fiza Ali. Maria Wasti is the student (as unbelievable as it may sound) who admires her college professor Qaiser Khan Nizamani who, as you may have guessed by now, has a young daughter. Shahzad Nawaz plays the hero-cum-villain-cum-double-crossing-husband while Sonia Khan plays a Christian woman. who works in Shabbir Jan's office.
Sonia's character fails to impress because of the director and not because of her acting abilities. Abid Ali is still the best in the business while Faisal Qureshi resembles Shahrukh Khan at times. Maria Wasti may be too old to play a student but still passes as acceptable and the same can be said of Qaiser Khan, who is a far better actor than director. Shabbir Jan should opt for a long leave before taking up any more offers at the risk of overexposure.
Misbah Khalid (director of *Laila Majnu*) calls the shots in *Mere Paas Pass*. Samira Fazal scripts this 'family drama' on Hum TV. What one fails to understand is why plays that have adult themes are being shown on prime time when entire families sit down in front of their TV sets? Has the average viewer grown mature enough to watch such plays?
Deepak Perwani may not be able to act but yes, he can hug and kiss his on-screen wife a lot better. Nadia Jameel is still an excellent actress but by choosing plays such as Mere Paas Paas, she seems to be going nowhere. She works best with the likes of Mehreen Jabbar and should stick to such brand of directors.
Moammar Rana walks off with the best acting credits and takes the cake with his natural flair for acting. It is his first major appearance after his short stint in the Bollywood production Dobara and he does prove his mettle here. He plays a gym instructor and also the next-door neighbour of Deepak and Nadia. In the initial episodes, Momi dominated the cast and was the lone saviour of Mere Paas Paas.
The most impressive is Indus Vision's *Siskiyaan* with a star-studded cast, impressive script, brilliant camerawork, scintillating locales, excellent direction and a touching story based on war-torn Afghanistan and the problems faced by its people. *Siskiyaan* has been written by Aman Ullah Nasar while Umraiz Atta calls the shots. Firdaus Jamal leads the cast that features Ayub Khoso as Sultan Khan, the Pathan leader who wants to rule by force; Maria Wasti and Sanam Iqbal, Aman Ullah Nasar and the late Hassam Qazi in one of his last appearances.
The play, a cross between *Abid Ali's Dasht* and Sajjad Haider's *Dhuaan*, is bound to attract viewers not because of the cast but because no other TV channel has attempted to tackle this subject.
source: DAWN sunday images
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RT Wolf, they have made dramas about Pakistanis from overseas. You remember, the ones about desis who don’t even know what the Quran looks like, don’t know a word of Urdu, etc. etc. Very realistic.
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the most "out" drama I've seen so far was this ARY production called "Punterz"...was really, really odd with all sorts of insane stuff going on...starred Sajid Hassan and a host of pretty babes...whew!