GREATS OF PAK-SHOWBIZ (DRAMA)

Re: GREATS OF PAK-SHOWBIZ (DRAMA)

AR= R aju
JAY= Jamil…hence ARJAY like TEEJAY!!


Now the plays I remember–per memory;

  1. JAHAN BARAFF GIRTI HAI (1967..debut on PTV-Karachi)
  2. TOOFANI DOPAHER (1968)
  3. BINDRA BANDD KI KUNJ GALLE MEIN (1968)
  4. IK TERE AANE SE (1968)
  5. GHORRA GHAAS KHATAA HAI (1968 from Lahore TV Centre)
  6. HIMAQATAIN (1968 from Rawalpindi-Islamabad TV Centre)
  7. KHIRKI (1968) From R’Pindi
  8. KAHANI KI TALASH MEIN (1970 at Lahore TV Centre)
  9. JURM NAHIN PHALLTA (1968 from KTV)
  10. UNCLE URFI (1969 from KTV)
  11. KHUDA KI BASTI (1969 and 1974 from KTV)
  12. ROSHAN MANZIL (1970 from KTV)
  13. RIZWAN HOUSE (1970 from KTV)
  14. GAR TU BURA NA MAANEY (1969-70 from KTV)
  15. DIL-E-MOATABBER KI TALASH MEIN (Long play-1970 from KTV)
  16. MEIN KAUN HOUN AIE HAM NAFASOUN (1969 on GHALIB from KTV)
  17. UDAAS NASLAIN (1971 from Lahore TV)
  18. GHORRA GHAAS KHATAA HAI (repeat recording with Nayyar Kamal, Sikandar Shaheen and Rabia Tabassum..for Election 70 programs from Lahore in Dec-70)
  19. CAR KI MUSEEBATT (1971 from LTV)
  20. RUTT BADAL JAEGI (1972 on CONSTITUTION from LTV)
  21. QILA KAHANI (1972 from LTV)
  22. JHOKE SIYAL (Guest appearance in two early episodes from LTV in 1969-70…I think)
  23. ADAMZAAD (1972 from LTV)
  24. AKHRI CHATTAN (1972, KTV)
  25. Over 150 from 1972 to 1975 when I left for Bahrain on posting.
  26. GURYA (1975 by Shirin Khan at KTV)
  27. UNKAHI (1982 by KTV)
  28. KASAK (1992 by KTV)
  29. SHEENA KI KAHANI (True story of Ayesha Alam by Sultana Siddiqui for Moomal Production for PTV-K. Played Ayesha’s Dad…2001)
  30. PAADASH (1994 by KTV)
  31. AJNABI (1996 by KTV)
  32. JAB JAB DIL MILE (private production at Malaysia, 2002 for PTV)
  33. CHAHATAIN (2002 private production at Malaysia for ARY)
  34. HUM SE JUDA NA HONA (2002 private production for ARY)
  35. SUNN LEYNA (private production, 2003 at Malaysia and Dubai for ARY)
  36. ANA (2004 private production for GEO at Dubai)
  37. RIYASAT (special guest role of 3 episodes…pp at Dubai, 2006)
  38. TERE AAJANE SE (2005 pp at Scotland)
  39. GATTHJORRE (2006..pp yet to be released)
  40. NASEEB (2007 pp at London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Loch Lammond…yet to be released)
  41. WILCO (2007, Chief Coordinator for ISPR & Humayun Saeed/7th Sky Production with special guest appearance in 3 episodes. This serial was my idea to the then CGS at the GHQ Lt. Gen Shahid Aziz)
  42. Currently preparing for 3 serials to be recorded in ISTANBUL, USA and SWITZERLAND from May-2008 by Humayun Saeed Productions to be directed by Barkat Siddiqui and Kamran Qureshi.
    Of the stage plays;
  • ARMS & THE MEN (1970 aT aDAMJEE aUDITORIUM)
  • LOOK BACK IN ANGER (1971 at the American Centre)
  • ARSENIC AND THE OLD LACE (1976 at British Club, Bahrain)
  • BIRTHDAY PARTY (1977 at the Toastmasters Club, Bahrain)
  • CHARLIE’s AUNT (1982 at British Club, Doha-Qatar)
  • KHALID KI KHALA (Urdu adoption of Charlie’s Aunt, at Sh.Zayed Pakistan Cultural Centre, Abudhabi-1985)
  • KHISCO DEEWANE (at Dubai Arts Forum , Trade Centre Auditorium by FIFTY-FIFTY TEAM from Pakistan, 1989)
  • THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002 at the FTC Auditorium, Directed by my cousin Sohail Malik)
    The list goes on…and does not include many I couldn’t accept due to my assignment at the Bank I work for.

Khush Rahein…