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hmmm... both of them r ur favourites
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yes,mahnoor zyada fav hai
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Tauqeer Nasir’s style of acting can only be termed as top notch. The way he immerses himself in any role is a feat that perhaps only few can claim to master. Initially it was the ever-sulking ‘angry young man’ image that shot him to stardom. But, over the years, he has matured and has given fine performances in a variety of roles.
From an angry young man of Parwaz to a rustic village Robin Hood of the blockbuster Rahein, Tauqeer Nasir has been able to dish out hit serials every once in a while. In a nutshell, he has proved his mettle as an outstanding actor with a remarkable versatility.
Born in Dera Ghazi Khan, he got his early schooling from D.G Khan and Multan. Later he joined the Mass Communication Department of the Punjab University and did his masters in 1981. But journalism was not his cup of tea at the time as the army uniform used to fascinate him. “The army khaki always attracted me. So joining the army was my dream. I did try to translate my dream into a reality but to no avail,” he states animatedly.
The stylish Waheed Murad mesmerized him beyond words in those days, so when he heard of an audition chance for an upcoming drama serial, he decided to turn another dream into reality. “PTV needed an actor for a lead role in a drama serial.
Arif Waqar took the audition and luckily I was later selected for the main role of that serial. I was to perform the role of a son while the late Saleem Nasir played the role of my father.
When I did the first scene quite confidently, Saleem Nasir exclaimed ‘Mian larka pacca hai’. He hugged me and congratulated me. Shahzad Khalil and Sahira Kazmi, who were also present there, and they too cheered me,” he reminisces jovially.
The rest, as they say, is history. He performed wonderfully in Panah, Aik Haqeeqat Aik Afsana, Samundar, Dehleez, Dard Aur Darman and of course, Parwaz. However, initially he considered acting as only a hobby. “At first it was only a hobby for me. And gradually it became a passion for me,” he describes.
The period from 1975-90 is in his view the “golden period” of PTV as everyone used to put in a great effort to produce something special. But he is not very disappointed about the present state of affairs of PTV, as he still believes that it is producing standard stuff.
“We are far better than the Indians as far as drama is concerned. Even today they cannot compete with our plays. They are technically sound but their drama standard is not up to the mark.
The Indians can only produce soaps. Soap opera is a purely commercial venture to say the least. It is sad to note that some of our private channels are aping the Indians to dish out soaps too. This unhealthy trend needs to be arrested at the earliest,” warns Tauqeer Nasir.
Paying full homage to the PTV for its pioneering role, he says that even today PTV’s programmes are more impressive than that of the other private channels.
Books were an integral part of his home in his childhood as his grandfather was an English teacher. So an inclination to read books was always there. He mentions the names of Iqbal, Faiz, Amjad Islam Amjad, Ahmad Faraz, John Keats, Coleridge and Wordsworth with due reverence. As for fiction, the first author whom he names is Dostoevsky. He seems to be a die-hard fan of Dostoevsky. One of his novels, Insulted and Humiliated is his all time favourite.
In 1989, Obaidullah Aleem did an Urdu adaptation of this novel under the tiltle Musafir-e-Rahe Wafa. The onus of doing the lead role fell on his shoulders. He studied the novel minutely to do full justice with the character.
“Dostoevsky wrote the novel to express his own miseries. It’s a sad tale of social suppression and other injustices. To perceive the feelings of the main character, I worked hard.
The novel tells the story of a man who received nothing from life. Neither love nor hate was bestowed on him. I feel elated that I was selected for the main role. The drama received very positive response and not only my acting but my cough, that was an integral part of the character, was praised,” expresses the actor.
Other than books, he reads newspapers, and columns of Ayaz Amir impress him very often.
As the chat drifts towards the medium of films, he fondly names few local films like Heer Ranjha, Koel and Intizar. Lagan and Devdas too get favourable comments from him. In a very logical way, he analyses the Indian cinema, “Cinema is a huge medium. It creates such a vast impact that a drama can’t do that.
Films have also the additional advantage of dance and songs. If you delete songs from any film, the weight of the performance will diminish. Indian actors charge a whooping sum for doing films. If you give even half of that amount to us, I am sure we would definitely surpass the acting of Shah Rukh Khan.”
His peculiar style of acting won him many followers in the India too. Tauqeer claims that Ajay Devgan talked to him on phone and confessed that he learned a lot from his acting. He acted in five movies but his affair with the film industry came to a premature end due to the nasty conditions of the industry.
From the English flicks, he chooses Ben Hur, Dr Zhivago, Gone With the Wind, Casablanca and The Giant as his favourite ones. The Giant is the movie that he picks up as his all time favourite.
“It is a beautiful movie starring Elizabeth Taylor. It’s about the tussle of love. It haunts me a lot so I have watched it many times”, he says fondly.
He prefers softness in addition to melody in music. He has developed an ear for music icons such as Mehdi Hasan, Lata, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Ali, Nusrat Fateh Ali, and also Fareeda Khanum. As for pop music, he has little praise for it.
“Pop music is nothing but noise and hangama. You can dance on it or perform bhangra while listening to pop music. Other than this, it is nothing. It does not touch the inner chords of your heart at all,” he remarks casually.
Recipient of both the Pride of Performance and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, as a matter of fact he was the youngest to have pocketed Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.
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NARGIS ,well not my fav actress but recently saw her in a bday party in canada,so wanted to know who is she:D but i must say she is v natural in her interview and omg look at her hubby:eek:do watch the part MEERA TOREE SAI PAGAL ,CRACK HAI:omg:
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i thought the juggun interview by farah was amazing!! thnx for sharing 
natalia, nargis is almost the desi version of a strip dancer…n you saw her at a party…
Interview of Mehreen Syed (new face on modeling)
If there is some girl that has made her presence felt on the modeling and fashion scene then it is none other than Mehreen Syed, who after bagging the Face of the Year award is looking for more. With tens of magazine covers under her cap and numerous catwalks and shots in her kitty she is already on a rise. What to add more than her recent Indian tour that has given her the chance that she was looking for. She has been offered two films by top indian banners which she is thinking over signing.
In a recent talk with Nation Plus, Mehreen Syed told, ‘My Indian tour was amazing, though I have been offered movies from top notch directors but I have not signed any contract uptill now. I am doing negotiations with them and am looking at a few factors before making any final move, she added, ‘I have been looking forward in working in a movie and this is like a dream come true but I am acting sensibly and is not making a radical decision on my part. Shashi Ranjav is a friend of mine and she has discussed the story and the film with me and I am doing negotiations with her over that these days. I will definitely work in a movie and that is for sure but if it is the movie that I want then I would definitely go for it’.
Besides her modeling career and recently bagged face of the year award, she is busy with her flying career as well as some acting assignments. The lass is working in National Airlines as well is busy with loads of modeling assignment and is working big time in the tube these days. Working simultaneously in two professions is very difficult and that is why Mehreen says, ‘At times it is difficult in managing both but my seniors have always supported me and helped me doing what I want. That is why I have not faced any problems uptill now in taking up two professions simultaneously’.
Interestingly enough, in contrast to other models, who aspires to land in tube or films, she has no such plans of joining any such field except modeling and not even the catwalks. She is focusing her major attention towards modeling and fashion and plans to continue it further. She makes her point clear by saying that, ‘I had no plans because I am not inclined to do acting. I feel quite odd acting in tube or films. Acting is actullay a make belief world and I don’t think that I can act as I can’t memorize the lines and speak. That is the very reason that I also don’t do catwalks’.
The gal leads a very different life. She loves spending most of the spare time with her family. Though she was not much interested in watching TV before coming in showbiz. She tells that now she is more interested in watching the TVCs, ‘I know that how much effort is been done on a TVC. You make a small world in itself. I never watched the TVC’s and advertisements before I actually started appearing in them. But I think that making an advertisement is a tough job, every one puts up its effort’. When asked about the role models, Amina again proves to be different than the rest of girls and says, ‘I was not the kind of person who view the magazines and discusses the dresses with the friends, I only knew Amna Haq, Vinnie and Iraj before actually coming into it. There were no role models for me naturally as I never aspired to be a model. It was just the decision of a life time’ Was she camera shy? ‘Yes, I was a little bit confused doing my first TVC. The camera was so big and I was so confused how to do that. But gradually I learnt it. Now, I know how much effort is been put up in a commercial. It was an awesome experience shotting the commercial. When I came back I told all my friends what happened there and how much exciting the whole experience was’.
She has worked with hosts of photographers including Khawer Riaz, Rehan Qureshi and Rizwan Beig and he terms Khawer the best. ‘You don’t mature if you work with one photographer only. It becomes boring for you. That is why I work with others too as every photographer has its own individuality’.
She is also hosting Rashid Khawaja’s Fashion based magazine show ‘Adda’, that is going on air by the end of next month. ‘the show reveals all the major aspects of fashion and is about models and fashion in general. I have loved been part of this show and it reveals the inside out of us’. She has signed a host of plays and is concentrating on them right now. Mehreen Syed was much exited about her play Ik Kasak Baqi Hai Abhi that is been complete and is going on air on tube from next month. A Zommie Productions’ play that is been directed by Azeem Sajjad while it has been penned by Dr. Dennis Izak. The least cast of the play includes Azeem Sajjad, Mehreen Syed, Hassam Qazi, Mikaal, Neha, Mohsin Gillani and Rasheed Naz. ‘the play has been shot excellently and I am looking forward to get that on aired as I have really worked hard over that. It has a very strong story line and I have thoroughly enjoyed my lead character in the play’. Revealing her experience working in plays she told, ‘I brenched out into acting merely because I wanted to see how I would fare there. I was bombarded with offers for the mini screen but I chose to do telefilms and a few interesting projects only’. Within just a few months, she has already bagged three serials and two telefilms that she is going to shot in this month. She is absolutely thrilled with the response that she is getting and plans to stick to acting now. She is very much choosy about her work that is why she prefers signing limited projects at a time. When inquired, she told, 'I just like to do selected work and that is why I don’t sign up everything that comes my way. That is the reason though I have worked very less I am noticed. I don’t want to get overexposed; that is the basic reason behind not taking every single project that comes my way. I love to work with Ather Shehzad and hesitate to work with other
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well i saw her here in canada:hehe: didnt know who she was,some lady told me LOOK !she is nargis,she was with her hubby and son ,and looking decent:shireen:
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if anyone has the interview of hadiqa on begum nawazeshali then can they please post it thankyou
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could someone please repost the nargis interview, or give me the link, it didn't load for me :-(
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Mahnoor Baloch interview
