I tend to agree with you…except on the word sifarishi as there is no such thing as sifarish in private productions! YES…in PTV there is…a huge influence of ministers etc…that you see lousiest of the actors, anchors and what not..perpetually making entries.
Having said that…it is rather disdainfully mentioned here that of the select four channels (relatively popular on plays/serials) who produce and direct their own productions under their banner besides buying them from market; GEO, ARY, HUM & TV One—all have become a victim of GROUPING…due to their in-house and ope ended politics which even their owners and key persons are unaware of–or–too busy to take any interest!
EXAMPLES:
- ***At ARY…you will always see AIJAZZ ASLAM highly active and almost in every serial and show or function! that’s because of his close friendship with the Head Entertainment. We all know he is a bad actor (though a good friend of mine!)
- ***At GEO…we have a highly well knit group under the aegis of someone…who has immense experience on drama etc but has a different eye for the artiste from the city he is based at!
- ***At HUM TV…its professionalism all the way. However–they too have a group which hinders in the way of new talent to enter!
- At TV-ONE…Shamoon & Aliya Imam have monopoly but the talented Shehwar Rahim goes only for merit that she has produced certain fantastic plays by introducing new faces.
Another major problem which endows the same old faces and hinders the entry of new one by not providing enough courage to the producer or director to take risk on new faces is COMMERCIALISM that the channel will not be able to get the juicy-booty of adverts they do all this hassle for…(and not for the love of viewers…like you!!)
And they lived happily ever after:)