Iqbal Ansari under the aegis of GEO held a well attended night (I should also say 'morning of the next day) to celebrate the success of MERI ADHOORI MUHABBAT at the seaside amphi-theatre of Carlton Hotel DHA Phase-VIII…which saw the entire cast less Ayesha (Pareezay) and Shamim Hilaly…both being out of country.
The gala night was combined with EID SHOW as well and would be telecast as EID program.
A lot was talked about Yasir Nawaz’s great direction with some parodies of Shamim Hilaly and Mahmood Aslam well enacted by Danish Nawaz and Hina Dilpazeer. (I thought pak_showbiz is lucky to have found HINA…who has immense talents…) .
Speakers on stage included; Dr.Anwar Sajjad..who also gave away mementos to the entire back-end support of M.A.M…and all the three; Yasir, Noor Huda Shah and Iqbal Ansari… spoke on how the concept of M.A.M came up and how a project haphazardly started..became one of the most reckoned one!
106 episodes and a few more to come to end MAM within Ramazan…were talked about a lot.
BASED on SMs and EMAILs received on a poll conducted by GEO itself, HUMAYUN SAEED and SABRIN HISBANI were declared the BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS of M.A.M and they received oscar shaped trophies from Talat Hussain and Hasina Moin.
Almost all the Karachi showbiz crowd was there…cant name each one because if I miss out any..I’ll feel bad.
SHAFI MUHAMMAD was paid rich tributes and his son Muhammad Ali Shahwas given a special memento. (Shafi has been awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz posthomously..on 14 August which his son will receive on 23rd March’09)…
Now the best part---------> THE “DINNER” was served at 4.22 AM when Bushra Ansari and Ali Salman…the anchor’s announced the end of the show which had umpteenth faux-pas during the showtime that a few times had to be re-recorded with audience getting used to the mechanics involved in such shows. Nevertheless—what you’ll see on GEO on EID day…will be so beautiful that you cant even imagine the condition of artiste and the audience..waiting for “dinner” till 4 AM of 31 August-08.
Back at the exclusive table which had me, Yasir, Kazim pasha, Nida Yasir, Sawera Pasha, Adnan Siddiqi, his wife Zara, Humayun less Samina this time, Mahjabeen, Sabrin, Talat Hussain, Hasina Darling (I call her sweetheart though…from years as she is very very dear to me…as aapa also:))…Noorul Huda, Perveen Akbar, Shahud Alvi, Ismat Zaidi et al.
I specifically conveyed the great feelings of paklink forums/GS threads on M.A.M by elaborating as to how closely it is seen and how beautifully (sometimes disdainfully) the forum/GS members discuss various episodes.
I conveyed to Sabrin Hisbani-------the special message of HIBA and she felt really honored and extended her best wishes alongside thanks to HIBA of GS/Paklinks forum.
Humayun also thanked this thread members and both; Humayun and Sabrin agreed to extend their voice messages for this thread members..which I will post within the first week of Ramazan..alongside those of Ismat Zaidi, Ayesha, Mahjabeen, Shahud–and of Yasir, Iqbal and Noor Huda.
GEO’s special projects department which undertook M.A.M is headed by Iqbal Ansari…deserves accolades and kudos for such robust and meaningful production where every artiste…justified their roles with his astitute.
Best,
Raju Jamil (Karachi)
