ooncha lamba qad… healthy.. khati peeti… thats what the concept of ideal Punjabi Mutyaran… who remained inspiration of Punjabi poets unlike Urdu poets who were more behind naazuk mehboob (nazakat…).. pankhRi jaise hont… morni jaisi chaal… some luchas were upto.. ‘kamar choti to naaRa kahan bandhti hogi’ type stuff as well.. But Punjab always portrayed healthy mutyaran as mehboob in poetry as well as performing arts.
Punjabi cinema in Pakistan always came up with tall, ghabroo kind of actresses.. From Bahar Begum to Anjuman and Saima… they portrayed pehlwaan ladies, who can carry Kalashnikov in gujjar movies… They rejected slim actress like Reema , Resham in Punjabi movie by saying ‘ae kuRi te under-weight ae’. lols.
Is this emphasis on tall, healthy (mutyaran) prevailed in Punjabi society in real life or with the passage of time new generation also started running behind maryal (dieting zada) kuRis?
Saima, Anjuman… … But Punjabi culture itself emphasize on food, khana peena… and people of Punjab are generally healthy… Their attitude is natural towards gol matol bandies…
On the other hand… Urdu poets… lived in kasampursay…? That might be the reason…
My Phuppo often tells us when she got posted in Karachi for a while, all the local medical staff was quite in awe of her. They would all smile and jokingly say oh look there's Punjabi Mutyaran. Back in 90s, her appearance literally gave away that she's not a local and people looked at her in that away, obviously they were friendly but quite curious as well.
I think the whole idea of tall, healthy, curvaceous in previous generations used to convey the message that girl is well bred. She’s belongs to upper class and has unlimited access to milk, butter, yogurt and lassis. Therefore she must be tall, fair and strong looking, representing the perfect stereotypical image of Chaudarain image.
I personally also like the idea of lamba oocha gabroo jawaan munda, my mother’s ideal image of a son in law, lol.
Haha. The good old *"mooch nayi tey banda nayi, gutt nayi tey buddi nayi".
*Guys, madz will translate this for you. *:D
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haha, the way that they portray tribal male lead actors in Pakistani dramas, I guess there is charm in the idea of breaking through that tough exterior to find a soft spot in his heart.
haha, the way that they portray tribal male lead actors in Pakistani dramas, I guess there is charm in the idea of breaking through that tough exterior to find a soft spot in his heart.
I think this got a reason. Under current circumstances, tribal characters are being created who are fighters (in negative sense most of the times). Any sophisticated portrayal will not meet the requirement. Otherwise, the famous 'Kabliwala' based on Tagore's story was quite a soft-heated portrayal of tribal (Afghani) male and that got acceptance
I am completely out of touch with current Pakistani dramas, but I remember in drama serial Hawain, the character of Qaiser Khan as a young feudal Saeen was quite likeable. In fact he was shown as very charming and a respectable man, despite him remaining true to his rigid feudal values, norms and traditions. If you compare Qaiser Khan's character from Hawain with Hamayun Saeed's character from *Tum ho ke Chup, *you would clearly see how latter is so boringly stereotypical, dull, flat and mindlessly evil for sake of being evil.
I miss how Pakistani media don't write such complex and multifaceted characters, I'm sure in present day media, writers are probably toying with the ideas of total evil 'ethnic' tribal characters, wadera's and Chaudries. These characters are given no redeeming qualities, something which was very much a unique selling point of old PTV plays, and it is because of that reason, PTV had given so many memorable and iconic characters to the television industry.
haha, the way that they portray tribal male lead actors in Pakistani dramas,** I guess there is charm in the idea of breaking through that tough exterior to find a soft spot in his heart.**
Funny, I was trying to convince someone about this today. But yours words kinda do it just fine!
… But Punjabi culture itself emphasize on food, khana peena… and people of Punjab are generally healthy… Their attitude is natural towards gol matol bandies…
