PTV Plays since 27 Nov-1964

You beat me by a day...that all the appended were coming along this evening :) However, a bit of trivia for you and others;

  1. Intezar Farmiye: Written by: Athar Shah Khan
  2. Hello Hello: Written by: Athar Shah Khan ( The famous phrase on AUNTY FLOWERBODY...Chachee Gulbadan...came from the series:)
  3. Shehzori: Written by: Haseena Moin ( The famous phrase "MEIN BOHAT BURI ADMI HOUN" often said by Neelofer...in this serial, was adopted in a movie where filmstar Shabnam used this phrase extensively) Sadly, I missed my role in this serial by a week that I returned a bit too late from my vacations in Murree that Shirin, Mohsin and Iftikhar Arif decided the cast as recording could not be avoided due to studio availability as there was only ONE studio "A" then!)
  4. Kiran Kahani: Written by: Haseena Moin (The first serial where Roohi Bano did wonders while Babra Sharif made her TV debut and Manzoor Qureshi played lead. Manzoor rose to become GM PTV-K also. Zafar Masud was also there--directed by Shirin and Mohsin Ali)
  5. Shama: Novel: A.R.Khatoon; Dramatized by: Fatima Suriya Bajiya (Javed Shaikh's debut on TV....and Ghazala Kaifi did a wonderful job while Bajya really made all the artiste toil in this wonderful serial)
  6. Zer Zaber Pesh: Written by: Haseena Moin ( Zafar Masud special... GOD...he was a great actor. Died in a road accident in Egypt:(
  7. Be-Jamalo **( Directed by Ghufran Imtiazi in 1968 from Rawalpindi Centre--and our Baddo...BADAR KHALIL made her TV debut playing a women who is invisible...creating a situation between families..not liking anything sailing smoothly ...(aaj kall bohat chalti aisi series:) **
  8. Alif Noon: Written by: Kamal Ahmed Rizvi ( Scripted by Kamal Bhai, I did but ONE episode during my Lahore visit of 1968 when Yawar hayat looped me in...) Lahore Centre production.
  9. Gup Shup **( Adeel's dad--Shoaib Hashmi's adaptation of SESAME STREET from LAHORE Centre---where Nayyara Noor made her debut. The stock cast had; Samina (Saeed) Ahmed, Maryam, Hasnat Ahmed, Abbas Shafi, Salima Hashmi, Naveed Shahzad and Shoaib himself portraying BIG BIRD.....I did two episodes with Abbas Shafi and my buddy...Shamim Hilaly's brother..late Hasnat Ahmed) 1969 **
  10. Akarbaka ( Same as above--the name change as some objection came from Ministry of Information. Also some changes in format) 1970