I just don’t get it - why can not we have a sensible, urban, upper middle class view of the Pakistani society in our films…I mean we are an interesting country, we have a very rich culture and a beautiful language - why doesn’t that come across in our films? Why do we ONLY have the Gujjars and the jaahil producer’s point of views? I mean come on! The last production that depicted the Pakistan I know was the drama serial Tanhaiyaan - and that was over a decade and a half back!
What’s really wrong with us? Are we depressed? Or are we too overpowered by the 40-crore-waala-hideous-song-and-dance-sequence routines that neighbour is bombarding us with? [which makes the Indians so proud…conceited nuts] Or are we still stuck on square one, deciding if we even need films in our society in the first place?
Your thoughts are welcome. I’m a very keen follower of the Pakistani film scene and have actually braved the theatres to watch the more sensible films that came out [and trust me, there still are some good films out there] . I have a hunch that within the next decade something awesome is gonna come out from Karachi - even though the Lahoris were doing a decent job until the Gujjars took over…
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who are the gujjar that you are talking about in your post
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Eventhough i aggree with most of your post, but trust me there have been alot of good dramas after Tanhaiyaan. And I dont understand how Tanhaiyaan depicted Pakistan.
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omair_mal1k these guys are part of the mafia currently ruling the Lahore film industry. They are usually thugs who have somehow gotten away from the law - they basically terrorise the actors to act in films which are supposedly their OWN true life revenge vendettas....Basically a clan from Punjab which doesn't have too good a reputation [pardon me if any of you reading this happens to ba Gujjar...or an Arayeen or Jatt for that matter!]
Proudpakistani I dont know how Tanhaiyaan was not a depiction of Pakistan. The characters talked and behaved with the same sensibilities I've seen at home, the women were like the women I've known - not some weird gossiping or over-glamourised nutcases. Most of all, they went about their lives in that drama the way I've seen people around me in Pak...it was a very upbeat, hopeful picture of Pakistan. A woman taking on the world - the central theme was * revolutionary* given these were the 80s when we were under the most backward regime. But then that's just me...everyone has been brought up in different circumstances I guess, but I could really relate to Tanhaiyaan.
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these guys are part of the mafia currently ruling the Lahore film industry. They are usually thugs who have somehow gotten away from the law - they basically terrorise the actors to act in films which are supposedly their OWN true life revenge vendettas....Basically a clan from Punjab which doesn't have too good a reputation [pardon me if any of you reading this happens to ba Gujjar...or an Arayeen or Jatt for that matter!
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aah so ur calling puNjabiZ,gujjars, jatts terriost?
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It’s really sick that we have to be so insecure about our provincial roots. If you are implying that I am putting Punjabis down, well then I should tell you that I am a Punjabi myself. Big deal. A fact is a fact - The whole world knows what certain people from these clans are doin in Lahore. If they are Punjabis, so they are. If you cannot swallow it, it’s not really my fault is it? People like Samina Peerzada practically fled to the more civilised media world of Karachi bcoz the Lahoris gave her a real tough time, specially with what the jaahil producer of Samina’s last film did with that film.