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no i didn’t but heard about it during the elections, is it worth watching or so so?
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no i didn't but heard about it during the elections, is it worth watching or so so?
hadn't watched it myself. Its with same team (Mahmood Aslam, Nayyar Ejaz). I'm bit reluctant to watch Shahid nadeem after his project 'Airport'.
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Really?? Please describe that scene 
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Nirma was good in that role i think. Probably there was some casting issues and the drama was stopped in between to re-shoot and started from episode-1.
I think it was stopped after that episode where Maria Wasti was begging Ali Tahir for love and he ran into Saba Parvez' room believing that she was not there. She actually was there and listening to all the conversation and getting extremely angry. So she pulled him in, closed the hasp and started shouting as if her devar was trying to rape her.
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Really?? Please describe that scene :D
well you should watch the drama, it was a tragic scene not a romantic / comic :p, btw last scene of dhoop kinare was also breathtaking (very romantic).....
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Who was the writer of reza reza?? it was also made in punjabi language.......
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Who was the writer of reza reza?? it was also made in punjabi language.......
Iftikhar Haider. I think he mostly wrote Punjabi dramas.
Mansha Yaad is one other good writer (Rahen,Bandhan, Poore Chand ki Raat)
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Iftikhar Haider. I think he mostly wrote Punjabi dramas.
very nice story of reza reza and supreme performances by the artists.......
Is it a longplay or complete drama? And cast?
While watching last scene of dhoop kinary did you hold your breath? 
I can imagine your emotions from your comment
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13 episodes serial
Pakistani TV Drama » Raiza Raiza
Cast includes
****Tauqeer Nasir, Waseem Abbas, Sohail Ahmed, Sidra Khan, Mohammed Qavi Khan, Fakhri Ahmed, Fareeha Jabeen
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^I think she is asking about Ab Mera Intezar Kar.
Microbian that was a long play with Bushra Ansari, Fazeela Qazi, Mazhar Ali, etc.
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Shahid Kazmi wrote many classics like Chaon, Ihsas, Nange Paon, Siyah o Sufaid.
A man of conviction -DAWN Images; November 9, 2003
“All the present writers who write well are great readers, because it is only when you have knowledge can you give it to others. When inexperienced and ill-read people come into any arena, the level falls. Being well read is essential.”
So says Shahid Kazmi. His experience in the field of writing for television shows in most of what he says. A teacher at Aligarh College in Tando Adam, he was asked by the PTV authorities to teach audiences Sindhi through television. Along with Dr Ghulam Ali Allana, Shahid Kazmi remained on the show, which was a success for two years. Once this programme wrapped up, “the people at PTV offered me a good position along with Quraishpur and Obaidullah Baig, but I was much too passionate about teaching then and thus refused.”
A little later, transferred to Karachi at the Allama Iqbal College, he started compering for a children’s show, after which came his successful Parwaaz. A drama based on the then unknown fact of girls being married to engineers and doctors abroad who really weren’t all that they said they were, the play is said to have caused a massive wave of awareness and saved many young women.
“In the early ’70s, when there was less awareness, the play caused a furore and was wildly successful,” says Kazmi remembering those years. He has since then established himself in PTV.
“Now, since I’m familiar with most aspects of TV due to experience, I’ve set up my own production house. Recently, we produced a sitcom, Begum Ban Gayee Madam. Based on a hotel operating on the Superhighway where the manager is also the wife of the waiter-cum-handy man, new guests create funny, novel situations in every episode. But now, I want to highlight serious issues. Many aspects in our society are not worked upon or given light. They deserve coverage.”
Elaborating on this, he says “A little distance from Karachi is Kaity Bandar, where the people are supremely hardworking. They only keep camels because there is very little water there. At Kaity Bandar, there are trunks — huge rusted trunks from the time of the British with big locks on them. These have not been opened by the people of the area for all these decades and remain as they are.” Since documentaries give little in the way of monetary returns, Shahid Kazmi plans to dramatize this phenomenon and make it into a drama. “Also, near the River Indus in Sukkur, there is a whole community of boat-people. Five thousand or more boats, where people are born, bred, married and buried. This place has no houses, only boats. The very ancient and typical traditions practised here are something I want to show.”
On the subject of themes, Shahid Kazmi has a beef with some writers.
**“Why do people base dramas on the horrible and uncivilized practice of karo kari? I want to show that this is not a practice native to Sindh. Shah Abdul Latif was one of the world’s top poets. He has written about all the aspects of life. Yet, nowhere in his Shah Jo Risalo is karo kari mentioned.”
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What is the difference between the demands a writer faced three decades ago and what writers face today?
“Today the viewers are as smart as the producer. They can spot glitches and therefore the need to be alert and very good at what you do is necessary to be successful.”
As a veteran writer, Shahid Kazmi has regrets.
**“Every other department in television has a second line of people ready to take over. Unfortunately, in writing there is nobody, yet. No second line is in the offing. Ashfaq Ahmed, Bano Qudsia, Munnu Bhai — iss calibre kay log nahin arahae hain. The youngsters, they have guts, which is good, but I feel a little guidance is required. An artist gets on-the-job training, he learns from his seniors. But not a writer, he does not a chance to interact with senior writers. I want to form an institution where senior producers from all over the country can help train aspiring writers.”
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Brimming with plans, Shahid Kazmi says, “Newspaper columns should somehow be made into a format to be aired on television. Our entire history, a treasure chest lies therein. Majeed Lahori, Namakdaan, Taayabjee, Tahirjee. Characters like Tubejee and Tyrejee were brilliant. This is all in my future plans.”
“Also, there should be courses where people are taught the use of audio-visual aids. Young people should be taught from beginning to the end. I believe that one should have only a few serials, and that they should be world class.”
He is of the opinion that only people certified by passing a course should be allowed to produce and direct, as is the case in Russia.
**“Van driver, the chai wala, anyone can become a director. This has to be stopped and checked, or else we’re heading for a very serious decline.”
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Emphasizing the need to encourage creative trends and not just mint money on television, Shahid Kazmi reiterates that there should not be “Only commercialism. Professionalism is more important. A missionary spirit is essential. The country, religion and the army should never be insulted or degraded by the performing arts. They must always be praised and respected.”
An explanation is definitely required here.
“**Well, the army is not just four or five generals. We’re talking about thousands of young, ill-paid men on the borders 24-hours a day. These boys are risking their lives for our security and because of one per cent of people we don’t agree with, we cannot downplay these brave boys. The army has to be commended.”
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At the end, he has a simple message to give his wayward countrymen.
“Don’t think so much about what Pakistan is giving you. Ponder about what you are giving her. Imagine, if everyone from a labourer to an officer starts to think this way, what heights we will scale.”
Simple in his thoughts, Shahid Kazmi is a man with convictions.
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PTV LONG PLAY - AB MERA INTEZAR KAR (COMPLETE) - YouTube
One of the best work by Noor ul Huda Shah
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Imran Saleem who wrote 'Rozi' had already written 'Khaleej' directed by Sahira Kazmi and 'Dastak' directed by Shahzad Khalil.
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yes this one, i need to watch this as the last scene is out of this world 
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yes this one, i need to watch this as the last scene is out of this world :)
Story of a Mughal princess from palace to dargah
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Story of a Mughal princess from palace to dargah
sounds interesting
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sounds interesting
yes it is with powerful performances and beautiful dialogues.