Oh for God's sakes Arjay -- Atiqa has *two **smash hits (out of the 3 films she starred in) *Jo Darr Gaya Woh Marr Gaya and Mujhe Chand Chahiye to her credit...she's one of the big success stories as far as the transition to cinema from tv is concerned!
Talat Hussain performed brilliantly in the last decent film the Lahore film machinery (and not Shoaib Mansoor) churned out called Laaj. If memory serves me right, he won a couple of awards as well....
Someone mentioned Babar Ali who did pretty well till he fell for the femme fatale that is Reema...
And the list goes on...television has given cinema stashes of successful talent and it will continue to be that way as television is the preferred medium for performing arts in Pakistan
Bhai mere...aap meri baat kiyon nahin samajh rahe--ya shayyad I am not being upto your standard!
I am not contesting whatever you are professing--friend!
My point is that a TV star can never be a glory in movies for very obvious reasons. And one doesn't become a STAR worth the THOUSAND days...by appearing in a movie or two or five even!
Atiqa is one of the most talented person in Pak_Showbiz that I have even declared in my TV talk show--yet to be telecast from VIBE (anyday now). But she couldn't stand the intricacies FILM WORLD is full of.... and sadly..she has not been able to prove her mettle more on big screen... which brings us back to my point of argument (if there is any..!)
However the talented a TV star may be...he or she just cannot survive the intricacies of FILM WORLD...remember that!
However a lousy actor one may be..in FILMS..will always find their way in TV World !
Talat Hussain...a master actor (my buddy of late 60's) but remained limited on big screen despite memorable roles (INSAAN AUR ADMI and TRAFFIK and I also salute him for that wee bit role in JINNAH where his performance in last round..with Chris Reeve...is amazing...when he talks about his wife..Hafeez Fatima who was killed...yet shouts PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!!! which literally brought tears in the eyes of many including myself..present there during shoot with Akbar (Ahmed) Bhai...)
Babar Ali or Saud or Momy or Gullo....were never as consistent as Mohd. Ali, Waheed Murad and Nadeem or even that bloke--Shahid ! ever thought WHY?
I never saw the movies you talk about---and i wonder why????