I’m currently watching the old PTV drama Fishaar on YouTube. I believe it’s uploaded by @muqawwee123 ; (if so, thanks).
I find the specific genre of Amjad Islam Amjad’s dramas really distinctive. The likes of Fishaar, Samundar, Waris etc. are clearly missing from television today. Perhaps, they’re out of fashion but I’m really getting sick and tired of dramas based on a microcosm of issues, mostly personal in nature – focusing on relationship problems and family issues – as opposed to productions that present societal issues at large.
Then again, it’s perhaps a reflection of our current society in general where people are overly concerned with personal issues, want to peek into the lives of others, and many don’t appreciate thoughtful viewpoints or have lost the knack for critical thinking.
Hmmm… perhaps I’m being too critical but I’m getting very tired of the same old unremarkable subjects and run-of-the-mill dramas being churned out by the dozen on a daily basis.
Re: Whatever happened to Amjad Islam Amjad style Dramas?
Other day I saw a talk show, with all the old time actors, they kind of agree that recent era of unreasonable drama is
coming to an end in pakistan.
Which got me excited, perhaps we would go back to the real thing.
Re: Whatever happened to Amjad Islam Amjad style Dramas?
Anwar Maqsood is writing a new drama after a 10 year hiatus which should be on air starting this week on Express Entertainment and Youtube for us - believe the name is Hum pe jo guzarti hai. I am looking forward to it.
Re: Whatever happened to Amjad Islam Amjad style Dramas?
I’m currently watching the old PTV drama Fishaar on YouTube. I believe it’s uploaded by @muqawwee123 ; (if so, thanks).
I find the specific genre of Amjad Islam Amjad’s dramas really distinctive. The likes of Fishaar, Samundar, Waris etc. are clearly missing from television today. Perhaps, they’re out of fashion but I’m really getting sick and tired of dramas based on a microcosm of issues, mostly personal in nature – focusing on relationship problems and family issues – as opposed to productions that present societal issues at large.
Then again, it’s perhaps a reflection of our current society in general where people are overly concerned with personal issues, want to peek into the lives of others, and many don’t appreciate thoughtful viewpoints or have lost the knack for critical thinking.
Hmmm… perhaps I’m being too critical but I’m getting very tired of the same old unremarkable subjects and run-of-the-mill dramas being churned out by the dozen on a daily basis.
Thank you Lucid Chaotic for appreciating upload of Fishaar.
I 100% Agree that we lost the depth of scripts we used to have uptil 90s. We have now dramas with expected story lines and full of OTT emotions. Even the weakest scripts of yesteryears (e.g. if we talk about Amjad Islam Amjad - Eendhan was a good but weaker script compared to his earlier works) are far better than today's scripts. We can watch old dramas again and again, but we can't name current dramas ( apart from a few) that we will want to watch after say 10-15 years. Fishaar was telecasted 20 years ago and message conveyed through it is still relevant now.
Some of current dramas dealing with the recent issues (mostly terrorism) seem to show one side agenda/ propaganda.