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Pakistani dramas
Pakistani dramas, or Pakistani serials, are televised serials produced in Pakistan. Although most of the serials are produced in Urdu, an increasing number are produced in other Pakistani languages such as Sindhi, Pashto, Punjabi and Balochi. One of Pakistan's oldest television dramas is the Urdu serial Khuda Ki Basti, which aired in 1969. Pakistani dramas, like serials elsewhere, reflect the country's culture. According to critics, the decades of the 1970s and 1980s are considered to be the golden age of Pakistani serials.
In 2016, a Dawn News report estimated that the five major entertainment channels combined produce around 80 dramas every year, with an average of 16 dramas per channel.
They have helped to attract viewers nationwide to television. The serials are widely popular in South Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Many Pakistani dramas are based on Urdu novels. In the years following 1969, many authors, such as Umera Ahmad and Farhat Ishtiaq, became television writers. Both Umera and Farhat have written content for digests as well as television serials. In recent years, Pakistani dramas have increasingly begun to tackle social issues that are considered taboos.
Pakistani feminists are usually concerned about the depiction of women in Pakistani drama TV serials, they receive many of those with skepticism & reservation. UK based Pakistani feminist Tasneem Ahmar, whose research institute focuses on the women-media relationships, complaints 99.99% of TV drama in Pakistan is misogynistic, patriarchal, medieval in its depiction and treatment of women's issues. Ahmar says there is no doubt that Pakistani Drama TV serials are hugely popular among all strata of Pakistani society, but unfortunately they waste their potential of doing better in projecting progressive values rather than regressive values of women's depiction & support to equal rights.
In 2013, the Pakistani drama Humsafar was dubbed into Arabic and broadcast by MBC in the Middle East as Rafeeq-Al-Rooh. The show was immediately successful and, after its first few episodes were broadcast, became the channel's most-watched drama. Before this, Pakistani dramas were not broadcast in the Middle East. After Humasafar, other shows such as Malaal (aired as Hob-Wa-Nadam), Zindagi Gulzar Hai (aired as Asrar Al Hob), Khaani, Aisi Hai Tanhai, Suno Chanda and several others were also dubbed into Arabic and broadcast by MBC.
Dramas such as Deewarein, Waris, and Jungle were popular in India during the 1980s: according to a 1988 India Today report which described it as an "invasion", Pakistani serials such as Tanhaiyan, Ankahi and Sona Chandi gained remarkable popularity in India, to the extent that demand for their video cassettes rivaled or even surpassed that of Hindi films in some regions. According to the report, video libraries across North India and Western India, with cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Jodhpur, Srinagar, and throughout Punjab widely stocked these Pakistani serials, with customers often returning repeatedly for the same titles. In Bombay, where all of the 3,000 video librairies stocked cassettes of Pakistani dramas as per the India Today report, their popularity was described as comparable to that of a major Bollywood release, such as Amitabh Bachchan films, offering Indian audiences a sense of nostalgia and a level of sophistication that critics argued was missing from contemporary Indian television. The phenomenon was partly attributed to the polished direction, strong acting, "technical perfection" and the emotional resonance these serials carried, evoking memories of pre-Partition cultural connections.
Eventually, the Indian government imposed a ban on Pakistani television channels in India. In 2009, the Senate of Pakistan's broadcasting division appealed to the Parliament of India to lift the ban. In 2012, India began debating whether to reverse the ban on Pakistani television channels. India assured Pakistan that it would consider a proposal by Pakistani foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani to lift the ban.
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Pakistani dramas
Pakistani dramas, or Pakistani serials, are televised serials produced in Pakistan. Although most of the serials are produced in Urdu, an increasing number are produced in other Pakistani languages such as Sindhi, Pashto, Punjabi and Balochi. One of Pakistan's oldest television dramas is the Urdu serial Khuda Ki Basti, which aired in 1969. Pakistani dramas, like serials elsewhere, reflect the country's culture. According to critics, the decades of the 1970s and 1980s are considered to be the golden age of Pakistani serials.
In 2016, a Dawn News report estimated that the five major entertainment channels combined produce around 80 dramas every year, with an average of 16 dramas per channel.
They have helped to attract viewers nationwide to television. The serials are widely popular in South Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Many Pakistani dramas are based on Urdu novels. In the years following 1969, many authors, such as Umera Ahmad and Farhat Ishtiaq, became television writers. Both Umera and Farhat have written content for digests as well as television serials. In recent years, Pakistani dramas have increasingly begun to tackle social issues that are considered taboos.
Pakistani feminists are usually concerned about the depiction of women in Pakistani drama TV serials, they receive many of those with skepticism & reservation. UK based Pakistani feminist Tasneem Ahmar, whose research institute focuses on the women-media relationships, complaints 99.99% of TV drama in Pakistan is misogynistic, patriarchal, medieval in its depiction and treatment of women's issues. Ahmar says there is no doubt that Pakistani Drama TV serials are hugely popular among all strata of Pakistani society, but unfortunately they waste their potential of doing better in projecting progressive values rather than regressive values of women's depiction & support to equal rights.
In 2013, the Pakistani drama Humsafar was dubbed into Arabic and broadcast by MBC in the Middle East as Rafeeq-Al-Rooh. The show was immediately successful and, after its first few episodes were broadcast, became the channel's most-watched drama. Before this, Pakistani dramas were not broadcast in the Middle East. After Humasafar, other shows such as Malaal (aired as Hob-Wa-Nadam), Zindagi Gulzar Hai (aired as Asrar Al Hob), Khaani, Aisi Hai Tanhai, Suno Chanda and several others were also dubbed into Arabic and broadcast by MBC.
Dramas such as Deewarein, Waris, and Jungle were popular in India during the 1980s: according to a 1988 India Today report which described it as an "invasion", Pakistani serials such as Tanhaiyan, Ankahi and Sona Chandi gained remarkable popularity in India, to the extent that demand for their video cassettes rivaled or even surpassed that of Hindi films in some regions. According to the report, video libraries across North India and Western India, with cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Jodhpur, Srinagar, and throughout Punjab widely stocked these Pakistani serials, with customers often returning repeatedly for the same titles. In Bombay, where all of the 3,000 video librairies stocked cassettes of Pakistani dramas as per the India Today report, their popularity was described as comparable to that of a major Bollywood release, such as Amitabh Bachchan films, offering Indian audiences a sense of nostalgia and a level of sophistication that critics argued was missing from contemporary Indian television. The phenomenon was partly attributed to the polished direction, strong acting, "technical perfection" and the emotional resonance these serials carried, evoking memories of pre-Partition cultural connections.
Eventually, the Indian government imposed a ban on Pakistani television channels in India. In 2009, the Senate of Pakistan's broadcasting division appealed to the Parliament of India to lift the ban. In 2012, India began debating whether to reverse the ban on Pakistani television channels. India assured Pakistan that it would consider a proposal by Pakistani foreign secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani to lift the ban.