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Kaanch Ka Pul
''Kaanch Ka Pul'' () is a 1981 Pakistani television long play written by Younus Javed and produced and directed by Mohammad Nisar Hussain. Synopsis The story is about Shahida, a doctor who runs her own clinic which she opened to treat the disadvantaged. She lives with her mother, Begum Nasir, who is the only one that understands Shahida. Begum Nasir plans to marry Shahida off to someone kind and rich, but she refuses it due to her past. It is known that Shahida's parents have divorced for personal reasons and that Shahida chose to live with her mother. Margaret, a nurse and close friend of Shahida, tries to assure Shahida about her situation. Later her father comes to meet Shahida, much to Begum Nisar's dismay, and Nisar tells Shahida that he will be moving to California. Then Shahida's cousin Yousaf returns from abroad and wants to marry Shahida, but she refuses him because he once left her when they were getting married by their parents. Then Shahida begins to treat a patien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roohi Bano
Roohi Bano () (10 August 1951 – 25 January 2019) was a Pakistani actress who was known for her roles in television dramas ''Kiran Kahani'', ''Zard Gulab'', and ''Darwaza''. She along with Uzma Gillani, Tahira Naqvi and Khalida Riyasat dominated Pakistan's television screens from the 1970s, to the 1990s. She was known as the ''Queen of Melancholy'' because of her portrayal of mournful and pessimistic roles in dramas and films. Early life Roohi Bano was born in Karachi on 10 August 1951. She was the daughter of Alla Rakha, a noted tabla player of India and half-sister of Indian music virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain. Career Roohi joined television when she was doing her Masters in Psychology from the Government College, Lahore. She is reported to have "witnessed the birth of the television industry in Pakistan...". Roohi acted memorably in ''Kiran Kahani'' (1973), ''Zard Gulab'', ''Darwaza'' and many other famous TV dramas (nearly 150 TV dramas in all) in the 1970s and 1980s. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarwat Ateeq
Sarwat Ateeq is a Pakistani actress. She was one of the most popular actresses of her time and was one of the most successful actress of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Darwaza'', ''Dukhon Ki Chadar'', ''Mirza & Sons'', ''Samundar'', ''Sach Jhoot'', '' Kaanch Ka Pul'', ''Aankh Macholly'' and ''Guest House''. Early life Sarwat was born in 1949 on 22 May in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her MA in journalism from Punjab University. Career Sarwat had passion for singing although she never learned music from anybody but she would sing songs in School ceremonies and she also did school stage dramas. In 1965 she gave audition for Radio Pakistan and passed the audition. Sarwat participated in children's program and she worked as child artist. After sometime she got interested in acting and she visited PTV for audition and she was immediately selected by the judges. She also acted on stages plays and she also did radio. Sarwat received basic training in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khursheed Shahid
Begum Khursheed Shahid (1 January 1926 – 27 June 2021) was a Pakistani actress and singer. She was also the mother of actor Salman Shahid. Early life Khursheed Shahid was born in 1926 in Delhi, where her father was a government official and her mother was an educated housewife. Khursheed, along with her sisters and brother, used to watch performances of Ram Leela, a religious theatre. She, along with her sisters, used to act in Ram Leela Theatre, portraying different characters on stage at age seven. Khursheed completed her education in Delhi. Khursheed father was a liberal man, and he believed that education was important for girls. Khursheed siblings included four sisters and one brother. Khursheed's father supported her career. Career Khursheed Shahid began acting and singing at the age of nine. When Khursheed was in sixth grade, Congress leader Aruna Asaf Ali came to her school looking for someone young, and her classmates told Ms. Ali about her singing and acting tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauqeer Nasir
Tauqeer Nasir ( Punjabi, ) is an actor from Pakistan. He has mostly worked in television, in Urdu as well in Punjabi. He has served as Director General (DG) of Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) for two years. Early life and education Tauqeer Nasir was born in Muzaffargarh. He finished his basic education in the cities of Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan. He graduated with a master's degree in Mass Communications from Punjab University, Lahore in 1981. Before joining the entertainment industry he had aimed to join the Pakistan armed forces. Career He started his career in 1978 with Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). Awards and recognition * Pride of Performance * Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) Award by the Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firdous Jamal
Firdous Jamal (; born 9 June 1954) is a Pakistani television, theatre, stage and film actor. Early life and education Firdous Jamal was born as Firdous Khan to Baz Muhammad Khan, a businessman, in Peshawar on 9 June 1954, and after earning his BA from Islamia College he tried to begin his artistic career as a singer before switching to acting. Career Having launched his acting career with a Hindko drama serial called ''Badnami Dey Toway'' in the mid-1970s, he has since then acted in at least 300 TV plays, 150 stage plays, 200 radio plays and 50 films, with his work consisting in all the major languages of Pakistan. Personal life Family His son Hamza Firdous is an actor, an "award winning web drama producer and actor in Ireland" who has had roles in dramas like '' O Rangreza'' or '' Ghughi'', while another son, Bilawal Firdous, whose professional name is Bazil Firdous, is a model and aspiring actor, with whom he opened his own production house, ''Firdous Jamal Films' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Television Network
Pakistan Television Corporation (; reporting name: PTV); also known as ''Pakistan Television'', is the Pakistani state-owned broadcasting, broadcaster founded by the Government of Pakistan, operating under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (Pakistan), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It was established on 26 November 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. History Background The idea of establishing a media and television industry was conceived in late 1956 and created by the privately set up national education commission with the support of President of Pakistan, President Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Ayub Khan in 1960. In 1961, the private sector media mogul and industrialist Syed Wajid Ali launched a television industrial development project, bringing the role of Ubaidur Rahman, an Electrical engineering, electrical engineer in the Engineering Division of Radio Pakistan, as the project director of the first television station in Lahore. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajjad Kishwar
Sajjad Kishwar (; 6 July 1933 – 24 May 2022) was a Pakistani film, radio and television actor. Awards *2006 Lifetime Achievement Award, Radio Pakistan *2010 Lifetime Achievement Award, National Development Council of Pakistan * Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) Award by the Government of Pakistan. Career Sajjad Kishwar was born in the early 1930s in Ludhiana, Punjab, British India. He began his professional career in 1976. Filmography He appeared in more than 100 films and nearly 1000 television serials: Films * 1982 - '' Aangan'' * 2007 - '' Khuda Kay Liye'' Television * ''Raizgari'' * ''Akhri Shab'' * '' Waris'' (1979 - 1980) (Pakistan Television drama serial) * '' Dhoop Dewar'' (1982) See also * List of Lollywood actors A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Pakistani Television Series
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Pakistan Television Corporation Original Programming
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is List of cities in Pakistan by population, its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of History of Pakistan, several ancient cultures, including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
