Relying on one’s own abilities brings to
surface unique qualities which were laying dormant inside; it introduces the
world with new ideas which later becomes examples for others to follow. This is
similar to Pakistani drama industry. Without any attention of the authorities
concerned and without having hefty budgets, relying on available resources, it
has conquered a world of audiences. Pakistani dramas started to emerge on
screen during the nineties, today they dominate the screen. The emergence of
private T.V channels gave a big boost to Pakistani drama industry. Today,
Pakistani dramas are casting a spell on the mind and soul of millions of
viewers across the globe. It is, undoubtedly, a big success for writers,
directors and actors.
The first and the most important reason of
the success of Pakistani drama is its creative content which is based in most
of the cases on famous Urdu novels. The content, plot and its relevance to real
life issues set Pakistani dramas different from other i.e. Turkish, Indian or
any other south Asian competitor. The reason behind best content is that it is
derived from pure Urdu literature produced by creative novel and story writers.
It is common for observers that dram which is based on pure Urdu literature
breaks all records of popularity like Hamsafar based on the novel by Farhat
Ishtiaq. Similarly, Mere zaat zar-e-benishan, Zindgi Gulzar hai and
Qaid-e-Tanhai are based on best novels of Umera Ahmed.
Pakistani urdu literature is best compared to
other regional languages in south Asia. The essence of pure love presented in a
story in the backdrop of pure eastern social and family produces a soul
stirring impact. So far dramas are produced on the work of some young novelists
like Umera Ahmed, Hashim Nadeem and Farhat Ishtiaq to name the few. The reality
based Dramas of Ishfaq ahmed containing pious sayings are yet to be reproduced.
The work of Bano Qudsiya, Hajra mastoor, Kishor Naheed, Gulam Abbas, intizar
hussain and many others also needed to portray in drama serial form.
The second reason of success of Pakistani
dramas is the depiction of real life social issues and societal problems in a
realistic manner. Directors also deserve credit to avoid putting unnecessary
sensationalism in their produce.
The third thing is that the story, script and
expression do not lose standards and norms of morality which are crucially
important in eastern societies. Obscenity and unnecessary and vulgar dialogues
and scenes are not making part of the story.
The last but not the least is the
professionalism of directors and actors. Many actors like Fawad khan, Mahira
Khan, Urwa Hussain, Marwa Hussain, Faisal Qureshi, Adnana Saddique and Aehsan
Khan to name the few have gained fame in the world because of Dramas.
However, there are few negative things which
are apparent in some Dramas. For instance, vulgarity has made an integral part
of some dramas in addition to this, in some dramas moral and social values of
society are deliberately eroded by directors and producers. Social evils of
high intensity like divorce and deceive are portrayed as normal affairs. While
the pious relation of marriage is given utmost less weight age. Respect of
relations is damaged. Such depiction of events would be destructive to society.
In short, from Dhuwan, Alfa Bravo Charlie and
Dhop kinare to Hmsafar and Pyare Afzal Pakistani Drama gain strength and
popularity. It provided the viewers a best combination of ancient content/story
and modern visual/production techniques.
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