Tag: ‘Tanhaiyaan

  • PTV hasn’t made a good quality drama in 20 years: Yasir Hussain

    PTV hasn’t made a good quality drama in 20 years: Yasir Hussain

    Veteran actor Aurangzeb Laghari, who received the Pride of Performance award for contributing to Pakistan’s entertainment industry, revealed in a recent interview that he had to change careers because of the severe lack of acting opportunities. Multiple news outlets reported that Laghari has opened a furniture showroom in Lahore.

    In response to this news, Actor Yasir Hussain, took to social media to highlight the diminishing opportunities for drama actors who do not live in Karachi.

    The ‘Karachi Se Lahore’ actor shared his disappointment on Instagram. He reposted the news and wrote, “All the dramas are made in Karachi, and they don’t invite anyone from Lahore to join. PTV used to give work to people from all cities, but now they don’t.” He also criticised the channel for not producing good-quality dramas. “PTV hasn’t made a good drama in the last 20 years. It’s such a shame. Where are shows like ‘Tanhaiyaan,’ ‘Dhuwan,’ ‘Aangan Terha,’ ‘Waris,’ ‘Angar Wadi,’ and ‘Guest House’?”

    In the same interview where Aurangzeb Laghari revealed his new career, he also confirmed that he hasn’t found acting work because the industry has moved to Karachi. “All the main offices for channels are in Karachi. There is little work in Lahore, so I work very little,” said the actor. He added, “I feel like Punjabis aren’t given the same encouragement because we aren’t in the same city.”

  • ‘We can go wherever we want’, Marina Khan shares her take on living child-free

    ‘We can go wherever we want’, Marina Khan shares her take on living child-free

    The show ‘DigiTales’ invited everyone’s favourite actor Marina Khan on to the show. Among other things, the power house actress discussed her and husband Jalil Akhtar’s choice not to have children. Marina talked about her marriage to Jalil, a well-known producer, and the shared decisions that have kept their relationship strong.

    During the interview, the star, who affectionately calls her husband “Kuchu,” revealed that their decision not to have children wasn’t planned but happened naturally over time. “So Kuchu and I never said that we were never going to have kids,” she said. Talking about their early experiences with their nephews and nieces, she added, “When his brothers had kids, we loved them, played with them, and then we’d just hand them back and come home and say, ‘Nah, that’s too much.’”

    Marina talked about how their growing careers in television influenced their decision. “I think our journey in television also started at that time, so it was tough to raise a child. I was never in favour of having a child. I always thought, if anything, I’d adopt a child,” she explained.

    Marina and Jalil often worked together on many projects. “When we started in television, we just never looked back. That allowed us to work together. Even now, if I had a choice, I’d continue working with him,” she shared, highlighting their strong partnership. “He has a more logical brain; I’m a little scattered. But now we don’t do dramas anymore. I think the last thing we, as a company, did together was the remake of ‘Tanhaiyaan.’ He was the producer; I was directing it.”

    Marina said that not having children has given them special freedom and strengthened their bond. “I feel very comfortable being with him, and that has enabled us to go wherever we want to together because we don’t have a child to tend to,” she said.

  • Fawad or Marriyum: Whose idea was PTV Flix anyway?

    Federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday announced the launch of the online platform PTV Flix, which will allow users to access thousands of movies, television shows and documentaries online. In a tweet, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) politician revealed that the was an initiative quite close to her heart, as countless iconic shows like ‘Dhoop Kinaray’, ‘Tanhaiyaan’ and ‘Ainak Wala Jin’ can now be easily accessed online.

    Aurangzeb also thanked the team at PTV and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, who had helped in making this idea in to a reality:

    “I would like to thank and congratulate the team at PTV and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for all their hard work which has made this idea a reality. I would also like to thank our entertainment legends Bushra Ansari Sba, Javed Sheikh Sb and Khalid Abbas Dar Sb for joining me at the launch event.”

    However, many tweeps began tagging Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Information Minister, Fawad Chaudhry, crediting him for the initiative. Chaudhry later put up a tweet revealing that this was a project he had began during his tenure.

    To which Aurangzeb had a cheeky response, but really who was the person to kickstart PTV Flix?

    If we look back, it was Chaudhry who during his tenure as the Minister of Science and Technology, had announced in 2020 in a tweet that his team was working on setting up Pakistan’s version of Netflix, and had already asked regulatory authorities to draft a guideline about the content.

  • Barkha Dutt reminisces craze of iconic Pakistani dramas in India

    Barkha Dutt reminisces craze of iconic Pakistani dramas in India

    Television legends Marina Khan and Shehnaz Sheikh of Tanhaiyaan fame recently had a reunion and actor Imran Abbas shared their pictures on social media. Indian Journalist and author when saw the pictures of the two actresses, couldn’t stop herself without praising the actors and dramas Tanhaiyaan and Dhoop Kinare.

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    Sharing a collage of the veteran actresses on Twitter, Barkha wrote: “Gosh . Dhoop kinare and Tanhaiyaan. I would watch DK before every school exam, crushed on Dr Ahmer before wuthering heights made the Heathcliffe sort trendy and hoped someone would sing me faiz some day. Are we that old?”

    Sharing the pictures of the two, a Twitter user asked that who remembers Dhoop Kinare and Dr Zoya?

    Barkha replied: “Are you mad? Who can forget! Every single girl I know was in love with Dr Ahmer and hoped that someone would sing jaise veerane mein chupke se bahar aa jaye for them.”

    Taking to Instagram to share a picture with the two veteran TV stars who were seen in iconic shows like Tanhaiyaan and Dhoop Kinare, Abbas gushed about being given the opportunity to hang out with the two togather.

    “What a memorable moment to be with the two icons together,” he wrote. “The ladies who wrote their names in the history of Pakistani drama through their unmatched performances in Ankahi, Tanhaiyyan, and Dhoop Kinaray in every true sense.”

    Abbas then called the two “living legends” and “powerhouses of talent”, and thanked Asim Yar Tiwana, who hosted a PTV talk show for an evening with the two.

    Tiwana also shared “after recording” photos with Sheikh and Khan, captioning one, “Overwhelmed with the love & affection @shahnaz_sheikh gave me by doing this program.”

    Sheikh and Khan starred together as sisters Zara and Sanya in the 1986 serial Tahaiyaan, which became a cult classic in the Pakistani TV industry.