From the black and white to the color screen Pakistan Television has a foreseeable place in our drama history. That was the time when only few shoot scenes were adequate to make an ordinary person a predictable star. Script was the primarily important at that time and before facing the camera an artist made rehearsals many time for the perfect seen and shoots.
We all have grown up watching PTV, some of the plays were wonderfully ah-mazing and some were just good time-fillers. But there is another category other than these two; the category of must-watch PTV classics, the plays that everyone should watch!
Khuda Ki Basti
Record holder sensational novel-based play Khuda Ki Basti that actually was produced and broadcasted twice on PTV, both time fashioning the similar enthusiasm among the hoi polloi! That was the time when a PTV play was a good enough reason for bleak streets and pin drop silence on otherwise thriving roads.
Shaukat Siddiqui written the script of the play, directed Sahira Kazmi, including some of the legends of Pakistani drama industry; Qazi Wajid, Zaheen Tahira, Mehmood Ali, Behroz Sabzwari, Munawar Sultana and others.
Aangan Terha
Aangan Terha – a droll comedy with just the perfect touch of wit is another play that you should totally watch, if haven’t already. the play was amazingly simple featuring only three main characters, Mehboob Aalam, Jahan Aara Baigum and Akbar, played by Shakeel Ahmad, Bushra Ansari and Saleem Nasir respectively.
Each actor was a suitable fit in the character, giving their best but it was Bushra Ansari who actually nailed it. She was quite young to play the character of an aged nagging wife back then but till date it is one of her most flawlessly done projects.Originally the play was a mocking commentary on the sociopolitical upheavals of 80′s Pakistan, penned by none other than Anwar Maqsood.
Shehzori
Haseena Moin’s first appearance serial Shehzori is a comical play that circulate around the girl Tara (played by Neelofar Abbasi) who seemingly is a childish girl who gets nothing right but eventually evolves as a strong woman with a firm standing point.
The play belonged to the black and white PTV era and Neelofar and Shakeel is without any comparison the cutest on screen couple of that time.
Tanhaiyan
This is probably the only PTV classic that made it to its sequel. Approximately after 27 years, Marina Khan came up with a sequel of Tanhaniyan that was very much the culmination of the same story but of course with new twists.
From the pen of Haseena Moin, the cult classic PTV play Tanhaiyan is the story of two sisters Zara and Sanya who dig deep into the philosophy and essence of living in an attempt to get their parent’s house back. The play was a hot favourite among the audience giving the ultimate fame and popularity to the entire cast that includes Shehnaz Sheikh, Marina Khan, Behroz Sabzwari, Qazi Wajid, Asif Raza Mir and others.New faces included Syra Yousaf, Alishbah Yousaf, Shehroz Sabzwari and Shehertar Munawar Siddique.
Ankahi
Ankhai was the story of unexpressed emotions and unfulfilled desire, one of those plays that kept the audience giggling only to leave them with an ultimate deep sorrow.
Ankahi was a mega-cast play starring Jamshed Ansari, Shehnaz Sheikh, Shakeel, Javed Sheikh, Salim Nasir, Behroz Sabzwari, Badar Khalil and others. Ankhai was the story of unexpressed emotions and unfulfilled desire, one of those plays that kept the audience giggling only to leave them with an ultimate deep sorrow. Ankahi has been telecasted quite a few times now and its DVDs are still selling like hot cakes, you definitely need to grab one if you already haven’t amused yourself by this play.
.png)
