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Ankahi
''Ankahi'' ( ur, , lit=Unsaid) is an Urdu television drama serial broadcast by PTV in 1982 as is now considered as a cult-classic. It was written by Haseena Moin and directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The drama serial featured an ensemble star cast including Shehnaz Sheikh, Shakeel, Javed Sheikh, Saleem Nasir, Jamshed Ansari, Behroze Sabzwari, Badar Khalil, Qazi Wajid, Azra Mansoor, Khalid Nizami, Arshad Mehmood, Tabassum Farooqui and Faisal Bilal. ''Ankahi'' was one of the most popular drama serial in the early 1980s in Pakistan. This cast had then went on to work in a similar Pakistani drama serial Tanhaiyaan in 1986. Ankahi is remembered for its witty dialogue and the candid role of Sana (Shehnaz Sheikh) The show was not only popular in the Pakistan but across the border as well. After a long time (PTV Home) retelecased it daily at 3.00 P.M from 18th Of April 2020 to 2 May 2020, in PTV GOLD Hour. Synopsis The story revolves around a young ambitious girl Sana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasina Moin
Haseena Moin (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio programming, radio, and television programming, television. She was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan. She wrote Pakistan's first original script ''Kiran Kahani'' aired in the early-1970s. Before this, Pakistan Television Corporation, PTV relied on novel-based scripts for dramas. She was considered to be the best playwright and dramatist Pakistan has ever witnessed. Some of the dramas she wrote include ''Ankahi'', ''Tanhaiyaan'', ''Kiran Kahani'', ''Dhoop Kinaray'', ''Aahat (Pakistani TV series), Aahat'', ''Uncle Urfi'', ''Shehzori'', ''Kohar (TV series), Kohar'', ''Des Pardes (TV series), Des Pardes'', ''Pal Do Pal'', ''Aansoo'', ''Kasak'', ''Parchaiyan (Pakistani TV series), Parchaiyan'' and ''Parosi''. Other works include ''Mere Dard ko Jo Zuban Milay'', ''Kaisa Yeh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shehnaz Sheikh
Shehnaz Sheikh is a Pakistani television actress, host, and theatre director. She has appeared in the drama serials Tanhaiyaan and Ankahi, as well as the show Uncle Sargam. After her successful television career, she left the industry in the mid-1990s and has since been retired. Early life and education Sheikh was born in Kalaw, Burma, and later migrated to Pakistan in 1965 as a UN refugee and settled in Lahore, Pakistan, with her family, including her aunt, classical musician, Saffia Beyg. She attended the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore, and later attended the National College of Arts where she graduated with a degree in Fine Arts. Career Acting and hosting Talking about start of her acting career, Sheikh said that "I wasn’t really ‘discovered’ as most actors and actresses are. Someone had actually referred me to Haseena Moin for ''Ajnabi''. She and Shoaib Mansoor invited me to try out for one of the roles." Sheikh made her debut in 1980 with drama serial ''Balila'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haseena Moin
Haseena Moin (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio, and television. She was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan. She wrote Pakistan's first original script ''Kiran Kahani'' aired in the early-1970s. Before this, PTV relied on novel-based scripts for dramas. She was considered to be the best playwright and dramatist Pakistan has ever witnessed. Some of the dramas she wrote include ''Ankahi'', ''Tanhaiyaan'', ''Kiran Kahani'', '' Dhoop Kinaray'', ''Aahat'', ''Uncle Urfi'', ''Shehzori'', '' Kohar'', '' Des Pardes'', ''Pal Do Pal'', ''Aansoo'', ''Kasak'', '' Parchaiyan'' and ''Parosi''. Other works include ''Mere Dard ko Jo Zuban Milay'', ''Kaisa Yeh Junoon'', ''Dhundle Raste'', ''Shayad ke Bahar Aaye'', ''Mohim Joo'', ''Tum Se Mil Kar'', ''Bandish'' and ''Zair, Zabar, Pesh''. Early life Moin was born in Kanpur on November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakeel
Yousuf Kamal (born 29 May 1938), better known as Shakeel Yousuf, is a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972), as 'Mehboob Ahmed' in PTV's Aangan Terha (1984) and as ''Taimoor Ahmad'' in Ankahi (1982). He has also acted in a number of local Lollywood, films as well as the role of First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan along with Christopher Lee in the biographical English film detailing the life of founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Jamil Dehalvi's Jinnah (film), Jinnah (1998) And''Traffic'' serial for BBC Channel-4. He is also known for his philanthropic activities.http://pakistan360degrees.com/?s=Shakeel+ , Profile of TV actor Shakeel on pakistan360defrees.com website, Retrieved 27 Dec 2016 Early life Shakeel and his family migrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan in 1952. He was born as Yusuf Kamal in Bhopal, British India. He received his primary education from an English medium school in British India and in a Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badar Khalil
Badar Khalil ( ur, ; born 15 October 1944), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress. She gained popularity for her role in the TV play Bi Jamalo portraying herself as Bi Jamalo. Later on, she appeared in many as hit TV serials on PTV from 1968 to now. She also did a TV show ''Mithu Aur Aapa'', a critically acclaimed comedy play on Hum TV. Early life Badar khalil was born in Delhi, British India to a Kashmiri father and a Delhite mother. Her family moved to Lahore during partition in 1947, but now she is living in Karachi, Pakistan. She moved with her husband Shahzad Khalil to Karachi after working for a short time at Pakistan Television Corporation (Lahore Center). Career In Karachi, her first main appearance was in Unkahi which was a classic TV drama written by veteran Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin. Badar Khalil started her showbiz career in 1968 as an anchor in children's shows on PTV. Initially, Badar Khalil gained her recognition for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoaib Mansoor
Shoaib Mansoor (Full name, Shoaib Mansoor), ( ur, ; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Muhajir origin. Active in the television industry since 1980, he first found success for composing and writing the song Dil Dil Pakistan in 1987, thereby introducing Vital Signs musical band in mainstream Pakistani television. He was also well-recognised for directing many critically acclaimed hit drama series on Pakistani television. He became internationally known and popular for directing TV shows including the 1982 classic ''Ankahi,'' comedy series ''Fifty Fifty'' (1980) and the travel documentary show , Gulls and Guys which was sponsored by the John Player Gold Leaf company and which was a commercial success reality show, and the military fiction series, ''Alpha Bravo Charlie'' (1998). Mansoor found further critical acclaim for his musical abilities, writing songs for Vital Signs in the 1990s and int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Nizami
Khalid Nizami is a Pakistani comedian actor and music composer. He is primarily known for playing a comedy role in Haseena Moin's play Ankahi. He has played several comedy characters in PTV dramas since 1970. He composed a song "''Tum Sung Nainan Laagay''" which was sung by Rubina Badar and became a classic hit. He also composed some songs for the singer A. Nayyar. Nizami also acted in ''Haseena Moins plays ''Eid Ka Jorra'' and Shehzori (1974). He appeared in some Urdu films, including ''Haqeeqat'' (1974), which was directed by Nazar-ul-Islam. TV plays * Uncle Urfi (1972) * Shehzori (1974) * Ankahi (1982) * Hum Chale Aaye (2008) Films * Haqeeqat (1974) * Pehchan (1975) Songs * ''Tum sung Nainan Laagay'' — Singer: Rubina Badar, Poet: Asad Muhammad Khan Asad Muhammad Khan (born 26 September 1932) is a Pakistani novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet. He is author of five Urdu story books. He wrote songs, plays and features for Radio Pakistan and PTV. He received t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Television Corporation
Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. Background Historical context 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 Ayub Khan in 1960. Retrieved 13 January 2016. 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 engineer in the Engineering Division of Radio Pakistan, as the project director of the first television station in Lahore. Ali reached a milestone in 1961 after establishing a private television broadcasting company with the cooperation of Nippon Electric Company (NEC) of Japan and Thomas Television International of the United Kingdom. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arshad Mehmood (composer)
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer, and a singer. Early life and career He had started composing music for Pakistan Television Corporation back in 1972. EMI Pakistan period He later was the driving force behind EMI Pakistan. EMI provided the platform for Pakistan's biggest music artists during the 1970s and later decades. Arshad Mehmood served there as a music producer and a talent promoter. His role at EMI was so crucial that noted Pakistani music director Nisar Bazmi reportedly commented, "EMI Pakistan without Arshad would be a nonentity". Pakistan television period Pakistan Television Corporation, all through most of his active career, used to ask him to produce and compose music for it. During that long period, he worked with many prominent Pakistani singers like Nayyara Noor, Tina Sani, Tahira Syed, Noor Jehan, Mehdi Hassan, Reshma, Mehnaz Begum, A. Nayyar and Alamgir. He had acting roles in Pakistani TV drama serials such as ''Aangan Terha'' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazi Wajid
Wajid Qazi ( ur, ) (26 May 1930– 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani actor. His works include '' Shama'', ''Tanhaiyaan'', ''Dhoop Kinare'', ''Chand Grehan'', ''Zair, Zabar, Pesh'', ''Hawain'', ''Mehndi'', '' Afshan'', '' Khuda Ki Basti'' and ''Ankahi''. He died in Karachi on 11 February 2018. After 25 years on radio, he resigned and performed as an actor, joining television in 1966, and for his contributions in the field, he was eventually awarded the Pride of Performance Award in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan. In a career spanning more than 50 years, he did "more than 1,200 dramas as a staff artist for Radio Pakistan since 1977, and more than 500 dramas for TV." Personal life Born Qazi Abdul Wajid Ansari, his birthplace is the Gwalior state and the year is 1930, as he himself stated in one of his last interviews.Omair Alavi (12 February 2018)"OBITUARY: QAZI WAJID'S LAST ACT SADDENS FANS" ''Dawn News''. Retrieved 19 March 2019. His family, including five siblings (three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behroze Sabzwari
Behroze Sabzwari ( ur, بہروز سبزواری; born 1957) is an actor from Pakistan, appearing in films, on television, and in voice acting roles alike. Career Behroze began his career in Radio Pakistan as a radio presenter. In the late 1970s, he started his acting career by starring in a "live" television children's play ''Dadajan Nanajan''. Behroze has appeared in a number of television commercials. He has also done many stage plays, including ''Mirza Ghalib Bandar Road Par''. Mirza Ghalib Bandar Road Par was the famous play of Khawaja Moinuddin. This play was the earliest of Behroze's plays and introduced him to the TV viewers throughout Pakistan in the early seventies. However, he achieved fame through the PTV play '' Khuda Ki Basti'' in 1974 where he played the role of ''Nausha''. Behroze Sabzwari received the Pride of Performance on 23 March 2009, for his services to the Pakistani television industry for more than 40 years. Personal life During the PTV serial era, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saleem Nasir
Saleem Nasir (Urdu; 1944 – 1989) was a Pakistani film and TV actor. He appeared in the PTV drama serial Angan terha.'Remembering Saleem Nasir' Dawn (newspaper), Published 16 Jan 2011, Retrieved 6 December 2020 Early life and career Saleem Nasir was born to a family in , , on 15 November 1944. He had a successful, though short, career in TV and film acting. * Film Zaib-un-Nisa (1976). Other cast: |