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Fifty Fifty (Pakistani TV Series)
''Fifty Fifty'' (Urdu script: ففٹی ففٹی) is a popular Pakistan Television Corporation sketch comedy series which was aired on the national television PTV from 1978 to 1984, based loosely on the American comedy show ''Saturday Night Live''. The programme was a sketch comedy considered by many critics as one of the best television shows to be produced in Pakistan. The content of the show includes satire and parody, with some slapstick comedy. It is widely considered to be a trendsetter in its genre, with its content being ethnically balanced and written to respect all Pakistani communities. Regulars on the show included TV actors Ismail Tara, Zeba Shehnaz and Majid Jehangir. Some golden-era songs of Naheed Akhtar and Ghulam Ali were also featured on the show. It was produced and directed by acclaimed Pakistani film and TV director Shoaib Mansoor and written by Anwar Maqsood. ''Fifty Fifty'' and ''Alif Noon'' are the two prominent comedy series in Pakistan television in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is used widely in variety shows, comedy talk shows, and some sitcoms and children's television series. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their work from a "skit", maintaining that a skit is a (single) dramatized joke (or "bit") while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character, or situation. definition 3b, Merriam-Webster online. Retrieved 5/4/2019 History Sketch comedy has its origins in |
Bushra Ansari
Bushra Iqbal Ansari is a Pakistani actress, comedian, singer and playwright who started her career as a child performer in the 1950s. Ansari won numerous awards during her career, including the Presidential Pride of Performance Award in 1989 for her contributions to the arts of Pakistan. Career Ansari's first dramatic acting role was in one of Iqbal Ansari's productions. She also appeared on PTV's most-watched shows, including '' Angan Terha'', ''Show Time'', ''Show Sha'', ''Rang Tarang'', ''Emergency Ward'' and the sketch comedy TV series '' Fifty Fifty''. Filmography Film Telefilm Selected television Awards and honors * 6th PTV Awards Best Actress Award for Raat Gaye in 1986 *Iconic Women from Pakistan at Hum Women Leader Awards *On 23 March 2021, she was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Sketch Shows
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Television Corporation Original Programming
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Indus Drama Awards
The 1st Indus Drama Awards ceremony, presented by Indus TV Network, sponsored by Dulux, took place on 23 September 2005, at PAF Museum, Karachi. The ceremony was recorded, and was scheduled to be televised in Pakistan and UAE on October 1, 2005, by Indus TV. It was produced by chairman Ghazanfar Ali. The awards were hosted by actor Shahood Alvi and co-hosted by Sehar Imran. Ceremony information The drama awards were a follow-up of the IM Music awards, art of the INDUS NETWORK, which were held at the D.H.A Golf Club. The stage was set against a giant plasma screen and for the first time a live orchestra had been arranged. The four series competing for the most prestigious honours were 'Maa Aur Mamta', 'Ambulance', 'Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat' and 'Karachi law'. Kamran Qureshi’s drama series Maa Aur Mamta was considered most successful with seven awards; Qureshi brought his mother Shagufta Yousuf to receive it on his behalf. Natasha D’souza received her trophy for the best s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moin Akhtar
Moin Akhter (also: "معین اختر" Moin Akhtar), (24 December 1950 – 22 April 2011) was a Pakistani television, film and stage artist, humorist, comedian, impersonator, host, writer, singer, director and producer who rose to fame in the era of Radio Pakistan along with his co-actors Anwar Maqsood and Bushra Ansari. He became an icon through his screen persona "Rozi" and is considered to be a one-of-a-kind parodist and the king of Urdu comedy. His career spanned more than 45 years, from childhood in the Radio Pakistan era of modern film making until a year before his death in 2011. Early life Akhter was born in Karachi, Pakistan. His father, Muhammad Ibrahim Mehboob, who died a few months after Akhtar died, at the age of 92, was born in Muradabad, in the modern-day state of Uttar Pradesh in India, and settled in Karachi as a result of the Partition, "passed his life in his own printing press and as a contractor in the garments business." Akhter was fluent in several langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umer Shareef
Mohammad Umer (19 April 1960 – 2 October 2021), known professionally as Umer Shareef, was a Pakistani actor, comedian, director, producer, and television personality. Early life Mohammad Umer was born on 19 April 1960, into an Urdu speaking family in Liaquatabad, Karachi. Career Stage work In 1974, Umer started his career from Karachi as a stage performer at the age of 19. He joined theatre, using the stage name Umer Zarif but later renamed that to Umer Sharif. Some of his extremely popular comedy stage plays were 1989's ''Bakra Qistoon Pe'' and ''Buddha Ghar Pe Ha.'' Sharif became a very popular star during this period. Much of the success came from the fact that he started to record his stage shows and his videotapes were rented out in a similar manner to movies. ''Yes Sir Eid'' and ''No Sir Eid'' were among the first stage plays to come out on video. Television In October 2009, Sharif started hosting his own late-night talk show, '' The Shareef Show'', on Geo TV. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif Kapadia
Latif Kapadia ( ur, لطيف کپاڈیا) (27 March 1934 – 29 March 2002) was a Pakistani stage and television actor. Career Born on 27 March 1934 in Nashik, a city in the Maharashtra state of British India of Gujarati descent.Latif Kapadia passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 March 2002, Retrieved 6 December 2021 His parents originated from village near Navsari, Gujarat. Latif Kapadia migrated to at the age of 13 with his family and started his career as a stage actor. In 1953, Kapadia began his acting career. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Sheikh
Jawed Sheikh (also spelled Javaid and Javed; born 8 October 1954) is a Pakistani actor, film director and producer who works in Lollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for working in the Hindi films ''Om Shanti Om'', '' My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves '', ''Namastey London'', etc. Career Born in Rawalpindi, Jawed Sheikh made his acting debut in the Lollywood film ''Dhamaka'', written by Pakistani writer Ibn-e-Safi released on 14 December 1974. He acted in over 100 films in Urdu, Sinhala and Punjabi. He has also appeared in many television serials which have aired on PTV, Hum TV, Geo Entertainment and A-Plus. The first film he directed was ''Mushkil'', released in 1995. In 2002, he directed ''Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa'', in which he also played a supporting role. In 2005, he switched to acting in Bollywood films and appeared in films like '' Shikhar'' (2005) and ''Jaan-E-Mann'' (2006). In 2007 he appeared in ''Namaste London'', ''Om Shanti Om'' and the Pakistani film ''Mein Ek Din ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
