Pakistan Television
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 co ...
written by
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi
Syed Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1 May 1930 – 17 December 2015) was a Pakistani television actor and playwright. He was born in Bihar, British India and died in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizvi wrote and starred in the comedy series ''Alif Noon'' (1981-82 TV ...
. The cast consisted of
Rafi Khawar
Rafi Khawar (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, رفیع خاور) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards in ...
known as
Nanha
Rafi Khawar ( Punjabi, ur, رفیع خاور) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards including 3 Nigar ...
and
Kamal Ahmed Rizvi
Syed Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1 May 1930 – 17 December 2015) was a Pakistani television actor and playwright. He was born in Bihar, British India and died in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizvi wrote and starred in the comedy series ''Alif Noon'' (1981-82 TV ...
known as ''Allan''.
Plot
Each episode follows 'Allan' shown as a clever business-minded person, coming up with some immoral tricks to earn fast money. He used to use 'Nanha' as his stooge. He himself was not inclined to work and would rather be the sleeping partner in every saga or telling the tricks to poor Nanha (his front man). The character of Nanha became an instant hit. He f the new society and was therefore used by Allan as the 'front man' for his tricks. In the end, he would unintentionally toss out the whole plot of scheming Allan by speaking the truth to the public.Alif Noon: Cast, Release Date & Plot Brandsynario.com website, Published 6 November 2018, Retrieved 8 December 2020
Cast
Main
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Kamal Ahmed Rizvi
Syed Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1 May 1930 – 17 December 2015) was a Pakistani television actor and playwright. He was born in Bihar, British India and died in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizvi wrote and starred in the comedy series ''Alif Noon'' (1981-82 TV ...
as Allan
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Rafi Khawar
Rafi Khawar (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ur, رفیع خاور) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards in ...
as Nanha
Special Appearances
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Uzma Gillani
Uzma Gillani (born 1947; ur, ) is a veteran Pakistani television actress and advertiser. She along with Khalida Riyasat, Tahira Naqvi and Roohi Bano dominated the television screens of Pakistan during 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Early life
Uzma ...
as Patient
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Qavi Khan
Muhammad Qavi Khan ( ur, ) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has also worked in Radio Pakistan and on stage. Though now largely working in television, he has acted in over 200 films. The Government of Pakistan honoured Khan with the ...
as Journalist
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Nighat Butt
Nighat Butt was a Pakistani actress and singer. Nighat acted in numerous television dramas and films.
Early life
Nighat was born in 1948 in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her studies from University of Lahore.
Career
She started stage acting a ...
as Zareena's mother
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Mehboob Alam
Mehboob Alam ( ne, मेहबूब आलम) (born 31 August 1981) is a Nepalese cricketer. All-rounder Mehboob is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler. He made his debut for Nepal against Japan in November 2000.
Mehboob is a w ...
as Customer
Pakistani society
Although a 1980s comedy drama, the show portrayed a dark side of the
Pakistani society
The Culture of Pakistan ( ur, ) is very unique in terms of its social values revolving around the religion of Islam. The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South Asia
South Asia is the souther ...
where scams, frauds and such are widespread. The series contained a positive message in each episode, though.
List of episodes
* Alif Noon- Footpath par
Allan thinks of an idea. He makes Nanha beg on the streets for money.
* Alif Noon- Zakheera Andozi main
Allan starts working with a corrupt government servant who deliberately causes a shortage of basic supplies and later on sells those goods in 'black market' on high rates, after the demand had skyrocketed.
* Alif Noon- Eye Clinic main'Alif Noon' episode 'Eye Clinic main' on dailymotion.com website Retrieved 8 December 2020
Allan portrays himself as an (eye specialist), and Nanha as optician and they try to make big earnings before the actual and real doctor, who is also their employer, returns from lunch.
* Alif Noon- Nafsiyati Clinic main
While their employer is away for a meeting, Nanha pretends to be a psychiatrist while Allan pretends to be Nanha's assistant
* Alif Noon- Dairy main
Allan and Nanha open up their dairy shop to sell unhygienic and water-blended milk.
* Alif Noon- Bakery main
Allan opens up a Bakery to start a business selling unhygienic and stale products.
* Alif Noon- Film Industry main
Allan calls upon top-notch actors and writers for making a film which wouldn't cost them a penny, instead earn them millions.
* Alif Noon- Business lunch main
Allan and Nanha hang around at an expensive restaurant in search of a business deal, as top class businessmen dine in there, and make deals over lunch at that restaurant.
* Alif Noon- Saalgira main
Allan plans on faking Nanha's birthday in order to receive gifts, which they would later sell, to earn some cash.
* Alif Noon- Chicken Shop main
Allan and Nanha work at Pehalwan's Meat Shop where they make Bar-b-Que out of dead animals and feed them to the customers without them noticing
* Alif Noon- Cycle Shop main
Allan starts a bicycle repair-shop where Nanha steals bicycle parts while the bicycles are there to be fixed. Moreover, they rent out those bicycles to earn some cash.
* Alif Noon- Human Smuggling main
Allan gathers around a number of people who have lost faith, and gives them a new ray of hope by telling them that he and Nanha could send them abroad where they could easily work and earn handful of cash.
* Alif Noon- Tailor Shop main
Allan and Nanha startup their tailoring shop where a lot of mishaps take place.
* Alif Noon- Shadi Daftar main
Allan and Nanha accept the offer of their employer's husband to shut that organization down as he is sick of their employer (who is his wife) not playing her part in the upbringing of their kids.
* Alif Noon- Jasoosi main
Nannha is hired by undercover cops in bringing down a group of dangerous mobs.
* Alif Noon- Pawn Shop main
Allan and Nanha start selling stuff, claiming that they're "antique".
* Alif Noon- Township main
Allan and Nanha pose as Estate agents and sell land at fairly reasonable prices, even though they do not own that land.
* Alif Noon- Dawasazi main
Allan and Nanha sell homemade, useless medicines.
* Alif Noon- Sahafat main
Allan poses as a newspaper editor and a number of people meet him to bribe him so that he may publish his newspaper with their planted stories accordingly.
* Alif Noon- Art Gallery main
Allan invites art lovers to his place where Nanha makes some 'dumb' painting in a unique way. The art lovers consider it as "Abstract Art", while in reality it is just paintings made by Nanha.
* Alif Noon- Anjuman Qarazdaraan main
* Alif Noon- Advertisement main
* Alif Noon- Hair Salon Main
* Alif Noon- Kindergarten Main
* Alif Noon- Susral Main
* Alif Noon- Cinema Main
Film industry
'In Film industry' episode, it is shown that inexperienced and materialistic type of people have come into the
Pakistani film industry
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood ( ur, ), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad.
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who just make 'dummy' films. This could be easily validated from the state of present film industry in Pakistan.
'In Zakhira Andozi' (hoarding) episode, it is portrayed that people may take away the basic necessities only to make double the money. The implementation could be easily seen in the actual 2008 Atta (wheat flour) crisis in Pakistan that happened in real life.
There is an episode regarding the state of art and artist, which shows that the real artistic culture that has been the background of the subcontinent has gone down to its lowest level.