Ainak Wala Jin ( ur, عینک والا جن, English: ''Spectacled Genie'') is

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produced and broadcast by PTV

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from 1993–1996.The return of 'Ainak Wala Jin'
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 29 August 2012, Retrieved 31 October 2020 This drama was rebroadcast two times on television in Pakistan due to public demand. It was widely popular among children for its humour and fictional storyline.

Plot

The theme was conceived by Hafeez Tahir as an amalgamation of fantasy, real life and science fiction. A genie is sent by the emperor of genies from the

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to Earth for the treatment of his eyesight problems. When he lands, he happens to meet a daring young boy who loves fantasies. The boy takes him to the doctor who prescribes power glasses. Then the boy, along with his father, takes the genie home. The genie is in the shape of a tall handsome man with the special features of a genie on his face. He starts living with humans and the interesting interaction starts. He meets magicians, witches, other genies, space people and real-life characters. These interactions give birth to a very interesting story line which entailed comedy, magic, morals and learning for children and adults.

Cast

The main actors of this drama are: * Shehzad Qaiser as Nastoor * Haseeb Pasha as Hamoon Jadoogar * Sehrish Khan as mother (Farkhanda) * Munna Lahori as Zakoota Jin *

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as Samari Jadugar * Ajlal Asim Bukhari as Imran * Moattar Asim Bukhari (now Moattar Adeel) as Moattar * Zahid Sharif as jin * Nusrat Ara as Bil Batori * Farooq Butt as 'space chief' * Aneel Chaudhri as Ashkali *

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as Aini *

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as Toofani Nagan * Shabnam Majeed as Baaji * Nabeel Ahmad Goheer as Father * Asad Bhandara as Charlie Mamun * Mukhtar Ahmad Shaad as Rehmu Baba * Nisar Butt as Umro Ayyar * Humza Ghayyur Akhtar as dubi * Hamza Bin Tahir as son of Nastoor *

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as Taloos Badshah or Shah Taloos * Honey Albela as 'Taya Abba' * Umar Daraz Khalil as Aamlee jadugar * Rashid Mehmood as 'Sarkata Insaan' * Najma as 'Karnani Churail' * Babu Baral (comedian) as (guest appearance) JIN * Jamal Pasha as 'chotta Jin' Note: It should be mentioned here that three famous female singers of Pakistan started their career as actresses with this TV serial. They are Shabnam Majeed,

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, and

Production

Story

The serial was written by Late Abdul Hameed who is popularly known as A Hameed. He has written about two hundred books, innumerable columns, memoirs, novels, fiction for children and many serials for the

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, a versatile director of Pakistan Television. He was given ''producer of the decade'' award for this production by PTV. Having two master's degrees from

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, he was trained in television production and direction at MMTC Indonesia and

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. He is a poet, short story writer, newspaper column writer and a still photographer. He has three publications to his credit, "Aathwan Rang", "Zere Zamin" and his latest to date "Manzil Manzil"

Special effects

In the absence of computer graphics facility, the director of the show Hafeez Tahir managed to create many special effects with the simple chroma key technique. Some ingenious techniques were invented to make those effects with the help of able lighting cameramen and his technical crew. Many layers were created and matted to create imaginative video effects.

Popularity

This play has been immensely popular among the children and adults at the same time. The children, their parents and their elders enjoyed it together. The characters became household names and some of the dialogues were transformed into political connotations. The team of the play had been invited by many educational institutions and dignitaries like the

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to request a live performance for them. The team was also invited by

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, the legendary cricketer turned politician, for fund raising of his

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and, in this connection, the entire play team along with the play director

Hafeez Tahir Hafeez Tahir ( pa, ) (born 2 September 1947) is a Pakistani TV producer, director, poet and writer. He was the director of popular children's TV serial Ainak Wala Jin (1993). Early life and career Hafeez Tahir was born in Lahore, Pakistan on 2n ...

, had the honour of performing before Princess

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and Imran Khan. The team including Hamoon Jadugar, Zakoota Jin, Bill Batori, Hafeez Tahir and some other actors visited

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-affected areas with the

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, Pakistan.

Sequel

The play was returned with a sequel 'Ainak Wala Jin 2'.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ainak Wala Jin Urdu-language television shows Pakistani drama television series Pakistan Television Corporation original programming Pakistani comedy television series Pakistani children's television series 1993 Pakistani television series debuts 1996 Pakistani television series endings 1990s Pakistani television series Urdu comedy shows