

Written by Amjad Islam Amjad, directed by Ghazanfer Ali and Nusrat Thakur. Jhoke Siyal (Jhoke meaning a VILLAGE or HAMLET) broke records on viewership.Įvery cast member performed remarkably well and the famous dialogue PEER SAIEN AANDA AIE…TEY MITTHAY CHAWAL KHANDAA AIE” was on every lip as a pillow talk.

The serial, directed by PTV’s ever robust and high-profile–energetic tall man Yawar Hayat.
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Jhoke Siyalīased on the novel of Shabbir Shah (famous singer Tahira Syed’s father), Jhoke Siyal was adapted for TV by veteran writer Munnoo Bhai in 1975 again in Bhutto era. Rafi Khawar aka Nannah and Kamal Ahmed Rizvi in the sitcom Alif Noon -Photo courtesy: PTV Archives 3. Written by eminent writer, translator, director and actor Kamal Ahmed Rizvi, every story contains fruit for thoughts who thinks and wants to do something for his community. It was first aired live in 1971 and then reproduced from time to time. Alif NoonĪ story of two friends who are complete opposites – Allan, the shrewd and immoral businessman and Nannha, the innocent and idealistic village man – had everyone hooked.Īlthough a comedy, Alif Noon dealt with serious issues such as fraud, scam and cheating, among others, in our own society. The play was produced by Bakhtiyar Ahmed. The drama was re-recorded and the same version is repeated many times. In 1969, permanent recording facility was not available on television so in 1974 in Z.A.īhutto era when socialism was the mantra of the first elected government after the fall of Dhaka.
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This Drama Serial was quite successful and repeated many times on PTV at various occasions. Produced by Pakistan Television in 1969 based on Urdu Novel Khuda ki Basti by Shaukat Siddiqui, an eminent Urdu novelist and fiction writer of Pakistan. Here is the list with brief description: 1. Now go through my top five PTV drama serials that are still popular among baby busters, MTV generation and today’s generation Z due to their creative values, social appeal and impact. I am not saying they were politically motivated with some strategic goals in mind at the headquarters.
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In recent years too, few TV serials and series have done remarkably well but their scope were not as gigantic and penetrating as of dramas screened on PTV during that period even though they have some political and social influences too. Under this circumstance where choices are abundant, programs are countless and prime time is limited we cannot think of the Golden Era of TV Drama which has been enjoyed by PTV for over 25 years from the mid-70s to late 90s will ever come back. People in all age groups now sit in front of this electronic rectangle and thumb across a channel of choice on the spot. Now with the flux of media scenario, entire dynamics has changed. Read More: Top 5 PTV Classics – A Trip Down The Memory Lane
In Pakistan, when television was run solely as a state own apparatus, regardless of news and current affairs shows Pakistan Television has done well on entertainment, creative and educational fronts in the near past and to some extent even today due to its greater reach in semi-urban and far-flung areas. And, it seems its core objective is to educate irrespective of the question what is being taught through information, entertainment and advertainment, after all, television whether state-run or a private enterprise has to survive on revenues and hence viewer is the king. Television, no doubt, is an important invention of the previous century. The next generation will have eyeballs as big as cantaloupes and no brain at all.” American comedian whose absurdist, topically pointed radio show made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio and later on a famous TV and film star, Fred Allen almost a half century ago said, “Everything is for the eyes these days-TV, Life, Look, the Movies.
