A powerful love-story set against the backdrop of the partition. It’s about Lekhpur, its resident who believe religion is identity not bias. Gulaab Singh and Gurnaam, Sher Muhammad and Kaammi: their hearts are intertwined. But India has to be partitioned. What was doomed has now been pronounced. Those who follow their hearts can’t understand this. Those who have been related in humanity are at daggers drawn now. They are Muslims. They are Hindus. They are Sikhs. Prejudice becomes a matter of pride. Along with assets human beings are also exchanged. Goons in the grab of protectors of faiths wreak havoc. All is uprooted and destroyed except love. Soils you can divide, hearts you can’t.
A powerful love-story set against the backdrop of the partition. It’s about Lekhpur, its resident who believe religion is identity not bias. Gulaab Singh and Gurnaam, Sher Muhammad and Kaammi: their hearts are intertwined. But India has to be partitioned. What was doomed has now been pronounced. Those who follow their hearts can’t understand this. Those who have been related in humanity are at daggers drawn now. They are Muslims. They are Hindus. They are Sikhs. Prejudice becomes a matter of pride. Along with assets human beings are also exchanged. Goons in the grab of protectors of faiths wreak havoc. All is uprooted and destroyed except love. Soils you can divide, hearts you can’t.
It is amazing that what started as a simple song has gone on to become an unprecedented anti terrorism movement. A campaign around it was devised to address the message of radicalization and terrorism that was at odds with what the majority of Muslims believe. It was time to redress the imbalance, and
from the smallest child to the oldest person, Yeh Hum Naheen sought to give a voice to the voiceless.
Compsed & Produced by: Shuja Haider
Lyrics by: Ali Moeen
Directed by: Waseem Mahmood
The objective of the Yeh Hum Naheen foundation is to build on the essence of Islam as a
faith that promotes tolerance, peace and harmony removing prejudices within the community
and amongst non-Muslims around the world.
It is all too easy to hold faceless agencies or foreign hands responsible for the rise in terrorism
in Pakistan, but simply finding someone else to blame is not the way to resolve this problem.
The fact remains that the perpetrators of these heinous acts are from amongst us. It has
become not only the civil but also the religious responsibility of each individual to ensure
that nobody from our family, our friends, our neighborhoods, our schools or our colleges
gets sucked into committing these acts. It is up to us to root these people out and let them
know in the strongest possible way that what they do, they do not do in our name.
Terrorism is nothing more than Murder and in Islam Murder is Haram.
In June 2008, a unique campaign was launched to encourage the Pakistani people to take
a united stand against terrorism and send a resounding message to those involved that the
majority of the people do not support the terrorists. The main aim of the campaign is to
get people to sign a petition condemning terrorism; this they can do this either in person
with the team of 6000 Contact Ambassadors around the country, by SMS or by this website.
It is time to stand up and be counted –- Yeh Hum Naheen.
Major TV & film celebrities of the country supported the movement by participating in the
ad campaign through which they urged the people to step forward and take part in the
campaign by signing up the petition against terrorism. Separate one-liners were also aired
featuring celebrities that worked brilliantly in building up the momentum of the campaign.
The celebrities that took part included names like Shakeel, Samina Ahmed, Samina Peerzada,
Zeba Bakhtiar, Moamer Rana, Reema, Noman Ijaz, Moin Akhter, Sohail Asghar, Fakhare
Alam, Misbah Khalid, Anoushay Ashraf, Faisal Qureshi, Ayesha Omer, Amir Adnan, Arif
Lohar, Shiraz Uppal, Noor, Usman Peerzada, Irfan Khoosat, Imran Peerzada, Shafqat Amanat
Ali, Farhan Ali Agha and Mehwish etc.
The Yeh Hum Naheen song was a unique musical event in itself. Featuring the vocal talents
of some of Pakistans biggest music artists, including Haroon, Ali Haider, Ali Zafar, Shafqat
Amanat Ali, Strings, Shuja Haider and Hadiqa Kiani, uniting to sing out the message the
world needs to hear.
Capturing the imagination of people across the board, Yeh Hum Naheen has given a voice
to the silent majority, those in the Muslim world who have far too long been mis-represented.
The entire campaign was run for only a month and the results it achieved were astounding.
It managed to acquire over 62 million signatures nationwide. This record response made
news globally to the extent that the campaign made it to the Guinness Book of World
Records. Previously any such non political petition for the people by the people holds a
record of 24 million signatures only. Apart from this, the turnover for this petition brought
forward twice the amount of people than our general elections. The Yeh Hum Naheen song
also made it big by being nominated for the prestigious Grammies in a similar category as
‘We are the world’.
The campaign was a big success in terms of uniting the people of Pakistan on a single
platform to stand and raise their voice against terrorism. The finale of the campaign brought
a message for the entire nation to save their loved ones from getting into the clutches of
those who brainwash them into killing themselves and other muslims in the name of religion.
The next phase of the campaign is being worked upon and it will bring about new messages as to how we as a nation can help stop such activities at our own individual levels.
Inflated egos destroy relationships. In the war of egos, love and hatred become two sides of the same coin. True love, however, can surmount every obstacle. The serial revolves around the victims of love, especially women, who are still chained by traditions in our male-dominated society. The drama is the journey of a woman determined to prove that love can conquer even the most overblown of egos. Hence, the union of Suraj & Mukhi.
It’s a story of paradoxes. It is the story of two women, who on the outside appear to be very different individuals, but are bound by many similar problems. Noori was an orphan from an impoverished background, who goes through turbulent times before finding herself beginning a new life in a palace. Princess Rania, on the other hand, who is the owner of the palace, is brought by fate to circumstances she could never have imagined possible. Where Nooris innocence, struggle, optimism and dynamic personality blossoms, Ranias negativity and jealousy becomes more and more apparent, and she sets out on a rampage to destroy other people that she dislikes. While life takes Noori on many a wild adventure, Rania has a fondness for going on trysts herself. In this close-to-life serial, you will meet characters that remind you of people from your own lives and keep you glued to your sets to see how their life develops.
The drama is directed by Abid Ali who also played a powerful role in this drama. The story revolves around the 3 tribes of Baluchistan who were at war with each other due to personal enimities. Born in these tribes are Shah Taj (Atiqa Odho) and Balaj (Nauman Ejaz). Despite of being surrounded by hatred all their lives, both are gentle souls who fell in love with each other. Fearing that their union could unite the two tribes, the head of the third tribe tried to plot against their marriage.
Continuous twists and turns and the complications that arise as the story moves on, along with quality acting by quality actors ensures engrossing viewing experience for the masses. The cinematography of this drama is also great.
Producer: Abid Ali
Writer: Munnoo Bhai
Director: Abid Ali , F H Qureshi
Cast: Abid Ali, Atiqa Odho, Nauman Ejaz, Fazeela Qazi, Asad, Shaista Malik, Noor Mohammad Lashari, Rasheed Naz, Sabiha Khanum, Ayyub Khosa, Aslam Latar
The story is about a village girl, Marvi, who goes to the city for studies with the aim to come back to her village and make the living conditions better for people there. Of course everything doesn’t go nice and easy according to her wishes and she faces lots of hardships. Hassam Qazi, plays a role of Marvi’s possessive lover, has performed very well. Ghazal Siddique who played the role of Marvi has done a tremendous job.
Director: Sultana Siddiqui
Writer: Noor-ul-Huda Shah
Cast: Ghazal Siddique, Mahnoor Baloch, Hassam Qazi, Badar Khaleel, Qaiser Khan, Mahmood Siddiqui, Noor Muhammad Lashari, Manzoor Murad, Roshan Atta, Anwar Solangi, Asad Qureshi, Sheema Kirmani, Anwar Baloch
