All About Pakistani TV Dramas
Apr 05 2010
اسلام آباد: معروف گلوگارہ عدنان سمیع نے تیسری شادی کے بعد اپنی نئی دلہن کے ہمراہ اسلام آباد کے ایک ہوٹل میں دعوت ولیمہ کا اہتمام کیا ۔ اس موقع پر میڈیا سے گفتگو میں عدنان سمیع کا کہنا تھا کہ ان کی نئی اہلیہ کا تعلق افغانستان سے ہے اور وہ جرمنی میں رہتی ہیں ان کی شادی ممبئی میں ہوئی ۔
اس موقع پر ان کی اہلیہ زویا کا کہنا تھا کہ عدنان سے شادی کے فیصلے میں انہیں زیادہ وقت نہیں لگا اور پاکستان آکر عدنان کی فیملی سے مل کر خوشی ہوئی۔
Apr 05 2010
لاہور: معروف موسیقار اور گلوکارعدنان سمیع نے مسلم لیگ نواز کے سربراہ میاں محمد نواز شریف کو اپنے ساتھ دوگانا ریکارڈ کرانے کی پیشکش کرڈالی جسے نواز شریف نے دھیمی سی مسکراہٹ کے ساتھ ٹال دیا۔
عدنان سمیع اپنی نوبیاہتااہلیہ زوہاکے ہمراہ تین روزہ قیام کیلئے لاہور پہنچے تو نئے جوڑے نے رائے ونڈ میں میاں نواز شریف سے ملاقات بھی کی۔ملاقات کے بعد میڈیا سے گفتگو میں عدنان سمیع کا کہنا تھاکہ انہوں نے میاں نواز شریف کو اپنے ساتھ گانے کی پیشکش کی ہے تاہم میاں صاحب نے مسکرا کرٹال دیا۔
عدنان سمیع نے کہا کہ نوازشریف سے موسیقی پر تفصیلی گفتگو ہوئی۔اگر نواز شریف آمادہ ہوں تو وہ ان کے ساتھ ڈیوٹ گانے کیلئے پر عزم ہیں
Jan 23 2010
Abnan Sami with Roya Fariyabi & Amir Khan
After two marriages and equal number of divorces, most of you might have thought its singleton for Adnan Sami.
But the man is out to stun all be it his drunken drama at Chance Pe Dance or the alleged fact that he is gearing up to marry his family friend Roya Fariyabi.
Roya Fariyabi, who is a family friend of Adnan and stays in Germany, recently attended 3 Idiots premier with Adnan.
Fariyabi was reportedly in Mumbai to seek Adnan’s mother’s approval for marriage.
Meanwhile Adnan has earlier been married to Sabah and Zeba.
Dec 21 2009
لاÛور: گلوکار ابرارالØÙ‚ Ú©Ùˆ وزیر اعظم یوس٠رضاگیلانی Ù†Û’ انسانیت Ú©ÛŒ بÛترین خدمات کرنے پر Ûیومن رائٹس ایکسیلینس ایوارڈ دیا ÛÛ’Û” ابرار الØÙ‚ Ú©Ùˆ ÛŒÛ Ø§ÛŒÙˆØ§Ø±Úˆ سوات Ú©Û’ آئی ÚˆÛŒ پیز Ú©ÛŒ بØالی Ú©Û’ لئیے خدمات انجام دینے پر دیا گیا ÛÛ’Û”
ابرار الØÙ‚ Ù†Û’ ایوارڈ ملنے پر اپنے خیالات کا اظÛار کرتے Ûوئے Ú©Ûا Ú©Û ÛŒÛ Ø§Ù„Ù„Û ØªØ¹Ø§Ù„ÛŒ کا کرم اور پرستاروں Ú©ÛŒ دعائوں کا Ù†ØªÛŒØ¬Û ÛÛ’ Ú©Û Ø§Ù†Ú¾ÛŒÚº انسانیت Ú©ÛŒ خدمات ادا کرنے پر ایوارڈ سے نوازا گیا ÛÛ’Û” انھوں Ù†Û’ Ú©Ûا Ú©Û Ø§Ù†Ú¾ÛŒÚº اب تک متعدد ایوارڈز مل Ú†Ú©Û’ Ûیں لیکن دکھی انسانوں Ú©ÛŒ دعائیں ان Ú©Û’ لئیے سب سے بڑا ایوارڈ Ûیں۔
Nov 11 2009
لاÛور : گلوکاری Ú©ÛŒ دنیا میں دھوم مچانے Ú©Û’ بعد معرو٠پاکستانی گلوکار عاط٠اسلم بھارتی Ùلموں میں کام کرنے Ú©ÛŒ پیشکش موصول Ûوئی ÛÛ’Û” عاط٠اسلم کا Ú©Ûنا ÛÛ’ Ú©Û Ø¬ÛŒØ³Û’ ÛÛŒ انÛیں کسی Ùلم کا اسکرپٹ پسند آیا تو ÙˆÛ Ø§Ø³ میں ضرورکام کریں Ú¯Û’Û”
عاط٠اسلم متعدد سپر ÛÙ¹ بھارتی Ùلموں میں اپنی آواز کا جادو جگا Ú†Ú©Û’ Ûیں اور ان Ú©Û’ گانے بھارت میں اچھی خاصی مقبولیت بھی رکھتے Ûیں Û” ان Ú©Û’ مشÛور گانوں میں تیرے بن، Ù¾ÛÙ„ÛŒ نظراور بس ایک پل سمیت متعدد دیگر گانے شامل Ûیں۔
Nov 08 2009
PAKISTANI singer Atif Aslam, who crooned his way into the hearts of Indians with Bollywood songs, has revealed he has acting offers from the industry and is open to them. “Artists don’t belong to any nation,†he says.
“I would like to act in a Bollywood film. It’s not my forte, but I want to give it a try,†Aslam told IANS on telephone from Lahore. He is appreciated not just for his singing abilities but also for his suave looks and style statement.
“I have various offers from Bollywood but nothing has been finalised. I am reading scripts at the moment. Once something is finalised, I will make an official announcement,†he added.
Aslam gained popularity in Pakistan with his band “Jalâ€. He made his presence felt in India with the song “Aadat†in the film “Kalyugâ€. He became a name to reckon with, delivering hit songs like “Woh lamhe†from the film “Woh Lamheâ€, “Pehli nazar mein†from “Race†and “Bakhuda†from “Kismat Konnectionâ€.
“Music is an art form that has no boundaries. Artists don’t belong to a nation; they should be free to work wherever they want to,†he said.
However, the singer has kept his Indian assignments limited. When asked for the reason, the 26-year-old said he believes in quality rather than quantity.
“I have always focussed on quality work and not quantity. I am not singing just for money and fame. I am singing for myself because I like it. Thus, selecting a few but nice songs was a conscious effort. The lyrics of a song are very important to me,†he said.
Oct 18 2009
By Maliha Rehman
Even at the young age of 15, Azaan Sami Khan has a discerning, motivated look about him. He has unruly hair and baby fat that hasn’t yet shed off, but his bespectacled, intelligent eyes speak volumes for his maturity as an individual. As the son of actress Zeba Bakhtiar and musician Adnan Sami Khan, Azaan is, of course, not your average teenager. During his childhood, he weathered his parents’ tumultuous divorce and subsequent prolonged custody battle – experiences that must have left long-lasting scars. Still, he seems to be none the worse for wear as he has recently been signed by Sony Music India for his debut album, an album that will mark him as the world’s youngest composer and singer.
It has become quite the order of the day for children to want to follow in their celebrity parents’ footsteps. In Bollywood, star kids have taken over almost completely with every big banner movie boasting the name of a Ranbir Kapoor or an Abhishek Bachchan or even a desperately-floundering-for-a-hit Fardeen Khan. Closer to home, we have Neelo’s son Shaan, Amanat Ali Khan’s son Shafqat Amanat Ali and Abid Ali’s daughter Iman Ali amongst the glitterati. Since he has spent his entire childhood estranged from his musician father, it is surprising though that Azaan opted for a career in music rather than one in acting, a la his actress mother.
“I’ve met my father for the first time in 10 years,” admits Azaan. “During these years, I had no contact with him whatsoever. Still, his musical influence was there. My mother saw that I was interested in music and always encouraged it. I have been receiving vocal training from a very young age and composed my first song when I was seven. At age 13, I directed and composed the music for a short film called Meri Kahani, a movie that was screened at the South East Asian festival in Goa. This was when I realized that music was truly my calling and this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. My mother’s influence is also there – I eventually want to delve into acting, directing and dancing as well!”
Now that he has reunited with his father in Mumbai, Azaan is not only getting to know Adnan Sami better but also feels that he is learning a lot from the talented musician. “Living with my father is a learning experience,” he says. “I couldn’t meet him earlier because of court cases but from now on, I am going to be shuffling back and forth between Pakistan and India. He has taught me a lot and feels that I am now ready to go public. My album will be launched in India and hopefully, simultaneously in Pakistan, by Sony Music. People who have heard it so far have more or less liked it. They have also been surprised that my sound is so different from my father’s.”
He may sound different but Azaan admits that the opportunities granted to him have mainly been due to his celebrity father. “But that also puts the burden on me of living up to people’s expectations,” he reasons. “The audience may listen to the album once because they are curious to hear Adnan Sami’s son but they will only hear it again and again if they like it. I hope that people realize that my father started his career when he was 24 while I am just 15. I can’t possibly sound as mature or sing as romantically as him!”
Azaan, it seems, is, understandably, in awe of his multi-talented father. “My father is a well-respected musician in India and everybody I have met through him over here has been very friendly and genuine. Despite this, if I could, I would have wanted my first album to debut in Pakistan. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a very enthusiastic response from Pakistani music companies whereas I was welcomed in India. My father encountered the same attitude years ago when he wanted to release Kabhi Toh Nazar Milao in Pakistan. The album was then eventually released in India and became a huge success. As musicians, sometimes we just don’t have any option but to launch our music in India, where people are more appreciative and receptive to new ideas. It doesn’t mean that we have forsaken our loyalty to our nation. I am a Pakistani and I am proud of it. A lot of the songs in my album have been recorded in Pakistan and have been written by Pakistani lyricists.
Similarly, my father isn’t an Indian national – he still has a green passport and he says that every time he goes on stage, Pakistan goes on stage with him.” Quite the besotted son, Azaan fails to mention that his father did apply for Indian citizenship in 2001 but failed to acquire it.
Nevertheless, in the words of Lata Mangeshkar, “Music knows no boundaries” and if Azaan’s first album is a success, it will be a proud moment for Pakistan. Following the footsteps of Adnan Sami, Azaan says that he has a sense of how different instruments work, even though the keyboard is the main instrument he plays. He has been signed up as music director for a few Indian movies, one of them directed by Priyadarshan and due to be released this December. His album debut is planned for January 2010.
Courtesy: The News
Oct 18 2009
It is true that singer Mohammad Ali Shyhaki, who some say is the pioneer of pop music in Pakistan along with the inimitable Alamgir, had dabbled in acting before and didn’t come up trumps. But it proved to be a pleasant surprise seeing him flex his acting muscles in a comedy show on a local TV channel last week.
The singer was anchoring the programme, in a manner of speaking, with remarkable comedic timing, completely overshadowing the other hosts of the show who are supposed to be known comics.
Shyhaki’s mannerisms, dialogue delivery and gestures were funny and never bordered on the ‘ham’ side. Does that mean that the singer has finally come to grips with the fact that he’s no more 20-something wearing floral shirts and dancing to the beat of groovy songs; and is trying to discover other avenues for staying in the news?
If the answer is yes, then acting it is for sure!
Courtesy: Dawn Images
Oct 13 2009
Mama Mia! That oh so filmi and fleshy woman Shahida Mini has come out with a new song, Bheegi Bheegi. Does that title conjure up some images? It does. And its music video pretty much lives up to those images. Shun those thoughts, you…
If you see the video you’ll realise Ms Mini is making not-so-strange gestures in it that she may not even have made in Lollywood films. The actress-turned-singer (who also now writes and composes her songs!) is moving her hands and other parts of her body with such a consuming passion and frenzy that it would make Beyonce Knowles redefine her career.
To boot, the story track of the song has a young couple repeat centuries-old lovey-dovey moves against a rainy backdrop. That is such a Pakistani film formula. Then why make songs, why not just resume working in films? Methinks Shahida Mini has a mega future in her mind.
Courtesy: Dawn Images
Oct 13 2009
It’s time all morning talk show hosts were taught how to behave while facing television cameras! Ever since the advent of cable TV in Pakistan, chat show presenters have eclipsed all other celebrities, including actors, in terms of fame and recognition. Perhaps that’s what’s now gotten to their heads.
One particular morning show host, a woman whose claim to fame before landing this job was aping the likes of Hasina Moin heroines as an actress, seems to have a self-obtained licence of treating showbiz people in a condescending way — as if they were nothing more than cattle! You’ve guessed it: Nadia Khan.
The other day the heartthrob of/from yesteryear Bindiya was on her show. It was lovely to see the great actress/singer looking as graceful as she ever used to. One would have ideally liked to give her the respect and love she so richly deserves, but the anchor treated her so like an ordinary creature, trying to dig out the ghosts from her past (her relationship with her former husband, etc) which visibly made Bindiya uncomfortable to say the least.
But for regular viewers of the morning show it was nothing out of the blue as Nadia is in the habit of interviewing people as if she’s doing them a huge favour by having them on the show.
Bearing this in mind, allegedly, Resham has declined to make an appearance on her show despite repeated invitations because the smart gal has the better sense to know that the host doesn’t know when to stop once she starts yapping.
Tell you what: dread the moment when this morning mezban meets her match in an equally mindless, inconsiderate chatterbox of an anchor of another TV channel. There are plenty of those around these days, you know!
Courtesy: Dawn Images
