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Entertainment Industry in Pakistan. Pakistan Drama Industry from gold to ashes
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Pakistan Drama Industry from gold to ashes So what happened to our dramas? Is it the Indian invasion, the onslaught of multimedia or the ubiquity of television that made our dramas lose the veneration that our parents speak of? “The television used to be a novelty back in the day, so anything that aired was viewed with enthusiasm,” says television director VasayChoudhary.
“People typically ignore this crucial aspect when discussing the glory of old dramas. Yes they were good, but all of them were produced by the state television network where the drama teams were official employees and had enough time to take each project individually,” he explains. Choudhary believes that the mass production of television dramas has compromised the quality which was seen in dramas during the 90s.
The younger lot of directors agrees that not every drama produced these days is a milestone, but argue that neither was every production from the previous years. “Fifteen dramas out of a myriad produced during the 30-year reign of state-run television stood out. If you compare it to the 11 memorable ones that stood out in the last three of four years, you will realise that the average is the same,” explains Choudhary. His peer Khoosat agrees, “Dramas like ‘MeriZaatZarra-e- Benishan’ and ‘Humsafar’ are currently enjoying the same status as dramas like ‘Tanhaiyan’ did for us. Our productions will also become memory for a whole different generation.”
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