‘Sturdy script important for achievement’, says actor Ahmed Ali as Karachi Literature Competition ends on memorable be aware
KARACHI:
The ultimate day of the three-day Karachi Literature Competition concluded with greater than 40 periods overlaying a variety of matters together with training, girls’s points, well being, Urdu language, music, poetry and synthetic intelligence. A whole lot of books had been bought on the competition’s e book honest, whereas youngsters additionally took half in varied actions all through the occasion.
One of many periods centered on media, the place senior journalists Ghazi Salahuddin, Owais Tohid, Nadia Naqi and Amber Rahim Shamsi shared their views on modern media challenges and tendencies.
A separate session titled “Pakistani TV Drama: Performing, Route or Story?” introduced collectively actor Ahmed Ali Akbar, director Saife Hassan, Zhalay Sarhadi and actor Aly Khan to debate the evolving panorama of Pakistani tv dramas.
Ahmed Ali Akbar mentioned that the rising variety of dramas being produced was a optimistic improvement, including that viewers consumption habits had additionally modified. “It’s a good factor that extra dramas are being made as a result of the inhabitants is rising and the medium by which dramas are watched has additionally modified,” he mentioned.
He emphasised the significance of storytelling, stating, “I’ve restricted vitality and can’t act in each drama. If the script isn’t good, even Shah Rukh Khan can’t make a movie successful.”
Actor Zhalay Sarhadi mentioned that competing with the Indian movie business remained a long-term problem. “We can’t compete with the Indian movie business even in 200 years,” she mentioned.
She added that storytelling had taken a again seat within the age of social media. “Earlier than social media, extra consideration was paid to the story of a drama. Within the period of social media, actors need to be conscious of every little thing. Generally a drama turns into successful due to a robust forged, however the true success of a drama is that it’s remembered for a very long time. If the story is nice, the drama can even be good,” she mentioned.
Actor Aly Khan highlighted tv’s distinctive reference to audiences. “The fantastic thing about tv is that an actor turns into like a member of the family,” he mentioned. “When TV superstars transfer to movies, audiences don’t essentially go to cinemas, but when the work has substance, it is going to positively be appreciated.”
Director Saife Hassan additionally careworn the central position of storytelling. “The story is an important ingredient in a drama,” he mentioned. “Some dramas grew to become hits regardless of weak tales, however drama is the end result of all performing arts. If the story is robust, a succesful director can current it successfully.”
Chatting with The Specific Tribune, author Bee Gul mentioned that noticeable adjustments had been happening in Pakistani tv dramas. “A transparent transformation might be seen in Pakistani dramas, and this alteration has additionally influenced the viewers’s pondering,” she mentioned. “Dramas at the moment are addressing topics that had been as soon as thought-about taboo, and the brand new technology desires to talk brazenly about such points and problem social restrictions.”
She added, “The youthful technology has the braveness to lift its voice, and since they’re an necessary a part of society, it’s obligatory to debate these points.”
Bee Gul additionally rejected the notion that the absence of older writers had lowered requirements. “In each period, good and common work exists aspect by aspect, and new writers are additionally producing impactful work,” she mentioned.
She additional famous that drama-making was a collaborative course of. “Drama is a collective inventive effort wherein writers, administrators, actors, technical groups, editors and channels all play an necessary position. Market dynamics and channel necessities additionally affect content material,” she mentioned, including that she selected to work selectively on initiatives that matched her imaginative and prescient and requirements.
The competition concluded with a closing ceremony addressed by Pakistani-British writer Mohammed Hanif, adopted by a qawwali efficiency by Hamza Akram, whose rendition introduced the viewers to an ecstatic shut.
