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Pakistani playwright Haseena Moin does not have any good thing to say about the popular Indian and Pakistani serials
Indian television soaps may be enjoying high TRPs in the country and abroad but one of Pakistan's best known playwrights has lashed out at the serials describing them as a ‘sort of a fashion parade’ and wondered how viewers across the border can ‘tolerate’ them. Kanpur-born Haseena Moin, whose serials Tanhaiyyan, Ankahi, Dhoop Kinarey and Kashmakash were a hit in India, said the Indian TV soaps had many ‘flaws’. Moin, who has penned a serial for a private Pakistani channel after many years, this time, has competition from Ekta Kapoor’s tearjerkers, which are very popular among Pakistani women. "Indian ‘dramas’ do not fall in the category of drama," says Moin. "They have so many flaws that one wonders how people tolerate them. They are a sort of a fashion parade, with people admiring the dresses, jewellery and furniture rather than following the storyline," Moin told The Dawn. Moin, whose dramas were a hit both in Pakistan and India in the 1970s and 1980s, did not have any good thing to say about the state of Pakistani dramas either. "I sometimes mistake plays on our channels for Indian plays as now there is no distinction between Indian plays and Pakistani ones," she said, hoping that Pakistanis would tune in to her new unnamed drama, which will go on air in about a month. The playwright’s Kashmakash, a 46-episode serial on Star Plus in which she exploded many myths about Muslims, was also very popular in India. Her new serial on Pakistan TV revolves round three Pakistani women-a model, a TV producer and a housewife. The women, who are friends from their college days, are brought together by fate after many years. Moin was born in Kanpur and migrated to Pakistan in 1947. Humour and wit have been trademark of her writings. The tearjerkers on Indian TV may put her off, but Moin is an ardent Bollywood fan. She calls Indian films ‘superb’ and said she had penned the dialogues of Raj Kapoor’s blockbuster Henna. Commenting on serials on Pakistan TV she says, "Quality humour is in short supply on our TV channels." Moin said there was lack of quality in today’s serials because everyone was in a hurry to earn name and fame."People in (earlier) days worked with dedication. Their efforts were geared to the success of the serial, without caring for who might be given credit for it," she said. "But now the directors want all the credit for themselves, besides reaping monetary benefits. And the artistes dash from channel to channel to grab money-minting opportunities, little caring for the quality of the product." Moin, who may soon publish her book of plays, is also considering writing a novel after she has completed her present commitments. — PTI
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