Pakistani Dramas are ‘Regressive’ and ‘Outdated’ says Hindustan Times
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Pakistani Dramas are ‘Regressive’ and ‘Outdated’ says Hindustan Times
A recently published article in Hindustan times says:
Zindagi TV, we never want to watch these regressive plotlines again
The article further states that:
Now that our remotes are stuck on Zindagi TV, watching Pakistani ‘draame’, let’s be clear: many of them are as regressive as their Indian counterparts. There are exceptions such as Behadd or Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain, and strong female characters such as Kashaf. But here are four recurring, outdated plotlines, which need to go, ASAP
The favourite trope of most shows: The ‘good girl’ is religious, and is happy to compromise. The ‘bad girl’ is outgoing, isn’t religious and thus, morally corrupt. It may not be as stark as Tulsi versus Mandira, but shows such as Maat (Aiman versus Saman), Humsafar (Khirad versus Sara), Aaina Dulhan Ka (Aima versus Aiza), Kahi Unkahi (Zoya versus Anam), Madiha Maliha (err… you get the drift) are built on the same pattern: because that old chestnut, aurat hi aurat ki dushman hoti hai.
Men earn and are providers. Women stay at home and look after the family. In Aaina Dulhan Ka, the heroine Aima, who is held up as the model of good sense, tells her husband that it’s his job to provide for the family and her job to look after them. In Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Zaroon Junaid blames his working mother for everything, from her children’s lack of religious grounding to the eventual breakdown of his sister’s marriage.
In the god-awful Mastana Mahi, the male lead brings his second wife home because the first one can’t have kids. And then everybody wonders why the first wife becomes crazy! Show after show repeats the pattern: secretly married second time to a much younger woman? Serves your bossy wife right (Badi Aapa).
Beat your wife when you were drunk? You know the answer, right? No, not jail and yes, she’ll take you back (Mera Naseeb). Suspected your wife of infidelity and left her? Don’t worry, she’ll take you back because, you know, humsafars and all that (Humsafar, Kahi Unkahi).
We can pin the blame for this one on the subcontinent’s unhealthy obsession with marriage, but every single show revolves around it. Dhoop Kinare, the 1980s drama that first gave India a taste of Pakistani television, was set in both the hospital where the characters worked and their homes. But the shows today rarely venture out of domestic confines, with stories revolving around marital bliss or the lack thereof.
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Frankly Pakistani dramas hundred times better and if you talking regression see how bad your own are but I will agree that it revolves around a marriage a lot
Shaadi karo shaadi na karo issa karo ussa na karo .we need more diverse topics which I’m sure we’ll excel in that also
Lets be honest, your just jealous, these are just stories and these are just some dramas, not every drama is about girls competing for a guy. Pakistani dramas are 100 times better than indian, atleast our dramas dont run for 10 years.
Lagta hai Hindustan Times ko Pakistani dramas par kuch jalan si hui.
our dramas are wealth of our country and based on real stories not like your dramas.full time fake stories just glamour glamour and glamour.dont be jelous.looooooooooosers.
i m with u
Good Job
tum logon ki shaklain hi nahi hain achay dramay dekhnay wali…so keep watching your saas bahu crap….losers!!!!
OH PLZZZ STFU INDIANS!!!!!!WE ALL KNEW YOU PPL WERE GONNA SAY THIS CRAP AFTER DAASTAN’S AIRING CUZ U HYPOCRITES CANNOT FACE THE TRUTH…..AGAR OUR DRAMAS HAVE ‘REGRESSIVE PLOTLINES’ TW PHIR PEHLAY ITNAY TAREEFON K PUL KYUN BANDH RAHAY THAY TUM LOG KHUD HI….U PPL R NOTHING BUT CHEAP HYPOCRITES
i am with u …. indians are extremists and indian dramas____ based on rubbish and garbage no reality , nature.. they the fuck are just jelous in other words they dont want to see success of pakistan… its simple.
Have you seen indian dramas. my foot no story full of rubbish .its just jealously thats it
Stupid article by a stupid writer
Lets be real and fair, if you want to comment on dramas, don’t look pollitaclly an start criticising paki dramas, look at indian dramas first. Honestly indian dramas are the most fake thing ever, the story lines are toooooooooooo loooonnngggg, and they r boring, Yeh rishta kya kehla hai for example, it started a few months before my little cousin was born, my cuzin is 6 years old now. And i can give u examples upon examples of plotless, cliche, nd cheezy dramas, its always the same old i luv you and i will die for u and that crap. There is only 1 indian drama that i have ever seen that was good and that is everest, that was one that had a real story behind it, it inspired me to follow my ambitions and i am sure a lot more ppl can relate it to. It was fast, amazing plot and message, and it ended within 1 year. Thats all i can say. Although there are some things that are wrong with pakistani dramas but then again, when is anything in life perfect? ,but atleast they are entertaining, have real plots, give us real life stories, and they are a lot less cheesy, the puppy love that is shown in indian dramas is FAR from reality,pakistani dramas are able to portray real love and problems between couples. That is why the indian population has been turning to pakistani dramas because they are more relatable and that is why indian channels have started showing pakistani dramas. I think we should all be fair and say that paki dramas are no comparison to indian ones, paki has more originalilty.
to make us bad
Indian muslims are our brothers and sisters ,but they are not like us they keep on trying to make us just to make hindues happy
Pakistani dramas are very good very natural and very realistic. Some dramas are so natural that we think it is our story . So please don’t listen what other people say or write , we have our own very beautiful culture a different religion ,our dramas represent our culture that is based on a very strong family system , neat clean set up and a balanced division of responsibilities between men and women . When you show us dramas with bold topics and with western culture we hate those dramas. You don’t have to change your stories because other cultures are not appreciating them, just don’t show us things that are forbidden or against our religion or setup.we love our dramas and we keeping on loving them as long as they will depict our society we should be proud of our values and code of life given to us by our omnipotent God. We love our outdated dramas and keep loving them.