I must say that I take pride in the fact that Pakistani dramas are quickly becoming very diverse. We have some great writers and producers investing themselves whole-heartedly in making dramas about people and issues that most of us want to close our eyes to. Issues such as Drug addiction, where transgender persons stand in our society, how girls and their families are exploited by greedy families, who have made 'jahez' a social evil or the situation that a young adopted man would face if all of a sudden he found out that he has no blood ties with the family he has been living with for so long. Those of you who watch "Sabz Pari Laal Kabooter", "Jahez" and "Behkawa" would know what I am talking about. In my opinion it is highly commendable how these sensitive issues/social evils are being brought on-screen. Most of such plays, not just the ones I mentioned but many more before them have been a true work of art with some very adept performances to their credit.
Why is it then, that even with so much relevance with our social conditions such plays get hardly any attention and are mostly underrated? I was reading the comments of viewers online and I could not help but notice that majority of the people do not give these plays the respect and appreciation that they deserve. No doubt, such plays are depressing, they show the bleak and ugly side of our society which does exist but one that we would much rather close our eyes to. And that may just be the reason that these issues stay rampant and are not addressed. There is no glamour in such shows and hence people find them uninteresting.
My question to people who do not watch such plays purely because they think they are way too depressing is that are the plays that deal with marital problems, where a bahu is victimized constantly by a saas or by her husband not depressing? We actually like how such plays make us cry buckets but we are not willing to even remotely relate to the suffering of a family where the head of the family is too busy buying himself drugs to look after his family and other such stories. These people are just as real and relatable as the saas-bahu saga and they are not just the figment of someone's imagination. Do we want production houses to stop making such plays? Because if the viewers do not give them due attention, they just might. If that does happen in my opinion that would be a great loss for which the viewer alone is responsible.
It is my request to all my readers out there to kindly try and watch such plays because it is about time that we stop brushing such issues under the carpet and if we can do nothing else we can at least appreciate people who are doing their share in bringing forth the plight of those less fortunate. Personally, I highly appreciate all such efforts and I am really grateful to all those involved in such projects.
Author: Fatima Awan.
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