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QURBAN DRAMA

Qurban is a Drama Which is playing now on ARY DIGITAL Channel.

DAY = MONDAY

TIMING= 8:00 to 10:00 PM

The role of "HEER" performing by "Iqra Aziz" & "SHAMEER" by "Shehzad"

Fans of Choti Si Zindagi have much to celebrate about; Iqra Aziz and Shehzad Sheikh are teaming up for another serial.

HUM TV's latest production Tabeer will see the two stars on-screen together again and the duo are rather enthusiastic to be working alongside, especially with director Ahson Talish on-board. Images got in touch with all three to ask about their upcoming serial and here's what they had to say.

"I am very excited because when Ahson bhai first told me about the script, I told him right there and then, 'Ahson bhai you're not going anywhere, I'm doing this script, no matter what'," Iqra said.

The script, written by actor Imran Ashraf, has the actors and the director hooked.

"This is Imran's debut sceenplay," Iqra added. Talking about her character she continued, "It is such a beautiful character, I fell in love with it and Imran Ashraf wrote the script so well, I never once felt the need to fake cry, if there is an emotional scene which moves you to tears, that'll naturally happen when you watch it."

Echoing the actor's sentiments, Ahson said, "Around a year and a half ago I received two episodes [of the script] and I read them and asked who had done it. The writing was very mature from the dialogues, I was surprised when I found out it was by Imran Ashraf, I called him up and told him this is mine and continue writing the script. Due to some problems we weren't able to take the project forward then, but now it's taking shape."

Omair Rana is one of the mature actors of Pakistan, with a number of drama serials to his name such as O Rang Reza, Qurban, Do Saal Ki Aurat, Teen Bata Teen, Sang-e-Marmar to name a few. He has also worked in some of the Pakistani films made as a contribution to the revival of Pakistani cinema, including Tamanna, Dukhtar and Chambeli. However, a conversation with him acquainted me with the fact that his personal favourite film happens to be Toba Tek Singh released in 2005, based on Manto’s short story of the same name. Omair Rana played the major role in it under Afia Nathaniel’s direction.

Omair, besides being an actor, has also been a teacher of drama and a debating coach at various schools in Lahore. Regarding this profession of his, I put forward a few questions, which are as follow with his responses.

'''Teaching is a profession that demands certain limitations and an unobtrusive reservation. How do you deal with students who recognise you as an actor and become your fans?'''

It has happened that students have been able to recognise me, but it wears away. And that is the beauty of the fact that by the end of the day, you turn out to be a simple, ordinary human being like everyone else. Secondly, it depends on whether we are careful about our position or not. While teaching, I should know my duty and I should be aware that I am here for a different cause. I am not an actor here, but a teacher.

Are you the sort of teacher who keeps to his own or do you welcome your students to share their personal problems and queries with you?

I do want to care about my students and help them grow. I do sometimes know their personal stories. But the educational structure has not always given me that margin to be so much open with students and spend a lot of time with them. Still, I would like to act as a consultant with my students.

Besides teaching them a certain literary genre i.e. drama, do you make efforts to make your students well-read and cultured in a way that literature may seem to be properly imbibed by them?

I would love to do that, but in a country like Pakistan, it is very challenging to teach students about literature and culture.