#Iftikhar Arif

[urduclassic]

دن گزارا ہے سزا کی صورت

دن گزارا ہے سزا کی صورت رات آئی شبِ یلدا کی طرح

صحن کی آگ میں جلتے ہوئے شعلوں کی تپش منجمد ہوتے ہوئے خون میں در آئی ہے

یادیں یخ بستہ ہواؤں کی طرح آتی ہیں آتشِ رفتہ و آئندہ میں رخشاں چہرے

برف پاروں کی طرح دل کے آئینے میں لو دیتے ہیں، بجھ جاتے ہیں

پسِ دیوار ہے خورشیدِ تمنا کا قیام ختم یہ سلسلۂ رقصِ شرر ہونا ہے

شبِ یلدا کا مقدر ہے سحر ہونا ہے

افتخار عارف

[maihonhassan]

Sometimes being alone is to hard:

Khwaab ki tarah 𝘣𝘪𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘳 jaane ko ji chahta hai, aisi 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘪 ki mar jaane ko ji chahta hai.

- Iftikhar Arif

[lostpoetophile]

Ek charagh aur ek kitab aur ek ummid asasa,

( A lamp, a book , a hope of heritage)

Us ke baad to jo kuchh hai vo sab afsana hai

( Everything after that is fiction/lie)

- Iftikhar Arif

[wannabewritersposts]

دعا کو ہات اٹھاتے ہوئے لرزتا ہوں

کبھی دعا نہیں مانگی تھی ماں کے ہوتے ہوئے

Dua ko haath uthate hue larazta hun

Kabhi duabnahi maangi thi maa k hote hue

–Iftikhat Arif

The hands shiver while praying

I never had to pray myself while my mother being by my side

[bazmeurdu]

سمجھ رہے ہیں اور بولنے کا یارا نہیں

سمجھ رہے ہیں اور بولنے کا یارا نہیں جو ہم سے مل کے بچھڑ جائے وہ ہمارا نہیں ابھی سے برف اُلجھنے لگی ہے بالوں سے ابھی تو قرضِ ماہ و سال بھی اُتارا نہیں سمندروں کو بھی حیرت ہوئی کہ ڈوبتے وقت کسی کو ہم نے مدد کی لئے پکارا نہیں جو ہم نہیں تھے تو پھر کون تھا سرِ بازار جو کہہ رہا تھا کہ بکنا ہمیں گوارا نہیں ہم اہلِ دل ہیں محبت کی نِسبتوں کے امیں ہمارے پاس زمینوں کا گوشوارہ نہیں افتخار عارف

[chaakjigar]

Karein toh kis se karein na-rasaiyon ka gila,

Safar tamam hua ham-safar nahi aaya.

Iftikhar Arif

[iamusn]

dua ko haat uThate hue larazta huun

kabhi dua nahin mangi thi maan ke hote hue

. Iftikhar Arif

[noleavestoblow]

[yaaziiiii]

[urduclassic]

جس روز ہمارا کوچ ہو گا پھولوں کی دکانیں بند ہوں گی

جس روز ہمارا کوچ ہو گا پھولوں کی دکانیں بند ہوں گی

شیریں سخنوں کے حرفِ دُشنام بے مہر زبانیں بند ہوں گی

پلکوں پہ نمی کا ذکر ہی کیا یادوں کا سراغ تک نہ ہو گا

ہمواری ِ ہر نفس سلامت دل پر کوئی داغ تک نہ ہو گا

پامالیِ خواب کی کہانی کہنے کو چراغ تک نہ ہو گا

معبود ! اس آخری سفر میں تنہائی کو سرخ رو ہی رکھنا

جز تیرے نہیں کوئی نگہدار اس دن بھی خیال تو ہی رکھنا

جس آنکھ نے عمر بھر رلایا اس آنکھ کو بے وضو ہی رکھنا

جس روز ہمارا کو چ ہو گا پھو لوں کی دکانیں بند ہوں گی

افتخار عارف 

[keats-and-shauq]

"...the truth is that the home is the only place of liberty, the only spot on earth where a man can alter arrangements suddenly, make an experiment on indulging in a whim. The home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of rules and set tasks."

G.K. Chesterton

Ghar ki vehshat se larazta hun magar jaanein kyun

Shaam hoti hai toh ghar jaane ko jee chahta hai

Iftikhar Arif

“She is suffering and is at the same time calm.”

- Franz Kafka, Diaries

Dard itna hai ke har rag mein hai mahshar barpa

Aur sakun aisa ki mar jaane ko ji chahta hai

- Faiz Ahmad Faiz

[my-urdu-soul]

آنکھ کی نمی بھی رائیگاں

دل کی روشنی بھی رائیگاں

زندگی تو تھی ہی وہمِ محض

وہمِ زندگی بھی رائیگاں

نظمِ فیض جنسِ کاروبار

نثرِ یوسفی بھی رائیگاں

شاعرِ زبانِ بے زمین

تیری شاعری بھی رائیگاں

کاروبارِ عشق بھی فضول

خبطِ آگہی بھی رائیگاں

بے وقار حسنِ بے نیاز

خودسپردگی بھی رائیگاں

زعمِ گمرہی وبالِ ذہن

نازِ بندگی بھی رائیگاں

صبح خیزیاں بھی بے جواز

گریۂ شبی بھی رائیگاں

منہدم جہانِ نقش و عکس

صوتِ سرمدی بھی رائیگاں

عارضی مسرتیں بھی خاک

درد دائمی بھی رائیگاں

بے نشان کائناتِ خواب

خواب سے بری بھی رائیگاں

پائمال باغِ آرزو

دل شکستگی بھی رائیگاں

افتخار عارف

[emergingkarachi]

Haseena Moin

Haseena Moin (Urdu: حسینہ معیں‎) (born 20 November 1941) is a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She has written several plays for stage, radio and television, some of which have even gained international repute. She is the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan. She wrote Pakistan's first original script 'Kiran Kahani' aired in early 70's. Before this PTV relied on novel-based scripts for dramas.[1][2][3]

Some of the most popular dramas she wrote that gained international repute include Ankahi, Tanhaiyaan, Kiran Kahani, Dhoop Kinaray, Aahat, Uncle Urfi, Shehzori, Kohar, Des Pardes, Pal Do Pal, Aansoo, Kasak, Parchaiyan and Parosi. Other notable works include Mere Dard ko Jo Zuban Milay, Kaisa Yeh Junoon, Dhundle Raaste, Shayad ke Bahar Aaye, Mohim Joo, Tum Se Mil Kar, Bandish and Zer Zabar Paish. It appears strange that with such a success following even greater success on the TV screen, Moin didn't branch out into other literary forms like novels or short stories which are such a popular genre among Urdu fiction writers

Early life

A native of Kanpur, the most populous city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Haseena Moin received her early education in her ancestral region and, after the partition of India, migrated with her family to Pakistan. She lived for a number of years in Rawalpindi, then moved to Lahore and, in the 1950s, settled in Karachi, where she graduated from the Government College for Women in 1960 and earned Master of Arts in History from Karachi University in 1963. Her yearn for writing was visible right from the time she was in final years of her schooling, as from 7th standard, beside other school activities she got selected to write weekly column by the title of BHAI JAN for a local journal.[5][6]

Her fame started laying its foundation when she regularly wrote some memorable plays for Radio Pakistan Karachi's all time popular "Studio Number 9. Professionally, she took up the educational pursuits and start teaching. She rose to the level of Principal. It was in 1969 that Iftikhar Arif, Head of the Script Dept. at PTV-Karachi Centre, called Hasina and offered her to write a play for the then-forthcoming EID. Initially Hasina was nervous, but took courage to pen down a play. The cast was also decided by her with Kunwar Aftab Ahmed as the director. Hence came Eid Ka Jorra with Neelofer Aleem and Shakil in lead, supported by Khalid Nizami and Ishrat Hashmi.[7][8]

Career

In Pakistan Television Industry

She has penned down many successful and most famous plays of PTV like Shehzori, Zeir Zabr Peish, Uncle Urfi, Unkahi, Tanhaiyaan, Parchaieyen, Bandish, Dhund, Dhoop Kinarey, Aahat, Kasak, Pal Do Pal and Tere Ajane Se. Her play Gurya which was directed by Shirin Khan with cast members Manzoor Qureshi, Shahla Ahmad Bina of Uncle Urfi, Azra Sherwani and Raju Jamil, won an award at the Global TV Plays Festival in Tokyo for best script and direction. She was the writer of the first coloured drama of Pakistan, aired on PTV called Parchaiyan, which had a huge star cast and was directed by Mohsin Ali.[9]

She has also written Pakistan's first original script 'Kiran Kahani' aired in early 70's. Before this PTV used to rely on novel based scripts. Most of the people at that time were not confident with the experiment but it was Mohsin Ali who encouraged her to write and finally when the play was on air, it was a huge success and is remembered to date. It starred Roohi Bano in the lead with Manzoor Qureshi, Begum Khursheed Mirza, Qazi Wajid and many more.[10][11]

In Indian Television Industry

Her drama serial Dhoop Kinare, which aired in 1987 and was famous in Pakistan as well as India, is remembered by many people in India by the name of Kuch Toh Log Kahenge. It was re-written by popular Indian writer Kamlesh Pandey, who stated that by remaking this play he has paid tribute to Hasina Moin.[12][13] She wrote a play for India called Tanha, which become widely popular during its run. She also wrote a play for Doordarshan called 'Kashmakash', Arshad Mahmood composed and Tina Sani sang the title song of the play.[14]

Films

Lollywood

Moin wrote the script for the 1978 film Yahan Se Wahan Tak, starring Waheed Murad. The film was produced and directed by Syed Kamal. She also wrote the dialogues for the 1986 film Nazdekiyan which was directed by Usman Peerzada, starring Samina Peerzada and Usman Peerzada. The film was acclaimed and won prestigious national awards.[15]

In 1998, Moin wrote Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaye. The film was directed by Javed Sheikh and the cast included Resham, Shaan and Saleem Sheikh. Before release, the film was heavily hyped and was expected to be a success but eventually could not perform well at the box office.[16][17]

Bollywood

Moin was the first Pakistani writer to write for a Bollywood film. Raj Kapoor wanted her to write the dialogues for his dream project Henna, which was released in 1991. He also wanted to cast Shehnaz Sheikh in the title role of the film but after she refused, Haseena Moin recommended Zeba Bakhtiar as the leading lady, thus Zeba was casted in the title role of Henna.[18][19] The film was a box office success and was also chosen as India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.[20][21]

Initially she was hesitant to write for a Bollywood film. During the pre production stages Raj Kapoor passed away and the project was taken over by his son Randhir Kapoor. But when the film was about to release the Babri Mosque incident broke out and Moin wrote a letter to Randhir Kapoor in which she requested that her name should not be used to promote the film neither her name should be mentioned in the credits as it may hurt her fans in Pakistan, thus her name was not mentioned in the credits nor the film was promoted using her name but she was acknowledged at the end of the film. Although this incident brought a lot of loss to her but she stated in an interview that she can do any thing for her country and sacrificing a film was very little thing for her she could also give her life for her country. [22][23]

Genres

She has written every type of drama. From comedies like Shehzori, Uncle Urfi, Tanhaiyaan with best comic characters in her plays, like Mamoo, Timmy and Moby in Ankahi. Qabacha, Bukrad and Aapa Begum in Tanhaiyan, Gazi Apa in Uncle Urfi to tragedies like Parchaiyaan. From romantic dramas like Dhoop Kinaray, Ankahi,Kohar to family dramas like Aansoo. She has also written several plays based on social issues like the super hit Aahat, it was based on family planning and was directed by Sahira Kazmi, her play Des Pardes was based on the lives of people living Scotland and the problems they have to face. Chup Darya a telefilm starring Sania Saeed was based on Karachi's conditions and Shayad ke Bahar Aye was based on Women rights. She has also written historic plays like Tansen, Meray Dard ko jo Zuban Mile and the recent Anjaane Nagar. Her other plays include Parosi, Pal do Pal, Kasak based on the life of a single parent, Dhundle Raaste and many more.[24][25]

Recurring collaborators

Directors

Many of Haseena's plays have been directed by (late) Mohsin Ali. Starting from Hasina's first play Shehzori to Mohsin's last play Ik Naye Morr Pe, they have worked together in more than 10 plays. Other directors with whom Haseena has repeatedly work include Shoaib Mansoor (his debut play Ankahi and the long play Dhundle Raaste), Sahira Kazmi (she directed Hasina's two blockbuster plays Dhoop Kinare and Aahat and she directed her first play Choti Choti Baatein which was also written by Hasina, Sahira also acted in Haseena's Parchaiyan, M Zaheer Khan (he directed several episodes of Zer Zabar Pesh, he also directed Kohar, Aania and the remake of Kiran Kahani, Shirin Khan directed some early plays of Haseena which include the all time famous Uncle Urfi, Zer Zabar Pesh, Kiran Kahani and Gurya, Raana Sheikh (she directed Parosi, Shayad ke Bahar Aye and Kaisa Yeh Junoon), Ali Rizvi (he directed the famous Aansoo and Des Pardes as well as Meray Dard Ko Jo Zuban Mile).[26]

Actors and Actresses

Many actors and actresses have appeared in her plays frequently such as Qazi Wajid, Shakeel, Rahat Kazmi, Talat Hussain, Jamshed Ansari, Behroze Sabzwari, Asif Raza Mir, Neelofar Aleem, Roohi Bano, Shehnaz Sheikh (she has only done two plays in her career and both were by Haseena Moin and both were blockbusters), Marina Khan, Zeba Bakhtiar, Nadia Khan, Nadia Jamil, Sania Saeed, Badar Khalil (she worked in all the blockbuster plays of Hasina such as Ankahi, Tanhaiyan, Dhoop Kinare and Parosi), Azra Sherwani, Begum Kursheed Mirza, Ishrat Hashmi and Khalida Riyasat all have repeatedly worked with her in two plays or more.

Recent work

Her drama serial Saare Mausam Apne Hain aired on Geo Tv in late 2012. The drama was directed by Ali Rizvi.[27]Also Meri Behan Maya another play by Moin began aired from 17 September 2012 to 11 January 2013 on Geo TV. It was directed by Azfer Ali. The audience appreciated the story and the love shown between the sisters was immensely liked. Annie Jafry was also appreciated for her performance as Maya.[28]

In 2012, sequel is made of one of her most famous dramas Tanhaiyan aired in 1985. A sequel Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay which was aired from October 20, 2012 to January 19, 2013 on PTV and ARY Digital simultaneously. Moin wrote the first 7 episodes and had to go abroad, so she allowed Mohammad Ahmed to write the rest of the episodes, and she would write the last episode when she returned, but, by the time she returned the entire serial was written and many changes were made to the episodes she had written. She was very disappointed so she asked the producers to remove her name from the serial but due to copyright issues her name could not be removed. But she has said she had nothing to do with Naye Silsilay and was very disappointed by the outcome.[29] [30]

A serial titled "Anjaane Nagar" is airing from TV ONE currently. It is a period play set in 1939 and is shot at beautiful locations in Murree and the Northern Areas. It is directed by veteran director Khawaja Najam ul Hassan.[31]

She is also writing a mega play for Express Entertainment. The project head will be Iqbal Ansari. The play is still in its production stages and will go on air in a few months.

Awards and achievements

Haseena has visited many countries and won numerous awards, including the Pride of Performance Award in 1987 for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan it is one of the highest civil awards conferred by the Pakistan Government. She has won many other awards including the Woman of the year award. In 1975 she also won an award at the Global TV Plays Festival in Tokyo for best script and direction for her play Gurya. She has won accolades at nearly every year's Lux Style Awards as well as PTV Awards, during the late 80's Moin Akhtar gave a tribute to her at PTV awards ceremony. She has also appeared in many talk shows such as Anwar Maqsood's LG TV SHOW and Marina Mornings and many other numerous morning shows and chat shows. Most recently she appeared in The Big Show on CNBC alongside another legendary writer Fatima Surayya Bajia.[32][33]

In 1982 she was given a tribute by Anwar Maqsood in his show. Legendary actors and directors like Shakeel, Jamshed Ansari, Javed Sheikh, Mohsin Ali, Shoaib Mansoor, Mahmood Masood, Saleem Nasir, Behroze Sabzwari, Shehnaz Sheikh, Begum Khursheed Mirza, Badar Khalil, Neelofar Aleem were present to acknowledge her efforts. In November 2012 she was given a tribute by Karachi Arts Council called 'Aitraaf e Kamal - Haseena Moin'. Many people like Fatima Surayya Bajia, Sahira Kazmi, Sakina Samoo, Sajid Hassan, Iqbal Ansari were present to acknowledge her immense contribution to Pakistani dramas for the last four decades.

Politics

With the increasing popularity of Imran Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf many famous people including Haseena Moin have joined this political party.[34][35]

Haseena Moin was also seen endorsing Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf during the 2013 elections alongside Hina Khawaja Bayat, Humayun Saeed, Ayesha Omer, Rubina Ashraf and others..[4]

[moizkhan1967]

#Iftikhar Arif

عذاب یہ بھی کسی اور پر نہیں آیا

کہ ایک عمر چلے اور گھر نہیں آیا

اس ایک خواب کی حسرت میں جل بجھیں آنکھیں

وہ ایک خواب کہ اب تک نظر نہیں آیا

کریں تو کس سے کریں نا رسائیوں کا گلہ

سفر تمام ہوا ہم سفر نہیں آیا

عجیب ہی تھا مرے دورِ گمرہی کا رفیق

بچھڑ گیا تو کبھی لوٹ کر نہیں آیا

💗❤️❤️❤️💗

[wannabewritersposts]

دعائیں یاد کرا دی گئی تھیں بچپن میں

سو زخم کھاتے رہے اور دعا دئیے گئے ہم

Duaein yaad kra di gyi thien bachpan mein

So zakham khaate rahy or dua diye gye hum

–Iftikhar Arif

The blessings were taught to us in childhood

So, we kept getting hurt and giving blessings to other