DRAMA

A play for theater, radio, or television.

Dramas are instrumental in shaping a person’s mind and attitude. People put much of what is being shown through the dramas into practice.

Comedy Drama - is when humour and jokes occur in

this drama.

An example: Family Front, Fifty Fifty, Bulbulay etc.

Comedy Drama

Soap Drama: is when dramatic scenes happens to most

of the characters and their trying to solve their own problems.

An example: College, Yeh Zindagi Hai etc.

Soap Drama

Medical Drama: is when the characters work k in a

Hospital or some type of medical sector. Characters are mainly Doctors and nurses.

An example: Pain Killer(PTV)

Medical drama

Teen Dramas - is a drama when including

teenagers/older teens as the main characters. It would include arguments, fights or family situations.

An example: Main Abdul Qadir Hoon, Teen Kahanietc

Teen Drama

Tragedy drama based on human suffering that

invokes in its audience an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in the viewing.

An example: Maat, Dur-e-Shehwar etc.

Tragedy Drama

Political drama - has a political component, whether

reflecting the author's political opinion, or describing a politician or series of political events.

An example: Mera Saaein, Waris etc.

Political Drama

Military drama-is a drama that imply national

integrity and defence, also increase the morals of audience.

An example: Wilco, Khuda Zameen se Gaya NaheinHain etc.

Military Drama

Family drama-is a drama based on social issues of

family and also give solutions to resolve them.

An example: Mirat-ul-uroos, Marvi, Aunn Zara etc.

Family Drama

During the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s,

PTV dramas and teleplays were considered as the best in the Indian subcontinent

Drama in Pakistan

Dramas made in the 1970s, 80sand the 200s on Pakistani television

Modern playwrights often experiment with unconventional plot structures.

Modern Drama

long flashbacksmusic

visual projections of a character’s private thoughts

Ethical Violation by Drama industry

Men are shown as authoritative and decision makers whereas the woman is shown as stupid and unable to take decisions.

The dramas are far from depicting the reality. There is too much foreign and Indian impact on our culture

Dramas left negative impact on our society such as hatred, jealousy, greed and revenge. These behaviors entered our houses and females of our country were largely affected.

substandard plays also influenced the fashion sense of our people.

Major content of to days drama is vulgar and indecent.

Dramas are promoting religious sect and ethnic discrimination.

Language which is mostly used is abusive and taunting.

Mostly plots of drama is based on undermine some specific groups or societies.

Drams plays a big role in producing violence and sensationalism

Violates cultural values.

Although dramas are never caught going against ideology of Pakistan but mostly found indirectly hurting public sentiments .

Many dramas are highlighting drift in foreign relation of Pakistan.

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