Aahat and
Tansen in the early 1990s.
The playwright was considered way ahead of her times because of the way she both entertained and educated the audience, all at the same time. Being an educationist was a part of her personality, but being a playwright was something she excelled at. Her heroines stood shoulder-to-shoulder to men, she was her own master who knew how to get the job done and mostly ended up in happily-ever-after endings (except for in
Uncle Urfi). Like Fatima Surayya Bajiya, every actress wanted to play her heroine; but unlike Bajiya, she leaned more towards comedy than serious issues.
December 13, 2020
Hiba Bukhari talks about her unconventional foray into acting, which five years on has led to positioning her as a rising star in the drama industry.
Unlike most kidnappings in drama serials these days, Hiba’s character Nageen in Deewangi does not fall in love with her captor (Sultan Durrani played by Danish Taimoor) and infact exposes his misdemeanors at their forced wedding and ends up shooting him.
Rising to prominence in three of the biggest recent serials –
Ramz e Ishq,
Deewangi and
Tarap – Hiba Bukhari may have taken some time to graduate to lead roles but now that she’s there, she’s completely in command. Just like Nageen, her character in