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.
Haseena Moin: The writer who dared to be different
Dramatist Haseena Moin, born in Kanpur and loved both in India and Pakistan for shows such as âTanhaiyaanâ and âDhoop Kinareyâ passed away recently. She had penned dialogues for Raj Kapoorâs âHennaâ
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Saadia Ahmed
In the subcontinent we have trouble calling people by their first names, unlike Americans. We like associating even the ones we are not related to by blood with our own family and those we love always go by a suffix, so did Haseena Moin. She was Aapa (the elder sister) to several generations of people in Pakistan.
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Neha Saini
When the cult classic Pakistani drama ‘Dhoop Kinare’ was first telecast on PTV in 1987, Seema Grewal was a Class XII student in Amritsar. Like many aspiring doctors at the time, she was hooked to the show, its influence so strong in her life that till date this writer-doctor keeps in touch with the fan page of the popular serial. Such was the pull of the show whose creator breathed her last recently. Haseena Moin is credited with giving iconic, trailblazing and popular role models to women from both sides of the border during the late 1970s and the early ’80s through her writings.
Neha Saini
When the cult classic Pakistani drama ‘Dhoop Kinare’ was first telecast on PTV in 1987, Seema Grewal was a Class XII student in Amritsar. Like many aspiring doctors at the time, she was hooked to the show, its influence so strong in her life that till date this writer-doctor keeps in touch with the fan page of the popular serial. Such was the pull of the show whose creator breathed her last recently. Haseena Moin is credited with giving iconic, trailblazing and popular role models to women from both sides of the border during the late 1970s and the early ’80s through her writings.
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