A STILL from the production.
KARACHI: In the recently launched docudrama Paani Kay Pankh, produced by Tooba Jamil Baig, written by novelist and screenwriter Umera Ahmed, and filmed by ad film-maker Farooq Mannan, a young boy makes a paper ship and sails it in a river in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
The boy’s grandfather, bathing in the same water miles away, waits for him to come home. The land, the narration explains, and we see, is either lush with life or rocky and arid; either way, there’s a lot of potential. The entire landscape of this part of KP and Pakistan itself will change once Mohmand dam, which has been in hiatus for years, becomes a reality, we’re told time and again.
KARACHI: Paani ke Pankh, a 30-minute duration docudrama about hydropower development, the Mohmand Dam and the success of Pakistani armed forces in the war against terrorism and people’s sacrifices, was screened at the Sindh Lawn of Governor House on Saturday evening.
President Dr Arif Alvi, the chief guest on the occasion, told the audience that water should be used in accordance with needs of the country and the construction of dams was the need of the hour.
“The film Paani ke Pankh presents two facets: how the country fought the war on terrorism to restore peace and the importance of water,” he said.