The production of Pakistani dramas started in the 1960s. Since then, Pakistani dramas have been increasing in popularity. Even in the Middle East and India, people watch these dramas with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm. Technology, especially the Internet, has made it easy for people to watch these dramas from any corner of the world. Most of the dramas revolve around love, domestic affairs, and the achievements of famous people. Nowadays, they also talk about social issues. Let us know more about Pakistani dramas.
Theme
Most Pakistani dramas have a traditional theme. You can divide these dramas into two categories: anthology series and soap operas. Each episode of the anthology series has a different story. However, in soap operas, the same stories unfold episode by episode. Most of the dramas are in Urdu, which is the national language of Pakistan.
Usually, the duration of each drama does not exceed 12 months. Unlike Western soap operas, they are not made up of hundreds of episodes. Other than this, they do not feature seasons unlike the anthology TV series. To prevent the audience from getting bored, the length of these dramas is kept short.
As for the themes of the dramas, they include family ties, love, romance, honor, and betrayal, just to name a few. Recently, dramas cover social issues, such as terrorism, racism, child marriages, and domestic violence, to name a few. Most of the dramas revolve around soap operas for television.
Genders
As for genres, the most popular is romance. Some of the most popular TV series in this genre include Aunn Zara and Zindagi Gulzar Hai. There are two subcategories in this genre. The first category includes dramas that revolve around a middle-class family where two people are fighting for love in a city.
The other category has dramas that are filmed in a village or in the countryside and focus on what happens between a girl and a boy who belong to opposite economic and social backgrounds.
Then there are the teen dramas that show the difficulties teenagers go through while growing up. In fact, these are historical dramas and they talk about the life of famous people or historical events. Aside from this, there are thriller series that revolve around solving a crime.
Filming and television broadcasting
Most of the dramas are produced by Pakistan TV channels. Most of the TV series are filmed in Lahore which is one of the biggest cities in the country. Major TV channels include ARY Digital, Geo TV, Hum TV, and Urdu 1, just to name a few. Most of these channels can be seen all over the world. Most of the dramas are also uploaded to YouTube once they air on TV.
So if you are interested in watching Pakistani dramas then we suggest you check out the TV channels mentioned in this article. Hopefully, you will have a lot of fun watching Pakistani dramas.