Business Recorder - Saturday 27 May 2006

I wonder whether TV viewers and Zoheb Hassan's fans have realized that he has (finally?) begun acting as well. A new music album is also to be released soon? I have seen a billboard in Clifton announcing this new album. A serial called Kismet went on air (Geo) on Sunday 21st May 2006. And Zoheb Hassan was an interesting surprise. A pleasant presence, though one hopes that the camera eye will do a far better job with his close-ups!!

But this alone is not the entire story. His wife Gina Hassan, an amateur short story writer and playwright has written the story of Kismet. This is significant news, and one has to wait and see what happens in the weeks ahead. I am presuming that at least the KESC will not render futile our attempts to see this episode every Sunday. For in the weeks ahead the story will build up interest, as each episode unfolds, not just the story of two brothers (enacted by Zoheb Hassan and Aijaz Aslam) who apparently have adjustment(?) problems. And each episode will have a song rendered by Zoheb Hassan. So evidently he has chosen to strike hard. How much success comes with the serial, only the coming weeks will tell.

So while one waits to see the outcome of this Zoheb and Gina efforts, I take this opportunity to observe that it was rather annoying (to put in mildly) to have those commercial breaks. I am told that this is what happens with popular programs. I do not believe that an end can be put to these commercial breaks, as they bring the revenue to the channels, engaged in a furious, raging competition. But it sure does not just delay the whole process of watching an episode, but it also diminishes the emotional and psychological impact of the play (episode). Some commercial can in fact upset the viewer, because of their mediocrity. Many commercials are so disappointing, I may add in passing. One could return to this theme later, sometime.

--Nusrat Nasarullah

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