Are actors well-paid

I wonder if anyone here knows deeply about the Pak telly industry. Do they do a pilot and then shoot the rest.

I will share that little knowledge which I have. Most of the drama over here r telecasted once a week so they last in about 4 months. So mostly all the channels have fresh n new shows after quarterly year.

Yes the actors r repeated but the dramas shown on zindagi are the most popular ones n high rated. We have several other dramas as well and there are many new faces in our industry too. Many of them r doing a good job.

As far as the pay n schedule of the actors r concerned I really have no idea about that. But yes the working environment is quite professional.

Well fawad Khan I have heard was the highest paid actor in Pakistan Drama Industry. Don't know what his actual salary is but here actors are paid daily and working for 12 hours as the work hours are reduced now.
But I think I don't know maybe Pak Drama Industry is more professionally organized cause their drama culture is also very different than us.

Thanks for answering guys. Their telly industry definitely seems to be more professional and it shows in the work.

Television actors are paid really well in Pakistan. Lets just say, television in Pakistan is more or less equivalent to what Bollywood is in India. Also, drama serials (those which consist of 20 or so episodes such as ZGH etc) are aired once a week. There are also a few soaps that air here and there on channels, and those usually are pretty long. They air on a daily basis..but just the soaps (Kaash Mein Teri Beti Na Hoti which Zindagi aired is an example of a soap which aired daily). The bigger actors/stars do not act in soaps. They're the ones who act in drama serials and yes, as mentioned get paid very well. The reason why you see Pakistani actors working in more than one drama serial per year is because it takes on average a month or two to shoot one drama serial which should consist of 23 or so episodes. They have room to shoot for more shows if they want to, do a film or even host a talk show on the side. Morning talk shows bring in a lot of money as well. Some actors such as Sanam Baloch, Fahad Mustafa and Faisal Qureshi have done that and hosting such shows actually brings in more money than acting in a drama serial. That's why Fahad Mustafa who is merely 31 years old has his own production house and is now producing films and television shows..that's more or less because of the money he earned through being a morning show host for two yrs.

One thing I would like to add is the money aspect. It's hardly ever talked about or raved about just as trps. It's mostly in terms of respect not as a competition. Daily Soaps in Pakistan are quite new to the industry and not much followed. A regular tv serial is about 20-25 episodes. That give way to a better life style for a full time or part time actor.

Originally posted by: starstruckk

Television actors are paid really well in Pakistan. Lets just say, television in Pakistan is more or less equivalent to what Bollywood is in India. Also, drama serials (those which consist of 20 or so episodes such as ZGH etc) are aired once a week. There are also a few soaps that air here and there on channels, and those usually are pretty long. They air on a daily basis..but just the soaps (Kaash Mein Teri Beti Na Hoti which Zindagi aired is an example of a soap which aired daily). The bigger actors/stars do not act in soaps. They're the ones who act in drama serials and yes, as mentioned get paid very well. The reason why you see Pakistani actors working in more than one drama serial per year is because it takes on average a month or two to shoot one drama serial which should consist of 23 or so episodes. They have room to shoot for more shows if they want to, do a film or even host a talk show on the side. Morning talk shows bring in a lot of money as well. Some actors such as Sanam Baloch, Fahad Mustafa and Faisal Qureshi have done that and hosting such shows actually brings in more money than acting in a drama serial. That's why Fahad Mustafa who is merely 31 years old has his own production house and is now producing films and television shows..that's more or less because of the money he earned through being a morning show host for two yrs.

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