Are The Turks (Soaps) Really Coming To Kill Us? - Page 2

Originally posted by: starstruckk

Is it really that big of an invasion? 😕

It's more or less the newer channels like Express & Urdu1 that are showing these Turkish shows, and it definitely has everything to do with money for their channel because they're fairly new channels. It's another thing that these shows are being watched.

I agree with Talat Hussain though. Most Pakistanis living within Pakistan are wannabes (no offense to anyone here..keyword = most). They are delusional and can't connect with the fact that they are Pakistanis living within Pakistan. For them seeing such Turkish shows is sort of like escapism. I'm sure for people who live outside of Pakistan, find nothing special whatsoever in such foreign, dubbed shows. I'm also sure that's the case with many Pakistanis in Pakistan too..but there is a portion of those who feel otherwise which is why these dramas are the highest rated dramas right now. As Talat Hussain said it's what some people want to see.

Another thing, this is what happens when every other drama is an adaptation of a novel. Why would you want to follow a 20+ episode drama for months, when you've read the novel and already know the story? when on the other hand you could easily watch a Turkish show which offers something totally different than your own shows. Pakistani dramas need to stop using novels all the time..it gets boring. I haven't read many of these novels but it's easy to find out the entire story of a drama through the internet etc and even promos nowadays which makes you lose excitement for a drama.

And Humayun Saeed isn't really far from the truth. Bollywood actors & actresses are more popular in Pakistan than Pakistani actors & actresses. I think Fawad Khan is one of the few actors who has sort of changed that..but bollywood movies are always the center of attention in Pakistan when compared to dramas. Not everyone in Pakistan will know who the likes of Mahira Khan, Saba Qamar, Aamina Sheikh are whereas everyone will know who Deepika, Anushka, Katrina are.

Originally posted by: -Maha-

Our nation is living in some kinda complex ..
someone define the term liberal for me now..its more like kawa chala hans ki chaal apni chaal bhe bhool gaya.dont we have our own culture ? our own identity? .Complex k maary log 😵
Honestly the content of our drama is still way better than indian and turkish shows,we need some good production houses and some new faces ..but yea our people always love to run behind glamor or something that is not suitable for our culture.first it was saas bahu soaps of ekta & now its ishq-e-mamnu 😵

and that behlul.. no offense but we defo have some better looking actors in our industry, dunno why girls are going crazy behind him🤔

Originally posted by: BlackStar.

Even if Bollywood dominates Pakistan it doesn't take away from the drama industry..
It takes away from the film industry.

And correct me if I'm wrong but majority of the people who read novels actually watch the drama's to see how it's dramatizedd. It's the one's who don't read novels who also don't watch the dramas.

I do find this to be an issue not because of the Turkish shows but because channels and production houses both need a desperate wake up call..
It's still not too late..
Fresh scripts.. Interesting ideas.. No more novels..
And for goodness sake if you wanna do 7 days of drama at-least make half the drama's worthy of being watchedd.