

One apparent reason for your morning show’s success is that you do not gather multiple guests at a time. So, the rating system aligns with the shortage of good writers and good scripts, making all these problems a collective reason for our drama’s downfall. This is something the producers have to succumb to. The unfortunate fact is that drama serials showing weeping women bring ratings. We are forced to do the drama serials like those you mentioned in your question because we are told that they bring ratings. While there should have been an abundance of topics with the moving times, the case is different altogether.


The other problem lies in the topics we are addressing. So, it’s the essential craft which is lacking. Being a good story-writer of digests does not mean that you can also effectively execute your story in the form of a script meant to be played on television. In the modern times, most of the dramatists are those people who have been writing in digests.

Yes, it’s true that when I started my career, both the content and the style of writing were different. Are you satisfied with your roles in “Malika-e-Aaliya” and “Naik Parveen”? Most of the modern drama serials do not seem to be of your calibre. I asked Maria Wasti a few questions, which are as follows along with their answers. A segment titled “Message in a Bottle” also takes place, reminding us of the beautiful novel by Danielle Steel. Conversation with one guest at a time takes place in a ship floating in the waters of the mystical city, Istanbul. Currently, the actress is doing a commercial drama serial on GEO and a morning show on SEE TV which is one of its kind. While Maria Wasti’s interesting and influential roles are those of a Punjabi speaking wife in “Jalaibiaan”, of an educated woman stranded in an illiterate family in “Tujh Pe Qurban” and of a bold police-woman in the film, “Ramchand Pakistani”, her richest period of acting is the one in which the revival of Pakistani dramas took place and Wasti gave back to back hit drama serials like “Kuch Dil Ne Kaha”, “Diya Jalay”, “Kuch Ankahi Baatein”, “Aye Ishq Humein Barbad Na Kar”, “Baarish Ke Aansoo”, “Ruswa”, “Rehaai” and “Buri Aurat”. While she portrayed a woman trying to recover from her depression on her own in “Dhund”, she also played a harassed working woman in “Ustaani Jee”. While she played a stubborn and defiant lover in “Maa”, she also performed as a victim of harsh domestic violence in “Badlon Par Basera”. Fluency at speaking Urdu and a clarity of dialogues are the characteristics of this actress, who has given us a large variety of characters. When it comes to the discussion of mature actors of Pakistan, Maria Wasti’s name becomes ineluctable.
