Pakistani electronic media has gone through a huge transformation in the recent decade. Since private channels have made their way into our lives, it seems every Tom, Dick and Harry has vowed to wear an expensive attire and sit, stand or dance in front of the camera, even if the person doesn't have the capability of coming even remotely close to becoming the next Larry King or Oprah Winfrey.
Given below are my top 5 worst Pakistani TV hosts who are just unbearable. This is my own ranking, being based on their personality, style and program content.
# 5. Mathira
I always feel like throwing up whenever she is on TV. When she was on Vibe TV, her dressing was way too indecent. I mean, a hot girl wearing a deep neck might look seductive, but when Mathira did the same, it showed the poor girl had little dressing sense. I honestly believe she is being exploited by the TV channels. She talks in an incomprehensible accent. When I heard her talk for the first time, I thought she had migrated from the UK. But then I found out she had merely migrated from the "wishful thinkers" circle to the "wanna-be a- Megan Fox circle". Don't want to talk anymore about her. Let's move on, shall we!
# 4. Chef Gulzar
Yes, Chef Gulzar is not a TV host, he is a chef, but he still hosts his own TV Show, hence falling in this category. I wanted to place him at the 100th spot, but since I am only discussing the worst 5, he is awarded Number 4. So what about him? Is he a chef? Yes. He cooks on his live shows? Yes. And…Oh My God! Yes! He dances too! I mean if Ambreen Khan did the same in Kitchen Queen on TVONE, I'm sure she would have caught quite a few eyes. But Chef Gulzar? Seriously? He starts the show by entering the kitchen set with a cheesy Bollywood song playing in the background, and then he actually dances to it. Well…the guy manages to loose some calories and we have to give him some credit for that. Chef Gulzar has no sense of when to shake 'it' and when not to. He dances to the beat for a couple of minutes, each time before starting the show. What kind of a chef dances in his own program? I guess only Chef Gulzar can pull something off like this to improve his ratings. Even the aunties who have a crush on him (ewww!) would switch the channel then.
# 3. Jasmine Manzoor
If any lady wants to learn how to talk to her husband, well, Jasmine Manzoor is the one to teach them. She is a lady, that's for sure. But when she talks to her guests, she is in a different 'fighting' mode altogether. I guess she is a reincarnation of Genghis Khan's wife; only such a woman would be able to show such tenacity, rudeness and ferocity and still look pretty with her makeup. Oh did I just say that out loud? I also have a heart you know. Jasmine's voice has a special kind of echo-vibration quality, that as soon as you listen to it, the voice seems to beat the hell out of your ear drums, enter your nervous system, terrorize the neurons and then send a chill down your spinal cord. The way she talks and asks questions reminds me of my school teachers. They would scream, in a similar way, at the top of their voices at those who did not do their homework or would disturb the class.
Jasmine's interrogation style is more like "To aaap baataaayyaaannn yehhh kyyyuuunnn hooo rraaahhaaa haaaiii" And the guest reply is "Oh for God's Sake lady, you called me and I came. I swear I don't know anything. What the hell you're talking about?"
# 2. Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas
Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas are like the Pakistani version of Heckle and Jeckle, Laurel and Hardy or maybe even Beavis and Butthead. They just sit there looking at each other, one says something, the other counters; then one replies, and the other counters again. WTH? Is this a talk show or a 'you-are-wrong-I-am-right" show? I never understood why the program was conceived in the first place.
# 1. Sahir Lodhi
If you have ever watched The Sahir Lodhi Show (by mistake), you would agree with me for putting him on the number 1 spot of worst Pakistani TV hosts. I believe he is some sort of a failed experiment where scientists took DNA samples from Shahrukh Khan, Shahida Mini and Amitabh Bachan, combined them; lo and behold, Sahir Lodhi was born. He pretends to be like Shahrukh Khan, showing the same ego and pretence; loves to sing and dance like Shahida Mini and does not miss a chance to dance with the girls. He even emits the same pride as Amitabh. Whenever he talks, his face is full of…what you can say…gluttony; always looking for a moment to glorify himself. He wears gaudy clothes, is by far the biggest chichora on Pakistani TV and is perhaps the most annoying TV host of the last decade, that too because before the last decade, only quality people adorned our TV screens.
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