What's up with AnB productions and the casting? - Page 2

Originally posted by: starstuck

I'm talking about a production house sticking with a few people constantly.

Haissam is a director, if we're going to talk about directors here then a lot of directors have worked with the same people continuously.

Baber Javed & Faisal Qureshi...

Baber and Fahad Mustafa

Mehreen and Faisal Rehman

Mehreen and Nadia Jameel

Mehreen and Humayun Saeed

Haissam and Sanam Baloch

etc etc

..but that's totally different in my opinion. These actors don't have to depend upon these directors for work. They can very well bag any drama, with any director and any production house. However, with AnB..I truly feel they stick with one group of people...and a lot of those people probably wouldn't be getting as much of publicity if it weren't for this production house. And, they've like taken over ARY Digital. All I see on ARY is AnB produced dramas with the same cast and crew with one or two changes or additions in each drama. The problem with that is you're constantly seeing the same people on one channel..the same people working with the same director, with the same production house, with the same costars..and at times, it feels like you're just seeing the same stuff over and over again.

I never found a problem with Faisal Qureshi working with Baber Javed in every other serial of his..it's usually on various kinds of channels..and it has been with different production houses..and Faisal has been shuffled around with different people. On top of that Faisal has ALWAYS been in demand. I see it as the same with Fawad Khan or even Sanam Baloch and Haissam. They've both been pretty popular since Dastaan together..and they're famous..I see no harm in them working together three times with the same director. They've worked with Six Sigma and Momina and their dramas have been on different channels. Doesn't feel like I'm watching the same stuff over and over again. The likes of Aiza Khan or Sami Khan arent even that famous and it seems like if it werent for this production house, they wouldnt be getting much work. That's most definitely not the case with Fawad by any stretch of imagination.

^ I don't understand what you're trying to say. When I say in demand, I mean popular. People like seeing them in dramas. If you think the likes of Faisal, Fahad, Fawad or Sanam don't fall into that category then I don't know what to tell you.

Completely agree! FQ, Fahad Mustafa, Sami Khan, Aiza Khan, Sana Askari, Aijaz Aslam and Aaminah Sheikh...one of these 7 actors just HAS to be in an A&B drama. And lately Saba Qamar, Neelam Muneer and Sumbul Iqbal have been showing up a lot too. Oh, and lets not forget the same collection of aunties/uncles that are thrown in as the parents in every drama LOL.

Originally posted by: arshiii

Completely agree! FQ, Fahad Mustafa, Sami Khan, Aiza Khan, Sana Askari, Aijaz Aslam and Aaminah Sheikh...one of these 7 actors just HAS to be in an A&B drama. And lately Saba Qamar, Neelam Muneer and Sumbul Iqbal have been showing up a lot too. Oh, and lets not forget the same collection of aunties/uncles that are thrown in as the parents in every drama LOL.

Seriously, I don't even watch A&B dramas, unless I get a really good recommendation. It seems more like a factory than a production house. Everything is just generic, whether it be the actors, the sets or sometimes even the storylines. Plus, they also have a habit of stretching dramas out WAY longer than they should be, ie: Main Abdul Qadir Hoon, Ik Hatheli Pe Hina, Pul Siraat, etc.

I used to love Sami Khan but I honestly can't stand him anymore. A&B productions have really misused his talent by giving him the same rona-dhona, didn't-get-the-girl type roles, like in Tootey Howey Per, Mein Chaand Si, Umm-E-Kulsoom, My Dear Sautan (whoa, I didn't expect the list to be that long. :D) Oh, and TOTALLY agree with Aijaz Aslam and Aiza Khan being jobless without A&B. And Sami to the list, because I haven't seen him any dramas from different prod. companies in a while.

The point of this rant: I don't want to be flipping through dramas and not be able to differentiate between them because they all have the same actors. Show some variety please!

Sami Khan cant act saala..

Originally posted by: starstuck

^ I don't understand what you're trying to say. When I say in demand, I mean popular. People like seeing them in dramas. If you think the likes of Faisal, Fahad, Fawad or Sanam don't fall into that category then I don't know what to tell you.

And, yes not every drama of a popular actor or actress will turn out to be the best of the best. Akbari Asghari used to come on Saturdays, and then got shifted to Thursdays..and Humsafar took over the Saturday slot. Fawad's like THE most popular actor on television..and Haissam still took Fawad and Sanam in Kuch Pyar Ka Pagalpan despite the shift with Akbari Asghari considering it wasn't working out on Saturdays. In the bigger picture, a few dramas not working don't diminish an actress or actor's entire potential.

As far as Sami Khan is concerned..I think he's a decent actor..but he by no means is as famous as some of the others. I sort of fail to understand the obsession AnB has with the guy. Sure, he has worked with other production houses too..but most of his current work is on ARY with AnB..and it's getting way too repetitive in my opinion because it seems like I'm watching the same stuff all the time. Aiza Khan on the other hand is a different case. I think she plain sucks as an actress.

dearrr

Originally posted by: Pulwasha

Sami Khan cant act saala..

yeah exactly thats y AnBs giving him chance in every play so he can improve himself

Originally posted by: itzMYattitude

dearrr

once again someone failed to understand me inspite of the whole essay have written 😆

was only trying to ask what's ur criteria is to judge fawad is in demand n sami khan is jobless without AnBs

n for fawad khan u cant say anything dear

he came in the industry even before sami khan

he is in industry from last more than 10 years n have only two hit plays humsafar n dastaan till date

he has to prove himself yet, he is noone to be compared with sami khan

about sami khan's play u people r not liking or watching them but there r people watching them

n all of them r going average yr

n sorry if i have done any sort of mistake jumping in ur post, i was only giving my opinion

i love watching AnBs as m sami's hugee fan

n u will going to understand this when AnB will start casting fawad in their serials 😆

Originally posted by: starstuck

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You're not getting the point here. You think doing merely 6 or so dramas is a lot of work? Oh please, give me a break. Sami Khan has done way more dramas than Fawad. Up until 2007, Fawad was ALWAYS known as the lead vocalist of EP, Jutt & Bond as well as Khuda Ke Liye, & that's it. After KKL, he has done a FEW dramas..yes only a few that you can literally count those dramas on your fingertips..but none of those dramas were substantial enough to allow him to enter the big league of actors. Heck, it didn't even seem as if Fawad wanted to become a legit actor because he'd merely attempt one or two dramas here and there which were not the kind of dramas that'd put you on the top of the charts. His breakthrough performance was Dastaan..that's when people started taking him seriously as an actor because the role was so substantial and legit for an actor to prove his worth...and he did a brilliant job portraying his character.