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Anwar Maqsood’s “Saadhay 14 August” Theatre play Kicks off at Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi

Anwar Maqsood’s “Saadhay 14 August” Theatre play Kicks off

Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi organized “Media Evening” of Anwar Maqsood’s and Dawar Mahmood’s iconic play “Saadhay 14 August” in which Anwar Maqsood, President of Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah, Adnan Siddiqui, Behrooz Sabzwari, Dawar Mahmood, Shahzad Dada and various social Apart from cultural personalities, media representatives participated.


Renowned writer, satirist, and humorist Anwar Maqsood speaks on the occasion of the media evening of the ongoing theater “Saadhay 14 August” in Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi.                                 

On this occasion, the well-known writer and intellectual Anwar Maqsood said that India was a big country when it was broken, people raised questions that who was responsible for it, Jinnah or Gandhi, so they were sent to Lahore, Delhi, Kashmir, and London and said to go and find out who is responsible, this case is a part of the same theater play.


Artists perform the roles of the Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Right in the picture) and Mahatma Gandhi (Left) in the play “Saadhay 14 August”.

President Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi M. Ahmed Shah said that when the theater was started in the past, there were locks here, Anwar Maqsood and Talat Hussain are among the founders of this theater, he said after the death of Moin Akhtar, Anwar Maqsood stopped writing, Dawar recommended me to write from Anwar Maqsood. If the media was not our voice, we could not have done so much. I am grateful to all the media who spread the voice of the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi all over the world.


Arts Council of Pakistan President Muhammad Ahmad Shah is expressing his views on the occasion of the media evening of the ongoing theater “Saadhay 14 August” in Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi.

Theater Director Dawar Mehmood said that the drama is the center of attention of the viewers, if they have not seen the drama, they will feel something missing. and guidance. The highlight of this play is the great acting of Umar Qazi in the role of Quaid-e-Azam and Tanveer Gill in the role of Gandhi. Both have played their roles well, among other actors, Sajid Hassan, Nazr Hussain, Tayyab Farooqui, Salwa Sohail, Jahanzeb Ali Shah, Hamza Tariq Jameel, Khizr Ansari, Jaza Aqeel, Hira baqali, etc. have played their roles well.


Director of the theatre play “Saadhay 14 August” Dawar Mehmood shares his opinion with the audience on the occasion.

Song composed by Abbas Ali Khan and Shiraz Upal while sung by Neha Chaudhry, “Paan Khulade” was a pure film style composition, choreography by Raja Mughal was impressive and the audience thoroughly enjoyed watching Sofia’s dance performance.


Theater actors performing on the occasion of the media evening of the ongoing theater “Saadhay 14 August” in Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi.

The play was initiated 10 years ago, depicting the country’s most prominent luminaries. The series started as Pawnay 14 August then Sawa 14 August and Now Saadhay 14 August to celebrate the final part of the play.


Performers exhibit their talent and flair in “Saadhay 14 August”.

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