Apnay Log
| Apnay Log | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| اپنے لوگ | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Amjad Islam Amjad |
| Directed by | Mohammad Nisar Hussain |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mohammad Nisar Hussain |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1985 – 1985 |
Apnay Log (Urdu: اپنے لوگ, lit. 'Own People') is a 1985 Pakistani television long play. It was written by Amjad Islam Amjad, and directed and produced by Mohammad Nisar Hussain.[1] Made at PTV's Lahore Centre, the play is routinely grouped with Waris, Dehleez, Samandar, Raat and Waqt as one of Amjad's best-known screenplays.[2][3][4]
Plot
Murad turns away from a government career and chooses teaching instead. He hopes to marry Rehana, but she tells him that her father won't accept a teacher as a son-in-law. Her father arranges her marriage to Murad's friend Iqtedar, and she goes through with it. Murad later marries Kulsoom, who comes from a poor family. He then loses his teaching post for refusing to accept terms laid down by Musharraf.[1]
Cast
- Madeeha Gauhar as Rehana
- Abid Ali as Murad
- Saba Hameed as Kulsoom
- Aurangzeb Leghari as Musharraf
- Salman Shahid as Iqtedar Ali
- Abid Kashmiri as Imran
- Mehboob Alam as Sarwar Ejaz
- Shabnam Zahid as Mehreen
- Mehmood Aslam as Mudassir
- Ejaz Qaiser as the Principal
- Tajamul Husain as Abdul Qaddus
- Baqir Ali as Javed
- Zahid Siddiq as the Professor
- Khursheed Shukat as Qureshi
- Asim Bukhari as Kulsoom's father
- Qayyum Shehzad as Farzand Ali
- Inayat Amjum as Yar Muhammad
- Ghayyur Akhtar as Mooda Pehlwan
- Munir Nadir as Pehlwan's man
- Khursheed Ali as Pehlwan's man
- Asif Seemab as a student
- Fozia Rehman as a student
- Humayun Sheikh as a student
- Nazneen Mazhar as a student
- Shahid Mubeen as a student
- Muhammad Zubair as Zubair
- Basit Khan as Shamim Akhtar
- Noman Shah as the Doctor
The cast appears in PTV's official episode listing.[5]
Production
Apnay Log was made for PTV's Lahore Centre in 1985 as a long play single, extended drama rather than a serial. Amjad had been a director at PTV from 1975 to 1979, and the script came out of the period in which he produced most of his best-received television work.[2] He later said he would stopped writing for television altogether, putting it down to a drop in screenplay standards once private channels began to multiply.[2]
Reception
Profiles and obituaries of Amjad regularly count Apnay Log among his most popular PTV screenplays.[2][3][4] Both Arab News and The Express Tribune have noted that several of his PTV plays drew international recognition, with Apne Log on the list.[2][3] When Amjad died of a cardiac arrest on 10 February 2023, obituaries cited the play once again as part of his core body of television writing.[4][6]
References
- 1 2 "Apnay Log". Pakistan Television Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Wahab, Siraj (13 January 2016). "Amjad Islam Amjad — Poet par excellence". Arab News. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Book on literary work of Amjad Islam Amjad launched". The Express Tribune. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Eminent writer, poet Amjad Islam Amjad passes away at 78". The Friday Times. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Apnay Log". Pakistan Television Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "معروف شاعر، ادیب، ڈرامہ نویس امجد اسلام امجد انتقال کر گئے". ARY News (in Urdu). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2026.