How I created TBH and Sab Set Hai - Azfar Ali on everything wrong with TV today - #TPE 264

The Pakistan Experience

Azfar Ali a Karachi-based director and TV artist behind some of the most groundbreaking Pakistani TV productions of recent times, including TBH, Sab Set Hai, Dreamers and Daira. Azfar was also the Vice-President of ARY Muzik. Azfar Ali comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on everything wrong with our media industry, we discuss producing for TV, working with Angelina Jolie, Radio, PEMRA, being banned, The Mani-Azfar show, Bollywood, Indus Vision, Seinfeld, Karachi, The YouthThe Creative Process, Burnout and why channels are always looking for formulas instead of giving creatives freedom. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 01:11 How people talk in Pakistani dramas, Sab Set Hay and his inspirations, Amir Khan & Seinfeld 10:18 Becoming a filmmaker, writing stories & his process, and understanding what’s important 20:56 Studying design, individuality & formulae, Azfar’s early life, living in Germany and communal showers 32:19 Education in Pakistan, growing audiences, and uniqueness of social media 43:03 Working with creatives, doing unusual work, the finances of making quality content and how women are seen in the field 56:33 Delayed payments, milking shows too long, doing new things, getting banned, forming a political party and “I love Karachi” tees 1:06:44 Burnout, becoming ARY VP, sitcoms, more money in Soaps, poor comedy talent 1:17:23 Big comedy actors & Waqar Zaka’s story 1:27:25 Aag TV, money being circulated around the same TV, his experience with direction and depression 1:39:31 How TBH was made, Tabish, Ali Abdullah and I Don’t Know, why we’re wasting talent like Mustafa Chaudhry 1:50:01 Availability perceptions, Fawad Khan and getting work, and the House of Shehzad 1:53:59 Q&A