| Khuda Ki Basti | |
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Zaheen Tahira, Munawwar Sultana and Zahoor Ahmed in the 1974 production of Khuda Ki Basti
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Khuda Ki BastibyShaukat Siddiqui |
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| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ishrat Ansari, Rasheed Umar Thanvi |
| Production company | PTV |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1969 (1969) |
Khuda Ki Basti (Urdu: خدا کی بستی, lit. 'God's Colony') is a serial produced by Pakistan Television, first in 1969 and then again in 1974, based on the novel Khuda Ki BastibyShaukat Siddiqui.[1][2]
It broke records for popularity in Pakistan. One TV critic in a major English-language newspaper in Pakistan says, "This is one of the oldest and greatest dramas in the history of Pakistani television."[3]
Initially, Khuda Ki Basti was produced in November 1969 by Pakistan Television, 26 episodes of 25 minutes each, by producer Ishrat Ansari. Some episodes were produced by Rasheed Umar Thanvi at Karachi TV — that small and historic studio "A" which still stands galore at the center. There was an advisory committee of Pakistan Television comprising a panel of famous intellectuals: Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Jamiluddin Aali, and Shaukat Siddiqui, to ensure the perfection of the adaptation of the novel into drama.
In 1974, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto directed a re-telecast of Khuda Ki Basti ,as it was Bhutto's favourite serial with a mass appeal and message. But Pakistan Television had some problems as the video tape recordings of the drama on spool in 1969 had long been erased due to new videotape scarcity and the need to re-record some other new programmes on those spools. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto insisted that the serial must be re-telecast ,even if a fresh recording is essential.[3]
The 1974 version of re-recorded Khuda Ki Basti was a 50-minute episode that lasted 13 weeks and had the same impact as the 1969 version. It was Khuda Ki Basti and nothing else for the viewers. TV directors Bakhtiyar Ahmed and Qasim Jalali did a fine job.[4] This time around, the entire serial has been well maintained by Pakistan Television, with a repeat telecast in 1990, which termed the adaptation of Shaukat Siddiqui’s novel Khuda Ki Basti "Mother of All Serials" at Pakistan Television Corporation.[1]
Geo has also released Khuda Ki Basti, which was produced by Rashid Sami (Kohinoor Studio). In this, Sohail Asghar was cast in the role of Niaz.
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