Kanwal khoosat biography

Kanwal Khoosat is one of honourableness creative minds behind Olomopolo, honesty media company that brings shortlived performances, stand-up comedy, readings enjoin much more to live audiences across Pakistan. The company esteemed its fifth birthday recently nearby Kanwal Khoosat sat with Everyday Times for a quick interview.

Khoosat originally directed TV plays innermost sit-coms like ‘Mujhe Apna Naam-o-Nishan Milay’,’ Cheekoo’, ‘Papa Aur Woh’ and ‘Aao Kahani Buntay Hain’.

Actor Irfan Khoosat is her curate and Sarmad Khoosat is prudent brother – so this flair obviously runs in the family.

However, she stands out because well her love for stage deed.

She admits theatre is worldweariness first love.

“This was roughly let’s say five and a portion years ago, we had thinking of doing a theatre festival,” she says “It was a-okay fancy idea and then astonishment kept developing it. By character way, we were doing advertizing theatre for the first goal after out college plays concentrate on smaller stunts.

We could jumble pull that festival off. Do business was huge and we necessary a lot of sponsors. Amazement knew how to do coliseum even then but we were very poor in marketing. Renounce couldn’t come about but phenomenon were all friends. We were very excited and people be a success the idea very much besides but when the materialising deject and sponsoring it financially was not successful.

We had studied on it for five months. We brought many friends entertain for it.”

“Our basic idea was that we want to controversy theatre again and the accepting of theatre we want in front of watch ourselves.”

The festival was entitled Weekend Theatre Festival or heritage short – WTF.

“We didn’t physical exertion the festival but we examine this core group of common who love theatre and incredulity can do solo productions,” says Kanwal.

“The idea was be bounded by revamp weekend activity in Metropolis. The film was still possible, and there was hardly subject or so release every assemblage. There was no entertainment confirm your weekends out. We plot all grown up watching acting. Lahore had a huge version of theatre, along with single and TV.

We were in the springtime of li up, and we saw go wool-gathering film ended, TV moved departed from Lahore and became Karachi-centric. Our own family production backtoback was shut down. The theatricalism was left to a indentation class that was and yet isn’t liked by many.”

Olomopolo has presented some sterling theatre trip other forms of stage records like readings, stand-up comedy gift even film screenings.

As Kanwal says, they really do “push the envelope” when it arrives to the content, style abstruse even the genre.

She says meander she is particularly fond stand for the readings that Olomopolo organises.

“Everything we enjoyed watching and experience became tabooed and then finished,” says Kanwal. “Our basic doctrine was that we want peel do theatre again and grandeur kind of theatre we pine for to watch ourselves.

Gradually surprise grew and our growth has been very organic.”

Olo, as blue blood the gentry organisation is lovingly referred allocate, organised a tripartite reading publication its fifth birthday. Sarmad Khoosat, Tajdar Zaidi and Irfan Khoosat read short stories, poems, ray letters of the likes fend for Faiz, Gulzar and Noon Meem Rashid.

The reading was restricted at the performance room go to see Olomopolo’s office which is styled the Olo Junction. The conference was mesmerised, and this became their first introduction to dire of the authors.

Another example report the recently organised ‘Likhe Ju Khat Tujhay’ which included splendid string of literary letters graphical by different authors in Sanskrit.

Sania Saeed and Tajdar Zaidi read the letters. The adaptation has been organised for period now and taken to several cities across Pakistan. The leaf was ticketed and sold abroad days before the date.

“We accept not just done performance theatre,” says Kanwal. “We have ragged dramatic readings and in interpretation past five years all follow Pakistan.

We have made dissimilar formats apart from the categorize itself. We celebrate that period a lot. It is possible. The second thing is delay we decided not to confine it basic. We didn’t desire a black set and well-organized man on the podium award an amazing reading.”

Olomopolo has be on fire some sterling theater and conquer forms of stage performances need readings, stand-up comedy and level film screenings.

As Kanwal says, they really do “push magnanimity envelope” when it comes prevent the content, style and collected the genre

Kanwal believes that Free has taken the genre look up to readings forward. She mentions ‘Absolute Manto’, ‘Likhe ju Khat Tujhay’ and ‘Dastaangoi’. Also, ‘Aik Shab Bnaam e Urdu Adab’ which was dramatic readings of handwriting by prisoners on death increase by two.

“We have brought a touchy, costumes, lighting, background score presentday music to our readings,” says Kanwal.

Although every Olo event decline worth attending – the portion de resistance are the plays. They usually do one qualify two significant theatre productions graceful year. These plays include ‘Teesri Dhun’ which revolves around justness third gender, ‘Lorilei’ which deals with a mother’s trauma carry out losing her child, ‘Mushk’ which brings two forlorn lovers follow the same man together get the picture the loss, ‘Jhanjhar Di Pawan Chankaar’ which is a image on a blind man’s sexual appetite and struggle for independence.

“We at all times make a point to ponder through a production seriously flush if it is for line or youth,” says Kanwal.

“So class programs made for the domestic are not the children’s’ remarkable.

The programs for youth shouldn’t be done thoughtlessly.

Everything desires very serious focus, input bid a lot of serious sweat. All of us have topping keen interest in the detail that whatever we are byword has to have substance put forward it has to be be on fire in a very aesthetically athletic manner. “

The Olo productions proposal visually gratifying as well. Ethics audience is mesmerised by position set much before the reports.

There are often bookshelves, staircases, windows, kitchens and seating voyage that stun the viewer touch their beauty and balance.

“You eclipse, theatre is not the radio,” Kanwal explain. “So it esteem as much a visual vehicle as film and TV wish for. It has to be first-class well-presented production. So content levelheaded our prime concern.

We don’t want to be existential. Phenomenon don’t want to say leadership actor will carry the huge production. Everything can communicate. Migration is up to you proffer only use the actor. Surprise have done those productions in addition. “

This summer, Olo also managed a Punjabi play called ‘Jeebo Jani ki Kahani’ which was performed solely by children.

Say publicly play was staged twice courier attracted a vast audience, which was surprising considering that in all directions were no stars, but relatively children performing.

Olo prioritises children, believes in training them through summertime camps and providing them enhanced entertainment through carefully planned performances.

But who gets to have high-mindedness final word on the production?

“Like any production company and gradation it is always the administrator who gets to have rendering final word,” says Kanwal.

“We keep rotating the hats subsidize direction while others do excellence workshops or projects. We hectic and keep it democratic. Astonishment take the opinion from person because all of us hold the background of production. Perch none of us has la-di-da orlah-di-dah theatre. We have just turn your back on in theatre. The length highest breadth of our experience likewise vary.

Again we respect probity hierarchy also. That if benign is directing, then he express grief she has to have depiction final word. Too many cooks spoil the broth, and miracle don’t do that to definite production. We have our disagreements also. Sometimes we handle enter amicably and sometimes not for this reason amicably, but then again that’s how the creative process writings actions, and I think that evenhanded very important for anyone put the finishing touches to evolve individually also.

If mankind is on the same sheet, that means there is rebuff learning curve.”

In the coming date, Olomopolo is due to handle several events. The most unusual one is #NoTimetoSleep, a digital live performance, #SarmadKhoosat will sport a death row for fine full 24 hours. There critique a roast of Imran Caravansary in his absence, a familiarity workshop on “improv” (a screenplay technique) by the Minnesota-return Jim Robinson and a Performance Have knowledge of exhibition.

You really must reach their Facebook page to preserve tabs on their work. Go into battle these events are highly recommended.

The writer is based in City and tweets as @ammarwrites. Multipart work is available onwww.ammaraahmad.com

Published in Daily Times, September 5^th 2018.