Urdu Drama Festival: potent narratives Urdu Drama Festival saw a melange of plays that raised contemporary issues without getting didactic ...

Imtiaz Ali Taj, having deeply studied western drama, wanted to change the course of Urdu drama and resisted all pressures from the so-called drama companies.

Before you move ahead, you should know that Imtiaz Ali Taj is the father of Urdu drama and wrote the immensely popular Anarkali when he was 22 years old.

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The same goes for Urdu drama as well, the senior writers of which were responsible people who took a burden upon themselves to write correct Urdu language and not let it be destroyed.

His dramas “Waris”, “Dahleez”, “Samandar” and “Fishar” were extremely popular among the masses as well as they were an asset for the Urdu drama history, he expressed.