Ariel Mothers

Ariel Mothers
Also known as Ariel Maa
Genre Talk Show
Written by Sania Saeed
Directed by Kamran Qureshi
Presented by Sania Saeed
Theme music composer Farrukh Abid
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 104
Production
Executive producer(s) Shagufta Yousuf
Producer(s) Iram Qureshi
Cinematography Azhar Hussain
Zaeem Siddiqui
Kamran Qureshi
Editor(s) Imran Wai Qureshi
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Evergreen Media Europe
Distributor Pak Media Communications
Release
First shown in PTV Network
PTV World
Channel 3
External links
[Official website Evergreen Media Europe]


Ariel Mothers was a television talk show cum travel program hosted by Sania Saeed and directed by Kamran Qureshi. The show was sponsored by Procter & Gamble. Ariel team also did a social welfare service by presenting donation cheques to those deserving mothers struggling for their children.

Ariel Mothers was a highly emotional and a very popular show not only in Pakistan but abroad as well. The programme was telecasted every Saturday on PTV during 2000-2002.[1]

The concept

The program focused hundreds of mothers busy in nurturing their children, no matter to which class, family, strata or religion they belonged to. Mothers making every effort to either save the life of an ailing son or daughter or trying hard to counter the financial problems in order to secure a good future for their children. It also highlighted in cases as how ignorant and careless men are towards their responsibility of sharing the burden of upbringing a child with their wives.[2]

The show

There were different outdoor segments, Sania travelled through different areas of Pakistan, visiting Ideal mother at her home city or village in the first segment who was sharing her true story. Recruiting company was hired to go around cities and villages hunting for cases of mothers who have faces hardshif or sacrifices for their children. In the second segment, host discussing culture and history of the city/village of the week, standing on the landmark and then meeting that city's mothers on their doorsteps. In the last segment, during interviews on set, celebrities weeping with hearts out, remembering their mothers, whether alive or dead.[3]

Celebrities

and many more...

Soundtrack

External video
A promotional song of Ariel Mothers

The theme song Maa Jaise Hasti (English: Dear Mother...) was sung by Khalid Waheed, composed by Farrukh Abid and It was written by Mujeeb Syed.

Award

Ariel Mothers (Maa) won the National PTV Award in 2002 for the best programme in private productions.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Anis, Farhat (11 October 2001). "A tribute to mothers". THE NEWS International.
  2. ↑ Salman, Peerzada (22 September 2001). "A tribute to mothers". MAG The Weekly.
  3. ↑ Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta" (Iss. 05). SHE Magazine.
  4. ↑ Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta" (Iss. 05). SHE Magazine.

External links

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