Ariel Mothers
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 | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | Shagufta Yousuf |
| Producer | Iram Qureshi |
| Cinematography | Azhar Hussain Zaeem Siddiqui Kamran Qureshi |
| Editor | Imran Wai Qureshi |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Evergreen Media Europe |
| Distributor | Pak Media Communications |
| Release | |
| First shown in | PTV Network PTV World Channel 3 |
| Original release | 2000-2002 |
| External links | |
| [Official website Evergreen Media Europe] | |
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 face hardship 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
- Salman Ahmad
- Ali Haider
- Marina Khan
- Anwar Maqsood
- Mahmood Ali
- Imran Aslam
- Ali Azmat
- Fatima Surayya Bajia
- Shagufta Ejaz
- Sajid Hasan
- Noman Ijaz
- Shabbir Jan
- Latif Kapadia
- Ardeshir Cowasjee
- Yasir Nawaz
- Arjumand Rahim
- Behroze Sabzwari
- Tina Sani
- Jamal Shah
- Shafi Muhammad Shah
- Adnan Siddiqui
- Nida Yasir
- Sajjad Ali
- Jamshed Ansari
- Talat Hussain
- Savera Nadeem
- Humayun Saeed
- Sultana Siddiqui
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]
References
- Anis, Farhat (11 October 2001). "A tribute to mothers". THE NEWS International. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
- Salman, Peerzada (22 September 2001). "A tribute to mothers". MAG The Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
- Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta" (Iss. 05). SHE Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13.
- Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta" (Iss. 05). SHE Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13.
