Body formed to make theatre plays civilised, family-friendly: Azma

LAHORE:Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari has announced that a seven-member advisory committee has been formed, under the leadership of Secretary Information Tahir Raza Hamdani, to make theatre plays civilised, family-friendly, and cultural.

The committee includes senior actors Sohail Ahmed, Naseem Vicky, Nasir Chinioti, Saleem Albela, Qaiser Piya, Iftikhar Thakur, and Majid Khan. The advisory committee will submit its recommendations within 15 days. On this occasion, Minister Information Azma Bokhari and Secretary Tahir Raza Hamdani met with senior theatre artists. Azma Bokhari said the primary objective of the committee is to restore stage plays to being civilised, polite, and family-oriented.

If subsidies are required for the revival of stage dramas, a mechanism will be developed for that as well. The goal of the theatre advisory committee is to end vulgarity in stage dramas and restore the cultural, traditional theatre.

She mentioned that under the auspices of the Information and Culture Department, a Theatre Festival will be held on November 20 and 21. The festival will showcase the talents of stage actors, and it will be a completely family-friendly event. The festival will be rich in Punjab’s culture, traditions, and characteristic humour.