Pressing on important issues such as child abuse, forced marriages, deplorable labour conditions, domination of race and class leading to suicide and crime, as well as internalised misogyny and society's collective obsession with fair complexion, Churails uncovered some harsh societal realities of Pakistan.
However, its ban has taken the country by storm once again, with fans as well as industry celebs speaking up against the suppression of artistic freedom.
What a shame, says Zhalay Sarhadi
How is reenactment vulgar, questions Shamoon Ismail
Sanam Saeed is calling out the hypocrisy
Mohammed Hanif taking us down the memory lane
Major reverse gear, declares Iram Parveen Bilal
Mansha Pasha has had it with the silencing
Osman Khalid Butt is just angry like the rest of us
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Oct 08, 2020 12:56pm
People.should boycott all daram and movies period
Oct 08, 2020 01:04pm
kudos to you guys
Oct 08, 2020 01:38pm
Only PEMRA needs to be banned in Pakistan
Oct 08, 2020 01:44pm
People in Media should learn grow mature. Ask former senior colleagues from PTV as how they use to produce master pieces yet finger ever raised. It become hobby of some media people to actively participate in condemnation yet fail to realize that what Indian media and film were producing is not acceptable while same thing pakistani artist do become right is wrong notion and needed to be addressed.
Oct 08, 2020 02:10pm
No one is criticizing the play. It was going on successfully already. Criticism is due to vulgar dialogues and public expression of vulgarity. Every society has good and bad sides. We should address how to control and correct evil and not to provoke sensuality and promote vulgarity.
Oct 08, 2020 03:53pm
I started watching this show with my wife. We were enjoying the story, acting, direction and most of all editing till we saw the episode where Sania Saeed made nihari of her gay husband Khoosat and ate it. That was extremely disturbing for us. The makers of the show used the Netflix strategy of shocking the audience with gore just for their ratings. We stopped watching it further. We didn’t think the show was vulgar but that episode crossed all limits.
Oct 08, 2020 03:59pm
OK commenting on twitter or instagram won't make your protest palpable to the Pakistani awam. Get out and have a show-off with the regime. Face the evil.
Oct 08, 2020 06:58pm
Anything that gives a slight - just a glimmer - of hope to women is crushed and smashed into pieces.
Oct 08, 2020 07:12pm
The problem with Churails is vulgarity. Can't they create drama without being vulgar so that whole family can enjoy together? Udaari was an excellent drama which touched the very important topic of child molestation without being vulgar
Oct 08, 2020 07:18pm
@Mustafa Saad just like you have the right to turn off, others should have the right to leave it on
Oct 08, 2020 07:23pm
Film/drama industry always has gray areas that keep on changing with time and change in cultural values. Keeping good value system is ok but also let people be creative and productive in the industry.
Oct 08, 2020 07:48pm
Good action by PEMRA, it did very well......
Hue and cry by the actors not from the public. because they earn..
People don't think about it....... Because there are many socials and economics problems.....
Oct 09, 2020 08:09am
Not everyone has the intellect to analyze art and freedom of expression. As a result many intellectually challenged individuals do end up resorting to copying what is being depicted and shown on media. USA has suffered from shows that depict serial killers. Ratings increase, networks make money and so do the producers and actors, but all this comes at a price that is paid by many deranged individuals turning into copycat criminals, serial killers or serial killers wanna be.
The message is that unnecessary extremes in every field result in disastrous results. Majority of our population (and for that matter everywhere) is simple and usually ends up picking up the negative effects from productions that challenge the feelings and intellect of the super intelligent ones as well.
Creating a controversy in the name of art gets one medals but also promotes crime and immorality (if that is what is portrayed) and that is a given.
Oct 09, 2020 08:37am
To me the show felt like a psychological horror. You can say the background was an oppressed woman but the every file on the desktop was nothing but a link to a game of Grand Theft Auto. In summary, it has nothing to do with women empowerment.
Oct 09, 2020 08:44am
How easy it is to snap a ban, what about the hard work, initiative and investment of all those who have worked on it to make it possible, Sarmad's movie for which he sold his personal assets and we imposed ban on it terming it inappropriate for society or certain people for any reason valid or not... Government should have some mechanism to compensate for financial loss to these creative people... I feel sorry, we don't reform properly...
Oct 09, 2020 11:06am
One word disgusting must be banned at all
Oct 09, 2020 03:42pm
Don't understand this over-the-top banning, even if the drama is vilifying men. It isn't right to demonize an entire gender, but banning is not the way to go about it.
If the contours of any content are grounded in malice, then I am sure it won't resonate with the masses and they would just stop watching. However, banning will help garner more attention towards such content.
Oct 15, 2020 08:28pm
Censoring the show only shows its all about politics. The way forward is going independent. We need a Pakistani type Netflix streaming service where neither PEMRA nor the government nor disgruntled self-proclaimed moral police have influence. Make subscription free for the first 3 - 6months to build your brand and attract viewers. Problem solved. I haven't watched this shpw.bit considering what goes on in our society if you just glance at the news, the culture such as mujra shows, stage dramas, misogyny andv patriarchy filled women bashing dramas, one would argue the real vulgarity lies now in Churails but our culture. When challenged we want to silence critics. No can do.
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