Farooq Qaiser
Farooq Qaiser | |
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 Farooq Qaiser with his puppet Uncle Sargam | |
| Born | Farooq Qaiser October 31, 1945 |
| Died | May 14, 2021 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation(s) | Tv director, journalist, puppeteer, writer |
| Known for | Uncle Sargam (creator) |
Farooq Qaiser (Template:Lang-ur) (October 31, 1945 - May 14, 2021) was a Pakistani artist, newspaper columnist, TV show director, puppeteer, script writer and voice actor. He has also written some comic books.[1] Qaiser was well known for his fictional puppet Uncle Sargam introduced in 1976 in children's television show Kaliyan.[2] Farooq was also a cartoonist, newspaper columnist and wrote for the newspaper Daily Nai Baat in Lahore and was famous for his column-writing name Meethay Karelay (English: Sweet Bitter Melon).[3]
Early life and education
Farooq Qaiser was born on October 31 to a Muslim family in Lahore, Punjab. In 1970, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. Later he received a master's degree in Graphic Arts from Bucharest, Romania in 1976 and also trained for puppetry there.[2] He also received his master's degree in Mass Communication in 1999 from the University of Southern California, School for Communication and Journalism, United States.[1]
Career
Farooq Qaiser started his career in the early 1970s after graduating from the National College of Arts, Lahore, with a short documentary in the English language. In 1971, his teacher Salima Hashmi got him involved in her children's television puppet show Akkar Bakkar. In that show, he worked with Shoaib Hashmi, Muneeza Hashmi and Faiz Ahmad Faiz on the scripts and puppets.[1]
In 1976, Qaiser directed and wrote his own puppet show Kaliyan which became very popular in Pakistan at that time. He created his own fictional puppet characters for that show including Uncle Sargam, Haiga and Maasi Museebte. He also was the voice of Uncle Sargam in that show.[2] He created the character 'Uncle Sargam' in resemblance to his teacher Mohan Lal from Romania.[1]
He also works at Urdu language, Lahore based daily newspaper Daily Nai Baat where he is a cartoonist and makes cartoons daily for the newspaper.[3] He is also a newspaper columnist at the newspaper, Nai Baat and is known by his column-writing pen name Meethay Karelay. He taught for sometime at the Fatima Jinnah Women University in Rawalpindi.
In 2015, Farooq Qaiser served on the Board of Governors at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, (Lok Virsa) in Islamabad, Pakistan.[4]
Death
Farooq Qaiser died on May 14, 2021 in Islamabad, Pakistan.[5] due to Long term Cancer
Books
Below are some comic books written by Farooq Qaiser :
- Hor Puchho
- Kaalam Galoch
- Meethay Karelay
- Meray Piyaray Allah Mian[1]
Characters
Below is the list of characters and puppeteers created by Farooq Qaiser :
- Uncle Sargam
- Masi Museebatay
- Haiga
- Sharmeeli
- Rola
Television shows
- Kaliyan (1976) – Pakistan Television
- Daak Time (1993) – NTM
- Sargam Sargam (1995) – Pakistan Television
- Siyasi Kaliyan (2010) – Dawn News
- Sargam Back Home (2016– continue) – Pakistan Television
Awards and recognition
- Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1993[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "The story of a proud puppeteer". Dawn (newspaper). December 5, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Paying tribute: After decades, Uncle Sargam remains darling of the crowd". The Express Tribune (newspaper). June 17, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "Cartoons by Farooq Qaiser". naibaat.pk website. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- ^ Farooq Qaiser (member, Board of Governors-Lok Virsa in 2015), Islamabad The Nation (Pakistani newspaper), Published November 11, 2015, Retrieved April 25, 2018
- ^ "Farooq Qaiser aka Uncle Sargam passes away". www.geo.tv. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
External links
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Pakistani columnists
- Pakistani expatriates in Romania
- Pakistani male journalists
- Pakistani graphic designers
- Pakistani comics artists
- Pakistani television directors
- Pakistani puppeteers
- Pakistani male voice actors
- Pakistani cartoonists
- National College of Arts alumni
- USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni
- Pakistani comics writers
- Pakistani television writers
- Pakistani male television actors
- Artists from Lahore
- Recipients of the Pride of Performance
- Male actors from Lahore
- Writers from Lahore
- Male television writers