PNCA To Organize 'Bethak With Legend On Puppetry Arts Farooq Qaiser' On March 17
Faizan Hashmi Published March 12, 2021 | 01:11 PM
Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) would organize "Bethak with legend on Puppetry Arts Syed Farooq Qaiser" on March 17
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Mar, 2021 ) :Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) would organize "Bethak with legend on Puppetry Arts Syed Farooq Qaiser" on March 17.
Students of various schools and arts lovers would attend the formal discussion on Puppetry as a medium of communication.
Farooq Qaiser is well known for his fictional puppet Uncle Sargam introduced in 1976 in children's television show Kaliyan.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts (NCA).
Later, he received a master's degree in Graphic Arts from Bucharest, Romania in 1976 and also trained for puppetry there.
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.
Farooq Qaiser started his career in the early 1970s before graduating from the NCA, 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 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.He created the character 'Uncle Sargam' in resemblance to his teacher Mohan Lal from Romania.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Selection committee dissolved over Pakistan women cricket team's poor performanc ..
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz in police uniform at Chung police center
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 25 April 2024
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 25 April 2024
Mired in crisis, Boeing reports another loss
Session Awarding Ceremony 2024 held at Cadet College Muzaffarabad
Austrian ski great Hirscher to make comeback under Dutch flag
Pakistan, Japan agrees to convene 'Economic Policy Dialogue'
FM Dar conveys deepest sympathy on torrential rains devastation in UAE
Spain PM Sanchez says weighing resignation after wife's graft probe
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 1st update
Long-lost Klimt portrait auctioned off for 30 mn euros
More Stories From Pakistan
-
Meeting regarding drug use in educational institutions held at ANF Headquarters
2 minutes ago -
Two-day Int'l mathematics conference to begin on April 26 at GCU
32 minutes ago -
PFA disposes of 980 adulterated milk
32 minutes ago -
President stresses joint efforts to control Malaria
42 minutes ago -
APHC denounces arrest, harassment of IIOJK people by Indian forces
52 minutes ago -
JKNF urges well-off people to come forward to support less privileged segments of society
1 hour ago
-
Muhammad Bilal defends his research papers
1 hour ago -
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz in police uniform at Chung police center
1 hour ago -
PP-269 bye-election: Nomination papers submission process concludes
2 hours ago -
15 female teachers injured in road accident
3 hours ago -
Pakistan, UK discuss collaboration in education sector
12 hours ago -
PMD forecast rain-windstorm/thunderstorm for various parts of country
12 hours ago