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'''Ali Moeen''' is a Pakistani dramatist and lyricist. He has written more than a dozen drama serials with dictionary seeking titles and also is known as the [[Sampooran Singh Gulzar|Gulzar]] of Pakistan music industry as lyricist, having written more than a hundred songs for various Pakistani artists.
'''Ali Moeen''' is a Pakistani dramatist and lyricist. He has written more than a dozen drama serials with dictionary seeking titles and also is known as the [[Sampooran Singh Gulzar|Gulzar]]{{dubious}} of Pakistan music industry as lyricist, having written more than a hundred songs for various Pakistani artists.


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== [[Yeh Hum Naheen]](Urdu ﻳﻪ ﮨﻢ ﻧﹷﮭﹻﮟ,) - This Is Not Us! ==
== [[Yeh Hum Naheen]](Urdu ﻳﻪ ﮨﻢ ﻧﹷﮭﹻﮟ,) - This Is Not Us! ==
{{Quote box | quote = The lyrics, penned by Ali Moeen, are succinct but clear: “This story that is being spread in our names is a lie. These stamps of death on our foreheads are the signs of others. The name by which you know us, we are not that. The eyes with which you look at us, we are not that. This is not us, this is not us.” Composed by Shuja Haider, the result is a mega hit single. [[Yeh Hum Naheen]] has not only topped [[MTV]] Asia and Pakistani charts, but has also made its presence felt on the British charts. | source = The Dawn Review, Dawn Newspaper, October 16, 2008<ref name="urlWeekend Wrap - Dawn - The Review; October 16, 2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/archive/081016/review13.htm|title=Weekend Wrap - Dawn - The Review; October 16, 2008 |author= Dawood,T.U|authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-10-16|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= language=|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dee7WMBb|archivedate= 2009-01-07|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-07}}</ref>| width = 50%
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Ali Moeen wrote the lyrics for [[Yeh Hum Naheen]] <ref name="urlThe Frontier Post Online Newspaper">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=hn&nid=1505&ad=19-07-2008 |title=4m Pakistanis sign anti-terror petition |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-19|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcjACUT8|archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref>, a peace song sung by Pakistan's leading artists as part of an international campaign against terrorism. The song and message behind have been covered by the international media<ref name="url:: Be Cool Be MTV ::">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtvpakistan.com/newsite/scripts/newnews.php?n=26|title= MTV News |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2007-08-08|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcwxRbJJ |archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref><ref name="url Pakistani artistes join anti-terrorism drive">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=123636 |title=The News International Online Newspaper Karachi Edition |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-12|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcxVZDOE|archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref><ref name="urlSong for the deaf|Comment is free|guardian.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/20/songforthedeaf |title=The Guardian, UK Newspaper Online Edition |author= Diab, Khaled |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-12|format= |work= |publisher= |pages=|language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcxVZDOE |archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref>. The campaign was a brainchild of [[Waseem Mahmood]], author and media consultant, who took inspiration for the project from his children, who were tired at the way a minority of misguided young people were putting forward a message of radicalization and terrorism which was at odds with what the majority of Muslims believe. The central message of the song is a that of reconciliation, peace and truth, and is intended as the voice of the silent majority of Pakistanis who are saddened and shocked at the high-jacking of Islam by terrorists, and want to stand up and shout “This is Not Us”. [[Yeh Hum Naheen]] was written in Urdu in words that are simple and meant to reach audiences across the board. The music was composed by [[Shuja Haider]]. Yeh Hum Naheen has not only topped MTV Asia and Pakistani charts, but has also made its presence felt on the British charts<ref name="urlWeekend Wrap - Dawn - The Review; October 16, 2008"/>.
Ali Moeen wrote the lyrics for [[Yeh Hum Naheen]] <ref name="urlThe Frontier Post Online Newspaper">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=hn&nid=1505&ad=19-07-2008 |title=4m Pakistanis sign anti-terror petition |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-19|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcjACUT8|archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref>, a peace song sung by Pakistan's leading artists as part of an international campaign against terrorism. The song and message behind have been covered by the international media<ref name="url:: Be Cool Be MTV ::">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtvpakistan.com/newsite/scripts/newnews.php?n=26|title= MTV News |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2007-08-08|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcwxRbJJ |archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref><ref name="url Pakistani artistes join anti-terrorism drive">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=123636 |title=The News International Online Newspaper Karachi Edition |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-12|format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcxVZDOE|archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref><ref name="urlSong for the deaf|Comment is free|guardian.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/20/songforthedeaf |title=The Guardian, UK Newspaper Online Edition |author= Diab, Khaled |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-07-12|format= |work= |publisher= |pages=|language= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5dcxVZDOE |archivedate= 2009-01-06|quote= |accessdate=2009-01-06}}</ref>. The campaign was a brainchild of [[Waseem Mahmood]], author and media consultant, who took inspiration for the project from his children, who were tired at the way a minority of misguided young people were putting forward a message of radicalization and terrorism which was at odds with what the majority of Muslims believe. The central message of the song is a that of reconciliation, peace and truth, and is intended as the voice of the silent majority of Pakistanis who are saddened and shocked at the high-jacking of Islam by terrorists, and want to stand up and shout “This is Not Us”. [[Yeh Hum Naheen]] was written in Urdu in words that are simple and meant to reach audiences across the board. The music was composed by [[Shuja Haider]]. Yeh Hum Naheen has not only topped MTV Asia and Pakistani charts, but has also made its presence felt on the British charts<ref name="urlWeekend Wrap - Dawn - The Review; October 16, 2008"/>.

Revision as of 09:19, 24 July 2009

Ali Moeen
OccupationPlaywright, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Media Consultant, Product Developer for Media
NationalityPakistani
EducationMasters in English & Political Science
Alma materSaint Dominican Convent School Bahawalpur

Ali Moeen is a Pakistani dramatist and lyricist. He has written more than a dozen drama serials with dictionary seeking titles and also is known as the Gulzar[dubious – discuss] of Pakistan music industry as lyricist, having written more than a hundred songs for various Pakistani artists.

Biography

Born November 20, 1968 in Lahore, to Nikhat Irshad and Syed Fakharuddin Balley. At the age of 3 his parents migrated to the town in the south of Punjab, Bahawalpur where at the age of 5 he was enrolled in the Saint Dominican Convent School.

He started writing poetry at the age of 14. When he turned 18, he went to Government College University, Lahore for graduation. His 1st book of poetry Badan Ki Khanqah Say came in 1991, followed by Bhagwa Bhais, the only book in the Urdu Language from Pakistan that has personality sketches about common people. He did his masters in English & political science.

Hum International Tele Film Festival 2008 Best Drama Writer Award

On December 2, 2008, Ali Moeen was awarded the Best Drama Writer of Pakistan in the Hum TV's HUM Tele Film Festival 2008[1] for the tele film “Aik Aadh Hafta". It is a story[2] of a mother who is about to die and lives with her spinster daughter Rashda. This woman has two other children-one daughter who is already married and one son who lives separately. Rashda alone lives with her mother and has sacrificed all her emotions and dreams to look after the dimming lights in the eyes of her mother. the rest of the family is not really interested in what happens to the mother or if she survives. they have their eyes on the only home that they want to sell, scoop their share and give their life a breath of peace from the crisis they face. Rashda is the only one standing in the way of realization. The relationship between the mother and Rashda is also very strange and weird .They love each other as a natural course as well as hate, though not so loudly but the irritation they feel in each other’s presence is enough to establish the love-hate relationship. The irony is that mother knows that her death is being awaited and that’s where the entire meanings of existence change for her as well as the sense of time and space. The whole story is in fact the deconstruction of the idea called Life and what it means when eyed from the angle of relations. It’s a 360 degree incision of our social being and cross section of the belongingness of this being in time and space.

Yeh Hum Naheen(Urdu ﻳﻪ ﮨﻢ ﻧﹷﮭﹻﮟ,) - This Is Not Us!

The lyrics, penned by Ali Moeen[dubious – discuss], are succinct but clear: “This story that is being spread in our names is a lie. These stamps of death on our foreheads are the signs of others. The name by which you know us, we are not that. The eyes with which you look at us, we are not that. This is not us, this is not us.” Composed by Shuja Haider, the result is a mega hit single. Yeh Hum Naheen has not only topped MTV Asia and Pakistani charts, but has also made its presence felt on the British charts.

The Dawn Review, Dawn Newspaper, October 16, 2008[3]

Ali Moeen wrote the lyrics for Yeh Hum Naheen [4], a peace song sung by Pakistan's leading artists as part of an international campaign against terrorism. The song and message behind have been covered by the international media[5][6][7]. The campaign was a brainchild of Waseem Mahmood, author and media consultant, who took inspiration for the project from his children, who were tired at the way a minority of misguided young people were putting forward a message of radicalization and terrorism which was at odds with what the majority of Muslims believe. The central message of the song is a that of reconciliation, peace and truth, and is intended as the voice of the silent majority of Pakistanis who are saddened and shocked at the high-jacking of Islam by terrorists, and want to stand up and shout “This is Not Us”. Yeh Hum Naheen was written in Urdu in words that are simple and meant to reach audiences across the board. The music was composed by Shuja Haider. Yeh Hum Naheen has not only topped MTV Asia and Pakistani charts, but has also made its presence felt on the British charts[3].

Books

Script Writing

Ali Moeen does freelance work as Script Writer (Drama, Films, Tele Films, Magazine Programs), Lyricist, Concept Director, Copy Writer, Product Development.

Drama Serials

Ali Moeen wrote several award winning drama serials[8].

  • SARMAYA - Nominated best serial, First Lux Style Awards 2002. A 12-episode serial for Indus Vision produced by Gaaza Entertainment and directed by Owais Khan. A story of two friends who are out to explore success in their careers, one chooses a path long and difficult of truth and the other chooses the ladder of immense success and glory that is not only difficult but is like quick sand having no way out. Story of faith, glory, achievements, sadness and disaster. Cast: Talat Hussain, Salim Shaikh, Faisal Rehman, Nadia Hussain, Sonia Khan, Shehla Qureshi. Production by Infinity Films
  • NOOR MAHAL - An 18-episode drama serial produced by Infinity Films Production for GEO TV and directed by Owais Khan. Noor Mahal is the epic tale of love set around the mystic and culturally rich background of Rohi, the place of saints and serenity. Allah Yar, the lowly born destitute finds a shelter in the grand palace where he falls prey to the divine providence called love. The un-dented tale of commitment and belief in love where it brings the believer to the point where even forces of nature start to conspire in your favor. Through Allah Yar the story deconstructs all the symbols and cultural signs of love and gives a subtle character to Noor Mahal, the house that orbits the whole story around. This duality of transformation gives the story an epic milieu that traverses all the boundaries of time and space and meets the eyes and ears as the fable immemorial. Cast: Shafi Mohammad, Afreen Sharif, Kashif Mehmood, Parveen Akber, Sohail Asgher, Shareyar, Farooq Zameer, Zalay Sarhadi, Imran Urooj, Sonia Khan, Rabia Chaudry, Rana Nasir, Nayyar Ejaz, Mehak Ali, Najam Imtiaz, Reja
  • BATEIN DIL KI - A 13-episode drama serial presented by Media IQ, produced by Infinity Films in 2004 for PTV and directed by Owais Khan. Batein Dil Ki is a story of two brothers who lives with a single parent, they fall in love with the daughters of a rich man. The younger brother is a true lover but the elder brother his relation with the daughter of a rich man having a past revenge in his heart towards the rich man due to the difficulty they faced in their past. He flirts with all his daughters and ruins their life and true love of his brother also becomes victim of his intentions. A story of emotions, tears and joy. Cast : Faisal Rehman, Vinny, Shamyl Khan, Fiza Ali, Urooj Nasir, Talat Hussin, Tahira Wasti
  • PHOOL WALI GALI - A 35-episode drama serial produced by ARY Digital and directed by Zulfiqar Sheikh. Phool Wali Gali is a journey through an alley of life lit with emotions and littered with catastrophes. It encompasses the lives of characters burdened with guilt and set free by the truth. It narrates the search of a brother for his sister who now dwells in that forbidden part of the society - a kothay wali (courtesan), who withholds her true identity from her foreign-bred son - a man who lives on the hope of reuniting with his old flame. Cast: Aijjaz Aslam, Javeria Abbasi, Maria Wasti, Zulfiqar, Nabeel, Tasmina Sheikh, Nighat Chaudhry, Mona Lisa and Uzma Gilani
  • AZAL - a 19-episode drama serial produced by Infinity Films for PTV World
  • DIL DHOONDTA HAI - a 15-episode drama serial. Synopsis: Unreleased
  • KHAALI AANKHAIN - a 30-episode drama serial, which was an Elysee Entertainment and ARY Digital Production. The story of Khaali Aankhain revolves around two families: one of Rashid (Khayyam Sarhadi) who is a very rich businessman and the other of his not so rich partner (Khalid Butt). Side note: how can one business partner be rich, while the other not rich fails me. Rashid's household is a very happy go lucky house where all the time laughter can be heard. He lives with his mother, his wife (Naghma) and his children Ali (Faisal Rahman), Omer and Rabi (Janna Malik) while is elder daughter Asma is studying in England. Meanwhile his partner's family is very materialistic and aims to be very rich and as a result ill treats their daughter-in-law Bakhtawar who happens to be from a poor family and childless as well. His wife (Roohi Khan) and younger son Vicky (Kashif Mehmood) especially are quite rude to her. Her only friend in the house is the daughter Sonia (Nadia Jameel) who herself suffers from fits.
  • AIK DAFA KA ZIKR HAI - an 18-episode drama serial by 7th Sky Entertainment
  • YEH ZINDAGI - an 18-episode drama serial for ARY Digital
  • MAKAAN NUMBER 47 - a 19-episode comedy serial, ARY Digital
  • MOHLAT - a 6-episode Indus Vision tele film presented by Gaaza Entertainment, produced by Infinity Films

Tele Films & Plays

Magazine TV Shows

Lyrics & Theme Songs

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Waqas Saeed Puri (2008-12-06). "Welcome to Daily Regional Times Online Newspaper". Archived from the original on 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-01-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Trailer and synopsis, Aik Aadh Hafta - Hum Tele Film Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ a b Dawood,T.U (2008-10-16). "Weekend Wrap - Dawn - The Review; October 16, 2008". pp. language=. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-01-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Missing pipe in: |pages= (help)
  4. ^ "4m Pakistanis sign anti-terror petition". 2008-07-19. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "MTV News". 2007-08-08. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ "The News International Online Newspaper Karachi Edition". 2008-07-12. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ Diab, Khaled (2008-07-12). "The Guardian, UK Newspaper Online Edition". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "Infinity Films - Awards". Archived from the original on 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2009-01-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ "Award Winners - Shorts". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-01-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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