Bee Gul

Bee Gul
Born	Bee Gul Lahore, Punjab Pakistan
Alma mater	Kinnaird College for Women University
Occupation	screenwriter and director
Years active	2010-present
Notable work	Talkhiyaan, Pehchaan, Kaun Qamar Ara, Firdous ki Dozakh, Zid

Bee Gul (Urdu: بی گل‎) is a Pakistani screenwriter and director. She is of Arabic descent and belongs to a high status family. She wrote some critically acclaimed TV plays and telefilms like Talkhiyaan,Pehchaan, Kaun Qamar Ara, Firdous ki Dozakh,Pheeki Theek Kehta Hai and Zid. She created visible ripples in the world of Pakistani television writing. An extraordinary sense of the screenplay going beyond mere dialogue writing became the characteristic of her style, which touched tabooed topics in a bold but commendable way. Both her plays Talkhiyaan and Pehchan have been anything but the usual run-of-the mill dramas which airs on television all the time.

Her effortless characterization and seamless handling of the timeline are commendable. Bee Gul's stories often deal with themes of Reality & Identity.Hypocrisy is the underlying theme, involving bitter love & conservative values. While her work resists labels, it is often described as Artsy. She wrote some of the best Inspirational, Women-centric plays that threw light upon several social issues, especially those concerning The Asian or Indian Women, and it actually portrayed the power of a gutsy woman.

Among Bee Gul's favorite writers/directors and influences are Rajinder Singh Bedi, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Gulzar, Sahir Ludhianvi, Arundhati Roy, J. K. Rowling, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Jon Elia and Asghar Farhadi. In Talkhiyan the opening theme "Mujh se ab meri mohabbat ke fasaaney na kaho", was based on a Sahir Ludhianvi's poem and serial itself was named after Sahir Ludhianavi's Book, Talkhiyan.

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