Ariel Mothers

Ariel Mothers was a television talk show and travel program hosted by Sania Saeed and directed by Kamran Qureshi. The show was sponsored by Procter & Gamble. Ariel team also did a social welfare service by presenting donation cheques to those deserving mothers struggling for their children.

Ariel Mothers
Also known asAriel Maa
GenreTalk Show
Written bySania Saeed
Directed byKamran Qureshi
Presented bySania Saeed
Theme music composerFarrukh Abid
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes104
Production
Executive producerShagufta Yousuf
ProducerIram Qureshi
CinematographyAzhar Hussain
Zaeem Siddiqui
Kamran Qureshi
EditorImran Wai Qureshi
Running time22 minutes
Production companyEvergreen Media Europe
DistributorPak Media Communications
Release
First shown inPTV Network
PTV World
Channel 3
Original release2000-2002 (2000-2002)

The programme was telecast every Saturday on PTV during 2000–2002.[1]

The concept

The program focused hundreds of mothers busy in nurturing their children, regardless of class, family, strata or religion they belonged to. Mothers were making every effort to either save the life of an ailing son or daughter or trying hard to counter the financial problems in order to secure a good future for their children. It also highlighted in cases as how ignorant and careless men are towards their responsibility of sharing the burden of upbringing a child with their wives.[2]

The show

There were different outdoor segments, Sania travelled through different areas of Pakistan, visiting mother at her home city or village in the first segment who shared her true story. A recruiting company was hired to go around cities and villages looking for cases of mothers who have faced hardship or sacrifices for their children. In the second segment, host discussed culture and history of the city/village of the week, standing next to a landmark and then meeting that city's mothers on their doorsteps. In the last segment, during interviews on set, celebrities would remember their mothers.[3]

Celebrities

and many more...

Soundtrack
External video
A promotional song of Ariel Mothers

The theme song, Maa Jaise Hasti (English: Dear Mother...) was sung by Khalid Waheed, composed by Farrukh Abid and written by Mujeeb Syed.

Award

Ariel Mothers (Maa) won the National PTV Award in 2002 for the best programme in private productions.[4]

See also

References
  1. Anis, Farhat (11 October 2001). "A tribute to mothers". THE NEWS International. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  2. Salman, Peerzada (22 September 2001). "A tribute to mothers". MAG The Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015.
  3. Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta". No. 5. SHE Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13.
  4. Mazhar, Uzma (March 2004). "From Maa to Maamta". No. 5. SHE Magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13.
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