“Aghaz-e-Safar” of Sharmeen Obaid starts on April 13, 2014 on Aaj TV at 8:00 pm

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KARACHI:  “Aghaz-e-Safar” of Sharmeen Obaid Chinoyon starts on April 13,  2014 on Aaj TV at 8:00 pm. The Academy Award winning Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy recently participated in the 2014 Women in the World Summit held on 2nd April 2014 at the David H. Koch Theater in the Lincoln Center Plaza, New York.

The annual Summit highlighted the stories and personal accounts of inspiring female leaders who shared their stories of courage and determination at the event. The Summit featured prominent international female personalities including Hillary Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Meryl Streep and many more.

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy participated in different sessions at the event, including a special session titled “GIRLS IN THE WORLD: THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE” where she celebrated Pakistan’s heroic young activists along with Ambassador Catherine M. Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Humaira Bachal, President Dream Foundation Trust and Khalida Brohi, Founder and Executive Director, Sughar Empowerment Society. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy also participated in a session titled “WOMEN ARE THE PEACEMAKERS” with Melanne Verveer, Executive Director, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and Atifete Jahjaga, President, Republic of Kosovo which was moderated by Tina Brown, Founder, Women in the World, and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media.

The Academy winning Director has also introduced a new social-issue focused television show titled “Aghaz-e-Safar”, a unique one-hour social justice talk show that tackles the most pressing social issues facing Pakistan today. Hosted by Fakhr-e-Alam, each episode explores a specific issue, and studies them through on set interviews, short video profiles, first-hand accounts and expert analysis. The first episode of the new show will air exclusively at 8:00pm, 13th April 2014 on Aaj TV.

The series aims to cover a diverse range of key issues and will focus on particular topics including Child Abuse in Episode 1, Labor in Episode 2, Medical Malpractice in Episode 3, Sexual Harassment in Episode 4, Land in Episode 5, Minorities in Episode 6, Gun Control in Episode 7, Domestic Violence in Episode 8, Disabilities in Episode 9, Water in Episode 10, Unsung Heroes in Episode 11 and Education in its final and 12th Episode.

Over the course of the past one-year, the “Aghaz-e-Safar” team traveled across Pakistan to source compelling and engaging stories, and uncovered accounts that have never been explored on Pakistani television before. The team’s findings uncovered extraordinary narratives in seemingly ordinary places; from small villages that boast of unprecedented change to thriving urban centers that had reinvented themselves to deal with new challenges, bearing witness to Pakistan’s fighting spirit first hand. “Aghaz-e-Safar” endeavours to be a celebration of that spirit and is envisioned as the beginning of a movement that aims to inspire and enlighten audiences to be their own change makers.

Speaking about her recent initiatives, Film and TV Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said, “It’s always a humbling feeling to represent Pakistan in foreign forums such as the 2014 Women in the World Summit. This is my second year at the conference, and my first experience as a host. I feel proud to be able to bring inspirational stories from Pakistan to such an esteemed audience. I am also very proud to introduce ‘Aghaz-e-Safar’, a passion project for the entire team at SOC Films. We hope that the show will act as a moral compass for Pakistani society and will bring to light a variety of difficult and complex social issues. Hopefully, Pakistanis will leave each episode with a renewed sense of urgency and will be inspired to be change makers in their own communities. Such programming is ground breaking in Pakistan and this show will be the first of its kind to air in the country.”

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has also recently concluded a feature venture titled “Sounds of Sachal” on the acclaimed Sachal Studios and their journey across the world, which will be released later in 2014. The documentary charters the jazz ensemble’s global tour of different music festivals as well as their collaboration with other jazz outfits including The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis. Speaking about the new documentary, Composer and entrepreneur Izzat Majeed said, “Sachal Studio was born to produce the music of melody, acoustic harmony and rhythms that rock the heart”.

Before her participation at the in the 2014 Women in the World Summit, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy was previously in New York to attend the 34th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, where the Academy Award winning Pakistani film “Saving Face” was awarded 2 prestigious Emmys for Best Documentary and Outstanding Editing: Documentary and Long Form. The recognition marked the second Emmy win for the film’s director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, who previously received the accolade in the Current Affairs category for the documentary “Children of the Taliban”.

The Academy award winner’s participation in the 2014 Women in the World Summit also marks her second recent collaboration with Humaira Bachal, with whom she jointly represented Pakistan in the ‘The Sound of Change Live’ concert, presented by Gucci’s CHIME FOR CHANGE which campaigns for improved education, health and justice for women and girls worldwide. At the concert, CHIME FOR CHANGE also presented an exclusive one-minute screening of SOC Film’s first international undertaking, a short documentary titled ‘Humaira: The Dream Catcher’. The documentary was introduced by International music icon Madonna, who had also done the voice-over for the film. Madonna later invited Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Humaira Bachal on-stage where Humaira shared her journey with the audience.

AIRING SCHEDULE FOR AGHAZ-E-SAFAR:
All episodes will be aired on Aaj TV at 8:00pm

1. 13th April: Child Abuse
2. 27th April: Labor
3. 4th May: Medical Malpractice
4. 11th May: Sexual Harassment
5. 18th May: Land
6. 25th May: Minorities
7. 1st June: Gun Control
8. 8th June: Domestic Violence
9. 15th June: Disabilities
10. 22nd June: Water
11. 29th June: Unsung Heroes
12. 6th July: Education

COMBINED LIST OF CREDITS FOR AGHAZ-E-SAFAR 

Executive Producer

Design

Script Assistants

Make Up

Ahmad Zuberi

Haya Rizwan

Wajid Khan

Mohammad Amir Siddiqui

Anna Nicolai

Bakht Ali

Director

Sharyar Ahmed Khan

Wardrobe

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Sound

Asif Dolani

 

Wasif Arshad

Web Content Development

Danyal Syed

Series Producer

Maheen Sadiq

 

Asad Faruqi

Voice Over Artist

Motion Graphics Artists

 

Sadia Ameen

Accounts Manager

Bilal Uddin

Senior Producers

Anjeena

Shahzad Ahmed

Rohail Dalvi

Aamir Abdullah

Faisal Hussain

Khawar Abedi

Music

Manager Technical

Waseem Qasim

Saad Hayat

Arif Abdullah

Producer

 

 

Publicity Material Design

Haya Fatima Iqbal

Aghaz-E-Safar Ost

Set Design

Fahad Faheem

Shahram Azhar

Nauman Mujeeb Khan

Shabeh Jaffery

Project Manager

 

Neha Mashooqullah

OST Composed By

Director Of Photography

Set Design

Khawar Jawad

Asad Faruqi

Sehreen Shahzad

Associate Producer

Syed Sajid Islam

Sara Faruqi

On-Line Editor

 

3d Modeler Set Design

Nadir Siddiqui

Waqar Yazdani

Production Coordinator

Haris

Wasif Arshad

 

Laraib Theba

 

Off-Line Editor

Sylvia Jaffery

Set Design Assistants

Creative Head

Husain Qaizar Yunus

 

Noman Kafeel

Mudassir Shah

Fahad Bajwa

Brand Identity Design

Shahid

Zehra Naqvi

Mudassir Shah

 

Infographics

Waseem Qasim

Set Supervisor

Nadir Siddiqui

Script

 

Deepak

Fazleen Sohani

Mohsin Ali Shah

Title Design

 

 

 

Waseem Qasim

 

Faisal Hussain

 

 

Research

Carpenters:

Jimmy Jib

Anwaar Hashmi & His Team Of Reporters In Punjab

Bushra Amin

Muhammad Imran

Ali Shah

Farzana Ali & Her Team Of Reporters In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Uzma Batool

Mutloob Hussain

 

Rashid Mahmood & His Team Of Reporters In Karachi

Munira Zanzibarwala

Khan Zeb Khan

Studio

Amynah Reimoo

Mehoob

Muhammd Atif

Priyanka Kumari

Zaheer Muhammad

M/S Team Work

Hamza Bangash

Umair Khan

Areeb Mahamadi

Mehir Ali

SMD Wall

Eleyna Haroun

 

Ibaad-Ur-Rehman (M/S Live Sound)

Atique Mashooqullah

Painters:

Arman Sayani

Rafiq

Generator

Iman Khan

Muhammad Yousaf

Muhammad Shakeel

Zahra Jooma

Yousaf Ali Shah

M/S Mehran Generators

Bassam Shazli

Sharmeen Hussain

Electrician:

Cameramen

Mehak Mubin

Muhammad Zafar

Abid Shah

Sarah Alvi

Nehal Haidyer

Misbahuddin

Anam Sadiq

Sarfaraz Zafar

Helpers:

Transport

Sunny Kumar

Audio (Aaj)

Muhammad Farooq Sheikh

Shazad Hussain

Syed Nasir Ali  (Pcr Incharge)

Gul Khan

Bashir Khan

Nadeem Ahmad    (Pcr-Engineer)

Photography

Sound & Lights

Logistic Arrangements

Nadir Siddiqui

Nawaid-Ul-Haq

Khawar Hashmat

M/S Audio Links

Malik Sahal

Finance

Mohd. Khalid

Faisal Aziz

OB Support

Shazia

Ali Danish

Sikandar Bakht 
M/S Bakht Visions

 

Asad Haroon
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