Fifty Fifty (comedy show)

Fifty Fifty
Fifty Fifty DVD cover
Genre	Sketch Comedy
Created by	Anwar Maqsood
Directed by	Shoaib Mansoor
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language(s)	Urdu
Production
Producer(s)	PTV Productions
Location(s)	Karachi, Pakistan
Running time	60 minutes (per episode)
Release
Original network	Pakistan Television Network (PTV)

Fifty Fifty (Urdu script: ففٹی ففٹی) is a popular Pakistan Television comedy series which was aired on the national television PTV during the early 1980s, based loosely on US comedy show Saturday Night Live.^[1] The programme was a sketch comedy considered by many critics as one of the best television shows to be produced in Pakistan.^[2] Along with pop singer Nazia Hassan, Fifty Fifty was one of the pop-culture phenomena of the 1980s in South Asia.

The content of the show includes satire and parody, with some slapstick comedy. It is widely considered to be a trendsetter in its genre, with its content being ethnically balanced and written to respect all Pakistani communities. Regulars on the show included TV actors Ismail Tara, Zeba Shehnaz and Majid Jehangir. Some golden-era songs of Naheed Akhtar and Ghulam Ali were also featured on the show. It was produced and directed by acclaimed Pakistani film and TV director Shoaib Mansoor.^[1]

Fifty Fifty and Alif Noon are the two prominent comedy series in the history of Pakistan Television from the 1980s. Their writers were regarded as being dedicated to creativity and patriotic values, and that is why they are still the most-in-demand comedy serials till now.^[3]

Cast

• Bushra Ansari
• Javed Sheikh
• Ismail Tara
• Latif Kapadia
• Majid Jehangir
• Pandit Satyanashi
• Salahuddin Toofani
• Zeba Shehnaz
• Umer Shareef
• Anwar Maqsood
• Fareed Khan

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