Momina Duraid

Momina Duraid
Born Momina Duraid
(1971-06-30) June 30, 1971
Occupation
  • producer
  • director

Momina Duraid (born 30 June 1971) is a Pakistani director and producer. She is a senior producer and creative head of television network Hum TV and CEO of her own production company Momina Duraid Productions. She has produced and created several series including Dastaan (2010), Qaid-e-Tanhai (2010–11), Humsafar (2011–12), Shehr-e-Zaat (2012), Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2012–13), Diyar-e-Dil (2015), Sadqay Tumhare (2015), Mann Mayal (2016), Udaari (2016), Bin Roye (2016) and Yaqeen Ka Safar (2017).

In 2015, Duraid ventured into film direction and co-directed Bin Roye. Later that same year, she founded film production house, Hum Films. She is married to Duraid Qureshi and is a daughter-in-law of Hum Network president and founder, Sultana Siddiqui. In 2015, she was named among the Pond's list of Miracle Journey: The 100 Most Inspirational Women.[1]

Career

Before entering into media, Duraid was working as a marketing executive at bank,[2] she said, "Media was the last thing I thought I would do. My mother-in-law, Sultana Siddiqui has been definitely associated with the industry as she worked for PTV but at the beginning, I was only looking after finances. I didn’t know that I would be stepping into the creative side of things."[2] She produced Samira Fazal's Mere Paas Paas as her first independent drama series, that earned her critical acclaim. In 2010 she produced partition based drama series Dastaan based on the novel Bano by Razia Butt, the series starred then new-comer Fawad Khan with Sanam Baloch playing the title character of Bano.[3] Dastaan received extravagant reception from critics and became one of the most acclaimed series of all time.[4] At 1st Hum Awards ceremony serial was awarded Hum Honorary Most Challenging Subject Award,[5] and received five nominations at 10th Lux Style Awards, winning Best Director for Haissam Hussain[6] Duraid then produced number of series and founded her own production company Momina Duraid Productions and became the senior producer of Hum TV.[7]

In 2011, Duraid convinced Farhat Ishtiaq to dramatize her novel Humsafar into a television series, which was previously rejected by two production houses.[2] After its release Humsafar gained instant popularity and received the overwhelming response from critics and people all over the world.[8] Critics regarded Humsafar as revival of drama industry.[9] Sabahat Zakariya of Dawn News wrote, "If Haseena Moin was the benchmark of mass popularity back then, then Humsafar is an indicator of our endemic regressiveness."[10] The series has a cult following with huge fan following especially in India, Europe and North America.[11] The series lead actors Mahira Khan and Fawad Khan went on to become most popular actors in Pakistani film and television industry.[12] Hum TV honored the craft and crew of serial giving them a special Hum Honorary Phenomenal Serial Award.[13]

In 2015, Duraid co-directed her first film Bin Roye under her production house Hum Films, that earned her rave reviews,[14][15] and became the third highest-grossing Pakistani film of all time.[16][17] After the release of Bin Roye, Hum Films has distributed and produced over fifteen films both domestically and internationally.

In 2016, seven of ten-scheduled drama series that Duraid produced including, Dastaan (2010), Humsafar (2011–12), Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2012–13), Sadqay Tumhare (2015) are set to release on pupolar online streaming service Netflix.[18][19]

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

List of Accolades received by Babar Javed
Year Award / Ceremony Category Work Result Ref(s)
2012 Hum Awards Best Drama Serial Shehr-e-Zaat Won
[20]
2013 Best Drama Serial Zindagi Gulzar Hai Won
[21]
Best Drama Serial Popular Won
2014 Best Drama Serial Bunty I Love You Won
[22]
Best Drama Serial Popular Sadqay Tumhare Won
2015 Best Drama Serial Diyar-e-Dil Won
[23]
Best Drama Serial Popular Won
2010 Lux Style Awards Best TV Serial - Satellite Dastaan Nominated
[24]
Malaal Nominated
2012 Humsafar Won
[25]
Shehr-e-Zaat Nominated
2013 Rehaai Nominated
[26]
2014 Best Original Soundtrack Sadqay Tumhare Nominated
[27]
2015 Best Director - Film Bin Roye Nominated
[28]
Best TV Play Diyar-e-Dil Won
Best Original Soundtrack Won

References

  1. ↑ "The Wonderful Women of Pakistan". Aamna Haider Isani. The News On Sunday. January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Humsafar was rejected by two production houses: Momina Duraid". Zoya Anwer. Dawn News. February 19, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Dastaan: History on TV". Taneeya Hasan. The Express Tribune. September 24, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ "20 Pakistani TV dramas that you should watch if you haven't". Saadia Qamar. The Daily Times. July 20, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hum award Winners List". dailymailnews.com. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "LSA 2011 Nominations and winners". Lux. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "'Dastaan': Reflecting the Indo-Pak divide". Saadia Qamar. The Express Tribune. October 6, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Humsafar: Here's what the noise is about". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "Mohabbaton ka safar". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Drama Serials:Golden Age?". Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Popular Pakistani television drama Humsafar reaches Toronto fans via web". The Star. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  12. ↑ "Thank God for Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan!". Sadaf Haider. The Express Tribune. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  13. ↑ "Hum Honorary TV Award". Dawn News. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  14. ↑ "Could Pakistan rival India's Bollywood?". Haroon Rashid. BBC Asian Network. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "The box office Eidi".
  16. ↑ "'Bin Roye' rides Pakistani new wave". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Bin Roye Final Gross". Box Office Detail. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Netflix to air hit Pakistan TV shows". Muhammad Farooq Dhedhi. Samaa TV. December 19, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Netflix to stream popular Pakistani shows". Raj Baddhan. Biz Asia. December 19, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  20. ↑ THR Staff. "Hum Awards: Winners and nominees List". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  21. ↑ "Winner List of 2nd Hum Awards". Showbiz Spice. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  22. ↑ "2014 Hum Awards winners". Correspondent. Dawn News. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "The awards will be held in Karachi on April 23rd and the voting lines are open till April 6, 2016". HIP. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  24. ↑ "Lux Style Awards 2011: Glamour's night out". The Express Tribune. September 17, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  25. ↑ "12th Lux Style Awards 2013 Pictures And Winner's List". Desi Free TV. July 6, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Nominees announced for 2014 Lux Style Awards". Daily Times. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Lux Style Awards 2015: 'Na Maloom Afraad' declared best film, Javaid Sheikh best actor and Ayeza Khan best TV actress". Daily Times. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Lux Style Awards 2016 nominations revealed at star-studded event". correspondent. The Express Tribune. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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