Ethical violation by Pakistan's entertainment industry

Rida Munir Butt Saba Ijaz

Misbah Bahadur centre for media and communication studies

university of Gujrat

Content

1. What is ethics2. What is law3. Introduction of topic4. Fashion industry5. Stage drama6. Drama industry7. Film industry8. Laws and ethics

Ethics

Moral principles that govern a person's or group's behavior.

The moral correctness of specified conduct.

Laws

Laws are the enforceable body of official rules and regulations, established by people in authority who use them to govern the affairs of people in a society. Sanctions are usually used as punishment for those who do not adhere to the laws of the society.

Entertainment media

programming Non-news programming; includes motion pictures; radio and television talk shows; television dramas, sitcoms, "reality" TV, and game shows.

The main areas of entertainment industry are

Film DramaMusicStage/ theaterFashion etc

Core assumption of ethics and laws of Islamic republic of Pakistan

As Pakistan is the only country which comes into being on the base if Islam.

According to the wording of Quid e Azam “Pakistan will be the labor try to practice

Islamic system”

Cont….

The objective to generate revenue distracted the attention of our media persons. The battle to get high ratings through sensitizing the news story and ultimately obtaining a huge amount of TV commercials have severely defocused our newsmen. Footage of very sensitive materials are at times used repeatedly to grab public attention.

Fashion industry

Introduction

A popular trend, esp. in styles of dress, ornament, or behavior

In 1943, the first New York Fashion Week was held, with one main purpose: to distract attention from French fashion during World War II

Fashion industry in Pakistan

Pakistan Fashion Design Council based in Lahore organizes Fashion Week and Fashion Pakistan based in Karachi organizes fashion shows in that city Pakistan’s first fashion week, held in November 2009.

Fashion accessories can be loosely categorized into two general areas

1. Those that are carried

2. Those that are worn

Violation of Fashion industry

Dresses

Destroying new generation

Misrepresentation of male

Dominant of Indian culture

Tattoos

Creating Violence

Stage drama

What is stage drama?

Stage drama is written to be performed on stage. The abiding challenge in reading a script is to constantly frame all elements contained within this script in terms of PERFORMANCE.

Punjabi stage drama is one of the major cultural aspects of our culture. We had an audience that come to stage for a healthy entertainment

Cont….

dramas like ‘janam janam ki maili chadar’ which broke the record for the longest run stage play and we had artists of the caliber of Umer Sharif doing theatre which not only provided entertainment but also possessed the ability to educate and spread awareness amongst the masses.

Now a days it has become a place for the an adult dance and I cant find a better word for Juggat Bazi. First we had a drama that had a story and entertainment but now it has nothing in it.

Cont…….. Stage of today promote obscene or indecent or is likely

to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality Language which is used in stage dramas are vulgar and

indecent. Inviting gestures' and exposing dressing are become the

trade mark of stage now a days. The content is strictly adult and not a family entertainment by

any standards.

Drama industry

DRAMA

A play for theater, radio, or television.

Dramas are instrumental in shaping a person’s mind and attitude. People put much of what is being shown through the dramas into practice.

Drama in PakistanDuring the decades of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, PTV dramas and teleplays were considered as the best in the Indian subcontinent

Types of Drama

1. Solo play2. Series3. Serial4. Soap opera

Types of drama in term of mood

1. Comedy

2. Tragedy

3. satire

Ethical Violation by Drama industry

Men are shown as authoritative and decision makers whereas the woman is shown as stupid and unable to take decisions.

The dramas are far from depicting the reality. There is too much foreign and Indian impact on our culture

Dramas left negative impact on our society such as hatred, jealousy, greed and revenge. These behaviors entered our houses and females of our country were largely affected.

substandard plays also influenced the fashion sense of our people.

Major content of to days drama is vulgar and indecent.

Dramas are promoting religious sect and ethnic discrimination.

Language which is mostly used is abusive and taunting.

Mostly plots of drama is based on undermine some specific groups or societies.

Drams plays a big role in producing violence and sensationalism

Violates cultural values.Although dramas are never caught going

against ideology of Pakistan but mostly found indirectly hurting public sentiments .

Dramas are violating public and organizational laws.

Although its good to highlight social issues in dramas but when it comes to women and childes drama producers should have to be mare careful and moderate .

Many dramas are highlighting drift in foreign relation of Pakistan.

FILM industry

What is Film?

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images

First film was the French film which was a silent movie in 1890’s

Film in Pakistan

Pakistan produced its first feature film,Teri Yaad on 7 August, 1948, premièring at the Parbhat Theatre in Lahore.

Golden age(Ayub Khan)

Pakistan saw the introduction of first colour films. Some that share the status of being firsts are Munshi Dil's Azra in early 1960s, Zahir Raihan's Sangam (first full-length coloured film) released on 23 April 1964, and Mala (first coloured cinemascope film).

Pakistan produced many memorable movies

• Pakistani cinema from its glory days fell to depths of irrevocable decline in the 90’s despite recent efforts to resuscitate it, it is next to impossible to restore it to what it once was…

the CBFC recently allowed import of foreign films to be showcased in local cinemas after due censorship. This brings us to the point of discussion… what exactly are the censorship policies pertaining to the Paki-cinema?

Volition by Film industry

. Pakistan’s first R-rated movie was ‘Zinda Lash’ a horror movie starring the legendary Nadeem

First adult rated film was ‘Neela Parbat’ released in 1969 which marked the end of the golden era of Pakistani cinema.

Pakistani local productions are completely violating the first and foremost rule of CBFC i.e. glorifying crime and criminals etc

Pakistani films are producing status sensitivity among viewers and hence increasing crime rate. Also promoting vulgarity

Foreign productions which are being shown on Pakistani cinemas is hurting national interests.

• Pakistani films Contains dialogues, songs, speeches, dances, jokes or gesture which are obviously vulgar obscene or indecent.

• As CBFC has allowed foreign films to show case which are undermining our consepts of islam.

• Not only forigen productions local productions are also doing so.

Damaging foreign relations

1. Bombay Wallah2. Shaheed

Some steps by censor boardand viewpoints

1. Banning Bin Laden2. If Donald Duck is not a threat, why

is Hanuman?3. Say no to Mathira: Ban vulgarity not

art4. No stupid, banning Indian films will

not help Pakistani films5. Agent Vinod: Another sign of Pak-

India tensions?

Ethics and laws

The authorities’ initiative to impose censorship through legislative means dates back to the Public Safety Act Ordinance imposed in October 1948, and later, in 1952, ratified by the first Constituent Assembly of Pakistan as the Safety Act,Chaudary Muhammad husain and Muhammad hasan ‘AskariSadat hassan manto

CODE OF CONDUCT 2002 No program shall be aired which:

passes derogatory remarks about any religion or sect or community or uses visuals or words contemptuous of religious sects and ethnic groups or which promotes communal and sectarian attitudes or discord.

contains anything pornographic, obscene or indecent or is likely to deprave, corrupt or injure the public morality;

contains an abusive comment that, when taken in context, tends to or is likely to expose an individual or a group or class of individuals to hatred or contempt on the basis of race or caste, national, ethnic or linguistic origin, color or religion or sect, sex, sexual orientation, age or mental or physical disability;

brings into contempt Pakistan or its people or tends to undermine its integrity or solidarity as an independent and sovereign country;

promotes, aids or abets any offence which is cognizable under the applicable laws;

denigrates men or women through the depiction in any manner of the figure, in such a way as to have the effect of being indecent or derogatory;

denigrates children; anything which tends to glorify crime or criminals; contains material which may be detrimental to relations of Pakistan

with other countries; or contains material which is against ideology of Pakistan or Islamic

values.

Particular care should be taken to ensure that programs meant for children do not contain objectionable language or are disrespectful to their parents or elders.

Programmers must not be directed against the purity of home, family and marital harmony.

PEMRA

PEMRA 2002

•a company the majority of whose shares are owned or controlled by foreign nationals or companies whose management or control is vested in foreign nationals or companies.•Prohibition of broadcast media or distribution service operation

article 29

CBFCThe main function of the Central Board of Film Censors is

to examine suitability of films for public exhibition or otherwise under the guidelines provided by the Federal Government in the shape of film censorship code.

Producers of locally produced films have the option to apply for Censorship of their films to any of the office of the Board at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi whereas imported films are examined by the Board only at Islamabad.

Films belonging to Foreign Missions are also examined at Islamabad.

While examining films, the CBFC eliminates public exhibition of a film or any part thereof which is likely to:

I. Impair accepted moral standards and social value by glorification of vice or crime:

II. Give offence to any section of the public or injured the feelings of any class of persons:

III. Hurt national sentiments: IV. Contains dialogues, songs, speeches, dances, jokes or

gesture which are obviously vulgar obscene or indecent:V. Undermines Islam: orVI. Ridicules, disparages or attacks any religious sect

caste and creed.

conclusion

Entertainment on television is presently confined to unoriginal productions which vary from soaps to sitcoms and music shows; all of which lack inventiveness. If the present trend continues we will lose market for home grown talent.

Entertainment on television is presently confined to unoriginal productions which vary from soaps to sitcoms and music shows; all of which lack inventiveness. If the present trend continues we will lose market for home grown talent.

Pakistan is a cultural hub, a conglomerate of ancient arts, cultural values and talented individuals. The entertainment media needs to open up to new ideas and creativeness, youth should be given a chance to come forward and the audience needs to make intelligent choices. Focus should be on content rather than quantity; target audience surveys should be conducted to meet public demand yet at the same time moulding this demand to higher standards, only then can the media entertainment industry can serve both facets of its purpose i.e. entertainment with a purpose.