Farooq Qaiser
| Farooq Qaiser | |
|---|---|
 Farooq Qaiser with his puppet Uncle Sargam | |
| Born |
Farooq Qaiser Lahore, Punjab |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Director, journalist, puppeteer, writer |
| Known for | Uncle Sargam (creater) |
Farooq Qaiser (Urdu: فاروق قیصر) (born October 31 Lahore) is a Pakistani artist, columnist, director, puppeteer, script writer and voice actor. He is also author of some books.[1] Qaiser is well known for his fictional puppet Uncle Sargam introduced in 1976 in children's television show Kaliyan.[2] Farooq is also a cartoonist, columnist and writing for the newspaper Daily Nai Baat in Lahore and famous for his column writing name Meethay Karelay (English: Sweet gourd).[3]
Early life and education
Qaiser was born on October 31 to a Muslim family in Lahore, Punjab. He is graduated with Fine Arts in 1970 from the National College of Arts (NCA). Later he mastered in Graphic Arts from Bucharest, Romania in 1976 and trained for puppetry there.[2] He did master in Mass Communication in 1999 from the University of Southern California, United States.[1]
Career
Qaiser started his career in early 1970s after graduating from the NCA with a short English documentary. In 1971 his teacher Salima Hashmi put him into her children's television puppet show Akkar Bakkar. In that show he worked along with the help of Shoaib Hashmi and Faiz Ahmad Faiz on the scripts and puppets.[1]
In 1976 Qaiser directed and wrote his own puppet show Kaliyan which earned a high ranking in Pakistan that time. He created his own fictional puppet characters for that show include Uncle Sargam, Haiga and Maasi Museebte. He also gave the voice of Uncle Sargam in that show.[2] He created Uncle Sargam by resembling his teacher Molnar from Romania.[1]
He is also working at Urdu language Lahore based daily newspaper Daily Nai Baat, he is a cartoonist and makes cartoons daily for the newspaper.[4] He is also a columnist of Nai Baat and known for his column writing name Meethay Karelay. He taught for sometime at the Fatima Jinnah Women University in Rawalpindi. He also wrote some books include Kaalam Galoch, Hor Puchho, Meray Piyaray Allah Mian and Meethay Karelay.
Books
Below are the comic books written by Qaiser.
- Hor Puchho
- Kaalam Galoch
- Meethay Karelay
- Meray Piyaray Allah Mian
Characters
Below is the list of characters and puppeteers created by Farooq Qaiser.
- Haiga (1976)
- Masi Museebatay (since 1976)
- Sharmeeli (1976)
- Uncle Sargam (since 1976)
- Rola
Filmography
Television
- Kaliyan (1976) – Director, voice actor, writer
- Daak Time (1993) – voice actor
- Siyasi Kaliyan (2010) – voice actor
References
- 1 2 3 4 "The story of a proud puppeteer". dawn.com. December 5, 2010. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Paying tribute: After decades, Uncle Sargam remains darling of the crowd". tribune.com.pk. June 17, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Some columns written by Qaiser". pkcolumns.com. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cartoons by Farooq Qaiser". naibaat.pk. Retrieved March 27, 2013.