n a way, Muhammed Qavi Khan was the pioneer of television acting in Pakistan. He had the distinction of appearing in the first play telecast in 1964. As the tele-play genre flourished, Qavi Khan took great strides and became the most sought after actor/ performer in PTV's early days. Television brought in a type of realism that was rarely sought as an aesthetic experience by the audiences here. The film, the most viewed of the performing arts, was larger than life and did not really have a pretension to being realistic.

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