31 Facts About Haseena Moin

Haseena Moin was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter.

Haseena Moin wrote several plays for stage, radio, and television.

Haseena Moin was the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan.

Haseena Moin wrote Pakistan Television's first original script Kiran Kahani aired in the early 1970s.

Haseena Moin was considered to be the best Urdu playwright and dramatist Pakistan has ever witnessed.

Haseena Moin received her early education in her ancestral region and, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, migrated with her family to Pakistan.

Haseena Moin lived for a number of years in Rawalpindi, then moved to Lahore and, in the 1950s, settled in Karachi, where she graduated from the Government College for Women in 1960 and earned her Master of Arts in History from Karachi University in 1963.

Haseena Moin was the writer of the first coloured drama of Pakistan, aired on PTV called Parchaiyan, which was directed by Mohsin Ali.

Haseena Moin wrote Pakistan's first original script 'Kiran Kahani' aired in the early-1970s.

Haseena Moin wrote a play for India called Tanha, which became widely popular during its run.

Haseena Moin wrote a play for Doordarshan called Kash-m-kash, Arshad Mahmood composed and Tina Sani sang the title song of the play.

Haseena Moin wrote the script for the 1978 film Yahan Se Wahan Tak, starring Waheed Murad.

Haseena Moin wrote the dialogues for the 1986 film Nazdekiyan which was directed by Usman Peerzada, starring Samina Peerzada and Usman Peerzada.

Haseena Moin was the first Pakistani writer to write for a Bollywood film.

Haseena Moin wanted Hina Durrani to be the lead heroine in Henna after meeting her in India during her visit with her mother Noor Jehan in 1982 but she refused then he wanted to cast Shehnaz Sheikh in the title role of the film but after she refused, Haseena Moin recommended Zeba Bakhtiar as the leading lady, thus Zeba was cast in the title role of Henna.

Haseena Moin has written comedies like Shehzori, Uncle Urfi, Tanhaiyaan with best comic characters in her plays, like Mamoo, Timmy and Moby in Ankahi; Qabacha, Bukrad and Aapa Begum in Tanhaiyan, Gazi Apa in Uncle Urfi to tragedies like Parchaiyaan.

Haseena Moin has written historic plays like Tansen, Meray Dard ko jo Zuban Mile, and the recent Anjaane Nagar.

Haseena Moin's other plays include Parosi, Pal do Pal, Kasak based on the life of a single parent, Dhundle Raaste and many more.

Many of Haseena Moin's plays have been directed by Mohsin Ali.

Shirin Khan directed some early plays of Haseena Moin which include Uncle Urfi, Zer Zabar Pesh, Kiran Kahani and Gurya, Raana Sheikh, Ali Rizvi.

Meri Behan Maya, another play by Haseena Moin, aired from 17 September 2012 to 11 January 2013 on Geo TV.

Haseena Moin wrote the first 7 episodes and then had to go abroad, so she allowed Mohammad Ahmed to write the rest of the episodes, with a plan to write the final episode when she returned.

Haseena Moin was disappointed and asked the producers to remove her name from the serial, but due to copyright issues her name could not be removed.

Haseena Moin has said she had nothing to do with Naye Silsilay and was very disappointed by the outcome.

Haseena Moin visited won the Pride of Performance Award in 1987 for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan.

Haseena Moin had won many other awards including the Woman of the Year award.

Haseena Moin had won accolades at nearly every year's Lux Style Awards as well as PTV Awards, during the late 1980s Moin Akhtar gave a tribute to her at a PTV awards ceremony.

Haseena Moin had appeared in many talk shows such as Anwar Maqsood's LG TV SHOW and Marina Mornings and many other numerous morning shows and chat shows.

Haseena Moin died on 26 March 2021 at the age of 79 in Karachi.

Haseena Moin had been battling cancer for the past few years the immediate cause of her death has not been revealed.

Haseena Moin was last spotted in Karachi Arts Council on 22 March 2021 when she got her first Corona vaccine, just 4 days before her death.