Indo-Pak artists, writers collaborating for series of serials

Building people to people relations on both sides of the border, television artists from India and Pakistan are now collaborating on co-productions for a series of TV serials.
For its new Hindi entertainment channel 'Zindagi', which would be launched on June 23, Zee television network has commissioned 6-7 serials where artists of both the neighbouring countries would be working together.
"In some serials the stories and writers are from Pakistan while the artists are Indian. And in others, the story is from India but the artists are from Pakistan," Shailja Kejriwal, creative head of the project, told PTI here.
In town to promote the new channel which is projected in the premium mass category, she said the co-productions have been commissioned and should go on air by this year-end.

The stories would give the TV audience of India a slice of daily life in Pakistan by dwelling on romance and family drama as the people in the two countries share the same cultural backgrounds, morals and values.
"The lives of people in Pakistan are not confined to violence and terrorism. They also face family, cultural, moral and love related issues like we do. We want to show that to the people in India," Kejriwal said when asked about the kind of stories which would be told by means of these TV serials.