Khabardaar

Khabardar (Urdu:خبردار) is an Urdu and Punjabi comedy television show that aired at 11:03 pm on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays on Express News from 2015 to 2018.[1][3]

Khabardar خبردار نقالو سے ھوشیار
Genre	Comedy Satire
Written by	Aftab Iqbal
Presented by	Aftab Iqbal
Starring	Aftab Iqbal[1] Honey Albela Nasir Chinyoti[1] Babbu Rana Rubi Anam[1] Maira Khan Aabid Farooq Abdur Rehman Amjad Ayub Mirza Azhar Rangeela Naseer Bhai(Late) Mubeen Gabol Abubakar Khan Asad Kaifi
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language(s)	Urdu Punjabi
Production
Executive producer(s)	Syed Mohsin Iqbal
Producer(s)	Asif Raza Bilal Javed
Production location(s)	Pakistan
Editor(s)	Sajid Ansari
Camera setup	Multicamera
Running time	30-36 minutes
Release
Original network	Express News[1]
Original release	10 September 2015[2] – 1 April 2018

Format

Every episode of the show consists of a combination of a subset of the following segments.

1. The first and main segment is that in which the anchor person, Mr. Aftab Iqbal, presents a topic of discussion for the show. The actors-comedians either as present themselves as parody-guests or perform a short skit. Sometimes, the guests also include famous personalities, such as, politicians, players and actors.
2. Another segment is that in which an old song is re-performed by singers and musicians present in the show. Some of the singers that have performed on the show are:
   • Mughira Ahmad
   • Saira Tahir
   • Vicky
   • Zain
   • Joel Junaid
3. Another segment is that some of the comedians of the show present a short skit. These skits often revolve around the common social evils prevalent in the society. Most famous skits are:
   • Khan Brothers (Parody Singers for various legendary artists from past) performed by Honey Albela and Azhar Rangeela.
   • Khan Sahebaan(Meerasi Gharana) performed by various comedians.
   • Thana Culture
   • Mughlia Darbar
   • Darbar-e-Sikanadri
4. Another segment is named "Movies, Books and People". In this segment, they present information about some famous movies of the past, the books on the base of which those movies were made and the actors, directors, producers and writers of those movies.
5. Another segment is named "Farhang-e-Asfia". In this segment the host, Aftab Iqbal, presents etymology of a couple of words of Urdu, that evolved radically either due to a mistake of an author or mistake of publisher or due to mishearing of listener.
6. Another segment is named "Ibn-e-Batuta". In this segment the host, Aftab Iqbal discuss famous places of world, that include famous cities, rivers, countries etc.

Throughout the show, the comedians keep interrupting with funny or satirical one-liners.

Naseer Bhai's Challenge

There was a segment in which the audience used to challenge a person named Naseer Bhai by singing a part of a famous song. But it is no more part of the show after Naseer Bhai's sudden death in June 2016.[4] In that segment, Naseer Bhai had to tell the name of singer of that song, the movie from which it was picked and the name of the music composer of that movie. If Naseer Bhai was unable to recognize the song correctly, then the challenger wins and was presented with a prize. The song could be challenged by both the audience that was present in the studio as well as through telephone. To win the challenge the following conditions must hold:

1. The song should be from an Indian or a Pakistani movie released between 1950 and 1980.[4]
2. The song should be so well known that at least one person in the audience present in the studio, acknowledges to have heard it before.

Canada tour

In November 2016 the Khabardar team toured Canada, which was very much appreciated by Pakistani and Indian communities. They went on to do many indoor shows organised by Pakistani communities during their stays in different cities of Canada. They have also performed different outdoor skits while visiting famous places like parks, historical buildings,and lakes. All those indoor and outdoor skits throughout their tour across the country are recorded and arranged into a "Travelogue" package to be shown to their audience around the world. The first episode was released on air on 21 January 2017 and it is being shown frequently in an episode every week called "Khabardar Canada Special".

History

Iqbal quit from GEO show Khabarnaak which he had started in 2010 and started hosting Khabardaar on Express News in August 2015. He was joined by fellow stars Agha Majid, Rubi Anam and Honey Albela on the show. In addition, Nasir Chinioti was made part of the cast. Majid left the show in December 2016.

Iqbal and the cast left the show in April 2018[5] to start Khabarzar on Aap News.[6]

References

1. Umer Nangtana (8 October 2016). "Khabardaar team to shoot in Doha today". Gulf Times (newspaper). Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. "Khabardar Express News – 10th September 2015". pakcraze.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
3. Aftab Iqbal profile on Pakistan Media Updates website Published 6 April 2016, Retrieved 30 March 2018
4. Khabardaar's Naseer Bhai passes away The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 26 June 2016, Retrieved 30 March 2018
5. Aftab Iqbal leaves Khabardaar
6. "Khabarzar Episode #4". Khabarzar Episode 4. 29 November 2018. Aap News. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

External links

• Khabardaar show on YouTube