presents

16th & 17th AUGUST

| ALHAMRA CULTURAL COMPLEX HALL 1

| 8 - 10 PM

OLOMOPOLO Media presents two of

the richest treasures of Urdu literature,
Daastaan-e-Tilsm-e-Hoshruba; written
by Lucknow's most prolific and praised
prose writers, Muhammad Hussain Jah
and Ahmed Hussain Qamar and
Aab-e-Gum by Urdu satirist and humourist, Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi, who
has received the highest literary
honors, Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-i-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan

Daastaango:

Nazr-ul-Hasan & Fawad Khan

Writers:

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi

Muhammad Hussain Jah &
Ahmed Hussain Qamar

Daastaangoi has its origin in the Persian language. Daastaan means a tale; the suffix
-goi makes the word mean "to tell a tale".

Daastaangoi

Daastaangoi is a 16th century Urdu oral storytelling art form. The art form was revived
in 2005 and has been performed in India, Pakistan, and the United States. Indian poet
and Urdu critic Shams Ur Rahman Faruqi and his nephew, writer and director
Mahmood Farooqui, have played significant roles in its revival in the 21st century.
At the centre of daastaangoi is the daastaango, or storyteller, whose voice is his main
artistic tool in orally recreating the daastaan or the story.
Indian urban anthropologist Ghaus Ansari ascribed the origin of daastaangoi to
Pre-Islamic Arabia, and detailed how the eastward spread of Islam carried dastangoi
to Iran and then to Delhi in India. From Delhi, daastaangoi made its way to Lucknow in
the 18th century, aided by the Indian Rebellion of 1857, during which several artists,
writers and daastaangos moved from Delhi to Lucknow.
The early daastaangois told tales of magic, war and adventure, and borrowed freely
from other stories such as the Arabian Nights, storytellers such as Rumi, and storytelling traditions such as the Panchatantra. From the 14th century, Persian daastaangois
started focusing on the life and adventures of Amir Hamza. The Indian stream of
daastaangoi added storytelling elements such as aiyyari (trickery) to these tales.

The narration is interspersed with dialogue and one cannot help being impressed with
the storytellers memory. One doesnt see them fumbling for words.
Dawn.com

Reviews

These tales of romance, magic and Herculean valor rekindled the splendor of tales
spun during the 18th 19th century. []The storytellers who came from Karachi
especially belonged to a league of their own they left us all spell-bound.
The Express Tribune
April 26th, 2014.
The diction, gestures and intonation of both orators were so superbly in sync with the
genre and the era they were portraying that even the people who may have no prior
knowledge of the Tilism chronicles were left with a newfound interest in Urdu fantasy
literature. This was exactly the effect that the team of Olomopolo hoped the reading
would have on the viewers.
The News on Sunday
May 4th, 2014

Daastaangos
NAZR UL HASAN

According to Zia Mohyeddin, 'Nazr is one of the most promising of students.' Nazr, since the time of his graduation
from NAPA, is one of the most sought after of theatre actors. His command over diction and his eagerness to sharpen
his craft of acting has earned him a lot of praise. He has acted in a lot of plays, some of his major stage appearances
include plays like EQUUS, playing Dr. Dysart; Court Martial, as Captain Beekash Rai; RAAGNI, as Dr. Saulat.
He currently teaches voice and diction at NAPA.

FAWAD KHAN

Passionate about theatre, Fawad Khan graduated from the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), majoring
in direction for stage, in the year 2008. Since then he has been consistently doing theatre, not only has he been
directing but acting and writing. Some of the major productions he has been part of include WAITING FOR GODOT,
directed by Zia Mohyeddin; SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, a production directed by him; KHEL EK
RAAT KA, a play that was done in a very intimate setting and it received a lot of appreciation from everyone.
What attracted him to DAASTAANGOI was his love for the simple art of storytelling and classical urdu literature.

OLOMOPOLO Media is a media and art management and entertainment organization

that manages workflows of productions, be it television, film, theatre, photo shoots or
advertisements, as part of its business from start to finish. The company holds prestige in our activity center, The OLO Junction, which is a center for all cultural and art
activities that we arrange weekly.
The OLO Factree skill building workshops and classes for performing arts and for
other mediums of art.
OLO TATOLO childrens weekly Sunday activities of arts and crafts, music and storytelling.
The OLO Junction all the theatrical, dance and cultural interactive performances like
dramatic readings, film screenings, musical performances, and gigs come under this
head.
OLO Art Jamaat Regular Art, Multi-discipline Design, Yoga and Dance Classes for
youth & adults.

Team OLOMOPOLO
Iram Sana

Kanwal Khoosat

Director Communications

Executive Director

Fyque Nadeem
Creative Director

Vicky Zhuang
Director Operations

Sania Saeed

Director Planning & Development

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Director Communications
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Director Planning & Development

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