Be proud Pakistani: Untold stories of amazing Pakistani’s working in Creative Industry

Character in the Spiderman III and many other Hollywood blockbusters such as X-Men First Class, The Day After Tomorrow, Mummy, The Incredible Hulk, Frozen, Land of The Lost, Surf’s Up and Ghost Rider movies ware developed and animated by a Pakistani namely Meer Zafar Ali, a graduate from FAST Karachi, the man who won Oscar 3 times and accomplished the other animation feats mentioned above. Another Pakistani, Zohaib Ahsan has worked on lot of titles including Batman, Prince of Persia, the Fast and the Furious etc



It all started with Commander Safeguard. We should all applaud Post Amazers for pioneering an animation lab test for which they will be remembered for in the history of Pakistani animation. That lab test pushed our advertising industry to come up with more local superheroes, such as Lifebuoy Germ Busters, Dettol Warriors and Milkateers, later giving way to Mr Jeem and Baankay Miyaan.



And when you talk about Pakistan’s animation industry, you simply cannot forget mentioning Asim Fida Khan. The maestro has worked on blockbuster Hollywood flicks such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, G.I Joe, The Tales of Despereaux and Snow White and the Huntsman.

The Pakistan-based company Trango Interactive, operated by Shehryar Hydari, has made animations for foreign clients like Audi, Nike, Lexus, UPS, Mazda, Hyundai, Sega AND it has made documentaries for the Discovery Channel. It has also made the animations for all BlackBerry ads in Pakistan.

Another great mention here is a group of talented guys from Islamabad who operate under the name of We R Play. How gratifying is it to have your game selected for publishing by the people behind world-famous games such as Angry Birds and Cut The Rope? These guys did it. We R Play’s game, Dream Chaser, was published by Chillingo, a premier game publisher that is a sister concern of Electronics Arts (EA) – and it did pretty well.

Another honourable mention is Mind Storm Studios, the game development company that received world recognition for Cricket Revolution. The game was not only rated as having the best game physics at many award ceremonies worldwide, but also received higher ratings than Electronic Arts’ conventional cricket game. This later resulted in EA Sports bidding for an acquisition of the game, but Mind Storm Studios rejected the deal. I would also like to tell you that this is the same company that made the official video game for the ICC World Cup 2011.

And here’s a shout-out to a software house in Karachi, Pi Labs, which developed the official iOS-based game for Garfield the cat a few months ago. The app has performed exceptionally well on the AppStore, given a strong marketing impetus to the official Garfield publisher. Another company that has achieved success in developing mobile games is Agnitus – a group of talented individuals who make addictive mobile-based learning games for children.

And when Pakistani companies like Caramel Tech Solutions work on foreign projects like Fear Factor, MTV Games and HALFBRICK – and collaborate with world giants such as DeNa – you can only say that for Pakistanis, the sky is the limit.

Not many of you may know this, but the title animation sequence that plays before every episode of Game of Thrones, the world’s most-watched TV series, has been produced by Hameed Shaukat, a US-born Pakistani. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design for the series in 2011.

Moreover, Burka Avenger is another multi-award winning Pakistani animated television series created and directed by famous musician and social activist, Haroon. Smart, colorful and provocative, this Pakistani-produced television program about a super-heroine sends a clear message about female empowerment that has the potential to affect an entire generation.



Note: Most of the contents of this post have been taken from E-Tribune article which can be found at the following link: http://goo.gl/laQupc. Moreover, images may be under copyright of their respective owners.