Geo Tez's Burka Avenger wins Peabody Award

[Saifullah Sani]

Geo Tez's Burka Avenger has won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award which honours achievements in electronic media.

Burka Avenger is a cartoon series about a mild mannered teacher with secret martial arts skills who uses a flowing black burka to hide her identity as she fights local criminals seeking to shut down the girls’ school where she works.

The Urdu language show is the brainchild of one of Pakistan's biggest pop stars, Aaron Haroon Rashid — known to many as simply Haroon — who conceived of it as a way to emphasiase the importance of girls' education and teach children other lessons, such as protecting the environment and not discriminating against others.

Other prominent winners of the Peabody Award are Breaking Bad, House of Cards and CNN’s ‘Parts Unknown.’

The awards ceremony will be held in New York on March 19.

Geo Tezs Burka Avenger wins Peabody Award | ENTERTAINMENT - geo.tv

 

[MM_Haider]

Well Done!!!

 

[kushan]

whats up with the rope like duppata? why she is wearing it around her neck like a muffler?


why burqa heroin is not covering her breasts region with proper chadar?.....and the tight shalwar kameez she is wearing, it exposes your curves and angles of the body......totally unislamic

 

[Saifullah Sani]

‘Burka Avenger’ bags ‘Best TV show Award’

Pakistan’s first animated series ‘Burka Avenger’ has won Best TV show award at ‘Asian media awards’ held on Tuesday.

According to local media reports, the star studded event took place at Hilton Deansgate, Manchester and was hosted by ITV Central’s Sameena Ali Khan and BBC’s Football League Show presenter, Manish Bhasin. The Asian Media Awards highlight the achievements of Asians in the media and is dedicated to rewarding their talent, drive and potential. ‘Burka Avenger’ was nominated along with ‘Brits Bollywood’ (Zing TV) and ‘Broken Silence’ (Brit Asia TV), for the prestigious award.

Directed by Haroon Rashid and Produced by Unicorn Black Studios, the animated series revolves around a girl named Jiya who wears a burqa as a disguise to conceal her identity while fighting villains for justice, peace and education for all.

The voices behind the main characters of first Pakistani animated series are of talented Ainy Jafri and Hamza Ali Abbasi.

‘Burka Avenger’ has also won ‘Peabody Award’ and a nomination for ‘International Emmy Award’.

‘Burka Avenger’ bags ‘Best TV show Award’