Jumbo Editorial Team
Emmy and Oscar award-winning Pakistani documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, having become a legend in her own lifetime, has collaborated with Coca Cola for her next six-part documentary venture Ho Yaqeen.
With her vision of bringing a change in Pakistan she is working on her latest documentary series entitled Ho Yaqeen, for which her company SOC Films has done partnership with famed soft drink company, Coca-Cola.
Ho Yaqeen is a six parts documentaries series which highlights the efforts of Pakistan’s real heroes who are striving to make a better Pakistan. These documentaries will be broadcastacross 16 TV channels in six months simultaneously.
For screening the first part of the Ho Yaqeen documentaries, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy organized an event in her hometown, Karachi, where she revealed the details of the project. The screening event was attended by many celebrities which included a large number of singers, artists, fashion designers.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has built a reputation of taking on unique subjects with her documentaries.
Her latest documentary series which captures her voyage to find and retell the stories of those lesser-known visionaries who are trying to bring a change in Pakistan.
“The documentary series is about those people who fight against all odds and bring a positive change in society. It’s all about trying to make a difference in the lives of people despite facing various odds in life. Ho Yaqeen is about six lives. There are six documentaries about people belonging to six different cities of Pakistan, from Karachi to Muzaffarabad,” the Oscar winner disclosed.
Ho Yaqeen’s first part captures a woman named Sabina Khatri, whose educational institute for residents of Karachi’s Lyari area called Kiran School, laid a foundation for education in the area. Within a span of five years, she had transformed 90 young lives.
“Every child that I see on the streets of Lyari is practically like my own child. Pakistan has so much talent that if you turn a stone, you will find a diamond hidden in a rock, basically a child who is smart and intelligent, but lacks the support to turn him or her life around. All we can do is to bring them in our hearts and homes and give them a chance,” Sabina Khatri observed.
“I really couldn’t have done this without the support of my children. And of course, my husband who has been my supportive, yet silent guardian angel,” she added.
By the end of the screening, the entire ambiance had turned into one of positivity and patriotism. There was hardly a dull moment throughout the documentary and the audience remained glued to it from start to end.
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