''Baby Baji'' is the first season of a Pakistani family

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television series produced by Abdullah Seja under his production banner

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. The ensemble cast of the series includes

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, Munawar Saeed,

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, Junaid Niazi, Sunita Marshall, Hassan Ahmed, Fazal Hussain, Syeda Tuba Anwar, and Aina Asif. The series revolves around the family of Baby Baji and her struggle to keep it united during her husband's illness.

Plot

''Baby Baji'' is the story of a household where Baby Baji lives with her four sons and husband. The story revolves around the problems of joint family system. After the illness of her husband, Baby Baji took the responsibility of holding her family. Baby Baji whose elder three sons are married, struggles to maintain a balance among her children in the joint family system. Every day a new quarrel took place in the house. After the death of Baby Baji's husband, all the sons took their part from the property and separated. All this happened because of daughter in laws of Baby Baji. Baby Baji tried her best to reunite her sons but she became homeless and went to an old-age home. After facing the consequences of their own deeds, all of three sons realized the importance of their mother. However, it has become too late then and in the end, Baby Baji died.

Cast

as Rashida Begum aka Baby Baji * Munawar Saeed as Siddiqui Sahab *

as Azra *

as Jamal * Sunita Marshall as Asma * Hassan Ahmed as Naseer * Aina Asif as Saman * Junaid Jamshed Niazi as Wasif * Syeda Tuba Anwar as Farhat * Fazal Hussain as Waleed * Faiza Khan as Rameen * Farhad Ali as Ali * Javeria Nayyar as Gulshan Aara * Afshan Qureshi as Azra's mother * Mizna Waqas as Rakshi *

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as Rakshi's mother

Production

Hassan Ahmed was earlier offered the role of Jamal, which he rejected and he was again approached to portray the character of Naseer. Hassan's spouse Sunita Marshall portrayed the Asma, Naseer's wife, for which she was not the first choice.

Soundtrack

The ost was performed by Bisma Abdullah with

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as a rap artist. The lyrics and composition were by The Loop Men.

Reception

''Galaxy Lollywood'' praised the series for tackling the various common and relatable problems of a joint family. A critic from the '' Daily Times'' reviewed that the story of the series is a bit hard to be comprehend.

's performance as a cunning and outspoken daughter-in-law was well-received by critics and audiences. A reviewer from ''

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'' lauded the performances of some actors, clever characterisation, fast-paced narrative and depiction of traditions. The soap opera gained high viewership both on television and digitally on

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. It gained the highest rating of 15.7 TRPs which became the highest rated last episode of the year.

Sequel

In December 2023, The sequel for the Baby Baji announced with the title of '' Baby Baji Ki Bahuwain'' and it will be broadcast in 2024 on the same network.

References

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