''College Gate'' () is a 2023 Pakistani coming-of-age television series. It features fresh faces namely Zarar Khan, Khaqan Shahnawaz, Mamia Shah, Natalia, Nauman Kahout, Shuja Asad, Asad Chaudhary, Washma Fatima and Hina Chaudhry in the lead roles. The series first episode was aired on 12 July 2023 on

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. The series revolves around a group of college friends and their struggle's to chase their dreams. The serial received mixed reviews from the audiences.

Synopsis

The story of the series revolves around a group of college students. They belong to different types of family backgrounds. When they become good friends, they come to know about each other's issues and realize that no one's life is as perfect. Some of them belong to very conservative families and some are spoiled due to their rich families. It highlights the issues of mutual understanding between parents and teenagers. Parents are not aware of their children's issues and sometimes don't try to understand them. On the other hand, children take their parents for granted sometimes.

Cast

Main

* Zarar Khan as Wahaj Qureshi * Khaqan Shahnawaz as Usman Jutt * Mamya Shajaffar as Annie * Natalia Castillo as Maria * Shuja Asad as Bilal * Nauman Kahout as Nauman Chaudhry * Asad Chaudhary as Saad * Hina Chaudhry as Sam * Washma Fatima as Ayesha

Supporting

* Arsalan Khan as Jahangir *

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as Adnan * Mashal Khan as Ms. Zara * Saba Hameed as Ms. Catherine Qamar Zaman *

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as Mr. Qamar Zaman *

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as Wahaj's father *

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as Bilal's mother * Rashida Tabassum *

Arjumand Rahim Arjumand Rahim ( ur, ارجمند رحیم) is a Pakistani television actress, director and producer. She has been seen in different television serials at different channels. She is best known for her character "''Pari''" in Suno Chanda 2. Car ...

as Zoya * Omar Essa * Mehboob Sultan * Sajid Shah * Shaheen Khan as Usman's mother *

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as Beji *

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as Fouzia Jutt *

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as Usman's aunt * Abdul Rehman * Sana Sehar * Noor Iqbal * Abu Bakar * Hanif Muhammad * Younus Khan * Dania Shaikh * Anees Haider * Imtiaz Khan * Sidra Sajid as Nadia * Rimha Ahmed as Amber * Khalid Bin Shaheen *

Hina Rizvi Hina Rizvi is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Tishnagi Dil Ki'', ''Umeed'', ''Hari Hari Churiyaan'', '' Neeli Zinda Hai'' and ''Quddusi Sahab Ki Bewah''. Early life Hina was born in 1981 on 16th March in Lahore, Pakis ...

as Hina * Zeerak Khan * Alia Jamshed * Saima Kanwal * Shohrat Saeed

Reception

Critical reception

A reviewer from ''

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'' especially praised the script, its fleshing out themes, and some of the jokes but criticised the execution.

References

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