''Ishq Ki Inteha'' ( ur, عشق كى انتہا) is a TV serial directed by

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& Iram Qureshi written by

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and produced by Raheel Rao & Kamran Qureshi. This serial is about the trapping of women by

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working in jails and saloons for

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& illegal works. Also, the gang activities utilising young boys being forcibly employed, encouraging habitual

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for

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by providing debts and later blackmailing.

Plot

Bakhtawar (

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), an educated girl from a lower-class family, loves Farhad (

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), son of a millionaire Malik Jalal ( Usmaan Peerzada). Farhad is abroad for higher studies and they have another fellow university mate, Rashid (

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), a junior lawyer, who is sacrificing his love for Bakhtawar knowing her bend and helps her as much as he can. After Bakhtawar's father died, her mother (

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) married to Qayyum (

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), a gambler and drunkard, who now has a debt of ten hundred thousand from Sheru ( Saud), the incharge of gambling place. Sheru threatens him to return his debt within a month or he will make his son Shehzad (Hassan Niazi) a hostage. Farhad takes Bakhtawar to his home but his father disapproves and insults her. Bakhtawar, mentally stressed, arrives home and finds Qayyum beating Sajida. She hits Qayyum on head which causes his death. Bakhtawar is arrested. In jail, she meets a woman Shehnaz ( Samina Peerzada), who gives her address for job. Rashid fights for Bakhtawar and she is released. Shehnaz works for Malik Jalal, who is underworld Don. They run illegal businesses and present beautiful girls to bureaucrats for getting their files signed. Bakhtawar joins Shehnaz for work, who sends her to a client's home, where she is planned raped. After this shock, Bakhtawar marries Rashid, but gets divorced when they run into the same rapist in a restaurant. Bakhtawar's mother dies after this news. She again joins Shehnaz, managing her salon to afford Shehzad's studies. Bakhtawar discovers her pregnancy and later has a baby girl. Shehzad completes studies, gets a good job and likes Farhad's sister Romana (

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as Malik Farhad *

as Bakhtawar * Samina Peerzada as Madam Shehnaz * Usmaan Peerzada as Malik Jalal *

as Bakhtawar's Mother * Saud as Sharru *

as Rashid *

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as Rauf *

as Qayyum * Saira Wasti as Rabia * Hassan Niazi as Shehzad

Supporting cast

* Saleem Miraj as Sheru's Man * Adil Wadia as Farooqi Sahab * Tasneem Ansari as Rauf's Wife * Hareem Qureshi as Minhal * Hassan Shaheed Mirza

Soundtrack

The theme song was sung by Naeem Abbas Rufi composed by Usman Kunji and lyricists was Shariq Naqvi.

Awards and nominations

9th Lux Style Awards The 9th Lux Style Awards ceremony was held in 2010 at the Expo Centre, Lahore, Pakistan. It honored the best film, television, music, and fashion achievements in the Pakistani entertainment industry. After the previous year's ceremony was cance ...

* Nominated - Best TV Serial (2010) produced by Raheel Rao &

References

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