''Kadoorat'' (English: ''Hate''; ur, ) is a 2013 Pakistani mystery drama television series produced by

Momina Duraid Momina Duraid ( ur, ) is a Pakistani director and producer. She is a senior producer and creative head of television network Hum TV and CEO of her own production company MD Productions. She has produced and created several series including ' ...

. ''Kadoorat'' is written by Zoha Hassan and directed by

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. ''Kadoorat'' premiered on Hum TV on 17 July 2013.

Synopsis

''Kadurat'' is the story of a girl, Minah (

Sanam Saeed Sanam Saeed (born 2 February 1985) is a Pakistani actress, singer and former model who predominantly works in Cinema of Pakistan, Urdu cinema and Pakistani dramas, television. She is best known for portraying the role of Kashaf Murtaza in Momina ...

), whose mother dies in a car accident when she is eight. Her father remarries to Atiqa (

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) who is already a mother of two, so that she can take care of his child along with her two children. But Minah cannot accept them as her new family, so she creates problems for her step family owing to which, Minah's father sends her off to a hostel. She is heartbroken and takes her father with a vengeance. After some years when Minah returns home after completing her education, she tries everything she can to deliberately create problems for her family. She takes help from Shaheen (

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), who is her friend but secretly envies Minah for her money. With Shaheen's help, she jeopardizes the lives of everyone around her, only to be fooled and trapped by Shaheen in return which opens her eyes as her family stands by her. She seeks forgiveness from her family and in the end puts everything right that was done wrong by her and Shaheen.

Cast

as Minah *

Zhalay Sarhadi Zhalay Sarhadi, also spelled Zille Sarhadi, (born on 11 June 1981) is a Pakistani actress, model, and former VJ. Her notable performance include the series ''Uraan'' (2010), '' Aks'' (2012), ''Madiha Maliha'' (2012), ''Digest Writer'' (2014), '' ...

as Minah's Mom * Deepak Perwani as Mahmud * Imran Aslam as Asad *

Momal Sheikh Momal Sheikh ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actress and producer. Her works in serials are '' Yeh Zindagi Hai'' in 2008 and '' Mirat Ul Uroos'' in 2013. She made her film debut with 2016 film ''Happy Bhag Jayegi''. Sheikh also co-produced 2018 film '' W ...

as Alina *

as Atiqa * Junaid Khan as Daniyal * Hira Pervaiz as Aasma * Nida Khan as Shaheen * Sohail Hashmi as Daniyal's father * Seemi Pasha as Daniyal's mother * Adnan Jaffar as Dr.Zohaib *

Muneeb Butt Muneeb Butt ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actor who works in Urdu cinema and television. He started acting in 2012 and since then appeared in many notable television serials. His recent appearances include ''Daldal'' (2017), ''Baandi'' (2018), '' Koi ...

as Adnan

Broadcast and release

The show was broadcast in India on Zindagi from 27 March 2015 Monday – Saturday 10:00 pm under the title ''Ranjish''. It ended its run on 1 May 2015. It was aired on MBC Drama in Arab world under the title ''مرآة ذات وجهين''. It was released on MX Player app to stream online.

References

{{Programmes broadcast by Zindagi Hum TV original programming 2013 Pakistani television series debuts Pakistani drama television series Urdu-language television shows Mystery television series Zee Zindagi original programming