''Kashf'' () is a 2020
Pakistani spiritual romantic drama television series, premiered on
Hum TV
Hum TV is a 24-hour Urdu General Entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL).
Hum Network Limi ...
on 7 April 2020. It is written by
Imran Nazeer, developed by Shahzad Javed, Head of Content,
HUM TV
Hum TV is a 24-hour Urdu General Entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL).
Hum Network Limi ...
, directed by
Danish Nawaz
Danish Nawaz Baloch ( ur, ; born 4 August 1978) is a Pakistani television and film actor, director, and comedian.
He has established a career in Pakistani television and is mostly famous as a comedian.
He is best known for his lead comedy rol ...
and 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 '' ...
. The show stars
Hira Mani
Hira Salman (''née'' Saleem; born 27 February 1989), known as Hira Mani, is a Pakistani television actress, singer, presenter and former video jockey. She starred as lead in several hit series, including ''Jab We Wed'' (2014), ''Preet Na Kariy ...
in a titular role of Kashf, who has engaged in recurrent nightmares that eventually take the shape of reality. The supporting cast include
Junaid Khan Junaid Khan may refer to:
* Junaid Khan (de facto ruler of Khiva), political leader in the Khanate of Khiva and the Basmachi movement
*Junaid Khan (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
*Junaid Khan (actor)
Junaid Khan (born as Junaid Khan Niazi 2 ...
,
Samina Ahmad
Samina Ahmad is a Pakistani film and television actress, stage performer, producer and director. She is a veteran television actress with over 50 years of work experience in the Urdu entertainment industry. Ahmad performed for many of PTV's ma ...
,
Waseem Abbas
Waseem Abbas ( ur, وسِیم عبّاس) is a Pakistani television, film actor and director. He is known for his roles in television dramas for PTV and other networks, including ''Samundar'', ''Raat'', ''Ashiyana'', ''Family Front'', '' Landa ...
,
Lubna Aslam
Lubna Aslam is a Pakistani actress. She has appeared in a number of television serials and advertisements. She has worked with directors such as Babar Javed, Mehreen Jabbar, and Haissam Hussain. She has mostly appeared as a liberal mother. Mostl ...
and
Hajra Khan. Music for the series has been composed and produced by Hamza Akram.
Plot summary
Kashf (
Hira Mani
Hira Salman (''née'' Saleem; born 27 February 1989), known as Hira Mani, is a Pakistani television actress, singer, presenter and former video jockey. She starred as lead in several hit series, including ''Jab We Wed'' (2014), ''Preet Na Kariy ...
) is a gifted girl who has acquired the ability to foresee future events through her dreams, which are nightmares in most cases about the unfortunate events which will happen in her life. As Kashf's family is a set of greedy people, especially her father and her grandmother, his father, Imtiaz, uses Kashf's ability as an advantage and a way to overcome their financial crisis. Kashf's father is the taya of Wajdan (
Junaid Khan Junaid Khan may refer to:
* Junaid Khan (de facto ruler of Khiva), political leader in the Khanate of Khiva and the Basmachi movement
*Junaid Khan (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
*Junaid Khan (actor)
Junaid Khan (born as Junaid Khan Niazi 2 ...
) who is the fiancè of Kashf, though they haven't been married for years because of Kashf's father's behaviour. Ashi, the sister of Imtiaz, is a breadwinner of the family after her divorce from the false mentor MatiUllah. She strongly opposes her brother Imtiaz, kashf's father, when he makes her work with MatiUllah, who runs an Islamic sanctuary. After a change of events they open their own sanctuary and exploit people in the name of donations. The deal is that Kashf will sit and women from the neighbourhood can ask her about their lives, and then she can tell them the next day through her dreams. Kashf's father doesn't understand that her ability is a natural ability and she cannot foresee the future of someone by herself. Kashf has no control over anything and is very lonely. After Kashf sees recurring nightmares about her family getting ruined, specifically recurring nightmares about her younger sister, Erum, marrying a man who has bad intentions, she insists on getting Erum married with the right person. Wajdan fulfills Imtiaz's condition of giving his home to Imtiaz in order to marry Kashf on the same day Kashf's younger sister Erum was getting married. However Imtiaz had no intention of marrying them; he simply wanted possession of the home. He wanted to marry Wajdan to his youngest daughter Zoya. Zoya is shown as a greedy and ill-willed sister who will stop at nothing to win over Wajdan, with whom she is in love with. Zoya, who had no idea of her father's plan to get her married to Wajdan whom she loved, made plans with matiUllah to tarnish Kashf's reputation.They succeeded in doing so and Imtiaz, to save the sanctuary, married Kashf to Wajdan.
It is later shown that Imtiaz gets rich because of Kashf and they soon move into their new large home. On the other hand, Wajdan and Kashf both spend their honeymoon out of city and planned to settle there. Despite this, Kashf's father gets angry as their sanctuary starts to become unpopular and people demand to meet Kashf. However, seeing as their plan backfired, in order to bring Kashf back, MatiUllah and Zoya announced their marriage. In shock, Kashf returned and tried to stop Zoya from marrying that monster. Wajdan got irritated by Kashf's obedient attitude and told her to take a stand for herself and stop getting exploited in the name of the sanctuary.
MatiUllah got Imtiaz in jail through his connections as Zoya disagreed to marry him at the exact moment. Wajdan had an accident and took an injury to his head. Having no choice, Kashf joined MatiUllah's sanctuary. After Wajdan was back, he was brainwashed by Zoya and his mum. Already in a state of confusion because of his head injury, he divorced Kashf. As Wajdan started losing his senses after doing so, Kashf started losing the will to live.
Seeing her dead body, her father begging and Wajdan dancing madly, Kashf woke up in a horrified state. After a few months, Wajdan's mum and Imtiaz got Zoya married to a semi-insane Wajdan without knowing his state of mind. On their wedding night, Wajdan told her that he hated her and loved Kashf, completely lost his senses and ran away. Zoya was suffering because of all the horrible things she had done before.
The next day, Kashf died in a state of sujood and left the whole family in a state of disbelief. Wajdan was seen cleaning a public sanctuary while Kashf's body was being carried to the grave. In the last scene, MatiUllah is seen making a sincere prayer for Kashf.
Cast
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Hira Mani
Hira Salman (''née'' Saleem; born 27 February 1989), known as Hira Mani, is a Pakistani television actress, singer, presenter and former video jockey. She starred as lead in several hit series, including ''Jab We Wed'' (2014), ''Preet Na Kariy ...
as Kashf Bint-e-Imtiaz
*
Junaid Khan Junaid Khan may refer to:
* Junaid Khan (de facto ruler of Khiva), political leader in the Khanate of Khiva and the Basmachi movement
*Junaid Khan (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
*Junaid Khan (actor)
Junaid Khan (born as Junaid Khan Niazi 2 ...
as Wajdaan Ibn Fayaaz
*
Waseem Abbas
Waseem Abbas ( ur, وسِیم عبّاس) is a Pakistani television, film actor and director. He is known for his roles in television dramas for PTV and other networks, including ''Samundar'', ''Raat'', ''Ashiyana'', ''Family Front'', '' Landa ...
as Imtiaz Ahmed
*
Munazzah Arif as Dilshad; Kashf's mother
*
Lubna Aslam
Lubna Aslam is a Pakistani actress. She has appeared in a number of television serials and advertisements. She has worked with directors such as Babar Javed, Mehreen Jabbar, and Haissam Hussain. She has mostly appeared as a liberal mother. Mostl ...
/
Asma Abbas
Asma Abbas ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actress, producer, singer and host known for her supporting roles in Urdu films and television. She played a role of Fehmida in 2018 acclaim serial ''Ranjha Ranjha Kardi''. She hosted celebrity talkshow ''Awaz ...
as Rashida; Wajdaan's mother
*
Maryam Noor
Maryam Noor (Urdu: مریم نور) or Maryam Noor Sheikh is a Pakistani actress and model. She is known for her roles in dramas, ''Ab Dekh Khuda Kya Karta Hai'', ''Silsilay'' and ''Malaal-e-Yaar''.
Early life
Maryam was born on October 10, 1994 ...
as Shumaila
*
Samina Ahmad
Samina Ahmad is a Pakistani film and television actress, stage performer, producer and director. She is a veteran television actress with over 50 years of work experience in the Urdu entertainment industry. Ahmad performed for many of PTV's ma ...
as Kashf's grandmother
*
Hajra Khan as Aisha; "Ashi" Kashf's paternal aunt
*
Sabeena Farooq
Sabeena Farooq is a Pakistani theatre and television actress. She is known for portraying Maina in ''Suno Chanda 2'' (2019), Mishal in ''Log Kia Kahengay'' (2019) and as Zoya in '' Kashf'' (2020).
Career
Sabeena has played the female lead in a n ...
as Zoya Wajdan
*
Shehryar Zaidi
Shehryar Zaidi is a veteran Pakistani television actor. He is known for his acting for PTV Home and other networks tv dramas.
Career
He has appeared in a variety of television dramas and musical shows. He has worked with some big names of Paki ...
as Fayaaz Ahmed; Wajdan's father
* Saleem Mairaj as Matiullah Shah; Ashi's Ex-Husband
* Tanya Hussain as Erum Waleed
* Amir Qureshi as Aisha's Love interest
* Agha Talal
* Abul Hasan as Babar; Erum's Ex-Fiance
*
*
Production
On 14 November 2019, Junaid.Khan revealed through
Instagram
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about his upcoming project.
In December 2019, it was reported that Hira Mani will be paired opposite Khan in lead.
The first teaser was released on 20 March 2020. It is the fourth project featuring Mani and Khan together after ''
Sun Yaara
''Sun Yaara'' ( ur, , lit=Listen, Friend) is a Pakistani drama television series that aired on ARY Digital from 2 January to 17 July 2017. It is directed by Danish Nawaz, written by Asia Mirza and produced by Humayun Saeed and Shahzad Nasib unde ...
'' (2016), ''
Thays
''Thays'' () is a Pakistani drama serial that first aired on 18 April 2018 on A-Plus TV. It stars Junaid Khan and Hira Mani in lead roles.
Plot
Rubab is in love with Asher. However, Asher is not interested in Rubab. Rubab's mother, Zehra, is ...
'' (2018) and ''
Mohabbat Na Kariyo'' while both are second time collaborating with writer Imran Nazeer after ''Thays'' and director Danish Nawaz after ''Suna Yaara''.
Episodes
Soundtrack
The Original soundtrack is sung and composed by Hamza Akram Qawwal, Taimoor Akram and Abdul Akram on lyrics of Shah Hussain.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Official website
{{Hum TV Programs
Hum TV original programming
2020 Pakistani television series debuts
Pakistani drama television series
Urdu-language television shows