''Malaal'' ( ur, , lit=Regret) is a
Pakistani drama television series which premiered on
Hum TV on 9 October 2009. 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 ' ...
, ''Malaal'' is the story that shows how wrong decisions can affect everyone’s lives and also focuses that how self centered-ness gets you nowhere.
The series marked the return of the duo, writer
Umera Ahmad
Umera Ahmed ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter. She is best known for her novels and plays ''Shehr-e-Zaat'', ''Pir-e-Kamil'', ''Zindagi Gulzar Hai'', '' Alif'', ''Durr-e-Shehwar'', ''Daam'', '' Man-o-Salwa'', ''Qa ...
and director
Mehreen Jabbar
Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: مﮩرين جبار ) (b. 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.pk/stor ...
who previously collaborated for the hit serial ''
Doraha''.
Plot
The storyline revolves around Zinia and Danish who are close friends of ten years, living in the US. Both are secretly in love with each other. But when Danish goes to Pakistan to meet his mother Afia she rejects Zinia as she is too aged to be married. Then Danish is being married to a very young woman Mahi due to his mothers' insistence. She happily marries him and they both go to the US. Mahi also has an Internet friend Saifi who falls in love with Mahi and Savera her maternal cousin and best friend. When they arrive US, Mahi and Zinia become good friends and Zinia moves on.
Zinia makes friends with Jawad who turns out to be Mahi's cousin. Mahi, Zinia and Jawad start meeting frequently and so Jawad realises that he is in love with Zinia although she is a decade older than him. Zinia frequently meets with Jawad which upsets Danish and he starts fighting with Jawad and Mahi. But Zinia warns him and says him not to interfere in her personal life as he is married now. Mahi conceives and is pregnant
One time Zinia's best friend Lily comes to visit Zinia with her brother. Mahi also comes at the same time. Her brother is none other than Saifi. He now starts blackmailing Mahi and calling her. She disconnects the wire which causes disputes between Danish and her. One time Zinia also hears her phone call and so Mahi begs her not to say anything to Danish. She agrees.
Meanwhile, Jawad proposes to Zinia to which she reluctantly disagrees as she is elder to him by 8 years and his mother won't allow this marriage. She also starts liking him but she is scared as she could not hear another rejection. He says that he will convince her mother. Lily also thinks that Jawad is a perfect choice for Zinia. Danish tells Mahi that Zinia will never marry Jawad because she used to love him making Mahi upset
On the other hand, Saifi has sent all the emails to Danish and now Danish knows that Mahi previously had a boyfriend. He divorces her. He doesn't hear to anyone. Even Lily asks for forgiveness but he divorces Mahi. But now Mahi starts to hate him after learning that he loves Zinia and he wanted an excuse to leave her and she is also able to convince her mother Aliya and her father.
Jawad comes to Pakistan. Aliya's sister and Jawad's mother also tells Savera that Aliya wouldn't have done Mahi's marriage with Danish. Danish also proposes Zinia but Zinia starts hating him now. Danish sees a card in which Mahi had written ''Happy birthday Danish''. He goes to Pakistan to convince to Mahi but Mahi rejects because she knows that he is a selfish person and is doing as Zinia had rejected him.
On the other hand, when Jawad expresses feelings for Zinia to her mother, she rejects and starts shouting at him. She doesn't listen to her husband Ibrahim. She talks to Afia about the same. But when Jawad says that he will only marry Zinia and he will marry her only if his mother is convinced, She is convinced but gives a condition. He goes back to New York to meet Zinia and so she lies to him that she has married Danish and he says that his mother had rejected him. After few days they meet each other where Zinia says she hadn't married Danish and had lied because she knew that Jawad's mother has rejected her. Jawad says that he had also lied. His mother had given the condition to Zinia that she has to leave New York. She can work in Pakistan. Zinia accepts and they end the show together.
Cast
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Imran Abbas
Syed Imran Abbas Naqvi (born 15 October 1982), professionally known by his stage name Imran Abbas, is a Pakistani actor and model who works predominantly in Urdu television. Abbas made his acting debut with ''Umrao Jaan Ada'' in 2003 and lat ...
as Jawad Ibrahim
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Faisal Rehman
Faisal Rehman commonly known as Faisal is a Pakistani film and television actor, writer and director. He has worked in 36 films and many television shows.
Biography
Faisal Rehman's ancestors hail from Afghanistan with roots in the Mohammadzai ...
as Danish
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Sarwat Gilani
Sarwat Gilani ( ur, ; born 22 December 1982) is a Pakistani model, film, television and voice actress.
Film career
Gilani made her movie debut in '' Jawani Phir Nahi Aani'' where she played a pregnant Pashtun woman opposite Vasay Chaudhary. ...
as Mahi
* Deepti Gupta as Zinia
* Tania Kazi as Lily, Saifi's sister
* Adeel Ahmed as Saifi
* Shamim Hilaly as Afia
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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 Pak ...
as Mahi's father
*
Badar Khalil
Badar Khalil ( ur, ; born 15 October 1944), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress. She gained popularity for her role in the TV play Bi Jamalo portraying herself as Bi Jamalo. Later on, she appeared in many as hit TV se ...
as Mahi's mother
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Ismat Zaidi
Ismat Zaidi is a Pakistani actress who has appeared in a variety of television dramas and advertisements.
Filmography Dramas
References
External links
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as Jawad mother
* Sanam Agha as Jawad's sister
* Raju Jamil as Ibrahim Ahmed, Jawad's father
Broadcast and release
''Malaal'' was dubbed in Arabic with name "حب و ندم" and was broadcast by
MBC in the
Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro ...
.
It was also aired in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
on
Zindagi, premiering on 19 October 2015. The show ended its run in India on 4 November 2015. The television serial was also made available on streaming platform
MX Player
MX Player is an Indian video streaming and video on demand platform developed by MX Media & Entertainment (formerly J2 Interactive). It has over 280 million users globally. The platform currently operates on an ad-supported model and has a stre ...
.
Accolades
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Lux Style Awards
The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry ...
- Best TV Serial - Nominated
See also
* ''
Noorpur Ki Rani
''Noorpur Ki Rani'' () is a Pakistani teledrama which was broadcast on Hum TV from 25 April 2009 to on 3 October 2009. Written by Pakistani author and screenwriter Samira Fazal, and directed by Haissam Hussain, ''Noorpur Ki Rani'' was based on ...
''
* ''
Aashti
''Aashti'' ( ur, آشتى) is a Pakistani drama television series that was aired on Hum TV. The producer is Mehroz Karim; it is written by Seema Ghazal and directed by Adnan Wai Qureshi.
Plot
Ashti is the story of a Bengali girl (Resham) who ...
''
* ''
Mannchalay
''Mannchalay'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani comedy TV drama serial that was televised on Hum TV. The serial was written by Faiza Iftikhar and directed by Roomi Insha. It highlights the difference in thinking between the younger and older generations ...
''
* ''
Doraha''
* ''
Manay Na Ye Dil
''Manay Na Ye Dil'' (lit: The heart does not accept) is a Pakistani television series that aired on Hum TV and is directed by Babar Jawad. The story is based on the emotional conflicts of four people who feel powerless to control their feeling ...
''
* ''
Dil, Diya, Dehleez (TV series)
''Dil, Diya, Dehleez'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani television drama serial which is based on the novel of same name by the writer Riffat Siraj. It was published by ''Khawateen Digest'', an Urdu monthly journal. Starting in March 2006, it aired on ...
''
References
External links
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Pakistani drama television series
Urdu-language television shows
Television shows set in Karachi
Hum TV original programming
Mehreen Jabbar's directions