''Noor Bano'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani drama serial written by

Seema Ghazal Seema Ghazal (born 17 February 1964) is a Pakistani story writer, poet, novelist, and drama writer of Urdu from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Seema is best known for writing TV shows and series such as Dil-e-Jaanam, Aashti, and Noor Bano. Filmogr ...

and directed by Faheem Burney. It began airing from 19 February 2010 on

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. The drama serial was shot in

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and

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. It has Imran Abbas and Mahnoor Baloch in lead roles.

Plot

The Noor Bano drama rotates around an orphan girl Noor Bano who lives with her paternal uncle Agha Ji after her parents die in a car accident. After few years Agha Ji forcefully marries her to his son, Murash who is younger than her. Murash is also not interested in marrying Noor and thinks of her as his elder sister. But he is forced to marry her because his father promised his dying brother that he will take care of his only daughter for his whole life. However, Murash leaves

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after the

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ceremony and never established any intimacy with his wife. When Murash leaves home Noor Bano asks him to marry whom so ever he loves. In

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, he falls in love with his classmate ‘Alvina’ and marries her. After a long time, Murash returns to Pakistan with Alvina. Noor Bano talks with Aghaji not to punish Murash. By seeing Murash attracted to Noor Bano Alvina gets jealous and she asks for a baby to Murash and Murash gets angry. After a few days Alvina gives birth to a baby girl. After some days Aghaji passes away and Murash becomes Aghaji. Murash proposes to Noor Bano and they spend a night in Noor Bano's room, after which Noor Bano leaves the house. Noor Bano's car and Jewellery are found near the sea shore and all family members believe that Noor Bano has died. Murash and Biji gets upset. After 5 years Alvina gets a call from a school that his son is ill, Alvina asks for the name and she replies that the boy's name is Hamza Murash Ali. Alvina gets shocked and goes to

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and lives there in Sara's (Murash sister) house. She goes to the school and she is shocked to see Noor Bano with the boy (Hamza Murash Ali). Murash comes to Karachi for some work, he gets a call from a doctor, who is also a friend of Noor Bano. He tells Murash that his son (Hamza) has a heart problem and Murash is shocked to know that Noor Bano is alive. He goes to Noor Bano's home and spends time with Hamza and Noor Bano. Alvina misunderstands that Murash lives with Noor Bano whenever he comes to Karachi. When Murash comes to Sara's home, Alvina asks about Noor Bano and she insults her. Murash slaps Alvina and he locks her in the room. When it is the time of Hamza's surgery, Murash comes to Hospital and Alvina also gets ill and she is also admitted in the same hospital. Biji comes to Karachi to see Alvina and sees Murash, Noor Bano and Hamza. Biji gets shocked and talks with Noor Bano and sees Hamza. Alvina gets angry and jealous with Noor Bano. Biji, Sara, Murash, Noor Bano and Alvina come to haveli (home) where Murash divorces Noor Bano.

Cast

Mahnoor Baloch Mahnoor Baloch (born 15 February 1970) is an American-born Canadian Pakistani actress, film director and former model. Baloch made her television debut in 1993 with the drama serial ''Marvi'' aired on PTV. She is often praised by critics for her ...

as Noor Bano *

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 Agha Murash Ali Khan *

Nadia Hussain Nadia Hussain Khan ( ur, نادیہ حسین, born 11 January 1979) is a Pakistani television actress, host, supermodel, entrepreneur and fashion designer. She's recognized as one of Pakistan's first supermodels. Career Hussain was born in ...

as Sarah Khan *

Tooba Siddiqui Tooba Siddiqui, () is a Pakistani actress and model. Siddiqui started her career by starring in a Music Video "My Love" for pop singer Yasir Akhtar. She began modeling for the Pakistani fashion industry in the early 2000s. She has appeared in ...

as Alvina *

Mustafa Qureshi Mustafa Qureshi is a Pakistani film and television actor. He has acted in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages. He is best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in ''Maula Jatt'' (1979). He was born into ...

as Agha Murad Ali Khan “Agha Ji” * Bindiya as Alvina's mother *

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 Bi Jaan * Saad Imran as Hamza Ali Khan (Noor Bano & Murash's Son)

International broadcast

Series was telecast in India on Zindagi in 2015 while also aired across

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with the same title.

References

External links

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{{Hum TV Programs 2010 Pakistani television series debuts 2010 Pakistani television series endings Hum TV original programming Urdu-language television shows