Romeo Weds Heer () is a 2018

Pakistani drama Pakistani dramas, or Pakistani serials, are televised serials produced in Pakistan. Although most of the serials are produced in Urdu, an increasing number of them are produced in other Pakistani languages such as Sindhi, Pashto, Punjabi an ...

serial, directed by

Anjum Shahzad Anjum Shahzad is a Pakistani TV and film director, producer, writer, actor and a philanthropist. Shahzad rose to fame and is best known for his role as Bobby in the critically acclaimed and madly-followed comedy series ''Family Front'' in the 90s ...

, written by

Muhammad Younis Butt Muhammad Younis Butt is a Pakistani screenwriter and humorist notable for his shows. He is also a column writer and executive producer. His most popular show is '' Hum Sab Umeed Sai Hain''. Most of his TV shows were derived from his writings. ...

and produced by 7th Sky Productions. It stars

Feroze Khan Feroze Khan ( ur, فیروز خان; born 11 July 1990) is a Pakistani actor, model and video jockey. who works in Urdu television. He made his acting debut with '' Bikhra Mera Naseeb'' as Harib and later on played various roles. Khan got his ...

and

Sana Javed Sana Javed (born 25 March 1993) is a Pakistani actress who appears in Urdu television. She made her acting debut with a minor role in the acclaimed television series ''Shehr-e-Zaat'' (2012). Javed is best known for portraying Sanam Khan in Geo ...

in lead roles. The show was originally aired in single episodes on Sunday evenings, but towards the end of its run, it began to run episodes in a mega-episode format because of low ratings (2 episodes aired at once) on Sunday evenings. It premiered on 21 October 2018 on

Geo Entertainment ''Geo Entertainment HD'' or Geo Drama is a Pakistani entertainment television channel owned by Geo Television Network was established in May 2002. Its test transmission started on 14 August 2002 on the PAS 10 digital satellite whereas on 1 Octob ...

. The series ended on 26 May 2019.

Plot

The drama is a

rom-com Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

between

who plays Romeo, son of successful and rich doctors. and

as Heer, the daughter of a herbal-medication health practitioner (called as hakim amongst Muslim community in Indian subcontinent) and a regular housewife; two college sweethearts who fight totally different family backgrounds and finally manage to get married against all odds.

Cast

as Romeo Raja *

as Heer Luqman/Heer Romeo Raja *

Saman Ansari Saman Ansari is a Pakistani television, theater and OTT actor. She started acting in 2014 and is performing to date. . Career Saman Ansari started her career in the HUMTV drama Jugnoo opposite Zahid Ahmed and Yumna Zaidi. She is noted for pla ...

as Dr. Shahnaz Raja, Romeo’s mother * Zia Gorchani as Dr. Shahbaz Raja, Romeo’s father *Zohreh Ali as Manaal, Romeo’s sister *

Fareeda Shabbir Fareeda Shabbir is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Ghalati'', ''Romeo Weds Heer'', ''Mera Dil Mera Dushman'', ''Yeh Zindagi Hai'', '' Saraab'', ''Dobara'' and ''Bikhray Moti''. Early life She was born in 1970 on 12t ...

as Rolly, Romeo's aunt *

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as Irshad, Heer’s mother *

Firdous Jamal Firdous Jamal ( ur, ) is a Pakistani television, theatre, stage and film actor. Beginning his career with a Hindko drama serial called ''Badnami Dey Toway'' in the mid-1970s, he has since then acted in at least 300 TV plays, 150 stage plays, 2 ...

as Hakeem Luqman, Heer’s father *

Mariam Ansari Mariam Ansari is a Pakistani actress. She was born on 1 March 1997 and raised in Saudi Arabia, Ansari moved to Pakistan when she was nine. Personal life Ansari is married to Owais Khan, who is a son of former cricket captain Moin Khan. Her bro ...

as Soni, Heer’s sister *

Beena Chaudhary Beena Chaudhary is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Romeo Weds Heer'', ''Ishq Zahe Naseeb'', '' Suno Chanda 2'', ''Ghisi Piti Mohabbat'' and ''Kahin Deep Jaley''. Early life Beena was born in 1968 on March 6th in Lahor ...

as JD's mother *Ali Rizvi as Aflatoon, Heer’s brother *

Shafaat Ali Syed Shafaat Ali is a Pakistani TV host and stand up comedian who is known for his impressions of Pakistani public figures. Biography Ali was born in on 8 February in Peshawar and studied engineering. In 2006, Ali co-hosted the '' 4 Man Show'' ...

as Nazar, Heer’s brother-in-law *

Ali Safina Ali Safina (born 18 December 1983) is a Pakistani actor. He has starred in sitcoms such as ''Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat'' and in 2015 made his film debut with ''Jalaibee.'' Personal life Ali Safina was born in Multan, Pakistan then he moved to Om ...

as Jaidi, Heer’s ex-fiancé *Farhan Alam as Chashmatu, Heer’s friend *Rayyan Ibrahim as Bubble, Heer’s friend *Namrah Shahid as Shanzey, Romeo’s friend *Waqar as Elephant, Romeo’s best friend

Production

Feroze Khan shared his new look from his next play named Romeo Weds Heer on

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. He further informed his fans that this would be a Rom-com and would also be directed by Anjum Shahzad. It marks the third collaboration of Feroze with director Anjum Shahzad after the romantic films ''

Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai ''Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay'' (ZKHH) () is a 2016 Pakistani romantic drama film directed by Anjum Shahzad, written by Abdul Khaliq Khan while produced by Rafiq Ahmed Choudhary, Fahmeeda Abdul Khaliq, Kamran Siddiqui and Jahanzaib Quadir while u ...

'' and Saga of Love and Revenge ''

Khaani ''Khaani'' (''Feminine version of Khan'') is a 2017 Pakistani drama television series premiered on 6 November 2017 on Geo Entertainment. It is directed by Anjum Shahzad, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under 7th Sky Entertainment ...

''. Anjum, once again, selected Sana Javed as the female lead after her mind blowing performance in Khaani, thus the trio returned. Besides this, the leading couple has also been a part of

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/story ...

''s ''

Dino Ki Dulhaniya ''Dino Ki Dulhaniya'' (English: ''Dino's Bride'') is a 2018 Pakistani tele-film directed by Mehreen Jabbar, written by Muhammad Younis Butt and produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under the 7th Sky Entertainment banner. The tele-film ...

, a television film, thus this marks the third appearance of Feroze and Sana as a couple. Romeo Weds Heer is written by Muhammad Younis Butt. It is produced under the banner of

7th Sky Entertainment 7th Sky Entertainment (or Seventh Sky Entertainment) is a Pakistani television production house. It has produced and aired many television series of various genres on different channels. The house was founded by Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi ( ...

Reception

The show impressed with super high ratings in its first episodes; reaching 4-1 TRPs. It kept a lead for many weeks, and if it was not number 1 it was still in top 10. However towards February the TRP began falling down and had a terrible audience reception, and was no longer in the top 10. It was only getting 0-5 TRPs. By the last episode, the show lost a lot of fanbase; both on TV, and

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Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

The title song was sung by

Sahir Ali Bagga Sahir Ali Bagga (born 10 April 1980) is a Pakistani singer, music director and composer from Lahore, who composes music for Lollywood and other independent singers.Aima Baig and has more than 21.70 million views on