television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for ...
Asad Qureshi (producer)
Asad Qureshi, is a Pakistani producer, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Geo Entertainment, a leading entertainment television network of Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), ...
under their production house 7th Sky Entertainment. It was written by Nooran Makhdoom and directed by Ali Faizan, starring Haroon Kadwani in lead role opposite
Kinza Hashmi
Kinza Hashmi (born 7 March 1997) is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu television. She made her debut in 2014 with ''Adhura Milan'' as Nayab and later on appeared in several serials. Hashmi is best known for playing Rushna in Hum TV's romanti ...
. The television film premiered on 7 January 2022 in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
Kinza Hashmi
Kinza Hashmi (born 7 March 1997) is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu television. She made her debut in 2014 with ''Adhura Milan'' as Nayab and later on appeared in several serials. Hashmi is best known for playing Rushna in Hum TV's romanti ...
as Zunaira Ashfaq
Supporting cast
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Mehmood Aslam
Mehmood Aslam is a Pakistani television and stage actor. He has appeared in classic drama series such as ''Andhera Ujala'', ''Payas'', ''Din'', ''Janjaalpura'' and is commonly known for his role in ongoing comedy series ''Bulbulay''. Some of ...
as Ameer Shah (Salaar's father)
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Saba Faisal
Saba Faisal (Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjab ...
as Sabeen (Zunaira's mother)
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Hina Khawaja Bayat
Hina Khawaja Bayat ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actress whose appearances include ''Uraan, Ishq Gumshuda, Aunn Zara, Humsafar, Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Muqaddas'' and '' Shehr-e-Zaat'' and '' Baaghi''.
Early life
Hina is ethnically Kashmiri and lives ...
as Salaar's mother
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Saife Hassan
Saife Hasan is a Pakistani TV director and actor. He is best known for the drama serial ''Dil ki Madham Boliyan'' (2005) and '' Ehd-e-Wafa'' (2019). He has directed the drama serial ''Bari Aapa'' for which he was nominated for the Hum Award for Be ...
as Ashfaq (Zunaira's father)
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Shabbir Jan
Shabbir Jan ( ur, ) is a Pakistani television actor who has appeared in many TV drama serials, such as ''Wafa'', '' Makan'', ''Andata'', ''Survival of a Woman'', '' Zindagi Dhoop Tum Ghana Saya'', ''Umrao Jaan'', '' Jangloos,'' '' Shab e Gham, ...
as Irfan (Rohail's father & Ashfaq's friend)
*
Raeed Muhammad Alam
Raeed Muhammad Alam is a Pakistani actor, model, director and producer.
He has appeared in several television serials such as ''Jo Tu Chahey'', '' Mujhay Jeenay Do'', ''Dil Ruba'' and '' Fitrat''.
Early life
Raeed was born in Karachi on Octobe ...
as Rohail Irfan
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Arisha Razi
Arisha Razi Khan (Urdu: عریشہ رضی) is a Pakistani actress and television host in the Urdu television industry. She started her career with acting some branded commercials ads; she did her first commercial at the age of three and a hal ...
as Zunaira's sister
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Aadi Khan
Aadi Khan is a Pakistani television actor. He is best known for portraying ''Waleed Kamil'' in Hum TV's '' Chupke Chupke''. He also appeared in many other television series as a child actor. Besides acting in television series, he has acted in ove ...
as Zubair
* Zohreh Amir as Zooni or Zunaira’s friend
* Shees Sajjad Gul as Young Salaar Shah (Child)
* Mujtaba Abbas Khan
* Yasir Alam
Plot
A young free-spirited man with past traumatic family experiences comes across a beautiful stranger, but their bitter first encounter triggers his unresolved anger furthermore. Salaar Shah's excessive token of affection for Zunaira stuns everyone in their university and eventually compels her to surrender to love. But just when she least expects it, Salaar gets back at her for revenge. His vengeance soon brings him to terms with his true feelings but he is then left with little to no time to undo his mistake.
Soundtrack
Ruposh consisted of two
original soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of ...
s titled "Ruposh" and "Humraazi". Both the soundtracks are written and performed by Wajhi Farooki while the music composition is done by his team.
Track listing
Following is the listing of complete soundtracks of Ruposh.
Reception
The television film received countrywide praising for its direction, writing, location, cast and cinematography. Ruposh crossed the milestone of bagging 105 GRPs on the rating chart, the highest in the history of Pakistani telefilms. Following the success of the film, a celebration on 13 March 2022 was organized by the producers, where cast of the film and various artists from the TV industry made an appearance.
Digital media
Ruposh went on to trend at #1 on YouTube in just three days and exhibited a record-shattering performance of getting the fastest 10 millions views. The telefilm also attained massive success on digital platforms with 180.4 million views on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.