''Tawaan'' ( ur, , lit=Ransom) is a Pakistani television drama serial produced by

Momina Duraid Productions MD Productions is a Pakistani television and film production company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is founded by Momina Duraid and Duraid Qureshi, son of Sultana Siddiqui. History The company has produced television serials such as ''Zindagi Gu ...

and directed by Syed Wahb Jafri. It was first aired on 5 July 2018 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 ...

. It is written by Rahat Jabeen. It stars

Moomal Khalid Moomal Khalid is a Pakistani TV actress and model. She began her showbiz profession with displaying and then began acting. Moomal Khalid was born in Pakistan. Her Father Name Is Khalid Chandio. He Works In Suparco. Car crash and demise of her ...

and

Emmad Irfani Emmad Irfani () is a Pakistani model and actor. As an actor he has done lead roles in many TV serials from Geo TV, ARY Digital and Hum TV while as a fashion model he has worked with national and international brands. Early life and career Of ...

in lead roles while

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as second lead. It marks

Hina Altaf Hina Altaf Khan ( ur, ; born 2 January 1992), also known by her married name Hina Aagha, is a Pakistani television actress, presenter and former video jockey. Altaf briefly hosted ARY Musik's teen show ''Girl's Republic''. She is best known for ...

's third on-screen appearance with

after '' Gumrah'' and ''Sodai'', with

after ''

Aik Thi Misaal ''Aik Thi Misaal'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani television program which was based on a novel of the same name by Rukhsana Nigar. It was first aired on 14 September 2015 in Hum TV. It was directed by Shaquille Khan and written by Rukhsana Nigar. Th ...

'' and ''

Kuch Na Kaho ''Kuch Naa Kaho'' (Hindi: कुछ ना कहो, translation: ''Don't Say Anything'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama directed by Rohan Sippy, starring Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and Arbaaz Khan. It was released on 5 S ...

'' and with

after ''

Natak ''Natak'' ( ur, ; lit:''Drama'') is a Pakistani television serial that was first aired on 3 December 2016. It airs every Saturday at 8:00pm PST. It stars Iqra Aziz, Junaid Khan and Moomal Khalid in lead roles. Summary Series explores the s ...

''. Siddiqui and Irfani also appeared together in ''

Mah-e-Tamaam Mah-e-Tamaam ( ur, , lit=Full Moon) was a 2018 Pakistani drama produced by Momina Duraid under the banner MD Productions. It was directed by Syed Ahmed Kamran and written by Amna Riaz, and starred Naveen Waqar, Emmad Irfani, Ramsha Khan and Wa ...

''.

Story

Shehroze and Mahnoor are a happily engaged couple who are in love since their childhood. They are soon to get married, however, Mahnoor is accidentally hit by the car of a spoilt young man Zaman. The injuries prove fatal and Mahnoor dies, leaving Shehroze shattered. Driven by revenge, Shehroze is determined to make Zaman compensate the loss by killing Zaman's fiancée, Maryam. Shehroze therefore kidnaps Maryam and is about to crush her under his car but stops. Shehroze cannot do such a cruel thing to an innocent soul so he just leaves, without harming Maryam in any way. After that Shehroz was embarrassed. And Maryam had no choice because people always blamed her innocence because she was kidnapped. So she asked Shehroz to compensate his mistake by marrying her. Shehroz agreed and then they start living happily, although Shehroze maintains a certain distance from Maryam because he wants to stay loyal to his lady love Mahnoor. Then later on Shehroze tells Maryam that she will always be a tawaan to him and therefore she leaves him and asks for a divorce however Shehroze doesn't want to get divorced as he actually is starting to love and doesn't want her to leave. Maryam hears Shehroze and his aunty Shabana talking about Maryam and how he loves her so much and can't live without her. Shabana then tells him that he should take Maryam back as she realises how upset everyone is that she left in the first place. Shehroze goes to Maryam's house and sees Zaman talking to her about getting together and then Shehroze walks in and Zaman then shoots Maryam. Maryam is then taken to hospital and survives and Shehroze confesses his love for her. Then Maryam and Shehroze get back together and everyone lives happily ever after.

Cast

as Shahroz *

as Maryam *

as Zaman *Hina Altaf Khan as Mahnoor/Mano (Dead) *

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 i ...

as Shabana (Mano's mother) *

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as Tahera (Maryam's mother) *

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as Wajahath (Maryam's father) *Kaiser Khan Nizamani as Haider (Zaman's father) * Annie Zaidi as Rayana (Zaman's mother) *Munawwar Saeed as Irfan (Shehroze's father) *

Sajida Syed Sajida Syed is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Mere Khudaya'', '' Darr Khuda Say'', ''Khaas'', ''Ab Dekh Khuda Kya Karta Hai'', '' Saas Bahu'', ''Jalan'' and ''Munafiq''. Early life Sajida was born on November 4, 1960 ...

as Tabinda (Shehroze's mother) *

Naheed Shabbir Naheed Shabbir (or Naheed Shabeer) ( ur, ناہید شبیر) is a Pakistani television actress and model. Shabbir has appeared in PTV television dramas, Geo TV dramas and Hum TV dramas. The programs include '' Bint-e-Adam'' '' Be Zuban'', '' B ...

as Annie (Shehroze's sister)

Soundtrack

The title song was sung by

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. The music was composed by Waqar Ali and the lyrics were written by Sabir Zafar.

Broadcast

It was aired on

Hum Europe Hum Network Limited or Hum TV Network Limited ( ur, ہم نیٹ ورک) is a Pakistani media company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was established in February 2004 by Sultana Siddiqui. It is a current member of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Unio ...

in UK, on Hum TV UK in the

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and Hum TV Mena in the

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on the same day. All International broadcasting aired the series in accordance with their standard times. In May 2020, the show began airing in

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on MBC 2.

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