''Pyas'' () is a 1989 Pakistani television series written by Asghar Nadeem Syed. It was produced and directed by

Nusrat Thakur ''Nusrat Thakur'' (1937 – 6 November 2009) was a Pakistani television, Pakistan Television Corporation, PTV director and producer.

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Synopsis

A girl named Seema lives with her parents. Her father, Qadir Khan, is very strict on Seema but her mother, Taj Bibi, is very sweet. Later Qadir marries Shamshad which causes problems between Seema and Qadir. However, Taj Bibi accepts his second marriage with Shamshad.

Cast

* Arifa Siddiqui as Seema * Tahira Wasti as Zainab * Abid Ali as Qadir Khan * Shakila Qureshi as Shamshad *

Sohail Asghar Sohail Asghar (15 June 1954 – 13 November 2021) was a Pakistani TV, film and theater actor. Career Sohail was born in Multan, Pakistan in 1954. After completing his education he joined Radio Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan. He worked as a Radio J ...

as Suhara (Lala) * Ajab Gul as Jenwra * Nighat Butt as Taj Bibi * Azmul Haq as Ashraf * Afzaal Ahmad as Syed Suleman Shah * Masood Akhtar as Jeeran's Father * Mehboob Alam as Sanwal * Irsa Ghazal as Jeeran * Nida Mumtaz as Janto *

Mehmood Aslam Mehmood Aslam () is a Pakistani actor who works mainly in television but has also done some films and stage dramas. Career Active as an actor since 1977, he has appeared in classic drama series such as '' Andhera Ujala'' (1984-1985), ''Din ...

as Munshi Hayat * Ghayyur Akhtar as Police Inspector * Abid Khan as Faqeer Saen * Altaf ur Rahman as Malik Mastan (Mastoo) * Kanwal as Zareena * Munir Nadir as Policeman

Accolades

Broadcast and adaption

It has re-run several times on PTV due to its popularity the series was rebroadcast by PTV Home under the segment PTV Gold Hour. In 2016 Indian lyricist and screenwriter

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and poet. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2007, two of India's highest civili ...

wanted to write a film about drama ''Pyas''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyas 1980s Pakistani television series Pakistan Television Corporation original programming Pakistani drama television series Nigar Award winners Urdu-language television shows