Malaal-e-Yaar

Pakistani television series Malaal-e-Yaar (Urdu: ملالِ یار, lit. 'Regret of One's Beloved') is a Pakistani television serial produced by Momina Duraid under MD Productions. Based on the feudal system, it explores the ritual of early settled marriages. The main theme revolves around two persons from opposite backgrounds who hate each other, but eventually fall in love, bounded by a marriage only on paper. It stars Mirza Zain Baig, Azekah Daniel, Zainab Shabbir, Hamza Firdous and Jahanzeb Gorchani in leading roles. It gained local and foreign viewership soon after its first episode went on air. Plot The story concerns a family of wealthy feudals whose head and heir are orthodox and follow century-old feudal mechanisms. The serial starts with parallel scenes of the protagonists; Balaj and Hooriya. Hooriya is a headstrong young girl living in the metropolitan city of Karachi and pursuing a quality education. She likes wearing Western clothes and rides a bike and is always ready to do any sort of social work. Balaj on the other hand is a feudal boy of a nearby village, where his taya Malik Shahbaz is the head of the district. Balaj's parents died when he was an infant and was ra