Aunn Zara
| Aunn Zara | |
|---|---|
 title screen of drama Aunn Zara | |
| Genre |
Comedy Drama Romance |
| Created by |
Oriental Films A-Plus Entertainment |
| Based on |
Hisaar-e-Mohabbat (Fort of Love) by Faiza Iftikhar |
| Written by | Faiza Iftikhar |
| Directed by |
Haissam Hussain Mukarram Kaleem, Adeel Sadiqui, Sadia Humayon (assistant) |
| Presented by | Oriental Films |
| Starring |
Maya Ali Osman Khalid Butt |
| Theme music composer | MAD Music |
| Opening theme | Aunn Zara |
| Composer(s) | MAD music |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language(s) | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tahir Mehmood |
| Producer(s) | Shahzad Chaudhry |
| Location(s) | Lahore, Punjab (Pakistan) |
| Cinematography | iIlyas Kashmiri |
| Editor(s) | Iftikhar Manzoor |
| Camera setup | Shehzad Baloch |
| Running time |
Thursday 8:00pm Repeat Time Friday 12:00pm |
| Production company(s) | Oriental Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | A-Plus Entertainment |
| Picture format | 560i(SDTV), 720p(HDTV) |
| First shown in | 25 May 2013 |
| Original release | 18 June 2013 - 31 October 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Aik Nayee Cinderella |
| External links | |
| official Facebook page | |
Aunn Zara (Urdu: عون زارا ) was a 2013 Pakistan drama series telecast on A-Plus Entertainment.[1] It revolves around a married couple spoilt by their respective families and are desperate to escape this attention. It is based on Faiza Iftikhar's novel, Hisaar-e-Mohabbat (Fort of Love) and is directed by Haissam Hussain.[2] It stars Maya Ali and Osman Khalid Butt in leading roles.
Episodes
Episodes 1–2
Story involves around lives of Aunn and Zara. Aunn is the only male in his family. As a result, he is pampered by everyone in his family. Zara is the only daughter in her family whose father Jamshed, is a retired army officer. Jamshed wants her to join the air force, while she wants to have a family life. Zara is the only woman in her family with father and paternal grandfather.
Aunn attends a wedding with his friend where he meets Zara, who insults him in front of everyone. Aunn's aunt Nighat finds photo of Aunn with Zara in his room. Aunn tells them that he wants to marry Zara. As a result, his family go to Zara's home with marriage proposal. Zara lies to her father that she loves Aunn, even though she does not even know him.[3]
Episode 3-5
Jamshed decides to accepts Aunn to be his son-in-law, and Aunn and Zara get married. Jamshed arrives to fulfill a wedding custom where the newly married couple has to spend two days in the bride's home. Dadi and Nighat oppose this, but Husna convinces them to let Aunn go. Zara's father takes them to his home, and it is decided that they would return after their walima (Reception).[4]
Episode 6-9
Aunn decides to take Zara out to see a movie. Husna agrees on the condition that Zara drive the car. Sensing that Aunn is angry at this, Zara allows Aunn to drive the car. However, they get into an accident where Zara is hurt. She lies to everyone telling them that she was driving the car. Aunn apologizes to Zara.[5]
Episode 10-12
Jamshed apologizes to Nighat for his behaviour, who asks that he take her shopping. Nighat forgets her shopping bags on his car which Jamshed returns. Zara sees them together and asks Nighat about it. Nighat sees Aunn in a restaurant with another woman, and thinks that he is having an affair. Aunn's friend Manzar loves Zara's friend Shehna. He asks Aunn to convince Shehna to marry him. Aunn invites her to a restaurant to send about Manzar's proposal. Nighat, Aunn's grand mother and mother accost them at the restaurant where they start hitting both of them.
Episode 13-17
Aunn tries to clear the misunderstanding between him and his family about Shehna. Zara tells Husna about Nighat and her father. Aunn tries to create a misunderstanding between Zara and his family so that he and Zara can spend more time. Soon a rift are created between Zara and Aunn's family, as result of which Aunn and Zara shift to another house. Zara thinks that they are kicked out while Aunn's family thinks that it was Zara's idea to move out. Zara learns that she is pregnant. Manzar proposes to Shehna but she rejects the proposal on the pretext that Manzar's family could do the same thing to her as Aunn's family did to Zara. Manzar decides to tell her the truth. Nighat visits Zara where Zara is alone by herself. She asks Zara the reason for leaving the house, but Zara accuses her for making them feel unwanted. Shehna sees them together and tells them what Manzar told her.
Episode 18 - 19
Zara tells Aunn that they should live with her father. When Aunn suggests living with his family instead, Zara refuses because his family does not want to be with her. of their attitude towards her. Next day Aunn visits his family and informs them of Zara's pregnancy. Aunn's family gets excited, but they fear that Zara might want to keep them away from the baby. Nighat then tells them every thing that has happened and how it was Aunn's fault. Aunn confesses to Zara of his role in creating a rift between her and his family. Zara tells him that he has to confess the same to this family. Nighat tells Jamshed about Zara's pregnancy. In the mean time, Nighat tells Zara that they know what Aunn did to create distances between them. The family is now reconciled, and they live happily ever after.
International distribution
On June 23, 2014, Indian network Zindagi started airing the series in India.[6] It was a first time a series had been broadcast from start to finish within 20 days.[7]
Cast
- Maya Ali as Zara
- Osman Khalid Butt as Aunn
- Irfan Khoosat as Zara's paternal grandfather
- Nasreen Qureshi as Aunn's paternal grandmother
- Hina Khawaja Bayat as Husna
- Sabreen Hisbani as Nighat
- Mukarram Kaleem as Manzar
- Adnan Jaffar as Zara's father Jamshed
- Yasir Masher as Aunn's paternal Uncle
- Mahira Bhatti as Shehna
- Saima Saleem as Aunn's paternal aunt
Soundtrack
| Aunn Zara | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Ather, Ragini | |
| Genre | Theme song |
| Length | 2:53 |
| Language | Urdu |
| Producer | Shahzad Chaudhary |
The theme song (Original Soundtrack) "Aunn Zara" was composed by MAD Music with the lyrics by Awais Sohail. It was sung by Athar and Ragini. Other background music are also composed by MAD music.
| Tracklist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Aunn Zara" | Ather and Ragini | 2:53 |
References
- ↑ Zoya Anwer,Anum Rehman Chagam (June 13, 2015). "5 ways '50 shades of Grey' is your average Pakistani drama". Dawn News.
- ↑ Haider, Sadaf (July 11, 2013). "Aunn Zara the perfect family show for Ramazan". Express Tribune. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
- ↑
- "Aunn Zara Episode 1". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- "Aunn Zara Episode Two - Spouse Hunt Done". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ↑
- "Aunn Zara Episode Three - Wedding Ordeal Begins". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- "Aunn Zara Episode Four - Getting to Know each other". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- "Aunn Zara Episode Five - Cute!". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ↑
- "Going Strong". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- "Aunn Zara Episode 07 The Apology". Review It. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ↑ Rakshit, Nayandeep (July 12, 2014). "'Aunn Zara', Zindagi's refreshing love story draws for a season closure today". DNAIndia.
- ↑ "Zindagi: New TV channel keeps its promise of new shows every month". TNN. TimesOfIndia. July 13, 2014.
External links
- Aunn Zara Facebook page