Besharam (TV series)

Besharam
Genre Drama
Created by Sheikh
Developed by faisal
Written by Sarwat Nazir
Directed by Farooq Rind
Starring Saba Qamar
Zahid Ahmed
Atiqa Odho
Rehan Sheikh
Fia Khan
Malik Raza
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of episodes 24
Production
Producer(s) Humayun Saeed
Shehzad Nasib
Running time ~45 minutes
Production company(s) Six Sigma Plus
Release
Original network ARY Digital
Original release 10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)

Besharam is a 2016 Pakistani drama serial that premiered on May 10, 2016 on ARY Digital. It is directed by Farooq Rind and written by Sarwat Nazir. It stars Saba Qamar, Zahid Ahmed, Atiqa Odho, Rehan Sheikh and Fia Khan in pivot roles.[1] The serial is produced by Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Nasib under their production company Six Sigma Plus.[2]

Overview

Besharam revolves around three women, Sara (Atiqa Odho), Mishal (Saba Qamar) and Sofia (Fia Khan), and apart from them the serial also has Malik Raza and Zahid Ahmed as the male figures of the story. Besharam deals with the social issues of glamor industry, upper-class family, and its struggles. Haider Bakht (Zahid Ahmed) is an aspiring politician who has aims and missions to make the country better and lives in a small house compared to Mishal with his sister and mother. Hamna is engaged with her paternal cousin Qadeer who works in a government office and has a sister Saba. Sikandar is the brother of Haider's father who is against of Haider joining politics and wants Saba to get married to Haider but Haider refuses as he wants to focus on his career. After Haider refuses, Sikandar takes the decision of breaking the engagement of Humna and Qadeer. On the other hand, Mishal is a top model of Pakistan and because of this fact her father Tahir Malik who is a politician shoots himself after hearing her daughter's insult from his friends. Meanwhile, Mishal gets in a relationship with a boy named Daniyal Ahmed, however Daniyal's father (Jamal) also gets in a relationship with Mishal's mother which ends their relationship. The next night Mishal and Haider get invited in a talk show in which they have a couple of arguments leading to their marriage as they both challenge each other live. As Mishal is a daring person, she accepts the challenge and gets married to Haider but isn't accepted by his family. This leads to Qadeer and Humna's end of engagement and Mishal's mother to not look at her face again. Khadija insists Haider to leave Mishal as she is a model and can't adjust in the family but Mishal and Haider gradually accept themselves as a couple and to give this marriage a chance.Later on, Mishal saves Saba when she's on a photo shoot and helps Hamna in escaping from new proposals.

Cast

Reception

The series was reviewed positively, in a review Sadaf Haider of The Express Tribune states, "Besharam provides a great opportunity to explore attitudes towards certain professions, be it politicians or models and more importantly; the different criteria we use to judge men and women in our culture."[3] Highly appreciated

References

  1. "First look of ARY Digital's upcoming drama serial "Besharam"". trendinginsocial.com. April 7, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  2. "Six Sigma Plus On Top Of Its Game with several Achievements". trendinginsocial.com. March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. "Is Besharam worth your time?". Sadaf Haider. The Express Tribune. May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.

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