Aangan (Hum TV series)

Main

• Mawra Hocane as Aaliya
• Ahsan Khan as Safdar (double role)
• Sonya Hussyn as Salma
• Sajal Aly as Chammi
• Ahad Raza Mir as Jameel; a poet and a politician^[10]
• Hira Mani as Tehmina; Aaliya's sister

Recurring

• Abid Ali
• Zaib Rehman
• Omair Rana as Mazhar; Aaliya's father^[11]
• Uzma Hassan
• Madiha Rizvi as Aaliya's mother
• Hassan Noman as Israr
• Shehzad Kashmiri
• Ali Rizvi
• Rabia Butt as Kusum; a Hindu widow^[12]
• Shehroz Sabzwari as Dr. Ehsaan
• shehryaar ali as shakeel

Writing

The novel Aangan was written by Khadija Mastoor in 1962, and won the Adamji Literacy Award in the same year. It was also translated into 13 languages, with The Women's Courtyard in English by Daisy Rockwell.^[13] The director Ehteshamuddin told The News in a March 2017 interview, "It was initially thought out as a film but now we're making a play out of it," adding, "We might turn it into a film later."^[14]

He chose Mustafa Afridi to write the screenplay. Mustafa told Daily Times in a September 2018 interview that it took him a year to "understand the novel and a year and a half to adapt it" as a script. He commented that "all the characters have been defined in" skilled great detail by the author, and he worked hard to "stay true" to the "essence of the novel and its characters" while script-writing. He strongly hoped to "take the story forward from where" Khadija left it, into two sequels.^[15]

While the original novel is set in the 1940s and 1950s, Dawn Images reported in December 2017 that the drama is planned as a three-part series spanning a number of decades and will also feature the story of the 1980s and 2000s as in continuity.^[16]

Casting and filming

On 17 October 2017, it was reported that Mawra Hocane had signed up for the project.^[17] On 19 October, it was reported that Ahsan Khan had also signed up,^[18] along with Sajal Aly and Ahad Raza Mir.^[19] Ahsan said in an interview with The Express Tribune, "MD Productions and Ehtesham were my biggest attraction towards it and I loved Mustafa Afridi's Sang-e-Mar Mar, who is now doing the screenplay for Aangan. I found the combination great."^[20]

On 4 November, Sonya Hussyn signed up for the project, all in the lead cast. The shooting began on 7 November in Wazirabad.^[21] Sajal confirmed her shoot on 5 December,^[22] while Mawra on 27 December.^[23] Other cast in supporting roles include Abid Ali and Zaib Rehman, along with Omair Rana and Uzma Hassan.^[1] It was revealed that Ahsan will be playing double roles in the drama,^[16] and he will be romancing three women.^[24] The first spell was completed in January 2018,^[8][25] and then the second spell was completed in March.^[9][26][27]

Hira Mani joined the cast in third shooting spell, also as in lead role.^[28] Ahsan commented to Something Haute that the "story revolves around the characters played by Mawra, Ahad, Sajal, Sonya, Hira and" himself, adding that they all are "connected to each other in a certain way which is very different".^[3] He further told The News that the drama is shot in "a very unique way", like never have been "seen before on Pakistani television".^[29] On 19 July, it was revealed that Rabia Butt will have a cameo role in the drama and two songs have been picturised on her.^[12] Other cast include Madiha Rizvi, Shehzad Kashmiri and Ali Rizvi.^[30] The spell took place between June and August 2018 in Karachi.^[7][31]

On 26 September, the role of Shehroz Sabzwari was also revealed.^[32][33] The casting was done mostly done by Momina Duraid, who also kept delaying the shoots to cast the right actors she wanted, as they were not available before.^[15] It was also revealed that the drama is set to air in October 2018.^[34] Khizer Gul has served as the cinematographer for the drama.^[11]