Bulbulay

Episode 1-25 (before marriage)

Nabeel's childhood friend Ahmad moves abroad and tells Nabeel to look after his apartment. Nabeel takes advantage of this and starts living in the apartment as landlord and rents out a room to Mehmood. Khoobsoorat, who ran away from her wedding just fifteen minutes before it took place, arrives at the same apartment looking for her friend Saima, who is married to Ahmed. Although Nabeel first tells her she cannot move in, he changes his mind after she threatens to tell Saima about the misuse of the apartment.

When Khoobsoorat's father, Siddiqui, comes to take her back, she tells him that she is married to Nabeel to stop him. When Nabeel's mother, Mumtaz, comes to visit him, he says that Khoobsoorat is the housemaid, as his mother would not accept his living together with a woman.

Later in the series, Khubsoorat's father finds out his daughter is unmarried and informs her that he is coming to take her back home. Nabeel's mother comes to visit her son and tells him that Khoobsoorat is a good girl and that they should get married. When she asks Khubsoorat, Khubsoorat is shocked and decides to leave. Later, Nabeel tells Khoobsoorat that he really loves her and had fallen in love with her when he saw her for the fourth time (chothi nazar main); and, so, he wants to marry her. Mehmood and Mumtaz start to like each other and want to get married. At Nabeel and Khubsoorat's marriage, after their nikah is read, Mehmood announces he will marry Mumtaz and tells the qadi to wait and read their nikah as well. Nabeel is shocked by this and feels very uncomfortable about his mother being close to Mehmood. At this moment, Siddiqi arrives to cancel his daughter's wedding. When Nabeel tells him that the nikah is already read, he gets really angry.

Episode 26-82 (after marriage)

(Nabeel's mother becomes a regular cast member after episode 25.)

Soon after the couples get married, Ahmad calls Nabeel to tell him he has found someone who will move into the apartment, which means that they have to move out. Luckily, Khubsoorat's father arranges for a new place for them to live and pays in advance, so that they do not struggle. He also finds a job for Nabeel; but Nabeel quits, saying he is made for much bigger things and will not work for anyone who does not see his true potential.

Episode 83-87 (Bulbulay in Dubai)

The Bulbulay family goes on a trip to Dubai but without telling each other. Nabeel and Khoobsurat win a trip to Dubai from a lucky draw. Mehmood and Mumtaz go to Dubai for their honeymoon, with their own money. They happen to be booked into the same hotel. While walking in the hall, Nabeel and Mehmood bump into each other; they pretend that they don't know each other and rush back to their rooms. When both families have plans to go to the Dubai Mall, and both Mehmood and Nabeel are taking showers in their rooms, Khoobsurat and Mumtaz (Momo) wait for them in the hotel lobby and see each other clearly. Momo goes out of the hotel to avoid Khoobsurat and rushes off to the mall in a taxi. Khoobsurat, Nabeel, and Mehmood go to find her. After they're reunited, they go to Dubai Mall the next day, where they meet FM radio producers and are offered jobs that don't work out.

Episode 88-100 (pre-parenthood)

While returning home from Dubai, Momo loses her bag at the airport. Khoobsurat becomes ill and the others start avoiding her in the fear of catching her disease. Later, Khoobsurat is found to be pregnant, shortly after which Momo also becomes pregnant. Most of the episodes involve the family making preparations for the arrival of their children. Nabeel, however, is unhappy that his mother is having a baby at her age. These episodes also show their pre-parenthood lifestyle in the holy month of Ramadan. On the 100th, Eid-Special episode, Momo and Khoobsurat give birth to a baby son and daughter, respectively.

Episode 101-139 (parenthood)

Both couples become parents. Mehmood Sahab and Momo name their son Sona, which means gold; and Khoobsurat and Nabeel name their daughter Chaandi, which means silver. These episodes involve events taking place after Sona and Chaandi's births. Nabeel and Mehmood are pressured by their wives to take up jobs to support their children. When the children are admitted into school, the couples compete to see who can provide better for their children.

Episode 140-143 (Bulbulay in Lahore)

The family races to Lahore to visit Khoobsurat's father, Siddiqui, whom they cannot contact and are worried about. Meanwhile Siddiqui is getting married to a women named Baytab. At first Siddiqui hides her from them, but eventually Nabeel and Mehmood Sahab find out.

Episode 205-209 (Bulbulay again in Lahore)

The family have returned to Lahore. In episode 205, Siddiqui invites Khoobsurat and Baytab to his new house in Lahore; but before leaving, Baytab misplaces the address. In episode 206, the fun starts, when they all get to Siddiqui's new house.

Episode 210-217

They return to Karachi.

Episode 218-260

They are normal, with performances by Momo and Nabeel.

Episode 268-273

They become rich beause of the jinn Ibn e Battuta, a fan of Momo. A magician imprisoned him in a bottle. In episode 273, the kidnappers Tome and Moti arrive at the new location and kidnap Nabeel. Momo told them that all their wealth is in the bottle. They open the bottle and the jinn appears.

Episode 274-297

The jinn took all the wealth back and the family became poor. In episode 297, Javed Sahab arrives at the new location of Bulbulay to take the family back to the old location.

Episode 298-455 (back to the classic Bulbulay)

They return to Javed Sahab's's house. Siddiqui pays Javed the family's rent. The family realizes that the Ramadan moon has appeared, and episode 298 is all about the family making Siddiqui do all their work because he isn't fasting. It's back to the situations of the early episodes in which Nabeel and his family have bad luck. In episode 455, the family decides to go to a world tour.

Main Characters

• Nabeel as Nabeel
• Ayesha Omar as Khoobsurat (Nabeel's wife)
• Mehmood Aslam as Mehmood Sahab
• Hina Dilpazeer as Mumtaz (Momo) (Mehmood Sahab's wife)
• Faatima Nabeel as Chandi (Nabeel and Khoobsurat's daughter)
• Nyle Rizwan as Sona (Mehmood and Mumtaz's son)

Recurring Characters

• Tariq Butt as Butt Sahab
• Khawaja Akmal as Siddiqui (Khoobsurat's father)
• Benita David as Baytab
• Shahid Khawaja as Dr. Shahid
• Shehraz Hassan as Moti (kidnapper)
• Ayaz Khan as Sher Khan (Mehmood's friend)

Guest Appearances

• Shamoon Abbasi as Afzal
• Nayyar Ejaz as Nayyar Bhai (brother-in-law of Mehmood Sahab)
• Shagufta Ejaz as Hajra Appa (Sister of Mehmood Sahab)
• Reema Khan on Eid Special
• Zuhab Khan as Zeeshan a child who lost in a market and Momo took him with her.
• Aijaz Aslam as Nabeel's deceased father.
• Irfan Motiwala as a thief, in Ramadan Episode 160, and, in another Episode, as kidnapper of Mehmood.
• Maqsood Hassan as Devil in Ramadan in episode 163 and 233, and in another episode as a don.
• Ashraf Khan as Momo's father who appeared in many episodes of Bulbulay. He also came as a magician and a doctor in two different episodes.
• Saleem Miraj as Abdul Kareem (plumber)
• Sadia Ghaffar as Janan (Khubsurat's friend)
• Sonia Rao as Chanda (Sales Girl)
• Sofia Ahmed as Pari
• Rashid Farooqui
• Nasir Sharif
• Ismail Tara as Ibn e Battutta Jinn, in many episodes, and in another episode as an agent.
• Behroze Subzwari as Muqqaddar (Momo's mangetar) in episodes 65 and 163.
• Mohsin Gillani as a friend of Javed Sahab.
• Daudi Khan as Kalia
• Marhaba Sheikh as Masoom
• M Saleem as Qazi
• Faisal Qureshi (special appearance)
• Arif Siddiqui
• Shahnaz Pervaiz
• Haneef Bachan as Javed Sahab
• Kauser Siddiqui as nabeel's girlfriend in ep 354, and in ep 445 as Siddiqui's lawyer.
• Munir Ahmad as Jaggu Dada, and on Eid ul Azha special, episode 318, as Qasim, a thief who came to take a goat because it had eaten his diamond.
• Hanif Awan as a police inspector in ep 314.
• Fazal Balti
• Shahab Khan
• Hafeez Mama