Parchaiyan (1976)

Parchhaiyan
Genre Tragedy
Romance
Written by Haseena Moin
Directed by Mohsin Ali and Shirin Khan
Starring Rahat Kazmi
Sahira Kazmi
Talat Hussain
Shakeel
Azra Sherwani
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 50-60 mins
Release
Original network PTV
Original release 1976

Parchaiyan was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. It was the first Pakistani drama serial in colour.[1] It was translated and adapted by the writer Haseena Moin[1] and directed by Mohsin Ali and Shirin Khan.

The drama serial was an adaptation of the Henry James novel Portrait of a Lady. The drama serial had an ensemble cast as all the top stars of that time were included in this classic drama serial. The ensemble cast featured Rahat Kazmi, Sahira Kazmi, Shakeel, Talat Hussain, Azra Sherwani, Begum Khursheed Mirza, Mohammad Yousaf. This drama serial is considered a classic and is famous even today mainly due to its dialogues, which had a philosophical touch to it. This drama is considered to have produced the best dialogues ever from PTV.

Plot

The story revolves around Najia (Sahira Kazmi) and the men in her life. After passing away of Najia's parents, her mother's sister takes her to her house where she encounters her cousin Adeel (Rahat Kazmi) and his friend Masood (Shakeel). Due to her dynamic personality and beauty, Masood instantly falls for her and shows his intentions to marry her but Najia refuses. On the other hand, she is not aware of the love Adeel has in his heart for her. Through a distant acquaintance of the family, she is introduced to Shiraz (Talat Hussain) who wins her hand despite the fact that he is only interested in her money. When Najia finally leaves Shiraz to return to Adeel, who has blood cancer, she finds that he is on the verge of death.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 Old but not forgotten: Top 10 Pakistani dramas to re-watch now, Dawn newspaper (Bisma Ahmad), 13 March 2015, Retrieved 27 October 2016
  2. ↑ https://www.pakistantribe.com/22165/pakistan-top-ten-best-t-v-directors, Sahira Kazmi [Parchaiyan (1976)] on pakistantribe.com website, Retrieved 27 October 2016
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