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. Despite the love that Adeel (Rahat Kazmi) had always shown Najia, Shiraz (Talat Hussain) 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 cancer, she finds that he has already died.
Cast
- Sahira Kazmi[2]
- Rahat Kazmi
- Shakeel
- Talat Hussain
- Begum Khursheed Mirza
- Azra Sherwani
- Lubna Aslam
- Mehar Rizvi
- Mohammad Yousaf
- Javed Sheikh (Cameo)
References
- 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
- ↑ https://www.pakistantribe.com/22165/pakistan-top-ten-best-t-v-directors, Sahira Kazmi [Parchaiyan (1976)] on pakistantribe.com website, Retrieved 27 October 2016