Zeenat (Urdu: زینت, lit.'Beauty') is a 1991 Pakistani television series written by Fatima Surayya Bajia based on the novel Zeenat which was written by Mirza Kalich Beg and directed by Mohammad Baksh Sumejo.[3][4][5]

Zeenat
زینت
GenreDrama
Written byFatima Surayya Bajia[1]
Directed byMohammad Baksh Sumejo
Starring
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerMohd. Bux Junejo[2]
Original release
NetworkPTV
Release1991 (1991) –
1991 (1991)

Synopsis

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The story is about a Sindhi girl name Zeenat who loves studying but is pressurized by her mother to marry someone and soon marries an older man against her elder brother's wishes.[6]

Cast

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  • Rabia Noreen as Zeenat
  • Ishrat Hashmi as Shehar Bano
  • Mehmood Siddiqui as Ali Raza
  • Zaheen Tahira as Bibi Jan[7]
  • Sultana Zafar as Sara
  • Gulab Chandio as Ramzan
  • Shafi Muhammad Shah as Allah Dad
  • Subhani Ba Yunus as Ali Nawaz
  • Ubaida Ansari as Zeenat's Amma
  • Tasneem Rana as Bakhtawar
  • Master Hamza Hamid as Zeenat's Son
  • Khalid Zaman as Hamid
  • Manzoor Murad as Ehsanullah
  • Nasreen Naz as Sakeena
  • Seema Hasan as Subhai
  • Bachal Shah as Major Young
  • Farooq Memon as Hoat
  • Abdul Aleem Sheikh as Rahgeer
  • Israr Alam Siddiqui as Doctor
  • Mehmood Ali as Molvi Siddiqui
  • Wakeel Farooqi as Wali Muhammad Saen
  • Noor Muhammad Lashari as Lakhmeer
  • Fareed Nawaz Baloch as Haibat Khan
  • Mumtaz Kanwal as Saeeda
  • Rehana Akhtar as Kulsoom

References

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  1. ^ "معروف ڈراما نگار فاطمہ ثریا بجیا انتقال کر گئیں". BBC News. 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Pakistan Television Drama and Social Change: A Research Paradigm. Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi. p. 236.
  3. ^ ""شمع" "افشاں" جیسے مشہور ڈراموں کی خالق ممتاز ادیبہ فاطمہ ثریا بجیا انتقال کر گئیں". Nawa-i-waqt. 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings, Issue 2. University of Wisconsin--Madison. South and Southeast Asia Video Archive. p. 82.
  5. ^ "An epoch ends with Bajia's passing". The Express Tribune. 7 January 2022.
  6. ^ Beg, Mirzā Qalīc (2009). Zeenat: Novel. Shams-ul-Ulama Mirza Kalich Beg Chair, Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh.
  7. ^ "پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں". Dawn News. 2 November 2022.
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