Uraan
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Uraan is a Pakistani drama television serial which premiered on Geo Entertainment
on November 6, 2010. The serial is written by popular Urdu novelist turned screenplay writer Umaira Ahmed
, directed by Yasir Nawaz and produced by Evernew Productions. The official
soundtrack
is called Ye kya hua sung by television
actress Ayesha Omar
and composed by Waqar Ali
. It is a serial that not only deals with the issues of marriage
, divorce
and domestic violence
but also recognizes the strength, talent and courage of the modern Pakistani woman.
Sana Hamdani, host and writer of Pakistan's most popular talk show, Uraan. Sana is an educated and broad-minded girl, and is one of the most well-known celebrities in Pakistan. Her show Uraan talks about sensitive issues in Pakistani society, which has made her rise to fame in a few short months. Dr. Faraz Saeed, a highly esteemed, Harvard-grad psychologist frequently appears on the show to discuss the psychological problems which have led to these problems in Pakistani society. Sana soon begins to receive text messages, e-mails and phone calls from a mysterious man who identifies himself as "The one who knows you". She soon beings to receive bouquets of flowers as well, but cannot pinpoint where they are coming from.
Ayesha Aleem, a medical student who quit school before earning her degree because of her marriage, was previously married to Dr. Faraz Saeed. However, Faraz divorced her for seemingly no reason and severed all ties with her, and refused to even return her dowry
. Ayesha, emotionally broken after this, attempts to commit suicide
. Faraz uses this event to fuel his argument that Ayesha is schizophrenic and mentally unstable, which was why he was forced to divorce her. Ayesha's father, shocked by the false accusations placed on his daughter, takes the case to court. It is later revealed that Ayesha is not insane, but simply depressed. During their marriage, Faraz used to beat her and verbally abuse her. He would frequently ask her whether she loved him enough to undergo pain for him, and would abuse her when she said yes, such as pressing a burning cigarette
to her back. While Faraz and his family acted mentally unstable around Ayesha, they seemed perfectly normal in public, leading Ayesha to believe that she herself was at fault. She suffered with Faraz for 3 years before he finally divorced her.
Meanwhile, Faraz's mother Dr. Sarah Saeed has already chosen a new girl, Sawera, an esteemed fashion designer, for her son. The two meet and quickly fall in love, and are married months later. Faraz tells Sawera about his previous marriage and claims that the two were divorced because of Ayesha's mental condition. He says that Ayesha tried to kill both herself and him several times. After the two are married, Faraz emails their wedding and honeymoon pictures to Ayesha in order to further mentally torture her.
Soon, however, after learning about the truth of Faraz from her friend Raza, the lawyer
fighting Ayesha's case, the couple's relationship falters. Sawera meets with Ayesha and realizes that Faraz isn't what he seems to be. The two have numerous arguments resulting in Faraz physically abusing Sawera. However, unlike Ayesha, Sawera does not allow him to beat her, and moves back to her brother's home and files for divorce. Ayesha and Sawera become friends, and Ayesha recovers from her depression
after seeing how Sawera managed to come back to her previous life despite all of the mental torture she suffered with Faraz.
Sana soon realizes that the mysterious "The one who knows you" is in fact Dr. Faraz. The two have become good friends through this, as "The one who knows you" has helped cope with a lot of personal issues, such as accepting her estranged father back into her life. Faraz proposes to Sana weeks later, and she accepts, unknowing of his previous marriages and true personality. She plans to shoot the last episode of Uraan live, as she will no longer be able to continue with it after marriage. She comes to Sawera to have her wedding dress designed, and Sawera realizes that Sana is getting married to the same Faraz that she has just been divorced with. She tells Ayesha, and the two confront Sana and tell her the truth. Ayesha, realizing that even someone as strong as the great Sana Hamdani can be tricked by Faraz, finally fully recovers from her depression and begins to relive her life.
Sana does not tell Faraz that she knows the truth. She invites her parents and Faraz and his parents to be VIP audience members at her last show. She also invites Ayesha and Sawera on the show. The two are reluctant at first but finally agree. Sana arranges to have the studio doors locked so that Faraz and his family cannot leave until the show is over. She then reveals Faraz's true identity to the public, asking Sawera and Ayesha to recount how Faraz ruined their lives. Faraz has a mental breakdown on live television, and Sana requests to the government that Faraz have his psychology license revoked until he himself is treated.
The show then skips to 3 years later. Sawera has married her friend Raza, while Sana is busy writing a book recounting the pain she, Sawera and Ayesha went through because of Faraz. Ayesha has earned her Master's from medical school and is getting married in a few months. Faraz, however, hasn't learned his lesson, and him and his mother are planning on a fourth marriage. The show ends with a close-up on Faraz's face, symbolizing that some people never change.
Geo TV
Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
on November 6, 2010. The serial is written by popular Urdu novelist turned screenplay writer Umaira Ahmed
Umaira Ahmed
Umaira Ahmad , born on December 10,1976 in Sialkot, Pakistan, is an Muhajir, Urdu-speaking author and screenwriter. She is best known for authoring the book Pir-e-Kamil and the TV serial Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishan which won a Lux Style Award....
, directed by Yasir Nawaz and produced by Evernew Productions. The official
Official
An official is someone who holds an office in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority .A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public...
soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
is called Ye kya hua sung by television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actress Ayesha Omar
Ayesha Omar
Ayesha Omar is a Pakistani actress, model, singer, former MTV Pakistan VJ and painter. She is best known for portraying the character of Khoobsurat in ARY Digital's sitcom Bulbulay.-Biography:...
and composed by Waqar Ali
Waqar Ali
Waqar Ali is a Pakistani musician and singer in Pakistan. Ali has produced many albums and singles for the Pakistan film industry. His father is director Shafqat Hussein and he often works with his elder brother Sajjad...
. It is a serial that not only deals with the issues of marriage
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
, divorce
Divorce
Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
and domestic violence
Domestic violence
Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence , is broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation...
but also recognizes the strength, talent and courage of the modern Pakistani woman.
Plot
Uraan is the story of Sana, Sawera and Ayesha, three educated Pakistani women who are total strangers to each other. However, by a twist of fate, they eventually find themselves linked to each other in the most shocking way imaginable.Sana Hamdani, host and writer of Pakistan's most popular talk show, Uraan. Sana is an educated and broad-minded girl, and is one of the most well-known celebrities in Pakistan. Her show Uraan talks about sensitive issues in Pakistani society, which has made her rise to fame in a few short months. Dr. Faraz Saeed, a highly esteemed, Harvard-grad psychologist frequently appears on the show to discuss the psychological problems which have led to these problems in Pakistani society. Sana soon begins to receive text messages, e-mails and phone calls from a mysterious man who identifies himself as "The one who knows you". She soon beings to receive bouquets of flowers as well, but cannot pinpoint where they are coming from.
Ayesha Aleem, a medical student who quit school before earning her degree because of her marriage, was previously married to Dr. Faraz Saeed. However, Faraz divorced her for seemingly no reason and severed all ties with her, and refused to even return her dowry
Dowry
A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both...
. Ayesha, emotionally broken after this, attempts to commit suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
. Faraz uses this event to fuel his argument that Ayesha is schizophrenic and mentally unstable, which was why he was forced to divorce her. Ayesha's father, shocked by the false accusations placed on his daughter, takes the case to court. It is later revealed that Ayesha is not insane, but simply depressed. During their marriage, Faraz used to beat her and verbally abuse her. He would frequently ask her whether she loved him enough to undergo pain for him, and would abuse her when she said yes, such as pressing a burning cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
to her back. While Faraz and his family acted mentally unstable around Ayesha, they seemed perfectly normal in public, leading Ayesha to believe that she herself was at fault. She suffered with Faraz for 3 years before he finally divorced her.
Meanwhile, Faraz's mother Dr. Sarah Saeed has already chosen a new girl, Sawera, an esteemed fashion designer, for her son. The two meet and quickly fall in love, and are married months later. Faraz tells Sawera about his previous marriage and claims that the two were divorced because of Ayesha's mental condition. He says that Ayesha tried to kill both herself and him several times. After the two are married, Faraz emails their wedding and honeymoon pictures to Ayesha in order to further mentally torture her.
Soon, however, after learning about the truth of Faraz from her friend Raza, the lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
fighting Ayesha's case, the couple's relationship falters. Sawera meets with Ayesha and realizes that Faraz isn't what he seems to be. The two have numerous arguments resulting in Faraz physically abusing Sawera. However, unlike Ayesha, Sawera does not allow him to beat her, and moves back to her brother's home and files for divorce. Ayesha and Sawera become friends, and Ayesha recovers from her depression
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
after seeing how Sawera managed to come back to her previous life despite all of the mental torture she suffered with Faraz.
Sana soon realizes that the mysterious "The one who knows you" is in fact Dr. Faraz. The two have become good friends through this, as "The one who knows you" has helped cope with a lot of personal issues, such as accepting her estranged father back into her life. Faraz proposes to Sana weeks later, and she accepts, unknowing of his previous marriages and true personality. She plans to shoot the last episode of Uraan live, as she will no longer be able to continue with it after marriage. She comes to Sawera to have her wedding dress designed, and Sawera realizes that Sana is getting married to the same Faraz that she has just been divorced with. She tells Ayesha, and the two confront Sana and tell her the truth. Ayesha, realizing that even someone as strong as the great Sana Hamdani can be tricked by Faraz, finally fully recovers from her depression and begins to relive her life.
Sana does not tell Faraz that she knows the truth. She invites her parents and Faraz and his parents to be VIP audience members at her last show. She also invites Ayesha and Sawera on the show. The two are reluctant at first but finally agree. Sana arranges to have the studio doors locked so that Faraz and his family cannot leave until the show is over. She then reveals Faraz's true identity to the public, asking Sawera and Ayesha to recount how Faraz ruined their lives. Faraz has a mental breakdown on live television, and Sana requests to the government that Faraz have his psychology license revoked until he himself is treated.
The show then skips to 3 years later. Sawera has married her friend Raza, while Sana is busy writing a book recounting the pain she, Sawera and Ayesha went through because of Faraz. Ayesha has earned her Master's from medical school and is getting married in a few months. Faraz, however, hasn't learned his lesson, and him and his mother are planning on a fourth marriage. The show ends with a close-up on Faraz's face, symbolizing that some people never change.
Cast and Characters
- Aamina SheikhAamina SheikhAamina Sheikh is a Pakistani actress and model best known for portraying the main leads in television serials Daam, Uraan, Ishq Gumshuda, Hum Tum and Dil-e-Nadan...
as Sana Hamdani - Saba QamarSaba QamarSabahat Qamar, better known as Saba Qamar, is a Pakistani model and actress from Gujranwala.went to Superior Science College Gujranwala. She has appeared in a variety of television dramas, as well as advertisements...
as Ayesha Aleem - Humayun SaeedHumayun SaeedHumayun Saeed is a Pakistani actor, model and producer.-Family:Saeed, who hails from a family of wrestlers from Punjab, has four younger brothers, Babar, Amir, Adnan and Salman...
as Dr. Faraz - Zhalay Sarhadi as Savera
- Shameem Hilali as Dr. Sarah Saeed
- Hina Khawaja Bayat as Sana's mother