Afshan (TV series) explained

Native Name:	Urdu: {{Nastaliq|افشاں
Genre:	Family Drama
Director:	Qasim Jalali
Starring:	Shakeel Ayesha Khan Tahira Wasti Shafi Muhammad Shah
Country:	Pakistan
Language:	Urdu
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	12
Producer:	Zaheer Khan

Afshan (ur|{{Nq|افشاں) is a 1981 Pakistani television series written by Fatima Surayya Bajia, based on the eponymous novel of Amtur Rahman Khatoon (better known as A.R. Khatoon), and directed by Qasim Jalali.^[1]

Synopsis

The story is about a large family in which the elders decide the fate of their children, and the honour of their family is considered paramount above all else, even above their children's happiness.^[2]

Cast

• Shakeel as Ali Raza
• Ayesha Khan as Husna
• Zainab Umar as Afsha
• Tahira Wasti as Najmus Sehar (David's daughter)
• Qazi Wajid as Ashfaq Ahmed (Naseera's husband)
• Shafi Muhammad Shah as Mohsin Mumtaz
• Qurban Jillani as Mohsin Mumtaz
• Begum Khurshid Mirza as Alam Ara^[3]
• Ishrat Hashmi as Naseera
• Arsh Muneer as Chachi Jan
• Rizwan Wasti as Abid
• Azra Sherwani as Roshan Begum
• Qaiser Naqvi as Chand Bibi
• Tasneem Rana as Bunyadi Aunty
• Agha Waheed as Ahsan Mumtaz
• Subhani Ba Yunus as Nawab Hameed-ul-lah
• Mazhar Ali as Shehryar
• Mahmood Ali as Deeno
• Imtiaz Ahmed as David Koen (Najmus Sehar's father)
• Hadi-ul-Islan as Mumtaz Ahmed
• Aslam Latar as Busaria Afandi
• Fahmeed Ahmed Khan as Kirmani
• Ibrahim Nafees as Mirza
• Kamal Irani as Nawab Muzafar
• Majid Ali as Charagh
• Koko Mehdi as Mehmood
• Nisar Qadri as Aamir

Production

Casting

It marked Begum Khurshid Mirza's third collaboration with Fatima Surayya Bajia as she previously starred in Bajia's Shama (1976) and Aagahi.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ٹی وی ڈراموں کا سنہرا دور. Jang News. September 25, 2022.
2. Web site: ہر دور کے سب سے مقبول 20 پاکستانی ڈرامے. Dawn News. May 27, 2022.
3. Web site: رینوکا دیوی: بیگم خورشید مرزا پاکستان ٹیلی ویژن کی 'اِکا بُوا'. BBC News. February 8, 2022.
4. Book: Mirza . Begum Khurshid . Kazim . Lubna . A Woman of Substance: The Memoirs of Begum Khurshid Mirza, 1918-1989 . 8 August 2022 . Zubaan . 9788189013318 . 223 . en.
5. Book: Mirza . Begum Khurshid . Kazim . Lubna . A Woman of Substance: The Memoirs of Begum Khurshid Mirza, 1918-1989 . 8 August 2022 . Zubaan . 9788189013318 . 219 . en.