Betiyaan Explained

Native Name:	بیٹیاں
Genre:	Family Drama Soap opera
Director:	Meesam Naqvi
Starring:	Fatima Effendi Syed Mohammad Ahmed Mahenur Haider Tania Hussain Qudsia Ali
Country:	Pakistan
Language:	Urdu
Num Episodes:	71
Producer:	Fahad Mustafa & Ali Kazmi
Location:	Karachi
Runtime:	40–44 minutes
Company:	Big Bang Entertainment
Network:	ARY Digital

Betiyaan (Urdu: بیٹیاں) is a Pakistani television family drama aired on ARY Digital from 8 October 2022 to 17 December 2022. It is produced by Fahad Mustafa and Ali Kazmi under Big Bang Entertainment. It stars Fatima Effendi,^[1] Syed Mohammad Ahmed, Mahenur Haider, Tania Hussain, Qudsia Ali, Fahad Shaikh and Osama Tahir in lead roles.^[2]

The serial emerged as one of the highest rated serials of Pakistani television for the year 2022.^{[3] [4] [5]} Dubbed in Turkish, it was aired on Kanal 7 in Turkey under title Canim Kizlarim in 2024.^[6]

Cast

• Fatima Effendi as Fiza Laiq (main lead actress)^[7]
• Fahad Shaikh as Danish
• Mahenur Haider as Ayeza Laiq (Younger sister of Fiza)^[7]
• Osama Tahir as Saad (Ayeza's Husband) ^[8]
• Tania Hussain as Anum Laiq (Fiza & Ayeza's sister)^[9]
• Syed Mohammad Ahmed as Laiq Ahmad (Father of Ayeza, Fiza, Haniya, Anum and Komal)
• Qudsia Ali as Haniya Laiq (another Sister of Fiza)^[10]
• Emaan Khan as Komal Laiq (youngest sister of Fiza)
• Beena Masroor as Laiq's Mother (grandmother of Ayeza, Fiza, Haniya, Anum and Komal)
• Javeria Saud as Naghma (Laiq's Sister)^[11]
• Sabeena Syed as Shumaila (Danish's friend)
• Tabbasum Arif as Nighat (Saad's mother)
• Shehryar Zaidi as Akhram (Danish's Father)
• Sabahat Ali Bukhari as Jahanara (Danish's mother)^[12]
• Sajjad Paul as Faris (Danish's Brother)
• Saeed Faridi as Farooq (Salma's husband)
• Fahima Awan as Salma (Farooq's wife)
• Ali Kureshi as Faiq (Anum's husband)^[13]
• Sabahat Adil as Hameeda (Faiq's mother and Anum's mother-in-law)
• Abdullah Khan as Ali (Saad's friend)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-09-20 . Fatima Effendi leaves fans awestruck with teaser of drama serial 'Betiyaan' . 4 March 2023. The Nation . en.
2. Web site: Kasim Bilal. 2022-10-10. 'Betiyaan' Review: Same Old Story Executed With A Fresh Approach. 4 March 2023. Galaxy Lollywood. en-US.
3. Web site: ہر ڈرامے میں عورت مظلوم، مرد ظالم کیوں؟. Independent Urdu. رابعہ الرباء. 25 October 2022. 2023-03-04.
4. Web site: Betiyaan Last Episode Public Reaction. Review It. 18 December 2022 . 4 March 2023.
5. Web site: Fatima Effendi's 'Betiyaan' post gets interesting reply from Fahad Sheikh. ARY News. 19 November 2022 . 4 March 2023.
6. Web site: 2024-10-24 . Dizi ‘Canım Kızlarım’ - Kanal7 . 2024-11-14 . Kanal7 - Kanal 7 izle, Kanal 7 canlı izle, Kanal 7 yayın akışı . tr.
7. Web site: 2022-09-18. Fatima Effendi leaves fans awestruck with teaser of drama serial 'Betiyaan'. 4 March 2022. Association Press of Pakistan. en-US.
8. Web site: 2022-09-21. Noor Fatima. Fatima Effendi leaves fans awestruck with teaser of drama serial 'Betiyaan'. 4 March 2022. Daily Pakistan. en-US.
9. Web site: Web Desk . 2022-11-30 . 'Betiyaan' star Tanya Hussain's latest pictures go viral . ARY NEWS . en-US.
10. Web site: 12 December 2022 . Ayeza from Betiyaan delights fans with stunning pictures . Daily Pakistan Global . Daily Pakistan . en.
11. Web site: Izma Azeem Chughtai. 15 October 2022. From 'Pinjra' to 'Jannat Se Agaye': 5 TV dramas for the fall. 4 July 2023. Express Tribune. en-US.
12. Web site: Zuberi . Aliya . 2022-12-12 . In Betiyaan, no one's a good guy . CutaCut . en-US.
13. Web site: Shazia Saqib Habib. 2022-10-12. Betiyaan The Soap That's Touching On Issues We Take For Granted, But Will It Go Into Regressive Mode?. 4 March 2023. FUCHSIA Magazine. en-US.
14. Web site: And the winners are: Yumna Zaidi becomes LSA's most award winning female actor for TV . 7 October 2023 . The Express Tribune.