Pehli Si Muhabbat Explained

Genre:	Romance
Director:	Anjum Shahzad
Starring:	Maya Ali Sheheryar Munawar Hassan Sheheryar Yasin Rabia Butt Uzma Hassan Paras Masroor Hina Afridi
Theme Music Composer:	Gohar Mumtaz
Opentheme:	Ali Zafar
Country:	Pakistan
Language:	Urdu
Num Episodes:	37
Producer:	Abdullah Seja
Camera:	Multi-camera setup
Runtime:	35-45 minutes approx.
Company:	Idream Entertainment
Network:	ARY Digital

Pehli Si Muhabbat is a Pakistani television romantic drama series premiered on 23 January 2021 on ARY Digital and last aired on 9 October 2021 with a total of 37 episodes. The series is produced by Abdullah Seja under banner Idream Entertainment, written by Faiza Iftikhar and stars Maya Ali and Sheheryar Munawar in lead roles along with Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, Rabia Butt, Uzma Hassan, Paras Masroor, Umer Aalam and Hina Afridi in supporting roles.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Plot

Aslam and Rakshi are childhood friends. They share a great bond with each other and live in neighborhood of Hyderabad. Aslam is sent to stay with his uncle in Karachi for studies while Rakshi remains in Hyderabad. Years passed away and Aslam and Rakshi are now adolescents. Rakshi's father Faiz Ullah marries Nargis, a woman from questionable background and much younger in age than him. Rakshi is somehow nervous and quite sad due to her father's marriage to a much younger woman. Due to Nargis's past and her background, neighbors surround Faiz Ullah's house and order him to leave the neighbourhood. Akram, Aslam's elder brother, instigated by neighbourhood folks, shows his anger and gets furious over this matter. Meanwhile, Aslam goes to rescue Rakshi as neighbors throw stones over her house. In first encounter, Aslam falls for Rakshi that night, remembering in flashback the memories of his childhood encounters with Rakshi and here the love story of both begins.

Cast

• Maya Ali as Rakhshi
  • Aina Asif as young Rakhshi
• Sheheryar Munawar as Aslam
• Hassan Sheheryar Yasin as Akram; Aslam's elder brother
• Nausheen Shah as Ishrat; Akram's wife
• Uzma Hassan as Zainab; Aslam and Akram's sister
• Paras Masroor as Muraad; Zainab's husband
• Saleem Mairaj as Sikander; Zainab's former love interest
• Saba Faisal as Aslam and Akram's mother
• Shabbir Jan as Faiz Ullah; Rakshi's father
• Rabia Butt as Nargis; a tawaif and Faiz Ullah's second wife
• Umer Aalam as Nadeem, Aslam's friend
• Sangeeta as Akram and Aslam's grandmother
• Hina Afridi as Bushra; Aslam's fiance and daughter of his maternal uncle
• Nabeela Khan as Nabila; Sikander's mother
• Hina Rizvi as Bushra's mother
• Sajid Shah as Bushra's father
• Tariq Jameel as Sikander's father
• Aneesha Altaf as Sadaf; Rakshi's step daughter

Soundtrack

Pehli Si Muhabbat
Type:	song
Artist:	Ali Zafar
Recorded:	2021
Venue:	Lahore
Studio:	Lightingale
Composer:	Goher Mumtaz
Lyricist:	Asad Shah
Language:	Urdu
Label:	Idream Entertainment
Producer:	Abdullah Seja

Accolades

Ceremony	Categories	Recipients	Result
21st Lux Style Awards^[5]	Best Emerging Talent in TV	Hassan Sheheryar Yasin	rowspan="2"
	Best Song of the Year	Pehli Si Muhabbat (Unplugged)-Ali Zafar

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maya Ali in Pehli Si Muhabbat with many new shades. 9 January 2021. nation.com.pk. 26 January 2022.
2. News: Ali Zafar drops unplugged version of 'Pehli Si Muhabbat' OST. 22 June 2021. dailytimes.com.pk. 26 January 2022.
3. Web site: Sheheryar Munawar talks about upcoming serial Pehli Si Muhabbat, work chemistry with Maya Ali. 20 December 2020. images.dawn.com. 26 January 2022.
4. Web site: Pehli Si Muhabbat is more reality and less fantasy, says writer Faiza Iftikhar. 29 January 2021. www.somethinghaute.com. 26 January 2022.
5. Web site: LSA 2022: And the nominees are . 23 November 2022 .