Sabaat Explained

Native Name:Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ثبات
Genre:Drama
Director:Shahzad Kashmiri
Starring:
Country:Pakistan
Language:Urdu
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:28
Executive Producer:Momina Duraid
Location:Rawalpindi
Cinematography:Ehsun Kashmiri
Editor:Liaqat A. Baltee
Runtime:approx. 37–40 minutes
Company:MD Productions
Network:Hum TV

Sabaat (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ثبات) is a 2020 Pakistani television series produced by Momina Duraid under MD Productions. It stars Mawra Hocane, Ameer Gilani, Sarah Khan and Usman Mukhtar in lead roles.[1] Sabaat revolves around two ambitious individuals who belong to different classes, fall for each other and face hurdles. It premiered on 29 March 2020 on Hum TV. Sabaat aired weekly on Sundays.[2] [3] The series received high viewership ratings and was critically acclaimed. At the 20th Lux Style Awards, the series received five nominations.

Plot

Miraal is an arrogant young woman belonging to the elite class who is controlling and egoistic in nature. In short, she is a narcissistic person. Her father, Seth Fareed is a wealthy businessman who supports her even in her negative thinking while her mother and grandmother try to make her understand the values of life and that everything in this world is mortal. She always misbehaves with her grandmother when she advises her that her beauty and intelligence would fade one day. Her younger brother, Hassan Fareed is somehow influenced by her and is studying engineering. Anaya Aziz is an ambitious, strong-headed, women's-rights activist studying at the same university as Hassan. She and Hassan clash when she defeats him in an engineering model competition. Hassan insults her in response. She taunts Hassan about him being dependent on his father for everything while he himself hasn't achieved anything by himself. Hassan is deeply influenced by her words and starts to make money through online jobs and starts to take public transport.

He starts liking Anaya because of her differentiated and independent thinking. Miraal seeing a change in Hasan and not being able to control him anymore finds out about Anaya and their dispute and her brother's newly found love for her. She reaches the university and openly insults Anaya to which Anaya calmly responds and Miraal slaps her in anger. This news reaches Hassan and he confronts Miraal. Their grandmother dies and Miraal begins to feel disturbed. Hassan helps Anaya in taking down a guy who was blackmailing her friend and in response gets shot. He is recovered and proposes Anaya which she accepts. He sends his parents to her house where his father (who supports Miraal that Hasan should not marry Anaya as she comes from middle-class background) humiliates her parents while his mother apologizes to them for misbehavior. Anaya for her parents' respect then rejects Hassan's proposal but then finally gives in after his persuasion. They get married but Miraal does not attend the ceremony. She also burns Anaya and Hassan's room on their wedding night and tries to take revenge by marrying on the same day but her fiancé Ali flees on the wedding day. Their Walima is also cancelled due to Miraal and Fareed Sahab threats. Anaya also joins company whereas Fareed Sahab makes Miraal Ceo of the company. Miraal degrades Anaya. She remains calm and collected despite Miraals behavior while Hassan attempts to make his father understand about Miraal's doings. Miraal's senses become overshadowed by her grandmother's words and she began to see psychiatrist Dr. Haris who falls in love with her. When Miraal slaps Anaya in front of employees, Anaya feels humiliated and leaves office and goes to her parents' house. Hasan, upon learning of this, decides to leave the house while his father still supports Miraal.

They get home on rent and Anaya and Hassan starts finding jobs for making money. Anaya gets a job. But unfortunately, the supreme court said that no construction takes place in the country for six months. This news makes Anaya and Hassan upset about jobs. Dr. Haris proposes to Miraal. Then Miraal talks to her parents who agreed about Miraal's decision. They marry. Hassan gets a job through his friend Atif in Yasir Qureshi's office where he is mistreated and humiliated on a daily basis whereas Anaya gets promoted in her office. Hassan’s friend Atif starts to create doubts in his mind about Anaya upon Miraal's request. Hassan starts to believe that Anaya has an affair with her boss, and confronts her on the day Anaya goes to the doctor to realise that she is expecting a child. She realizes Hassan’s doubtful nature and does not reply to his accusation and does not even tell him about her pregnancy. Hassan returns to his parents' house. After some time, Anaya's father dies which breaks her completely. The money her dad has saved also gets wasted by frauds. Anaya gets a leave from her office and bakes cakes for her living. She has a baby boy and names him Ibrahim Aziz, her father's name. On the other hand, Miraal finds out his husband is still continuing his job, which infuriates her and she leaves her home and threatens her husband that she will get a divorce. Ali returns and realizes he can't live without Miraal so he apologises and starts to create space in Miraal’s heart for him. Miraal decides to take divorce from Haris while Haris does not want to take divorce. Then Anaya resumes her office and on the first day of her office, she learns that her new boss is Yasir Qureshi. When Atif tells Hassan that Anaya is working under Yasir Qureshi, Hassan decides to take divorce from Anaya. Yasir Qureshi orders Anaya to go on a trip to Islamabad and when she goes there, Yasir comes to her room in the night and gives her promotion letter but in the morning she resigns from the job and throws the promotion letter on Yasir's face. On the same day Miraal goes through an accident and due to the accident her spinal cord gets injured and is paralyzed but Dr. Haris takes care of her. She realizes her mistakes and confesses everything to Hassan, what she had done to Anaya in the past. Hassan feels ashamed and goes to Anaya's home to seek forgiveness but Anaya doesn't forgive him. Then Miraal goes to Anaya's home to seek forgiveness and asks her to forgive Hassan too. Anaya forgives Hassan. Anaya's mother adopts a boy named Muhammad Ali as she was alone. Haris takes care of Miraal but she is still guilty of what she has done to Haris in the past but Haris forgives her and then Anaya and Hassan and Miraal and Haris live happily ever after.

Cast

Soundtrack

Sabaat
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Ali Sethi
Recorded:2020
Genre:Television soundtrack
Length:4:48
Language:Urdu
Label:Hum TV

The OST is composed by Naveed Nashad on lyrics of Kashif Anwar and sung by Ali Sethi.[8]

Production

The production location of the series was Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. It marked Khan's second portrayal of antagonist after Alvida.

Reception

Episode ranking (TRPs)

Sabaat episode rankings in the PAK television market
Ep #Airng dateTRPrankref.
129 March 20209.7
  1. 1
[9]
25 April 20207.5
  1. 1
[10]
312 April 2029.1
  1. 1
[11]
107 June 20205.1
  1. 1
[12]
1114 June 20205.1
  1. 1
[13]
1221 June 20205.6
  1. 1
[14]
1328 June 20205.7
  1. 1
[15]
145 July 20205.6
  1. 1
[16]
1512 July 20204.4
  1. 1
[17]
1725 July 20204.8
  1. 1
[18]
2023 August 20204.1
  1. 1
[19]
216 September 20204.2
  1. 1
[20]
2213 September 20205.0
  1. 1
[21]
254 October 20204.8
  1. 1
[22]
2611 October 20207.0
  1. 1
[23]
2718 October 20208.1
  1. 1
[24]
2825 October 20206.0
  1. 1
[25]

Critical reception

Sabaat received positive reviews from critics with its release and was praised for its script and the performances of the cast especially of Khan (who usually plays weeping characters) and Gillani (being a newcomer).[26] [27] [28] [29] The writer's fine take on multiple themes such as Classism, women portrayal and mental health was lauded by critics.[30] [31] [32]

Awards and nominations

Date of ceremonyAwardCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)Result
October 9, 2021Lux Style AwardsBest TV PlayMomina Duraid[33]
Best Female Actor - CriticsMawra Hocane
Best Female Actor – Viewer’s Choice
Best Emerging Talent in TVAmeer Gilani
Best Original SoundtrackAli Sethi
November 5, 2021Pakistan International Screen AwardsBest TV SerialMomina Duraid[34] [35]
Best Television DirectorShahzad Kashmiri
Best Television Actor - PopularAmeer Gillani
Best Television Actress - PopularSarah Khan
Best Television Actress - PopularMawra Hocane
Best WriterKashif Anwar
Best Original SoundtrackAli Sethi and Naved Nashad

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Usman Mukhtar on his next play, Sabaat, alongside Sarah Khan. Shabbir. Buraq. www.thenews.com.pk. en. 2020-03-07. 19 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190819154052/https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/513150-usman-mukhtar-on-his-next-play-sabaat-alongside-sarah-khan. live.
  3. Web site: TV's new favourites Instep thenews.com.pk. www.thenews.com.pk. en. 2020-03-07. 7 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200307124225/https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/590423-tvs-ne-favourites. live.
  4. Web site: The gen-next of Pakistani drama industry is here!. gulfnews.com. en. 2020-03-07. 7 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200307060754/https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/the-gen-next-of-pakistani-drama-industry-is-here-1.1582814303715. live.
  5. Web site: The Rising face of Pakistani drama industry is here!. showbizpakistan.pk. en. 2020-03-07. 4 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210904103521/https://showbizpakistan.pk/meiraj-haq-the-rising-face-of-tv-industry/?amp. live.
  6. Web site: The accidental actor with a golden voice. The News. 30 August 2020. 29 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220429205122/https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/707046-the-accidental-actor-with-a-golden-voice. live.
  7. Web site: The amazing Abbas Ashraf Awan. March 1, 2024. March 4, 2024. The News International. Asif Khan.
  8. Web site: OST of upcoming drama 'Sabaat' is all over the Internet. Daily Times. March 16, 2021. March 17, 2020. 15 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715235232/https://dailytimes.com.pk/577487/ost-of-upcoming-drama-sabaat-is-all-over-the-internet/. live.
  9. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 1 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  10. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 2 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  11. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 3 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  12. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 10 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  13. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 11 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  14. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 12 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  15. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 13 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  16. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 14 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  17. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 15 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  18. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 17 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  19. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 20 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  20. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 21 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  21. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 22 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  22. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 25 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  23. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 26 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  24. Web site: Sabaat - Episode 27 Rating. instagram. February 5, 2021.
  25. Web site:
    1. Sabaat #Tarap Ending on high note
    . facebook. October 31, 2020. March 7, 2021. 15 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715235219/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F27984799990%2Fposts%2F10151348707564991%2F%3Fapp%3Dfbl. live.
  26. Web site: ‘Sabaat’ makes an interesting start!. 4 April 2020. Uziar Majeed. 30 April 2022. 29 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220429203512/https://dailytimes.com.pk/588945/sabaat-makes-an-interesting-start/. live.
  27. Web site: What we want to see more of on television in 2021. 11 January 2021. Images by Dawn. Sadaf Haider. 29 April 2022. 24 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220524030609/https://images.dawn.com/news/1186294. live.
  28. Web site: Women with a mean streak. Omair Alavi. 25 October 2020. The News. 29 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220429203510/https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/734132-women-with-a-mean-streak. live.
  29. Web site: Sabaat Episode 7: Mawra Hocane and Ameer Gilani’s Chemistry Works. masala. 11 May 2020. 29 April 2022. 15 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230715235215/https://www.masala.com/tv-reviews/sabaat-episode-7-mawra-hocane-and-ameer-gilanis-chemistry-works-325002. live.
  30. Web site: Sabaat & the 5 relevant themes that the TV drama lands with finesse. Afreen Seher. Something Haute. 5 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220105040544/https://www.somethinghaute.com/5-relevant-themes-sabaat-lands-with-finesse/. live.
  31. Web site: How Pakistani dramas are now openly addressing mental health issues. 14 June 2020. Buraq Shabbir. 5 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220205121410/https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/671663-how-pakistani-dramas-are-now-openly-addressing-mental-health-issues. live.
  32. Web site: ‘Sabaat’ shows that not everything is meant to stay. Daily Times. November 8, 2020. Haneen Moosa. 18 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210918075840/https://dailytimes.com.pk/686731/sabaat-shows-that-not-everything-is-meant-to-stay/. live.
  33. Web site: Lux Style Awards announces nominations for its 20th edition. Dawn Images. 26 August 2021. 30 April 2022. 4 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704120807/https://images.dawn.com/news/1188259. live.
  34. Web site: 2021-11-07 . PISA 2021: Check out the list of winners here . The News . en . 28 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220428165826/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/906809-pisa-2021-check-out-the-list-of-winners-here . live .
  35. Web site: 2021-09-06 . PISA 2021 announces nominations in 24 categories . The Express Tribune . en . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318214437/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2318846/pisa-2021-announces-nominations-in-24-categories . live .