Pyarey Afzal
- Hamza Ali Abbasi
- Ayeza Khan
- Sana Javed
- Sohai Ali Abro
- (For entire cast see below)
Sung by Waqar Ali
12 August 2014 (2014-08-12)
Pyarey Afzal or Pyaare Afzal (Urdu: پیارے افضل) ( English: Dear Afzal) is a 2013 Pakistani romantic melodrama television serial that aired on ARY Digital. Directed by Nadeem Baig and written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar, the drama was produced by Humayun Saeed and Shazad Nasib's Six Sigma Entertainment. The drama starred Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayeza Khan in lead roles.
Often cited as one of the greatest Pakistani dramas of all time, Pyarey Afzal won many people's choice awards from Dawn readers in 2014. At the annual Lux Style Awards, Pyarey Afzal won five awards from seven nominations, including Best TV Play, Best Director for Baig, Best Actor for Abbasi and Best Actress for Khan.[1] Pyaray Afzal also aired in India on Zindagi Channel under the same name. The Express Tribune stated Indian viewers liked "The script, dialogue delivery, background score and overall finesse".[2]
Plot
The story starts in the city of Hyderabad where the protagonist Afzal Subhan (Hamza Ali Abbasi), son of Maulvi Subhanallah (Firdous Jamal) is playing cricket. Afzal spends his time playing sports, cards and betting which his father despises. He has a crush on Farah Ibrahim (Ayeza Khan), the mill owner's daughter, and claims to receive letters from Farah which he reads in front of his friends, although he refuses to disclose the name of the girl. Farah on the other hand is to marry Mahtab (Umer Naru), a family friend whom she does not want to marry. Farah, along with her sister Lubna (Sana Javed) hires Afzal to be Farah's love interest so that she can convince her parents that she loves another person, which they succeed in doing so. Meanwhile, Afzal falls in love with Farah, and his sister (Anoushay Abbasi) convinces his parents to take marriage proposal to Farah's parents. In the family meeting, Farah humiliates and insults Afzal. Heartbroken Afzal leaves Hyderabad for Karachi vowing to never return.
Afzal arrives in Karachi and lives with Babu Hameed (Alie Sheikh) in a rented room. The house is owned by a landlady and her daughter Yasmeen (Sohai Ali Abro). Afzal witnesses an incident in which Wali, Yasmeen's gangster cousin harasses her to marry him. Afzal fights Wali who vows to take revenge and returns after a few days with his men and shoots Afzal. Yasmeen is moved by what Afzal has done for her and falls in love with him. Wali taking advantage of Afzal's absence comes to Yasmeen's house again. Babu Hameed attempts to shoot Wali but gets shot instead. Afzal receives the news of Babu Hameed's death and decides to take revenge. Afzal's parents came to Karachi in order to meet him but he runs away before they met him. Undercover Police gets interested in Afzal and decides to hire him as a vigilante and pays him to create a gang for target killing the criminals. Their first target was Wali and he was assassinated.
Afzal becomes infamous gangster and nobody knows that he actually works for the undercover police. Meanwhile, Farah's psychologist Sibtain proposes to Farah who agrees reluctantly. When Afzal is informed, he also decides to get engaged with Yasmeen on the same day as Farah's engagement. Farah's engagement is cancelled when Maulvi Subhanullah has a heart attack. When Afzal hears about his father's heart attack he returns to Hyderabad with Yasmeen. Afzal's parents are initially reluctant to accept him but Yasmeen successfully resolves his issues with his parents. Afzal receives a call from the undercover Police to resume his target killing but he informs them that he no longer wants to be their target killer. Yasmeen is curious about the Farah who writes letters to Afzal. Afzal, unable to express his feelings to Farah had written letters from Farah to himself. Yasmeen goes to Farah and confronts her. She realizes that Farah is also in love with Afzal. She breaks her engagement with Afzal and decides to go back. Farah calls Afzal and admits that she loves him. The police shoots Afzal while they are having this conversation because he had left the undercover police and they had warned him a long time ago that he can not leave his post. As Farah confesses to loving him, Afzal succumbs to his bullet wounds and the drama ends.
Cast
Main
- Hamza Ali Abbasi as Afzal Sub'han Allah
- Ayeza Khan as Farah Ibrahim
- Sana Javed as Lubna Ibrahim
- Sohai Ali Abro as Yasmeen
Recurring
- Saba Hameed as Ruqaiyya Sub'han Allah
- Firdous Jamal as Maulvi Subhan Allah
- Aliee Shaikh as Babu Hameed
- Anoushey Abbasi as Arfa Subhan Allah
- Saba Faisal as Irsa Ibrahim
- Shehryar Zaidi as Sheikh Ibrahim
- Farah Nadeem as Yasmeen's mother
- Vasay Chaudhry as Dr. Sibtain
- Umer Naru as Mehtab
- Birjees Farooqui as Mehtab's mother
- Malik Raza as Wali
- Saqib Sameer as Babloo
Soundtrack
"Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" | |
---|---|
Song by Waqar Ali | |
Language | Urdu |
Genre | Theme song |
Length | 3:16 |
Producer(s) | Six Sigma Entertainment |
The title song of the series "Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" is a remix of a song of the same name of the 1967 Bollywood film Pyaasa.[3]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" | Waqar Ali | 3:16 |
Reception
Critical reception
While reviewing the series, Dawn praised the female portrayal and dialogues, but mentioned some writing faux.[4]
In July 2017, it was listed among the 10 iconic Pakistani TV dramas by DAWN Images.[5]
Accolades
Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lux Style Awards | Best Television Play | Won | [6] | |
Best Television Director | Nadeem Baig | Won | ||
Best Television Actor | Hamza Ali Abbasi | Won | ||
Firdous Jamal | Nominated | |||
Best Television Actress | Ayeza Khan | Won | ||
Saba Hameed | Nominated | |||
Best Television Writer | Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar | Won |
References
- ^ "2014 Drama Poll results: 'Pyaray Afzal' dominates Pakistani television". Dawn.com. Sadaf Haider & Sadaf Siddiqui. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ India is in love with Pyaare Afzal
- ^ "Last episode of 'Pyare Afzal' in cinema tonight". Business Recorder. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022.
- ^ Ali Abdurab (25 August 2014). "What 'Pyaray Afzal' did right".
- ^ Sadfa Haider (28 March 2020). "10 iconic Pakistani TV dramas you should binge-watch this weekend". Dawn Images. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Winners of the 14th Lux Style Awards 2015". DesiBlitz. Aisha Farooq. October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
- Pyarey Afzal at IMDb
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