Akbari Asghari

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Akbari Asghari
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Also known asAaja Sajna Miliye Jhuliye
Genre Romantic comedy
Created bySix sigma Presentation
Written byFaiza Iftikhar
Directed by Haissam Hussain
Starring Sanam Baloch
Humaima Malick
Imran Abbas
Fawad Khan
Opening themeby Athar Sani
Country of originPakistan
Original languagesUrdu, Punjabi, English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes25
Production
ProducerSamina Humayun Saeed
Production locations Pakistan, Turkey
Running time40-42 minutes
Original release
Network Hum TV
Release28 May (2011-05-28) 
10 November 2011 (2011-11-10)

Akbari Asghari is a 2011 Pakistani comedy-drama television series loosely based on Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi's Mirat-ul-Uroos . A modern-day comical adaptation of the novella, the series was written by Faiza Iftikhar and directed by Haissam Hussain. Sanam Baloch and Humaima Malik played the titular Akbari and Asghari respectively with Imran Abbas and Fawad Khan as the male leads. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

The story is of two sisters, Akbari and Asghari, who have spent their whole lives abroad. Now their cab driver father, Hatim, wants them to marry his nephews Akbar and Asghar. Akbari is a pretentious girl who wants to impress her parents but does whatever she wishes. On the other hand, Asghari is not a hypocrite, and she does everything publicly.

Akbari is interested in a Christian boy, Roger. When Hatim and Kulsoom ask the sisters to marry Akbar and Asghar, Asghari blatantly refuses, whereas Akbari agrees to be in the good books of her parents. When Hatim goes shopping for the marriage, Akbari plans to escape from the house. She leaves and goes to Roger's house, where she finds him with a girl. He tells her that the girl is his wife. Akbari is shocked. Kulsoom succeeds in finding her and brings her back.

After this incident Akbari agrees to marry Akbar. But in the village, Akbar does not agree to marry Akbari, as he wants a religious wife and thinks his cousins are ultra-modern.

Hatim and Kulsoom bring Akbari to Pakistan. When they see Akbar, they are worried because Akbar is very religious. When Akbar tells Asghar that he does not want to marry Akbari, Asghar says that instead of Akbar, he will marry Akbari. Asghar only wants to marry Akbari for money, as Hatim has told everyone in Pakistan that he owns much wealth.

Hatim and Kulsoom are pleased when Shaheen and Luqman tell them about Akbari and Asghar's marriage. Asghar's cousin and girlfriend, Shabbo, is angry with him. He lies to her that Akbari has promised to refuse to marry at the time of Nikkah. On the eve of dholki, Asghari had to come and attend the wedding. Luqman sends Akbar to bring Asghari from the station. Asghari comes home. On the wedding day, Asghari starts dancing with the dancer, which upsets the whole family. Shabbo becomes very upset.

After the marriage, Hatim has a heart attack, so his father tells him to take Akbar to America so that he can take care of Hatim and his business. Akbar goes there, and it is revealed to him that the family is poor, and they pretend that they are rich. In America, Akbar also slowly befriends Asghari but is upset when he sees her with her friend Raj, a Hindu Indian whom he mistakes for her boyfriend.

On returning to Pakistan, he tells his peer (religious figure) about the relationship between Asghari and Raj. Peer convinces him that to save Asghari from marrying a non-Muslim, he must marry her instead. Though slightly sceptical, Akbar later agrees.

On the other hand, Akbari is adjusting very badly in her new home. She is rude to her mother-in-law but convinces all the other family members that she is the victim and gains their sympathy. She also shows no interest in Asghar and ignores his advances. The furious Shabbo vows to revenge Asghar for betraying her and tries to take every opportunity possible to make it look like he is cheating on Akbari with her.

Akbari also convinces Asghari that she is being ill-treated in Pakistan, so she will convince her parents to force Asghar to divorce her. Asghari, who sees Shabbo and Asghar together, is convinced he is cheating on Akbari as well though Akbari remains oblivious to the matter. On receiving the proposal from Akbar, Asghari sees it as an opportunity to be closer to her sister and grant her justice and thus agrees, much to the surprise of her family.

Akbar and Asghari are married in Pakistan, but their demeanour towards each other remains somewhat cold, each prejudiced against the other. However, they soon grow to like each other though both refuse to acknowledge or show it. Meanwhile, Akbar's peer turns out to be a fraud, and despite the many hints he receives from people he knows, Akbar refuses to hear a word against him.

To show Akbar the truth, Asghari goes to the peer with a problem, and on seeing her beauty, he calls her to meet him at night. Meanwhile, Akbari discovers about Asghar and Shabbo, and despite her pretence that Asghar means nothing to her, she is deeply hurt. Asghar, too, is in a fix when Shabbo blackmails him into meeting her again and again, even though he has fallen for his wife. At last, when Shabbo calls him to meet her on the roof, Asghar is saved by his mother, who warns Shabbo to leave her son alone unless she wants the whole family to know about her true colours.

Asghar goes and apologizes to Akbari and confesses his love for her, and she too tells him she loves him and goes and thanks and apologizes to her mother-in-law. Akbar saves Asghari as the peer tries to harass her when she goes there alone at night. Akbar finally realizes the truth about the fraud and confesses to Asghari that he loves her, to which she admits she reciprocates.

Cast

Main Cast
ActorRoleDescription
Sanam Baloch Akbari a.k.a. BeckyThe elder daughter of Hatim and Kim and wife of Asghar
Humaima Malik Asghari a.k.a. SarahThe younger daughter of Hatim and Kim and wife of Akbar
Imran Abbas Akbar ChoudhryThe elder son of Shaheen and Luqmaan and husband of Asghari
Fawad Khan Asghar ChoudhryThe younger son of Shaheen and Luqmaan and husband of Akbari
Asma Abbas Kulsoom a.k.a. KimMother of Akbari and Asghari. Wife of Hatim
Rehan Sheikh Hatim ChoudhryFather of Akbari and Asghari, Husband of Kim
Nargis Rasheed ShaheenMother of Akbar and Asghar, Wife of Luqmaan
Ashraf KhanLuqmaan ChoudhryFather of Akbar and Asghar, Husband of Shaheen
Nasreen QureshiKaneez Fathima a.k.a. Bay JiSister of KFC
Humaira Ali BatoolSister of Hatim and Luqmaan, Mother of Shabbo from Sialkot
Ali EjazKarim Fazal Choudhry a.k.a. KFCThe patriarch. Father of Hatim, Luqmaan and Batool.
Kiran Haq Shabana a.k.a. ShabboDaughter of Batool; cousin of Akbari, Asghari, Akbar and Asghar
Nayyar Ejaz Peer O MurshidFraud Peer of village and Murshid of Akbar Choudhry
Anita CampherSushmita a.k.a. SushKim's friend
Musa KayaRogerAkbari's Lover. Gets Break-up
Tipu Sharif Raj MalhotraSush's son and friend of Saarah
Tulin MutluRoger's wife

Production

According to Iftikhar, she was unsatisfied with the idealization of quiet, uneducated women and the villainization of educated, outspoken women in Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi's Mirat-ul-Uroos . She argued that Akbari's imperfections don't make her characterless, and advocates for equal rights and respect for women regardless of their abilities. [4]

Release

Broadcast

Digital release

References

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  3. Sadaf Haider (12 May 2020). "The funniest Pakistani shows you should watch to beat lockdown blues". DAWN Images. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. Sheeba. "An interview with the talented Faiza Iftekhar". Drama Pakistani.Net. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.