Baraat Series

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Baraat Series
Genre
Written by Syed Mohammad Ahmed
Khadija Shah
Vasay Chaudhry
Bushra Ansari
Directed by Marina Khan
Nadeem Baig
Creative directorTahir Nadeem
Starring
Country of originPakistan
Original languagesUrdu
Punjabi
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes46
Production
Executive producer
ProducerSajjad A Gul
Production locations
EditorKhurram.A.Siddiqui
Running time40–43 minutes (per episode)
Production company
  • Evernew Productions
Original release
Network Geo Entertainment
Release2009 (2009) 
2012 (2012)

Kis Ki Aayegi Baraat or Baraat Series is a Pakistani comedy television series developed by Marina Khan and Nadeem Baig for Geo Entertainment. Loosely based on Desi weddings, each season follows the story of four upper-class Karachiites marrying into a rich yet contrasting family from Faisalabad as they navigate through personal Sturm und Drang.

Contents

The show kick-started with Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat on 30 November 2009, followed by Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat in 2010, Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat in 2011, and concluding with Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat in 2012. [1]

Indian channel Zindagi picked the production for airing it under the same name in 2015. [2] [3]

Cast and characters

Despite the addition of some new characters in every new season, some of the actors along with characters appeared in all seasons of the series, which include:

Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat

Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat

Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat

Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat

Development and production

After the success of Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat , Evernew Productions produced its sequel Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat . This time Vasay Chaudhry was the co-writer with Bushra Ansari. It was the first time that Vasay had written a script for any series. The character of Sila was replaced by Ayesha Omar in this series. [4]

In August 2018, news came out that Bushra Ansari had offered to write the script of the next season of the series. [5] [6]

Spinoff

Mrs. Chaudhary Ka Tarka

In Ramadan 2021, the channel launched a cooking show featuring the character of Saima Chaudhry as a host, inviting the characters from the series as guests in each episode. The show was produced by Humayun Saeed, Hassaan Azhar, and Shehzad Nasib and was directed b"y Nadeem Baig. The executive producers of the show are Nadeem Baig and Irfan Malik. It was aired in the afternoon having 20-minute episodes. [7]

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