Gumn

Gumn
Original title	گُم
Screenplay by	Hamza Kazi
Story by	Tooba Siddiqui
Directed by	Sarmad Khoosat
Starring	Tooba Siddiqui Feroz Kadri
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Maria Wasti
Producers	Tooba Siddiqui Erum binte Shahid
Production locations	Karachi, Pakistan
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	35 minutes
Original release
Network	Green Entertainment
Release	16 October (2023-10-16) – 28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)

Gumn is a 2023 Pakistani television series directed by Sarmad Khoosat, and written by Tooba Siddiqui who co-produced it, and played the lead role with Feroz Kadri as well. Maria Wasti was the executive producer of the series. It originally aired on Green Entertainment from 16 October to 28 November 2023.

Plot

In new year's eve, Maya shocks on revealing his yet-to-be fiancé Kabeer's affair. She decides to jump from the building but a guy comes there by chance and refrains her to do so. After the incident, she decides to break her relationship with Kabeer but he convinces her that it was just a misunderstanding. She accepts her proposal and they both get married. They leave for London, where Maya comes to know about his coquette nature. She divorces him and comes back to Pakistan pursuing her career as a lawyer.

Rayaan is in the last year of his medical college. He lives with her younger sister Hania and soon to be retired father. In a smoothly going life, Hania is assaulted and Rayaan sets out to avenge her. Rayaan files a case against the preparators and gets evidences with the help of a journalist Salman Saeed. One of the preparator was the son of an influential politician Shakir Hussain, who torcheres him to bring the case back but he didn't. He then puts him in the jail. Shakir's lawyer friend Ahson Malik interfers in the situation and tries to solve the tension. He agress Rayaan's father to sign on papers about Hania's death as an accident and releases Rayaan from the jail in return. On releasing, he gets even more furious, admits his father to an old home for his safety and sets out to take avenge by his own way. He burns one of the preparator alive and kills two as well while Shakir's son Hamid fless out to America.

Maya starts practicing law with her father Ahson Malik who gets shot one day by some unknown people in the broad daylight. After several years of experience as a lawyer, Maya Malik now ranks among the well-known lawyers like her father especially after winning a high-profile case of harassment. On the day of his winning, she meets with an accident and the guy on the other side gets injured badly, and goes into coma while treating in hospital. On recovering from coma, he loses his memory. A man comes to him, tries to harm him and was actually hired to snatch something from him. Maya comes to know about it and her friend Shahid stays with him to take care of him. After his complete recovery, Shahid takes him to NADRA office for his identification where they come to know that all of his family members have died. Maya brings her to the firm and provides him with a place to live. He starts living in the firm and gets attached to Maya who also develops feelings for him. The man who had attacked him in the hospital hires some goons to attack him while Maya was with him. He beats the goons angrily when one of them tries to touch her. After the incident, Maya's elder sister Sara invites Rayaan to their house for a dinner and notices his inclination towards her sister.

Shahid starts the investigations on his side where he comes to know that Rayaan's father is actually alive and the accident that happened with his sister. He observes him and keeps an eye on him all the time.

With the help of Maya's assistant Ali, Rayaan goes to his accident site where he regains his memory. He remembers that how Salman was killed while giving him the evidence and he himself escaped from the killer and met with the accident. He goes to his father in the old home and ensures to take him with him. He informs Maya about her memory regaining who glows when comes to know that he is not committed but gets sad when he tells that he likes someone for years. He further gives him the evidence that Salman has given him by which she comes to know that her father was murdered by Shakir Hussian. Her shock even rises when she knows that Shahid had already known it. On her next encounter with Rayaan when she bursts her inner feelings about her father's murder, she learns that Rayaan is the same person who saved her to do suicide years ago.

Shahid notices that the person who had attacked Rayaan is chasing him for days. He arrests him and tortures him to know the truth. He tells everything to him that he works for Shakir and is in search of the evidence that are against Shakir's son. Shahid then learns everything that Rayaan has killed the three preparators and now he will kill Hamid as well.

While looking for Rayaan, Maya goes to his house where she finds the photographs of her father and the preparators with a cross marked over them. It frightens her and then Rayaan reaches there. She comes to know that he has murdered three preparators. He tells her that her father whom she considers as the egalitarian was responsible that he couldn't provide justice to her sister after which he decided to kill them. Shahid calls Maya to be alert from Rayaan but it becomes too late. Rayaan goes away to kill Hamid by locking Maya in his house. He goes to Hamid's farmhouse where he is alone and is just about to kill him but Maya reaches there. She requests her to leave him and ensures him that she will provide him justice legally. He agress over her and gets shot by Hamid there. He dies on the way to the hospital and confronts his love for her. Shahid also reaches there with the police who arrests Hamid. Maya legally persuades the case of her father's murder and the police also gets other evidences after which Shakir is arrested. Maya walks through the court thinking that justice has served.

Cast

• Tooba Siddiqui as Maya Malik
• Feroz Kadri as Rayaan Sohail ^[1]
• Furqan Qureshi as Shahid
• Behroze Sabzwari as Ahson Malik
• Zara Tareen as Sara Malik
• Fawad Jalal as Taimur
• Srha Asghar as Hania Sohail
• Syed Mohammad Ahmed as Sohail Baig
• Agha Mustafa Hassan as Sameer
• Ali Abbas as Kabeer
• Usman Peerzada as Shakir Hussain
• Nazli Nasr as Mrs. Shakir
• Fawad Khan as Salman Saeed
• Daniyal Khan as Ali
• Kashif Hussain as Mehmood
• Shuja Asad as Imad
• Sudhir Vaswani as Hameed, Shakir Hussain's son
• Fawad Khan as Salman Saeed
• Sabeena Syed as Aliya
• Sarmad Khoosat as lawyer (Episode 1)
• Arisha Razi as Ayeza (Episode 9)

Production

In April 2021, it revealed that Tooba Siddiqui will star in the series Gumn that she has written in her debut writing and will co-produce as well in her debut as a producer while Sarmad Khoosat will direct the series. ^[2] The other cast members were also revealed. ^[3] It marked Khoosat's return to television as a director since he directed Aakhri Station in 2017. ^[1]

Reception

Critical reception

Alongside its genre, a reviewer from Dawn Images praised its non-linear format, portrayal of life after divorce and shattering of several stereotypes. ^[4] Youlin Magazine praised the plotline of the series and the performances of Siddiqui and Kadri. ^[5]

References

1. "Sarmad Khoosat returns with his latest drama serial". Bol News. 6 October 2023.
2. Irfan ul Haq (21 April 2021). "Model Tooba Siddiqui makes her writing debut with thriller drama Ghum". images.dawn.com.
3. "Furqan Qureshi stars in play with Tooba Siddiqui". The Nation. 7 May 2021.
4. Qurat ul ain Siddiqui (7 December 2023). "Five refreshing things about drama Gumn that we wish weren't so rare". images.dawn.com.
5. Hurmat Majid (7 November 2023). "Drama Review: Gumn". Youlin Magazine . Retrieved 26 December 2023.