Maan (Pakistani TV series)

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Maan
Official title screen of Maan.jpg
Genre Family drama
Serial drama
Romance
Written bySyed Shehla Shakoor
Directed byAmin Iqbal
Starring Mikaal Zulfiqar
Kiran Haq
Maha Warsi
Seemi Raheel
Opening theme"Tu Mera Maan Hai Jahan Mera" by
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
ComposersRaheel Fayaz
MAD Music
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of episodes29
Production
Producers Abdullah Kadwani
Asad Qureshi
Mikaal Zulfiqar
Hira Anwar (Hum TV) [1]
Production locations Karachi, Sindh
Lahore, Punjab
CinematographyAsif Yaseen
EditorsAhmad Ansari
Muzafar Ahmed
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time35–45 minutes
Production company 7th Sky Productions
Original release
Network Hum TV
Release19 October 2015 (2015-10-19) 
6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
Related

Maan (Urdu : مان ; lit. Proud) is a Pakistani family drama series that premiered on Hum TV on 19 October 2015, airing a weekly episode on Mondays. [2] Due to drama serial Mann Mayal, Maan is airing on Fridays instead of Mondays from 29 January 2016. It is directed by Amin Iqbal and written by Shehla Shakoor. This drama serial is produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi of 7th Sky Productions [2] and Meekal Zulfiqar who also served as the head of the project and Hira Anwar of Hum TV. [3]

Contents

Meekal Zulfiqar and Kiran Haq star as parents of two girls and the younger girl has a heart problem. They are facing financial problems and don't have enough money to do the surgery of their younger girl, which lead their family to destruction. Maha Warsi portrays a villainous role while Seemi Raheel stars as a mother of Zulfiqar and Saleem Sheikh as his brother.

Premise

'Maan' revolves around the story of a married couple, Imaan (Mikaal Zulfiqar) and Wafa (Kiran Haq). They have two daughters and are living happy lives, but they become difficult when their younger daughter is diagnosed with heart disease and they don't have enough money to pay 6,000,000 rupees for her treatment. In this condition, Imaan is forced to join a job of Maya (Maha Warsi), his first love. Maya asks Imaan for his hand in marriage and he accepts on the condition that she will pay for his younger daughter, Hania's treatment. His life changes as he has two wives and is left in a tiff as he has to care for both. His wife eventually finds out of his betrayal and stops talking to him. He tries his best to explain but she is not ready to listen. [4] Meanwhile, their younger daughter dies in a stress of revising her father who swore he would return home but due to a meeting, he was unable to. During her funeral, Maya and Imaan go to the house to see Hania. Waafa, in a rage of anger yells at them that Hania's death was all caused by Imaan. She explains that her daughter waited and waited but his father didn't come. After getting told to leave by his mum, Imaan and Maya return to the house unhappily. Maya plans to go on holiday to make Imaan happy but he is sad and guilty of the words of Waafa.

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