Rahain

Rahain
Title screen
Based on	Mansha Yaad by Taawan Taawan Tara [1]
Written by	Mansha Yaad
Directed by	Tariq Jameel
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original languages	Urdu Punjabi
No. of episodes	17
Original release
Network	Pakistan Television Corporation
Release	1998 (1998) – 1998 (1998)

Rahain is a Pakistani television series based on Mansha Yaad's Punjabi novel Taawan Taawan Tara. ^[2] It was broadcast in 1998 from Pakistan Television Corporation's Lahore center. It depicts the various issues of urban and rural life such as illiteracy, injustice and intrafamily conflicts spread over generations. ^[3]

Synopsis

The series deals with evils of rural and urban life such as cultural conflicts, injustice, illiteracy and lack of education, conflicts within families that transcend generations, legal wranglings and several other social evils. ^[1] The plot features characters including a kabaddi player who loses his leg during a match, a girl whose life gets ruined after leaving home, a young man who goes to city to get education and a man who loves a girl but commits criminal acts later. ^[4]

Cast

• Tauqeer Nasir as Jura Bhatti
• Saleem Sheikh as Khalid
• Habib as Wakeel Sahib
• Ghayyur Akhtar as Chaudhary Akbar
• Riaz Mahmood as Hakeem
• Sumaira Yousaf as Farah
• Naima Khan as Aapa
• Naseem Vicky as Falak Sher
• Masood Akhtar as Malik Murad Ali
• Bushra Chaudhary as Farzana
• Sarfraz Rana as Sarwar
• Sakhawat Naz as Mirasi
• Tasneem Haiderani as Waris
• Salma Khan as Satto Kumhari
• Aslam Shaheen as Ditta Marasi
• Dildar as Thanedar
• Farooq Asghar as Mooda
• Abdul Rasheed as Mian Abdul
• Munir Narang as Gamu
• Najma Hameed as Khalid's Mother
• Farzeen as Nujee
• Jazba Sultan as Fatima
• Saima Saleem as Taaji
• Akhtar Shad as Karam Deen Kumhar
• Asif Iqbal as Jeeru
• Hina as Rizwana
• Bushra Chaudhary as Farzana
• Anjum Ahmed as Daari
• Mudassar Qadeer as Sain Yunus

References

1. Dr Amjad Parvez (7 May 2020). "Mansha Yaad — remembering a popular playwright and writer". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
2. "Obituary: Great storyteller Mansha Yaad passes away". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 16 October 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
3. "پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے یادگار ڈرامے". Dawn News.TV. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
4. "Looking back at Pakistani drama industry". The Nation. 26 March 2016.

External links

• Rahain at IMDb