Rahain

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Rahain
Based on Mansha Yaad
by Taawan Taawan Tara [1]
Written byMansha Yaad
Directed byTariq Jameel
Country of originPakistan
Original languages
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi
No. of episodes17
Original release
Network Pakistan Television Corporation
Release1998 (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]

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Synopsis

The series delas with evils of rural and urban life such as cultural conflicts, injustice, illiteracy and lack of education, conflicts within families that span over generation to generation, lawful aspects and several other social evils. [1] The plot features characters including a kabaddi player who gets lost his leg during a match, a girl who life gets ruined after leaving home, a young man who goes city to get education and a man who loves a girl but commits criminal acts later. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.