Wadi-e-Purkhar

Pakistani television series
  • Khalida Riyasat
  • Usman Peerzada
  • Sarwat Ateeq
  • Asif Raza Mir
  • Khursheed Shahid[2]
Country of originPakistanOriginal languageUrduProductionProducerMohammad Nisar HussainOriginal releaseNetworkPTVRelease1983 (1983)

Wadi-e-Purkhar (Urdu: وادی پُرخار, lit. 'Thorny Valley') is a 1983 Pakistani television long play written by Younus Javed and produced and directed by Mohammad Nisar Hussain.[3]

Synopsis

The story is about Najma and Naseeruddin who are friends at college and later get married. Najma faces a hard time getting used to the traditions of Naseeruddin's family. She meets Gami who tells Najma that she is afflicted with a sickness, which makes Najma sad. Zaibunnisa usually finds every way to give Najma a hard time but much to her sadness her husband dies and she raises her son Ahmar alone. Zaibunnisa and Karam-Un-nisa then demands Najma to give them Ahmar who is heir to his father's wealth but she refuses.[4]

Cast

  • Khalida Riyasat as Najma[5]
  • Usman Peerzada as Naseeruddin[6]
  • Sarwat Ateeq as Gami[4]
  • Asif Raza Mir as Ahmar[4]
  • Samina Khalid as Jeevni[4]
  • Khursheed Shahid as Zaibunnisa.[7][8]
  • Nighat Butt as Karam-Un-Nisa[4]
  • Ismat Tahira as Rahat
  • Durdana Butt as Sughra[4]
  • Abid Butt as Rafi Ahmed
  • Jameel Fakhri as Hakim Ali[4]
  • Mian Azam as Ahmed Khan
  • Farzana Siddiqui as Rajida
  • Tehrim Math as Sajida
  • Ejaz Qaiser as Jamal[4]
  • Wasim Gohar as Shafique
  • Javed Akhtar as Noora
  • Nazar Abbas as Chabba
  • Asim Bukhari as Professor
  • Nasir Butt as Ahmed
  • Kazim Raza as Student
  • M.A. Khan as Judge
  • Javed Piya as Belaf
  • Heema as Nasira

Accolades

Year Award Category Name Result Ref.
1989 PTV Awards Best Actress Khalida Riyasat Won [5]

References

  1. ^ "پاکستان کے دس بہترین ٹی وی رائٹر". Dawn News. 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Begum Khursheed remembered". The Nation. 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ "PTV's Golden Age". The Express Tribune. January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "وادی پورکھر". Pakistan Television Corporation. 1983.
  5. ^ a b "Khalida Riyasat: Every woman needs the security of a man". The Herald Dawn. 4 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Obituary for a Television Giant: Begum Khursheed Shahid". Youlin Magazine. October 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "Legendary actress Begum Khursheed Shahid passes away". Geo News. June 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "2nd death anniversary of artist Begum Khursheed Shahid observed". Associated Press of Pakistan. December 7, 2023.

External links

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