Meri Behen Maya

Our all time beloved writer Haseena Moin, known for classic works: Dhoop Kinare, Tanhaiyan, and Ankahi, brings us another promising show. This play has already won the attention of many viewers. Annie Jaffari has played the character of Maya to excellence. Her story seems very strange and painful. 

The play is on air these days. Its a must watch serial. Maya's journey has just begun... and one is yet to see what lies ahead for her.

Maya's character is quite innocent, which makes her elder sister Zarmeen (Neelam) quite protective of her. Zarmeena is a charming girl who is very caring and affectionate when it comes to her sister Maya.

Fizer (Danish Taimoor) a lively guy full of energy and wit wants to marry Zarmeena and regards Maya as his little sister. Maya is also quite take to him. Enter Rashid, Zarmeena's step brother (not related by blood) who is obsessed with Maya. Rashid's presence and Maya's current vulnerable circumstance leads one to yearn for a male lead for Maya...

We hope that Maya faces the various hurdles in her life with courage. We have many expectations from Haseena Moin regarding this play. Let's see what she has planned for Maya... :)

Zindagi Gulzar Hai

We all have been waiting in much anticipation for the new drama written by Umera Ahmed: "Zindagi Gulzar Hai". This was actually the first short story written by her. The promos are stunning and present a picture that a true drama lover can't resist. It brings quite a strong cast as well.

Spoiler Alert (Story)

The story revolves around Kashaf (the cute looking Sanam Saeed) and Zaroon (our beloved hero from Hamsafar, Fawad Khan). They are very different from each other. Zaroon's life is full of colours and he belongs to a wealthy family while Kashaf is facing both social and financial difficulties in her life, she is quite a pessimist. They meet in the University where they are students in the same class. They find themselves developing a distaste for the other from the very beginning. Zaroon tries to seduce Kashaf in an effort to prove a point but fails in the attempt when he is soon discovered as a flirt. After an intense fight they avoid each other till the end of University. They are reunited in professional life and Zaroon starts developing feelings for her because of her strong character and integrity and decides to marry her. But Kashaf doesn't like him and keeps rejecting his offers. Zaroon succeeds in convincing her with the help of their teacher whom Kashaf has deep respect for. Their marriage is quite rocky in the beginning but love finally prevails as it always does. And ultimately Kashaf's perception towards life changes for the better. 

This is a MUST WATCH. :)

Tanhayian Naye Silsilay

We all loved watching Tanhayian while growing up. In a way, we are a Haseena Moin generation... Imagine our delight when it was revealed that the old cast is getting back together to make a sequel. :)

Spoiler Alert (The story)

The first few episodes were quite depressing. We discover that Sania (Mareena Khan) has not met her sister Zara (Shehnaz Sheikh) for the last few odd years. And that Farhan (Qazi Wajid) has lost all his business and is living a monkish existance confined to his room brooding about lost fortune and name, all day long.

The family is soon reunited as Zain (Asif Raza Mir) and his two daugters return to Pakistan and stay at Sania's house. It is quite an emotional scene when they reveal that Zara died a few years ago.

Amidst all this intense and emotional roller coaster ride, the story takes a turn for the better when our old beloved Qabacha (Behroz Sabzwari) returns to Pakistan, only to move in opposite Sania's house. It is quite heartening to see that Qabacha has a son now with an equally difficult to pronounce name: Shamsuddin Iltitmish (or something of the sort) and that time has done little to quench Qabacha's thirst for Sania's acknowledgement. ;)

Conclusion

Will this be as big a hit as it's prequel, only time will tell. But for now we do see it as a promising effort. We salute Mareena and the gang for getting back together and rekindling our long love affair with the original Tanhayian. For now, that's all she wrote... :)