Zard Dopehar

Pakistani television melodrama serial

Political drama
Telenovela

Based onPolitics of Pakistan in 90sWritten byShahid NadeemDirected byShahid NadeemStarring

Samina Peerzada
Samiya Mumtaz
Madeeha Gauhar
Salman Shahid
Nadira
Naima Khan

Opening theme"Zard Dopehar"ComposerPTV musicCountry of originPakistanOriginal languageUrduNo. of episodes13ProductionProducerPTV Lahore CenterRunning time40 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkPTVReleaseJanuary 1, 1995 (1995-01-01)

Zard Dopehar (Urdu: زرد دوپہر, transl. The yellow afternoon) is a fourteen episodes Pakistani television melodrama serial, first aired on PTV Home in 1995. It portrayed rise of a bald, middle-class Lahori politician, Malik Mehrban Ali (which at that time, was universally accepted as depiction of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif).

History

Zard Dopehar was written in spring 1993 by Shahid Nadeem. The drama was not given permission to be produced by-then government of the PLMN. The PPPP's government allowed the drama to be produced, after winning the elections. It was aired on PTV Home in 1995.^[1]

Plot

Story of the drama revolves around a popular industrialist Mehrban Ali from Walled City of Lahore, who starts his political career as a councilor. But soon with help of flattery of hidden characters and his cleverness, he becomes minister. But then his downfall begins when his political skills starts to become his hurdles. And ringmasters (hidden characters) becomes exasperated of him.^[2]

Another story in the drama is of Saira Begum, sister of Mehrban Ali. Her brother doesn't allow her to marry a university fellow, in fear of division of the inherited property. In the drama, women activism can be seen.^[3]

Cast

Shahid Nadeem, director^[4]
Anmol as Parveen
Enver Sajjad as Mastan
Madeeha Gauhar as Saira
Nadira as Laila
Naima Khan as Shahida Nabeel
Samina Peerzada as Zetoon
Samiya Mumtaz as Sanyya
Zahid Qureshi as Akhtar
Salman Shahid as Nabeel
Ismat Tahira as Tariq's aunt
Shujaat Hashmi as Malik Meharban Ali
Ghayyur Akhtar as Police officer
Dildar as Worker
Altaf ur Rehman as Judge
Meher-Un-Nissa as Mehra Begum
Uzra Butt as Dadi
Aurangzeb Leghari as Officer
Asim Bukhari as Javed

References

^ "Pakistan Television is a partisan organ of the Pakistani state". UC Press books, California Digital Library. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ افروز, حسین جاوید (1 May 2021). "زرد دوپہر کی تپش". ہم سب (in Urdu). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ Ríos, Diana I.; Lin, Carolyn A. (18 October 2021). Television Dramas and the Global Village: Storytelling Through Race and Gender. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-7936-1353-0.
^ "BBC Urdu". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.