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Shehr e Zaat

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Written by
  
Umera Ahmed

Creative director(s)
  
Munir Ahmad

Directed by
  
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

Also known as
  
English: The City of Self '

Genre
  
Drama Romance Spiritual

Based on
  
Shehr-e-Zaat by Umera Ahmad

Shehr-e-Zaat (Urdu: شہرذات‎) is a 2012 Pakistani spiritual romantic drama serial based on the novel of the same name by Umera Ahmed. It is directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, and produced by Momina Duraid and Abdullah Kadwani. It stars Mahira Khan, Mikaal Zulfiqar and Mohib Mirza in the leads.

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The Hum network gave its program three Hum Awards, including Best Drama Serial, having nominated it in seven categories. Mohib Mirza was nominated for best supporting actor at the Pakistan Media Awards in 2013. A special transmission was held in Karachi and broadcast on Hum TV at the conclusion of the drama. It was also broadcast in India on Zindagi Channel under the same name.

Plot

Shehr-e-Zaat revolves around a beautiful day-dreamer Falak Sher Afgan (Mahira Khan); an only child to very rich parents. Falak is a student of fine arts who makes the sculpture of the man of her dreams and falls head over heels in love when she finds the breathing manifestation of it in Salman Ansar (Mikaal Zulfiqar).

Cast

  • Mahira Khan as Falak
  • Mohib Mirza as Hamza Malik
  • Nadia Afghan as Tabinda
  • Mikaal Zulfiqar as Salman Ansar
  • Samina Peerzada as Falak's grandmother
  • Hina Khawaja Bayat as Mehr-un-Nisa Afghan
  • Mansha Pasha as Rashna
  • Sohail Hashmi as Ansar
  • Sana Javed as Marium
  • Tariq Niazi as Jameel
  • Rifat Humera Channa as Hadiqa
  • Seemi Pasha as Nusrat Ansar
  • Reception and rebroadcasts

    In a blog on The Tribune, a writer wrote about "misplaced knowledge of Islam" due to the way the story presented Sufism and Islamization. Dawn declared the series as one of the highlights of 2012.

    Zindagi Channel began broadcasting this series in India starting August 13, 2015.

    References

    Shehr-e-Zaat Wikipedia