Andhera Ujala ( ur, اندھیرا اجالا, English: ''Darkness, Brightness'') was a popular Pakistani crime investigation television series aired on Pakistan Television ( PTV) during the 1984–85 season, written by ''Younis Javed'' and directed by ''Rashid Dar''. It also had occasional touch of comic moments mainly centred upon the character of a police officer "Havaldar Karam Dad". The leading cast of the series included Irfan Khoosat,

Jamil Fakhri Jamil Fakhri (Urdu: ; 15 September 1946 – 9 June 2011) was a veteran Pakistani film, TV and stage artist. He gained popularity from Pakistan Television Corporation's TV drama serial ''Andhera Ujala'', in which he played the police inspector ...

, Qavi Khan and Abid Butt (Sub-Inspector). The main theme of this TV series was to show a police team fighting crime in their locality in humorous situations. This TV drama serial later went on to become so popular among the public due to its re-runs that it became a 'cult classic'.In a league of his own (actors Jamil Fakhri and Irfan Khoosat)
Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 June 2011, Retrieved 4 December 2020

Major cast

* Qavi Khan as DSP Tahir Ali Khan * Rahat Kazmi as ASP Asad-Ur-Rehman *

as (SHO) Inspector Jaffar Hussain * Abid Butt as Sub Inspector Mehmood * Nazir Hussani as ASI Mian Khan * Irfan Khoosat as Havaldar Karam Dad * Sadia Jilani * Nighat Butt as Asad's mother * Yasmeen Ismail as Begum * Tahira Wasti as Roohi's mother * Waseem Abbas as Abbas * Manoon Abbasi as Constable Aftab * Khursheed Shahid as Dadi * Bindiya as Shabbo *

Sarwat Ateeq Sarwat Ateeq is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Darwaza'', ''Dukhon Ki Chadar'', ''Mirza & Sons'', ''Samundar'', ''Sach Jhoot'', ''Kaanch Ka Pul'', ''Aankh Macholly'' and ''Guest House''. Early life Sarwat was born in ...

as Muneer Begum * Reema

Sequel

A sequel of ''Andhera Ujala'' was launched in 2019 with a new cast as well as the two old characters of Qavi Khan and Irfan Khoosat. The new members included

Danish Taimoor Danish Taimoor ( ur, ; born 16 February 1983) is a Pakistani actor and model. He began his career in 2005 and appeared in "Mystery Series" (Do saal baad, Dracula); both episodes were directed by Imran khokhar and aired on Indus Vision. He is ...

, Rashid Farooqi. Khawaja Saleem, Hamza Firdous, Ayaz Sammo and Irfan Motiwala.

References

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Pakistan Television Corporation original programming Pakistani drama television series Pakistani comedy television series Pakistani crime television series Urdu-language television shows 1980s Pakistani television series {{Pakistan-tv-stub