''Daddy'' is a Pakistani drama serial which premiered on

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on 13 November 2010 and ended on 5 February in the following year. The serial is produced by Samina Humayun Saeed's Production house Six Sigma Productions, written by Ali Imran, directed by Misbah Khalid. This was veteran actor Khayyam Sarhadi's last drama serial. He died before the last episode was aired, which was officially dedicated to the deceased actor.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Sajid Hasan Sajid Hasan is a Pakistani actor. Hasan made his film debut in 2004 with the movie Salakhain in which he played the antagonist. He then acted in ''Pehla Pehla Pyar''. He also had a role in the Angelina Jolie film A Mighty Heart. Sajid Hasan c ...

as Jahanzaib * Samiya Mumtaz as Anya * Aimen Khan as Haiya * Zeeshan Shah as Hassam * Sardar Nadir as Bilal

Supporting cast

* Khayyam Sarhadi as Jahangir *

Zainab Qayyum ''Zainab Qayyum'' also known as ZQ, is a Pakistani television actress, host, composer, and former model. She was crowned the best model of the year in the Lux Style Awards (2004) and was given the Most Stylish TV Actress Award in the Indus Styl ...

as Maria *

Humayun Saeed Humayun Saeed Ansari (born 27 July 1971), professionally known as Humayun Saeed, is a Pakistani actor and producer. He has appeared in dozens of Pakistani television dramas and limited number of films, and earned Lux Style Awards, and ARY Fi ...

as Sameer * Sajjad Kishwar as Anya's father * Parveen Malik as Anya's mother * Aneesa Sheikh as Saima * Niggi as Saima's mother

Notable guest stars

Shamoon Abbasi Shamoon Abbasi ( ur, ; born 4 April 1973) is a Pakistani actor, director and screenwriter, better known for portraying villain roles. Family His father Zuhair Abbasi was a novelist and drama writer, and so is his aunt, Seema Ghazal. Syed Ali R ...

as Walid

Plot

Jehanzeb (Sajid Hasan) portrays the role of an ever-loving and ever-compromising Daddy, who has been there for his children, when Anya (Samia Mumtaz) left them for her self-progression. It all starts when Jehanzeb and Anya, who have been great friends since their days at art school, realise their feelings for each other and decide to get married. Anya has always been passionate for

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and aspires to be a

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, but till now she had been suppressing her passions for the sake of her husband and 3 kids. However, one day she gets an opportunity to do a short course of 6 months from a film institute in India. Jehanzeb and his father, Jahangir (Khayyam Sarhadi) are supportive in the decision of taking up this opportunity and ultimately Anya leaves her children with Jehanzeb. After completing the course, Anya gets her first professional offer and this time she is not willing to go back home, which affects her children negatively throughout the series. Facing this kind of negligence at such a pivotal point of time, Jehanzeb decides to play the role of both the parents along with the help of his old friend Maria (Zainab Qayyum). And when Anya returns to Pakistan after a long time, she remains astound to find that her children absolutely belong to their ‘Daddy’.

References

{{ARY Digital Programs 2010 Pakistani television series debuts 2011 Pakistani television series endings Pakistani drama television series Urdu-language television shows Television shows set in Islamabad ARY Digital original programming