''Farar'' () is a Pakistani television film directed by

Mehreen Jabbar Mehreen Jabbar (Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رين جبار ) (born on 29 December 1971, is a Pakistani film and television director and producer based in New York City. She is a daughter of the Pakistani media-person Javed Jabbar.https://tribune.com.p ...

. It starred

Marina Khan ''Marina Khan'' (born 26 December 1962) is a Pakistani television and film actress, director, and producer. She is one of the most popular actresses of her time and was one of the most successful actresses of 1980s and 1990s. Her television sho ...

Sania Saeed Sania Saeed (born 28 August 1972) is a Pakistani actress and television host who works mainly in television and theatre. Saeed is the recipient of numerous accolades including one PTV Awards, four Hum Awards and four Lux Style Awards. She f ...

and

Huma Nawab Huma Nawab is a Pakistani actress. She is one of the most popular actresses of her time and one of the most successful Pakistani TV actresses of the 1980s and 1990s. She played major roles in TV dramas '' Chand Grehan'', ''Aahat'', '' Nijaat'', ...

in leading roles. The film first broadcast on

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in 1996, and later on Indus Vision. The film entails the journey of three friends from

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as they try to navigate love and their city.

Plot

The telefilm revolves around three friends who are different from each other but are misfit in their respective places. Amber, a divorcee who lives with her mother and tries to earn some money to go abroad. She keeps working on different plans again and again but gets nothing. Natasha, lives in Amber house as her family is settled in

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and works in an office. She loves Ali (who is already married) since her college days, who was his class-fellow then, and now his colleague. Tania, lives with her parents and often wants escape from her house as her parents are not happy with her artistic nature. She is fond of music and learns

Kathak ''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...

. In her Kathak class, Tania gets impressed by Asad, a new guy in the class who is not shy about his hobbies. After days, they become familiar to each other and share a great bond as they are similar in nature. Tania decides to marry him but her parents are not willing for it just because of his love of dance. Amber, who wants escape from her city due to her unpleasant memories for which she requires money, tries different businesses including carpet selling and real estate but gets deceived every time. She along with Tania tries to explain Natasha that she is being used by Ali just for time pass but she doesn't care it due to fear of losing him. Ali too spends time with her and leads her on but didn't do any commitment about their relationship. Due to the pressure of her friends, Natasha one day questions him about her position in his life upon which he tries to satisfy her. She then realises herself after noticing him with his wife in a restaurant on the occasion of his marriage anniversary. Tania's parents want Asad to give up his passion of Kathak to marry their daughter but she denies him to do so because she wants him to continue his passion. Natasha decides to go London to her family, and her friends go to drop her at airport where Tania says her to comeback in Pakistan at her wedding and Amber tells them about her next plan of

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Cast

as Natasha *

as Tania *

as Amber *

Humayun Saeed Humayun Saeed (born 27 July 1971) is a Pakistani actor and producer. Describing himself as a method actor, Saeed is primarily known for his work on Pakistani television and cinema and is the recipient of several accolades, including Lux Styl ...

as Asad *

Shabbir Jan Shabbir Jan () is a Pakistani actor who has appeared in many TV drama serials, such as '' Jangloos'' (1989), '' Makan'' (2006) ''and'' '' Zindagi Dhoop Tum Ghana Saya'' (2011). Career Shabbir Jan started working as a TV actor in the 1980s. He ...

as Ali *

Badar Khalil Badar Khalil (), also known as 'Baddo Aapa', is a Pakistani television actress. She gained popularity for her role in the TV play ''Bi Jamalo'' portraying herself as Bi Jamalo. She has appeared in TV serials on PTV since 1968. She also appeare ...

as Amber's mother *

Jahanara Hai Jahanara Hai () is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas '' Mere Humdam'', '' Aatish'', ''Ek Hi Bhool'' and ''Mehndi''. Early life Jahanara was born in 1939 on 23 December in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed her studies fro ...

as Tania's mother * Dawood Nawaz as Tania's father *

Fasih Ur Rehman Fasih Ur Rehman is a Kathak maestro from Pakistan. He has been a disciple of Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak for 20 years, (1977–1998) in Lahore, Pakistan, and later continued his studies with Kumudini Lakhia in London and Ahmedabad, India.

as himself

Remake

In April 2022, it was revealed that Jabbar has directed a web-series based on telefilm, and will be released on

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. The web-series features

Sarwat Gillani Sarwat Gilani (; born 22 December 1982) is a Pakistani model, film, television and voice actress. Film career Gilani made her movie debut in '' Jawani Phir Nahi Aani'' where she played a pregnant Pashtun woman opposite Vasay Chaudhary. She ...

Mariam Saleem Mariam Saleem is a Pakistani actress. She made her on-screen debut in 2015 and has acted in television series, film, theater plays and web-series. Slaeem made her cinematic debut in 2017 opposite Shehroz Sabzwari with ''Chain Aye Na''. Filmogr ...

and Maha Hassan in leading roles.

Reception

Critical reception

The telefilm is often praised due to its feminist approach and unconventional female characters. A reviewer from ''

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'' praised the writer's approach to present the classical dance respectfully.

References

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