Pyarey Afzal

''Pyarey Afzal'' or ''Pyaare Afzal'' () ( ), is a 2013 Pakistani romantic melodrama television serial that aired on ARY Digital. Directed by Nadeem Baig and written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar, the drama was produced by Humayun Saeed and Shazad Nasib's Six Sigma Entertainment. The drama starred Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayeza Khan in lead roles.

Often cited as one of the greatest Pakistani dramas of all time, ''Pyarey Afzal'' won many people's choice awards from Dawn readers in 2014. At the annual the Lux Style Awards, ''Pyarey Afzal'' won five awards from seven nominations, including Best TV Play, Best Director for Baig, Best Actor for Abbasi and Best Actress for Khan. ''Pyaray Afzal'' also aired in India on the Zindagi Channel under the same name. The ''Express Tribune'' stated Indian viewers liked "The script, dialogue delivery, background score and overall finesse".

Plot

The story starts in the city of Hyderabad, where the protagonist, Afzal Subhan (Hamza Ali Abbasi), son of Maulvi Subhanallah (Firdous Jamal), is playing cricket. Afzal spends his time playing sports, cards, and betting, which his father despises. He has a crush on Farah Ibrahim (Ayeza Khan), the mill owner's daughter, and claims to receive letters from Farah, which he reads in front of his friends, although he refuses to disclose the name of the girl. Farah, on the other hand, is to marry Mahtab (Umer Naru), a family friend whom she does not want to marry. Farah, along with her sister Lubna ( Sana Javed), hires Afzal to be Farah's love interest so that she can convince her parents that she loves another person, which they succeed in doing so. Meanwhile, Afzal falls in love with Farah, and his sister ( Anoushay Abbasi) convinces his parents to take a marriage proposal to Farah's parents. In the family meeting, Farah humiliates and insults Afzal. Heartbroken Afzal leaves Hyderabad for Karachi, vowing to never return.

Afzal arrives in Karachi and lives with Babu Hameed (Alie Sheikh) in a rented room. The house is owned by a landlady and her daughter Yasmeen ( Sohai Ali Abro). Afzal witnesses an incident in which Wali, Yasmeen's gangster cousin, harasses her to marry him. Afzal fights Wali, who vows to take revenge, and returns after a few days with his men and shoots Afzal. Yasmeen is moved by what Afzal has done for her and falls in love with him. Wali, taking advantage of Afzal's absence, comes to Yasmeen's house again. Babu Hameed attempts to shoot Wali but gets shot instead. Afzal receives the news of Babu Hameed's death and decides to take revenge. Afzal's parents came to Karachi in order to meet him, but he run away before they met him. Undercover police get interested in Afzal and decide to hire him as a vigilante and pay him to create a gang for the target killing the criminals. Their first target was Wali who was assassinated.

Afzal becomes an infamous gangster, and nobody knows that he actually works for the undercover police. Meanwhile, Farah's, psychologist, Sibtain, proposes to Farah, who agrees reluctantly. When Afzal is informed, he also decides to get engaged with Yasmeen on the same day as Farah's engagement. Farah's engagement is cancelled when Maulvi Subhanullah has a heart attack. When Afzal hears about his father's heart attack, he returns to Hyderabad with Yasmeen. Afzal's parents are initially reluctant to accept him, but Yasmeen successfully resolves his issues with his parents. Afzal receives a call from the undercover police to resume his target killing, but he informs them that he no longer wants to be their target killer. Yasmeen is curious about the Farah who writes letters to Afzal. Afzal, unable to express his feelings to Farah, had written letters from Farah to himself. Yasmeen goes to Farah and confronts her. She realizes that Farah is also in love with Afzal. She breaks her engagement with Afzal and decides to go back. Farah calls Afzal and admits that she loves him. The police shoot Afzal while they are having this conversation because he had left the undercover police and they had warned him a long time ago that he can not leave his post. As Farah confesses to loving him, Afzal succumbs to his bullet wounds and the drama ends.

Cast

Main

* Hamza Ali Abbasi as Afzal Sub'han Allah
* Ayeza Khan as Farah Ibrahim
* Sana Javed as Lubna Ibrahim
* Sohai Ali Abro as Yasmeen

Recurring

* Saba Hameed as Ruqaiyya Sub'han Allah
* Firdous Jamal as Maulvi Subhan Allah
* Aliee Shaikh as Babu Hameed
* Anoushey Abbasi as Arfa Subhan Allah
* Saba Faisal as Irsa Ibrahim
* Shehryar Zaidi as Sheikh Ibrahim
* Farah Nadeem as Yasmeen's mother
* Vasay Chaudhry as Dr. Sibtain
* Umer Naru as Mehtab
* Birjees Farooqui as Mehtab's mother
* Malik Raza as Wali
* Saqib Sameer as Babloo

Soundtrack

The title song of the series "Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" is a remix of a song of the same name from the 1967 Bollywood film ''Pyaasa''.

Reception

Critical reception

While reviewing the series, ''Dawn'' praised the female portrayal and dialogues but mentioned some writing faux.

In July 2017, it was listed among the 10 iconic Pakistani TV dramas by ''DAWN Images''.

Accolades

References

External links

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{{ARY Digital Programs

Pakistani drama television series
ARY Digital original programming
Urdu-language telenovelas
2013 Pakistani television series debuts
2014 Pakistani television series endings
Television series set in Hyderabad, Sindh
Films directed by Nadeem Baig (director)
Television series created by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar