''Shayad'' (; ) is a 2017

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drama serial directed by

Bashar Momin ''Bashar Momin'' () is a 2014 Pakistani television series directed by Ali Raza Usama, written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah, and produced by Asif Raza Mir and Babar Javed under the production company ''A&B Entertainment''. It stars Faysal Qureshi, Sam ...

director

Syed Ali Raza Usama Syed Ali Raza Usama () is a Pakistani television director. He has served as a former creative director at AAJ TV. As a director, he directed acclaimed drama serials such as ''Bashar Momin'' (2014) and ''Khuda Aur Mohabbat, Khuda Aur Muhabba ...

, produced by

Babar Javed Babar Javed () is a Pakistani television and film producer and director. He has produced and directed series such as ''Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan'', '' Qaid-e-Tanhai'', '' Mera Saaein'', '' Main Abdul Qadir Hoon'', '' Aasmanon Pay Likha'', '' ...

and written by Faiza Iftikhar, based on her novel of same name. The drama stars Uzair Jaswal, Sadia Khan and

Noman Ijaz Nauman Ijaz (Punjabi and ) is a Pakistani television and film actor, anchorperson, and television presenter. He is the recipient of several accolades, including 10 Lux Style Awards, 7 Hum Awards and a President's Pride of Performance award, wh ...

in lead roles, and premiered on 4 November 2017 on

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. It was the second serial of singer turned actor Uzair Jaswal after ''Moray Saiyaan''.

Synopsis

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Sometime in life, an unusual situation happens, where a younger boy falls in a love of a girl who is older than him. Drama serial "''Shayad''" depicts the story of a one sided lover Saad, who has developed some feelings for Umm-e-Hani. She is an orphan girl and lives with Saad and his parents. Umm-e-Hani has lost the shelter of parents in earlier age, and she is always in search of secure hands, a responsible man who can help in overcoming her insecurities and fulfilled her wishes which she wasn't able to convert into reality. She always considers Saad as an emotional, immature and boyish person and one day she finally meets a strong, influential and a man of her dream, Salaar. Unfortunately not every beast is kind towards beauty, and Umm-e-Hani's sensible and long term decision takes her into a new trouble. Will Saad's craziness and unconditional love towards Umm-e-Hani help him in finding her again in life?

Cast

* Uzair Jaswal as Saad * Sadia Khan as Umm-e-Hani (Hani) *

as Salaar * Munazzah Arif as Naila *Mohsin Gilani as Rizwan *

Irfan Khoosat Irfan Khoosat (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) (born 9 June 1952) is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and comedian. He is famous for his comic role as ''Hawaldar Karamdad'' in the TV series ''Andhera Ujala'' (1984–1985) in which he portraye ...

as Dada *

Azra Aftab Azra Aftab is a Pakistani actress. She is known for her roles in dramas ''Dhuwan'', ''Manzil (Pakistani TV series), Manzil'', ''Laag (TV series), Laag'', ''Dasht (TV series), Dasht'' and ''Madiha Maliha''. Early life Azra was born in 1958 on 23 ...

as Saalar Mother *Haseeb Khan as Aslam *Hareeb Farooque as Junaid *Sofia Ahmed as Mahparha *Farhana Maqsood as Salma * Kinza Razzak as Taniya *Wasim Haider as Sheharyar *Saba Shahid as Anila *Ali Mirza as Shoaib *Samina Butt as Khala Batool

Soundtrack

The

original soundtrack A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured ...

of Shayad is composed by Syed Adeel Ali while the lyrics are provided by Ayub Khawar. The vocals are by Uzair Jaswal who is also the second lead actor of this drama serial. Th
song
is available on

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Critical reception

A reviewer of ''

The Express Tribune ''The Express Tribune'' is a daily English-language newspaper based in Pakistan. It is the flagship publication of the '' Lakson Group'' media group. It is Pakistan's only internationally affiliated newspaper in a partnership with the '' Intern ...

'' praised the series for its engaging narration, poetic dialogues, flawless acting, and tackling a taboo subject of an older woman loving a younger man.

References

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