''Siyaah'' (, ''Black'') is a 2013

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directed by

Azfar Jafri Azfar Jafri () is a Pakistani film director, screenwriter, actor, and VFX artist. He is best known for his Independent film An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is film producti ...

and written by

Osman Khalid Butt Osman Khalid Butt () is a Pakistani film, television and theatre actor, writer and choreographer. He is best known for his role as Wali Sohaib Khan in '' Diyar-e-Dil'' (2015), Faaz Ibrahim in '' Chupke Chupke'' (2021) and Malik Shahzain in '' Eh ...

with a screenplay also by Khalid and Jafri. The film stars

Hareem Farooq Hareem Farooq (; born 26 May 1989) is a Pakistani theatre, film, and television actress and film producer. She began her career with theater, playing the lead role of Fatima Jinnah in '' Pawnay 14 August'' and Kiran in '' Aangan Terha''. She ma ...

, Qazi Jabbar,

Mahnoor Usman Mahnoor Usman (, born 17 May 2000) is a Pakistani actress. She marked her debut as a child actor in the independent film '' Siyaah'' and was nominated as "Best Actor in a Negative Role" at the 1st ARY Film Awards. Usman has had roles in local ...

and Ahmed Ali Akbar. The film is revolves around dissociative identity disorder.

Plot

Zara loses her child due to miscarriage. Bilal and Zara decide to adopt a child but they don't know what is going to happen to them. Child they as adopt is a ghost. They will not know what is this either a personality disorder or a real ghost.

Cast

as Zara * Qazi Jabbar Naeem as Bilal *

as Natasha *

Ahmed Ali Akbar Ahmed Ali Akbar () is a Pakistani actor who primarily works in Urdu television. He marked his television debut at the age of thirteen in PTV's drama ''Stop Watch''. He guest-starred in the 2013 drama film '' Siyaah'' and started his professional ...

as Faadi (Cameo Role) * Aslam Rana * Sofia Wanchoo Mir * Rizwana * Sarwar Salimi * Amy Saleh * Aqeel Abbas (CG)

Release

Film teaser released on 15 June 2012 on

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. The film released nationwide on 15 March 2013. Released by Cinepax and Footprint Entertainment, the film is rated U.

Accolades

Television series

''Siyaah Series'' is a Pakistani

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created by Imran Raza and

for

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. Originally premiering on July 15, 2023, series serves as a

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/ companion series to 2013 film of the same name. The series consists of 25 stories and each have different cast members.

Episodes

References

External links

*
Official trailer
on

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