''Choti Si Kahani'' () is a 2011 TV serial directed by

Kamran Qureshi Kamran Qureshi FHEA (born 3 October 1975) is a British film and television director, producer, and academic. Qureshi is known for his films, TV shows and drama series on women, children and intersex issues. He is a Fellow of the Higher Educatio ...

, written by

Haseena Moin Haseena Moin () (20 November 1941 – 26 March 2021) was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She wrote several plays for stage, radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromag ...

and produced by the production house Eveready Pictures. The serial is based on mistrust in marital life, discontinuation of girls' education due to early age marriages and women's independence as wife. The drama shows the struggle in the life of three women.

Plot

Khalida, Rushna and Mishal were school mates when, Munir Hussain, a foreign qualified but conservative son of a millionaire businessman develops a crush on Khalida and marries her by threatening her family. She gives birth to a daughter Sanara which disappoints Munir who already has two daughters from her first wife in the village. Mishal, the daughter of a poor hoarding painter, who dreamt of becoming a supermodel, loved Ramish, a boy from family friends. Mishal joined modelling and Ramish left the country. Mishal is liked by a TV director Raheel. She encounters Ramish one day and finds that he is already married with two children but his wife died. They both start meeting again but Ramish's children disapprove her and Mishal then accepts Raheel's love. Rushna became a top TV anchor. She married Ahmed who is an airline pilot and has a daughter Sawera. Their married life was ideal but an air hostess Nashmia, who likes Ahmed, comes in between. Mishal's friend Rajal, a psychiatrist, one day meets Rushna with Mishal. He starts visiting Rushna's home, pretending to help her mentally in her married life crisis due to Nashmia. One day he expresses his love for Rushna. On hearing this Ahmed leaves home taking his daughter Sawera. Rushna insults Rajal and breaks her relations with him. Ahmed decides to marry Nashmia but first wants his daughter to become familiar with Nashmia but both cannot accept each other. Ahmed is disappointed of Nashmia's behaviour and returns to Rushna who accepts him back as both admit their mistakes. Khalida's mother, Amma Bi, comes to live with them after Munir's murder. Now there is no one to run the business as Khalida was a housewife and has no experience or education after school. She comes across Asif, the owner of neighbouring mill who liked her from first sight. Her

textile mill Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...

needs material and she pawns her property. Unknown to Khlida, her Mill manager attains the fund from Asif. Sanara is studying in Art College and admires her talented class fellow Sarim who belongs to a middle-class family. Sarim helps Khalida in designing textile for the mill and is given a job at the mill. Khalida learns that Sarim and Sanara love each other. Sanara is then engaged to Sarim. Khalida's mill starts doing good business and Asif gifts her the papers of her property which shocks her but she is happy.

Cast

Main cast

Nadia Hussain Nadia Hussain Khan (, born 11 January 1979) is a Pakistani television actress, host, supermodel, entrepreneur and fashion designer. She's recognized as one of Pakistan's first supermodels. Career Hussain (the wild cat) was born in the Unite ...

as Mishal Wasif *

Adnan Siddiqui Adnan Siddiqui ( born 23 October 1969) is a Pakistani actor, Film producer, producer and model (person), model who has worked in Lollywood and Hollywood and also made his debut in Bollywood with the Hindi film ''Mom (film), Mom'' (2017). He also ...

as Ahmed *

Ayesha Khan Ayesha Khan or Aisha Khan may refer to: *Ayesha Khan (Pakistani actress) *Ayesha Khan (Indian actress) *Aisha Uqbah Malik, former Pakistani actress also known as Aisha Khan *Waseqa Ayesha Khan, a Bangladesh Awami League politician *Aisha Khan (act ...

as Rushna *

Sadia Imam Sadia Imam is a television actress in Pakistan. Early life Sadia Imam was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. She is a Pakistani television presenter, actress, and model. She has appeared in commercials, dramas, and music videos. Personal l ...

as Khalida *

Farhan Ali Agha Farhan Ally Agha (; also spelled Farhan Ali Agha) is a Pakistani politician, film actor, film, television actor, television and voice actor who appears in Urdu television serials and films. He has dubbed the voice of Commander Safeguard in an an ...

as Rajal *

Shamoon Abbasi Shamoon Abbasi (; born 4 April 1973) is a Pakistani actor, director, producer and screenwriter, best known for portraying villain roles. Early life and family In his early years Abbasi was a footballer, captaining his team at U-17 school level. ...

as Ramish *

Saboor Ali Saboor Ali Ansari () (born 3 March 1995) is a Pakistani actress. The younger sister of actress Sajal Aly, she began her acting career with the family drama '' Mehmoodabad Ki Malkain'' (2011) and received recognition with a comic role in the sit ...

as Sanara * Noman Habib as Sarim

Supporting cast

* Ali Afzal as Asif Sahab *

Rashid Farooqui Rashid Farooqui is a Pakistani actor who appears in Pakistani films and television series. He is known for his villainous roles, such as Inspector Ibrahim in Laal Kabootar. Career Rashid Farooqui started his career as a theatre actor and late ...

as Muneer Hussain * Hassan Ahmed as Raheel * Tehreem Zuberi as Nashmia *

Durdana Butt Durdana Butt (9 May 1938 – 12 August 2021) was a Pakistani actress known for her work on Pakistani television. She appeared in a few films as well. Butt is best known for her portrayals in PTV's '' Fifty Fifty'' (1978), ''Aangan Terha'' (1 ...

as Amma Bi * M. Ayub as Ramo Kaka * Ushna as Sawera * Naeem Shaikh as Baqar Sahab * Nighat Sultana as Shabbo

Soundtrack

The theme songs was sung by Sara Raza Khan, composed by Farrukh Abid and lyricists was

Sabir Zafar Sabir Zafar (born 12 September 1949) is a leading poet and song lyricist in Pakistan. He has written songs for many Pakistani films, and pop singers, such as Nazia Hasan, Sajjad Ali, Ali Azmat and his band Junoon, as well as many successfu ...

Awards and nominations

THE 3RD PAKISTAN MEDIA AWARDS * Nominated - Best TV Serial (2012) * Nominated - Best TV Drama OST (2012) * Nominated - Best TV Writer (2012) -

* Nominated - Best TV Director (2012) -

* Nominated - Best TV Producer (2012) - Raheel Uddin Fareedi * Nominated - Best TV Actress in a supporting role (2012) -

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3966616 * Haseena Moin filmography: Choti Si Kahani
3rd Pakistan Media Award 2012 by movieshoovy

Director's Website

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Pakistani drama television series Urdu-language television shows Television shows set in Karachi 2011 Pakistani television series debuts