Andhera Ujala

Andhera Ujala (Urdu: اندھیرا اجالا, English: Darkness, Brightness) was a popular Pakistani crime investigation television series aired on Pakistan Television (PTV) during the 1984–85 season, written by Younis Javed and directed by Rashid Dar.

It also had occasional touch of comic moments mainly centred upon the character of a police officer "Havaldar Karam Dad". The leading cast of the series included Irfan Khoosat, Jamil Fakhri, Qavi Khan and Abid Butt (Sub-Inspector).^[1] The main theme of this TV series was to show a police team fighting crime in their locality in humorous situations. This TV drama serial later went on to become so popular among the public due to its re-runs that it became a 'cult classic'.^[2]

Major cast[]

Qavi Khan as DSP Tahir Ali Khan^[1]^[2]
Rahat Kazmi as ASP Asad-Ur-Rehman
Jamil Fakhri as (SHO) Inspector Jaffar Hussain^[1]^[2]
Abid Butt as Sub Inspector Mehmood
Nazir Hussani as ASI Qavi
Irfan Khoosat as Havaldar Karam Dad^[1]^[2]
Sadia Jilani
Manoon Abbasi as Constable Aftab
Khayam Sarhadi as Constable Abbas
Reema

Sequel[]

A sequel of Andhera Ujala was launched in 2019 with a new cast as well as the two old characters of Qavi Khan and Irfan Khoosat. The new members included Danish Taimoor, Rashid Farooqi. Khawaja Saleem, Hamza Firdous, Ayaz Sammo and Irfan Motiwala.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Information and episodes of the TV serial 'Andhera Ujala' (1984)". vidpk.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d In a league of his own (actors Jamil Fakhri and Irfan Khoosat) Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 June 2011, Retrieved 4 December 2020
^ "Andhera Ujala returns to ptv with Danish Taimoor". HipinPakistan. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^ "Hamza Firdous to feature in the sequel to Andhera Ujala". The News. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^ "PTV's cop show Andhera Ujala is getting a sequel". Dawn. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

External links[]

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[vidpk-1] "Information and episodes of the TV serial 'Andhera Ujala' (1984)". vidpk.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[Dawn-2] In a league of his own (actors Jamil Fakhri and Irfan Khoosat) Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 June 2011, Retrieved 4 December 2020

[3] "Andhera Ujala returns to ptv with Danish Taimoor". HipinPakistan. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

[4] "Hamza Firdous to feature in the sequel to Andhera Ujala". The News. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

[5] "PTV's cop show Andhera Ujala is getting a sequel". Dawn. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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