Baddua

Baddua (Urdu: بددعا, lit. 'Curse') is Pakistani television series, premiere on ARY Digital on 20 September 2021. It is produced by Abdullah Seja under banner iDream Entertainment. It features Amar Khan and Muneeb Butt as leads.^[1][2] Baddua revolves around Abeer, a modern girl who is antagonized because she does not want to follow the conservative rules laid out by her household.

Cast[]

• Amar Khan^[3] as Abeer
• Muneeb Butt^[4] as Junaid
• Mohsin Abbas Haider as Mohsin
• Maryam Noor as Neelum
• Mehmood Aslam as Mudassir
• Shaheen Khan as Kausar
• Hareem Sohail as Falak
• Saba Faisal as Ather and Junaid's mother
• Salma Hassan as Ayesha
• Samina Ahmed as Mudassir's mother
• Fareeda Shabbir as Haleema
• Rubina Ashraf
• Komal Rizvi as Ather's wife
• Abdullah Ejaz
• Mariam Ansari as Annie
• Shazia Gohar as Shabana
• Ayesha Rajpoot
• Ushna Saqib
• Osama Tahir as Affan
• Mohsin Gillani
• Hammad Farooqui

Reception[]

The show faced a load of backlash from the online audience for its promotion of misogyny and extremism, as well as a repetitive plotline.^[5] While it struggles to gain high views on YouTube, it has done well on linear television with 7+ TRPs consistently.

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