Ghughi

*Ghughi*
Ghughi
Genre	Period drama
Based on	Pinjar; by Amrita Pritam
Written by	Amna Mufti
Story by	Shahzad Javed
Directed by	Iqbal Hussain
Starring	Adnan Siddiqui; Amar Khan
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	29
Production
Producers	Adnan Siddiqui; Akhtar Hasnain
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	Cereal Entertainment
Distributor	TVOne Pakistan
Release
Original network	Tv One
Picture format	576i; 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
First shown in	Pakistan
Original release	25 January –; 9 August 2018
External links
	Website

Ghughi (Urdu: گُھگِھی, lit. 'Dove') is a 2018 Pakistani drama serial based on Amrita Pritam's 1950 novel Pinjar.^[2] This drama is directed by Iqbal Hussain, written by Amna Mufti and produced by Cereal Entertainment. It originally aired on TV One Pakistan.^[3]^[4] It stars Adnan Siddiqui as Rasheed and Amar Khan as Nirmala in lead roles.^[5]

Plot[]

It is the story of passionate love and overpowering hate—set against the violent, bloody upheaval of Partition. A beautiful and young Hindu girl Nirmala is kidnapped the night before her wedding by Rasheed, a young Muslim man, to avenge his family's honour. Nirmala's family is devastated and to atone for this mishap they marry off her younger sister Nikki to Nirmala's fiancée Takh Chand. While Nikki and Takh Chand are distressed on their forced marriage, its Nirmala who faces isolation and extreme hatred of Rasheed's family.

Cast[]

Adnan Siddiqui^[6] as Rasheed a.k.a. Sheeda
Amar Khan as Nirmala a.k.a. Nimmo
Mohsin Gillani as Deewan Chand
Asma Abbas as Parwati
Haris Waheed as Sukh Chand
Khalid Butt as Lal Chand
Hamza Firdous as Tek Chand
Raheela Agha as Sajid's wife
Ahmad Mohsin as Bashir
Muhammad Umar Khan as Raja Jee
Farah Tufail as Inayat Bibi
Yasmeen Hashmi as Nikki
Rashid Mahmood
Tahira Imam

Accolades[]

Nominations[]

18th Lux Style Awards - Best TV Writer - Amna Mufti
18th Lux Style Awards - Best Original Soundtrack - Naveed Nashad & Beena Khan^[7]

References[]

^ Isani, Amna (January 28, 2018). "Can 'Ghughi' recreate the magic of Amrita Pritam's 'Pinjar'?". Something Haute. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
^ "Drama serial 'Ghughi' of Adnan Siddiqui's Cereal Productions to release in January". Daily Times. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ "Adnan Siddiqui shares first look of his serial on Partition - Film & TV". Images. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
^ "Trailers of Adnan Siddiqui's drama Ghughi are out!". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
^ Desk, Entertainment (January 16, 2018). "'Ghughi' will make people on both India and Pakistan gravitate to their roots: Adnan Siddiqui". Express Tribune. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
^ Shabbir, Buraq (January 18, 2018). "Period play Ghughi just as relevant today – Adnan Siddiqui". The News International. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
^ Images Staff (March 30, 2019). "Lux Style Award 2019 nominations are out!". DAWN. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Isani, Amna (January 28, 2018). "Can 'Ghughi' recreate the magic of Amrita Pritam's 'Pinjar'?". Something Haute. Retrieved March 7, 2018.

[2] "Drama serial 'Ghughi' of Adnan Siddiqui's Cereal Productions to release in January". Daily Times. Retrieved 2021-07-15.

[dawn-3] "Adnan Siddiqui shares first look of his serial on Partition - Film & TV". Images. Retrieved 2018-01-23.

[dailypakistan-4] "Trailers of Adnan Siddiqui's drama Ghughi are out!". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 2018-01-23.

[5] Desk, Entertainment (January 16, 2018). "'Ghughi' will make people on both India and Pakistan gravitate to their roots: Adnan Siddiqui". Express Tribune. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[6] Shabbir, Buraq (January 18, 2018). "Period play Ghughi just as relevant today – Adnan Siddiqui". The News International. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[7] Images Staff (March 30, 2019). "Lux Style Award 2019 nominations are out!". DAWN. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

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