Phaans

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Phaans
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GenreMystery
Thriller
Crime Drama
Written bySamina Ijaz
Directed bySyed Ahmed Kamran
StarringZara Noor Abbas
Sami Khan
Shehzad Sheikh
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of episodes30
Production
ProducerMomina Duraid
Running time38 minutes approx.
Production companyMD Productions
DistributorHum Network
Release
Original networkHum TV
Original release20 February (2021-02-20) –
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23)
External links
Website

Phaans (Urdu: پھانس, lit. 'to hang') is Pakistani drama television series premiered on Hum TV on 20 February 2021. It features Sami Khan, Zara Noor Abbas and Shehzad Sheikh. Sheikh appeared in the series as Anti-Hero and played the negative role for the first time in his career. The series follows the struggle of a sexual assault survivor.[1][2][3] It last aired on 23 July 2021.

It mostly received positive reviews for its progressive storyline and social messages,[4][5] and received praise for the respective performances of Abbas and Sheikh as protagonist and antagonist.[6][7]

Plot[]

Shakeela works as a maid in an upper-class family of Nadia. Nadia's daughter Hafsa's marriage decides to take place with Samad. In order to made arrangements of the marriage and to serve as helping hands Shakeela stays at Nadia's house along with her daughters; Zeba and younger Farah. Zeba, a college-going and educated girl comes across with them. Sahil is Nadia's son suffering from [Autism]. At night, everyone is busy in the functions of marriage that Zeba receives call from Hashim who is Zeba's fiancé. He demands to see her and calls her in an under-constructed building. Zeba at first denies, but later agrees to meet him due to his insistence. Zeba goes there and someone rapes her. She returns to where everyone is already looking for him. She enters with Samad from the main gate and everyone there mistakes Samad as a culprit. Zeba is taken to hospital where a doctor changes the reports as Siraj had already called him and ordered him to declare her as a patient of hysteria. The doctor does so and, disappointed, Zeba goes to her home with her mother. She tells everyone that Sahil is the culprit, but no one believes her. Samad helps Zeba to seek justice. Therefore Zeba learns about her pregnancy. Farah and Hashim's mother goes to Samad's house and tells him that Zeba is going to be a mother of his child Samad calls Zeba and Shakeela picks up. Shakeela thinks that Samad is the rapist of Zeba and he blackmailed her to take the name of Sahil. Therefore hashim and Farah are married. Shakeela gives abortion pills to Zeba and kills her unborn child Zeba goes to hospital to take the Dna results but the doctor says that there was some problem in the lab Zeba goes home. Zeba makes a video against Sahil and puts it on social media and it got viral Sahil is again taken to the hospital Hafsa makes a video against Zeba and Samad.Nadia calls Zeba and tells her that she came to know about Sahil's reality and pleases Zeba to come Zeba and her mother goes to Nadia's house and all the news reporters were sitting there.

Nadia says that Zeba is a liar and she lied just because of money. Zeba goes home. On the other hand Farah learns of her pregnancy. When Zeba and Shakeela reach home and Shakeela gets Angina Attack Zeba takes Shakeela to the hospital She calls Farah and tells about Shakeela. Farah reaches the hospital and taunts Zeba that if she remained quiet, her mother would be fine Shakeela and Zeba goes home and Zeba decides that she will not fight for justice ever again Shakeela tells Zeba to call Farah Zeba goes to their house where she learns that Farah is pregnant she pleases to Tai to take Farah with her but she denies when Zeba reaches home she sees Shakeela dead on the other hand Sahil becomes attracted to Resham. Siraj says Resham to leave the house and he holds her arm she runs to Nadia and Nadia says that Siraj also tried to do it which he did with Zeba and Saba (Samad's mother) listens and tells Nadia that Shakeela is dead Nadia visits Zeba and apologizes to her for what she did Hashim comes to Zeba and apologizes to her because he remained quiet while he knew about the real culprit Samad asks him about the culprit and he says that when he was waiting for Zeba to come he heard Zeba's scream and saw Sahil raping Zeba Sahil goes to Resham's room and tries to rape her while Nadia watched him Sahil thinks that Nadia doesn't know about his reality but she learns about Sahil's reality Nadia says to Sahil that she will unleash his real face in front of everyone Sahil goes to Zeba's house and tried to kill her but Samad saves her Nadia goes to lawyer to file a case against Sahil she calls Samad that she wants to meet Zeba Samad takes Zeba to Nadia where Nadia tells him that she came to know about sahil's real face and filed a case against Sahil and she takes Zeba to her house where everyone is shocked to see her with Nadia everyone says Nadia to take her out of her house but she denies and keep standing with Zeba Sahil forces Zeba to unfile the case but she denies hafsa goes to Zeba and says that leave us alone where Sahil knocks at the door hafsa hides in the closet Sahil again tries to kill Zeba and Hafsa learns of Sahil's reality. Zeba takes the gun from Sahil in order to save herself police comes at their house to take Sahil when they saw the gun in Zeba's hand they took Zeba with them too Hafsa apologizes to Nadia about her behavior Zeba releases from the jail. Everyone learns about Sahil's reality Sahil is about to get the punishment for what he did Farah apologizes to Zeba. Samad proposes to Zeba. Hafsa says Zeba to marry Samad he's a nice guy. But Farah is blessed with a daughter and Zeba names her "Umeed" Sahil gets the punishment at the end Zeba and Samad get along and Zeba is shown a powerful lawyer seeking justice for other women.

Cast[]

Production[]

The show was earlier titled Badzaat but later changed to Phaans.[9] The drama serial was directed by Syed Ahmed Kamran who previously directed the acclaimed serials for the channel such as Baandi and Zun Mureed while written by Samina Ijaz who previously collaborated with the director for the 2020s commercial-hit Mohabbat Na Kariyo.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Yashma Gill delivers best performance in Phaans". nation.com.pk. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Haute List: 5 dramas to look forward to in 2021". Something Haute. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Zara Noor Abbas, Sami Khan & Shahzad Sheikh to star in 'Phaans". incpak. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ Sana Gilani (9 August 2021). "How Phaans helped in starting age-old conversation that still needs attention at govt level". Daily Times. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ Amna Haider Isani (27 June 2021). "Aye, Robot". The News. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ Sadaf Haider (11 July 2021). "THE TUBE". Dawn.
  7. ^ Muna Moini (22 February 2021). "Episode 1: Shahzad Sheikh delivers his career's best performance in 'Phaans'". Something Haute. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Yasma Gill on instagram - Favourites from the sets of #PHAANS". instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Rocky road and the rising star". The News. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. ^ Staff Report (21 February 2021). "'Phaans' is made to impact society in a powerful way". Daily Times. Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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