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{{short description|2020 Pakistani television series}}
'''Saraab'''is a 2020 pakistani serial that airs on [[Hum TV]]. It stars [[Sami Khan]] and [[Sonya Hussain]] in lead roles. <ref>{{ Cite web |title=Saraab – Sonya Hussyn, Sami Khan pairs up for new drama|url=https://www.incpak.com/entertainment/saraab-sonya-hussyn-sami-khan/|date=August 2020}}</ref>The show was directed by [[Mohsin Talat]], written by Edison Idrees while produced by [[Moomal Entertainment]] and [[MD Productions]].
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
== Cast ==
{{Infobox television
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|سراب}}
| image = Saraab.jpg
| caption =
| alt_name =
| genre = {{plainlist|
* [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
* [[Psychological fiction]]
}}
| creator =
| based_on =
| developer =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Sami Khan]]
* [[Sami Khan]]
* [[Sonya Hussain]]
* [[Sonya Hussain]]
* [[Nazish Jahangir]]
* [[Nazish Jahangir]]
* [[Ghana Ali]]
* [[Ghana Ali]]
}}
* Aurangzeb Laghari
| judges =
* Fareeda Shabbir
| voices =
* Sajid Shah
| narrated =
| opentheme = Naveed Nashad
| cinematography = Saleem Abbas
| editor =
| theme_music_composer = Naveed Nashad
| country = Pakistan
| num_episodes = 30
| language = Urdu
| producer = Moomal Shunaid
| location = {{plainlist|
* [[Abbottabad]]
* [[Nathia Gali]]
}}
| company = [[Moomal Entertainment]]
| budget =
| network = [[Hum TV]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2020|8|20}}
| last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2021|3|11}}
| related =
}}


'''''Saraab''''' ({{translation|Illusion}}) is a Pakistani [[psychological drama]] television series broadcast on [[Hum TV]] from 20 August 2020 to 11 March 2021. It is written by Edison Idrees, directed by [[Mohsin Talat]], and produced by Moomal Shunaid under the banner [[Moomal Entertainment]]. It stars [[Sami Khan]] as Asfandyar and [[Sonya Hussain]] as Hoorain, the former's eventual wife suffering from [[schizophrenia]].<ref>{{ Cite web |title=Saraab – Sonya Hussyn, Sami Khan pairs up for new drama|url=https://www.incpak.com/entertainment/saraab-sonya-hussyn-sami-khan/|date=6 August 2020|work=incpak|author=Hunia Taj}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why Sonya Hussyn saying autism is a symptom of schizophrenia is irresponsible|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1185625|work=Dawn Images|access-date=December 26, 2020|date=August 8, 2020|first=Desk|last=Report}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2202644/sonya-hussyn-set-play-schizophrenic-upcoming-serial|title=Sonya Hussyn is all set to play a schizophrenic in upcoming serial|date=22 April 2020|work=Express Tribune|access-date=}}</ref>
== Production ==
Earlier in 2020, it was announced that [[Sami Khan]] and [[Sonya Hussain]] are working together on a project in the direction of [[Mohsin Talat]]. In February 2020, it was revealed that Hussain will play the role of a schizophrenic.<ref>{{ Cite web |title=Sonya Hussyn to play a schizophrenic in her next drama serial|url=//www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/619231-sonya-hussyn-to-play-a-schizophrenic-in-her-next-drama-serial|date=August 2020}}</ref>
The first and second teaser of the show was released on the 4 August 2020.<ref>{{ Cite web |title=Teasers for Sami Khan And Sonya Hussyn’s ‘Saraab’ Are Full Of Intrigue|url=https://galaxylollywood.com/2020/08/04/teasers-of-drama-saraab-are-full-of-intrigue/|date=August 2020}}</ref>


== Plot ==
It is the third on-screen appearance of [[Sami Khan]] and [[Sonya Hussain]] after [[Aisi Hai Tanhai]] and [[Ishq Zahe Naseeb]].


Hoorain is different from the people around her and lives at a distance from them. She likes her cousin Asfandyar and wants to marry him. She is ignored by her parents (as her sisters Namal and Warda are clever and sharp-minded) and lives in a separate room at upper story of the house. These factors contribute to Hoorain becoming a victim of [[schizophrenia]]. Things become complicated when she starts to act like a schizophrenic. She has hallucinations and consider everyone as her enemy. Asfandyar discovers about her disease and helps her but things become complicated and interwoven. Asfand and Hoorain get married, and soon Hoorain discovers she is pregnant which further complicates her schizophrenia. The doctor warns Asfand that pregnancy could lead to Hoorain having more psychotic attacks. Hoorain is admitted for therapy until she visibility starts getting better. Warda, Hoorain sister tries to instigate her against Asfand. Meanwhile, Hoorain suffers a complicated delivery after another of her hallucinations and her mother prays that her baby will be a boy, as every girl would not have a husband as kind and understanding as Asfandyar if the baby inherited her disease. Hoorain gives birth to a healthy boy, who is named Sheheryar. he story is Asfandyar's struggle to help Hoorain recover from this disease. Hoorain is readmitted in the hospital after her hallucinations about Sheheryar, and three months later Asfandyar comes to take her back home as she has recovered, but she fakes losing her memory. However, the name Sheheryar slips out of her mouth, which leads to Asfand discovering she was faking losing her memory as she remembers Sheheryar clearly. Hoorain then reveals she faked this because she wanted to protect her child from her crazy hallucinations and thought she was incapable of raising Sheheryar. Asfand then consoles her and they both embrace, going back home.
== Soundtrack ==

Ten years later Asfand, Hoorain and Sheheryar are shown to be living peacefully, and Hoorain has not overcome her schizophrenia completely, but she is learning to control it because of Asfand's patience and treatment.

== Cast ==
* [[Sonya Hussain]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1185919|title=Sonya Hussyn has her own YouTube channel now|first=Irfan Ul|last=Haq|date=October 12, 2020|access-date=March 22, 2021|work=Images}}</ref> as Hoorain “Hoor”
* [[Sami Khan]] as Asfandya "Asfand"
* [[Nazish Jahangir]] as Namal, Hoorain's sister
* [[Ghana Ali]] as Warda, Hoorain's elder sister
* [[Aurangzeb Leghari]] as Hoorain's father
* [[Fareeda Shabbir]] as Hoorain's Mother
* Sajid Shah as Asfandyar's father
* [[Kinza Malik]] as Asfandyar's mother
* Ejaz Khan as Nadir, Warda's husband
* Humaira Zahid as Warda's mother-in-law
* [[Jahanzeb Khan]] as Sufiyan; Warda's brother-in-law
* Pareezay Fatima as Huma, Asfandyar's sister
* Hani Taha as Zari, Warda's doctor
* Shafqat Khan as Asfandyar's friend

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox single
| name = Akhiyan hain udaas kyun
| type = song
| artist = Naveed Nashad
| writer = Qamar Nashad
| producer = Moomal Entertainment
| label = HUM
| language = Urdu
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2020|08|13}}
| length = 4:19
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|AE64scQCEGE|"Saraab" OST}}|Type=song}}
}}
The original soundtrack of the show was released on 13 August 2020. The music was composed and sung by Naveed Nashad while lyrics were written by Qamar Nashad.
The original soundtrack of the show was released on 13 August 2020. The music was composed and sung by Naveed Nashad while lyrics were written by Qamar Nashad.

== Production ==

In early 2020, it was announced that [[Sami Khan]] and [[Sonya Hussain]], who previously starred together in ''[[Ishq Zahe Naseeb]]'', are working together on a project, and later it was also revealed that the latter will play a schizophrenic in the series. By the April 2020, the 70% shot has been completed, which was earlier postponed by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="tribune"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/562057/sonya-hussyn-continues-to-shed-light-on-mental-illness/|title=Sonya Hussyn continues to shed light on mental illness|date=21 February 2022|work=Daily Times|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sonya Hussyn to play a schizophrenic in her next drama serial|url=//www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/619231-sonya-hussyn-to-play-a-schizophrenic-in-her-next-drama-serial|access-date=August 24, 2020|author=News Bytes|work=[[The News International|The News]]|date=February 25, 2020}}</ref>
The first and second teasers of the show were released on the 4 August 2020.<ref>{{ Cite web |title=Teasers for Sami Khan And Sonya Hussyn's 'Saraab' Are Full Of Intrigue|url=https://galaxylollywood.com/2020/08/04/teasers-of-drama-saraab-are-full-of-intrigue/|date=4 August 2020|work=}}</ref>

== Reception==
=== Critical reception ===
The series garnered critical praise due to its subject of [[schizophrenia]] and Hussyn's performance, with ''Something Haute'' hailed her as, "the highlight of the play that addressed schizophrenia, doing complete justice to her role."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://somethinghaute.com/saraab-has-been-a-huge-learning-experience-says-sonya-hussyn/|title=“Saraab has been a huge learning experience,” says Sonya Hussyn|date=16 March 2021|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316122858/https://somethinghaute.com/saraab-has-been-a-huge-learning-experience-says-sonya-hussyn/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/671663-how-pakistani-dramas-are-now-openly-addressing-mental-health-issues|title=How Pakistani dramas are now openly addressing mental health issues|date=14 June 2020|work=The News International|author=Buraq Shabbir|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/700518-whats-in-store-on-tv-this-season|title=What’s in store on TV this season|date=16 August 2020|work=The News International|access-date=6 October 2022|author=Buraq Shabbir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cutacut.com/2021/03/12/saraab-last-episode/?|title=Saraab serves as a guide on how to destigmatize mental health|author=Farheen Abdullah|work=Cutacut|date=|access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> It received negative reviews due to the portrayal of the toxic sister rivalry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/796592-women-without-agency|title=Women without agency|date=28 February 2021|access-date=|author=Afreen Seher|work=The News International}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Year
!Awards
!Category
!Recipient(s)/ nominee(s)
!Result
!{{Tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2nd Pakistan International Screen Awards|2021]]
!scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Pakistan International Screen Awards]]
| Best TV Actor - Jury
| [[Sami Khan]]
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1188744|title=The winners of the PISA Awards 2021 are here|work=[[DAWN Images]]|date=6 November 2021|access-date=30 October 2022|author=Images Staff}}</ref>
|-
| Best TV Actress - Jury
| [[Sonya Hussyn]]
| {{Won}}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.hum.tv/dramas/saraab/ Official website]

[[Category:2020 Pakistani television series debuts]]
[[Category:Urdu-language television shows]]
[[Category:Pakistani drama television series]]
[[Category:Hum TV]]
[[Category:Hum TV original programming]]
[[Category:MD Productions]]

Latest revision as of 19:38, 11 November 2024

Saraab
Original titleسراب
Genre
Starring
Theme music composerNaveed Nashad
Opening themeNaveed Nashad
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of episodes30
Production
ProducerMoomal Shunaid
Production locations
CinematographySaleem Abbas
Production companyMoomal Entertainment
Original release
NetworkHum TV
Release20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) –
11 March 2021 (2021-03-11)

Saraab (transl. Illusion) is a Pakistani psychological drama television series broadcast on Hum TV from 20 August 2020 to 11 March 2021. It is written by Edison Idrees, directed by Mohsin Talat, and produced by Moomal Shunaid under the banner Moomal Entertainment. It stars Sami Khan as Asfandyar and Sonya Hussain as Hoorain, the former's eventual wife suffering from schizophrenia.[1][2][3]

Plot

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Hoorain is different from the people around her and lives at a distance from them. She likes her cousin Asfandyar and wants to marry him. She is ignored by her parents (as her sisters Namal and Warda are clever and sharp-minded) and lives in a separate room at upper story of the house. These factors contribute to Hoorain becoming a victim of schizophrenia. Things become complicated when she starts to act like a schizophrenic. She has hallucinations and consider everyone as her enemy. Asfandyar discovers about her disease and helps her but things become complicated and interwoven. Asfand and Hoorain get married, and soon Hoorain discovers she is pregnant which further complicates her schizophrenia. The doctor warns Asfand that pregnancy could lead to Hoorain having more psychotic attacks. Hoorain is admitted for therapy until she visibility starts getting better. Warda, Hoorain sister tries to instigate her against Asfand. Meanwhile, Hoorain suffers a complicated delivery after another of her hallucinations and her mother prays that her baby will be a boy, as every girl would not have a husband as kind and understanding as Asfandyar if the baby inherited her disease. Hoorain gives birth to a healthy boy, who is named Sheheryar. he story is Asfandyar's struggle to help Hoorain recover from this disease. Hoorain is readmitted in the hospital after her hallucinations about Sheheryar, and three months later Asfandyar comes to take her back home as she has recovered, but she fakes losing her memory. However, the name Sheheryar slips out of her mouth, which leads to Asfand discovering she was faking losing her memory as she remembers Sheheryar clearly. Hoorain then reveals she faked this because she wanted to protect her child from her crazy hallucinations and thought she was incapable of raising Sheheryar. Asfand then consoles her and they both embrace, going back home.

Ten years later Asfand, Hoorain and Sheheryar are shown to be living peacefully, and Hoorain has not overcome her schizophrenia completely, but she is learning to control it because of Asfand's patience and treatment.

Cast

[edit]
  • Sonya Hussain[4] as Hoorain “Hoor”
  • Sami Khan as Asfandya "Asfand"
  • Nazish Jahangir as Namal, Hoorain's sister
  • Ghana Ali as Warda, Hoorain's elder sister
  • Aurangzeb Leghari as Hoorain's father
  • Fareeda Shabbir as Hoorain's Mother
  • Sajid Shah as Asfandyar's father
  • Kinza Malik as Asfandyar's mother
  • Ejaz Khan as Nadir, Warda's husband
  • Humaira Zahid as Warda's mother-in-law
  • Jahanzeb Khan as Sufiyan; Warda's brother-in-law
  • Pareezay Fatima as Huma, Asfandyar's sister
  • Hani Taha as Zari, Warda's doctor
  • Shafqat Khan as Asfandyar's friend

Soundtrack

[edit]
"Akhiyan hain udaas kyun"
Song by Naveed Nashad
LanguageUrdu
Released13 August 2020 (2020-08-13)
Length4:19
LabelHUM
Songwriter(s)Qamar Nashad
Producer(s)Moomal Entertainment
Music video
"Saraab" OST on YouTube

The original soundtrack of the show was released on 13 August 2020. The music was composed and sung by Naveed Nashad while lyrics were written by Qamar Nashad.

Production

[edit]

In early 2020, it was announced that Sami Khan and Sonya Hussain, who previously starred together in Ishq Zahe Naseeb, are working together on a project, and later it was also revealed that the latter will play a schizophrenic in the series. By the April 2020, the 70% shot has been completed, which was earlier postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][5][6] The first and second teasers of the show were released on the 4 August 2020.[7]

Reception

[edit]

Critical reception

[edit]

The series garnered critical praise due to its subject of schizophrenia and Hussyn's performance, with Something Haute hailed her as, "the highlight of the play that addressed schizophrenia, doing complete justice to her role."[8][9][10][11] It received negative reviews due to the portrayal of the toxic sister rivalry.[12]

Awards and nominations

[edit]
Year Awards Category Recipient(s)/ nominee(s) Result Ref.
2021 Pakistan International Screen Awards Best TV Actor - Jury Sami Khan Nominated [13]
Best TV Actress - Jury Sonya Hussyn Won

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Hunia Taj (6 August 2020). "Saraab – Sonya Hussyn, Sami Khan pairs up for new drama". incpak.
  2. ^ Report, Desk (8 August 2020). "Why Sonya Hussyn saying autism is a symptom of schizophrenia is irresponsible". Dawn Images. Retrieved 26 December 2020. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b "Sonya Hussyn is all set to play a schizophrenic in upcoming serial". Express Tribune. 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ Haq, Irfan Ul (12 October 2020). "Sonya Hussyn has her own YouTube channel now". Images. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Sonya Hussyn continues to shed light on mental illness". Daily Times. 21 February 2022.
  6. ^ News Bytes (25 February 2020). "Sonya Hussyn to play a schizophrenic in her next drama serial". The News. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Teasers for Sami Khan And Sonya Hussyn's 'Saraab' Are Full Of Intrigue". 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ ""Saraab has been a huge learning experience," says Sonya Hussyn". 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021.
  9. ^ Buraq Shabbir (14 June 2020). "How Pakistani dramas are now openly addressing mental health issues". The News International.
  10. ^ Buraq Shabbir (16 August 2020). "What's in store on TV this season". The News International. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  11. ^ Farheen Abdullah. "Saraab serves as a guide on how to destigmatize mental health". Cutacut. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  12. ^ Afreen Seher (28 February 2021). "Women without agency". The News International.
  13. ^ Images Staff (6 November 2021). "The winners of the PISA Awards 2021 are here". DAWN Images. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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