Deewangi

Deewangi دیوانگی
File:Deewangi title.jpg Official title card
Genre	Romance Mystery
Written by	Sadia Akhtar
Directed by	Zeeshan Ahmed
Starring	Danish Taimoor Hiba Bukhari Ali Abbas
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	41
Production
Producers	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup in
Running time	37 minutes
Production company	7th Sky Entertainment
Original release
Network	Geo Entertainment
Release	18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) – 26 August 2020 (2020-08-26)

Deewangi (Template:Lang-ur) is Pakistani romantic drama television series, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under 7th Sky Entertainment. It started airing on Geo Entertainment from 18 December 2019 to 26 August 2020. It has Danish Taimoor and Hiba Bukhari in their second project together after Haara Dil.It is digitally available to stream on YouTube and in some countries on VIU App.

Plot

The story revolves around Nageen (Hiba Bukhari), who hails from a lower middle class background, and Sultan Durrani (Danish Taimoor), a wealthy businessman who hails from a political background. Sultan lost his parents at a very young age and lived with his grandmother Bi Jaan (Ismat Zaidi) ever since. Nageen lives with her sister Nuzhat (Faiza Gillani), brother-in-law Rashid (Noor-ul-Hassan) and Rashid's mother. Nageen only lands menial jobs because she does not have a degree, and is hired as a bus hostess at a private bus company.

Sultan crosses paths with Nageen when his car suddenly stops working on the highway and has no other choice but travel in a bus. In that brief journey, Sultan is drawn to Nageen when he sees her confronting a harasser. Afterwards, he starts travelling by bus every now and then just to meet Nageen but she ignores him and only treats him as a passenger. To seek her attention, Sultan buys all the bus tickets one day to travel alone with Nageen. He expresses his feelings for her but she rejects him because of their class difference. She gets more frightened after a man throws acid on Faryal (Nageen's friend) for refusing his proposal. On the other hand, Sultan's cousin, Narmeen (Zoya Nasir), who wants to marry Sultan, finds out about Nageen and makes a plan to trap her. After a few days, Sultan forcefully tries to put a ring on Nageen's fingers but she refuses and slaps him. Narmeen's secret agent records a video and it goes viral on social media. The video makes Sultan look like a harrasser and as a result, his uncle loses general public elections. Nageen reaches out to Sultan for his forgiveness and he accepts her apology. Sultan again proposes to Nageen and she accepts it this time. Nageen's family is very happy with the marriage, but most members of Sultan's family oppose it as they want him to marry Narmeen. On the wedding day, Nageen is kidnapped and every one suspects her of running away with someone else. Sultan calls off the wedding and Nageen's character is questioned in the society.

Nageen is let go after two days. Her family believes that she has either been raped or ran away on her own wish. Nageen tries to assure them that nothing bad happened with her nor she ran away. She has no explanation to give concerning the two-day kidnapping. After a few days, Nageen goes to Sultan to make him believe of her innocence, but Sultan reveals that he was the one who kidnapped her and that the marriage was just a plan to seek revenge from Nageen for the slap and the public humiliation. Nageen is heartbroken. She threatens to expose Sultan in front of the media but Sultan blackmails Nageen with photoshopped intimate pictures. He also pays Rashid (brother-in-law) 50 Lac Rupees to keep their mouth shut.

Sultan marries Narmeen on Bi Jaan's insistence. Rashid forcefully arranges Nageen's marriage with Anwar but Nageen plans to runaway with the help of her sister. One day, Anwar comes to Nageen's house when she is alone and tries to rape her so Nageen, out of self-defense, grabs the first hard thing she sees, hits him on the head, and escapes. Nageen goes to Lahore to her Aunt's house. On the way, Nageen meets Haroon (Ali Abbas) who tries to become her friend but she turns him down. Haroon helps Nageen a lot in Lahore. Nageen lands a job as a Receptionist in a TV Channel company. She finds out that Haroon also works as a reporter in the same company. They become friends and Haroon starts liking Nageen. Sultan leads an unhappy married life with Narmeen and missed Nageen constantly but tries to deny his feelings. In Lahore, Haroon proposes Nageen but she is reluctant as Haroon's mother doesn't approve of the match. However, Nageen and Haroon manage to get married anyway. On the other hand, Sultan begins his search for Nageen. One day, Sultan finds out about Narmeen's conspiracies and in a fit of rage, he throws Narmeen out of the house. However, Narmeen hits a wall and dies after giving birth to their daughter. Sultan and Bijaan hide it from everyone but Bijaan is angry at Sultan and doesn't let's him meet his daughter. Eventually Narmeen's father gets to know about it. Narmeen's father tries to shoot Sultan, but accidentally shoots Bi Jaan and she dies. Narmeen's parents cut all ties with Sultan and doesn't allow him to meet his daughter Rameen. Thus Sultan loses all his loved ones and temporarily shifts to UK.

Four years pass by. Nageen leads a happy married life with Haroon although they have financial issues, they also have trouble while having a baby and Haroon's mother constantly taunts Nageen. Sultan returns to Pakistan and tries to meet his daughter, but Narmeen's mother doesn't allow him. Sultan still loves Nageen. One day, Sultan sees Nageen and again becomes obsessed with her. Sultan started stalking Nageen and in order to get closer to her, appoints Haroon in his company. Sultan provided a furnished house to Haroon's family in Karachi so that they can shift to Karachi and he can get close to Nageen more often. Sultan strengthen his ties with Haroon's family but Nageen keeps on trying to avoid him. After realizing that all his efforts are useless, Sultan hired Haroon's ex, Ramsha in his company and conspires with her to make hurdles in Nageen's life. Ramsha got close to Haroon and started manipulating him against Nageen. Ramsha was also suspicious about the obsession of Sultan with Nageen, after digging in Nageen's past she gets to know the affair of Sultan and Nageen. On the other hand, Nageen tried to save his marriage by telling Haroon truth about her past with Sultan. Haroon in fit of rage confront Sultan and try to hit him but his servants attacked Haroon and made his injuries look like an accident. Ramsha realizes that Sultan is dangerous and selfish person so she partnered with Nageen in order to punish Sultan legally. However, Ramsha ended up committing suicide. Nageen claimed that Ramsha is murdered by Sultan but cops said she died by shooting herself.

In order to expose Sultan, Nageen agreed to marry him and ask Sultan to provide money for treatment of Haroon. However, during nikah Nageen neglect to marry Sultan and creates a scene in front of media, infuriating Sultan. He took Nageen to his home where during an argument Nageen shot him. Haroon took the blame of shooting Sultan and was locked up by cops. Sultan was taken to hospital, where he asked cops to release Haroon and that he has shot himself. Haroon's mother accept Nageen as her daughter-in-law. Nageen and Haroon ended up together while Sultan dying in the hospital.

Cast

Main Cast

• Danish Taimoor as Sultan Durrani, Narmeen's husband.
• Hiba Bukhari as Nageen Faiyyaz, Haroon's wife
• Zoya Nasir as Narmeen, Sultan's wife
• Ali Abbas as Haroon, Nageen's husband

Recurring Cast

• Ismat Zaidi as Bi Jaan
• Mehmood Aslam as Narmeen's father
• Faiza Gillani as Nuzhat, Nageen's sister
• Parveen Akbar as Nuzhat's mother-in-law
• Noor Ul Hasan as Rashid; Nageen's brother-in-law
• Nida Mumtaz as Narmeen's mother
• Humaira Bano as Haroon's mother
• Aiza Awan as Haroon's sister
• Anas Ali Imran as Fawad; Sultan's friend
• Fahima Awan as Faryal, Nageen's colleague
• Salma Shaheen as Faryal's mother
• Zohreh Ali as Ramsha; Haroon's ex-girlfriend

Soundtrack

Deewangi
Soundtrack album by Sahir Ali Bagga
Released	30 December 2019 (2019-12-30)
Recorded	2019
Genre	Television soundtrack
Length	6:46
Language	Urdu
Label	Geo Entertainment
Music video
"OST: Deewangi" on YouTube

The OST is sung and composed by Sahir Ali Bagga on lyrics penned by Imran Raza. The OST gains positive reaction and has garnered 22.5 million views on YouTube as of September 2020 since its release.

Controversy

After the terror incident on Pakistan Stock Exchange in July 2020, the attackers car was found in the later episode of the series, sparked reaction from audiences due to the strange coincidence.

External links

• Deewangi at IMDb