Tere Bin (2022 TV series)

Tere Bin
Genre	Drama Romance Action
Written by	Nooran Makhdoom
Directed by	Siraj ul Haq
Starring	Wahaj Ali Yumna Zaidi
Theme music composer	Shani Arshad
Opening theme	Kya Hoti Hai Bewafai
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	56 episodes as 22 June 2023
Production
Producers	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi
Production company	7th Sky Entertainment
Original release
Network	Geo TV
Release	28 December 2022 (2022-12-28) – present

Tere Bin (transl. Without You) is a romantic Pakistani drama television series produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under the banner 7th Sky Entertainment. Directed by Siraj ul Haq, it aired from 28 December 2022 on Geo TV. It stars Wahaj Ali and Yumna Zaidi in main roles. It gained popularity rapidly due to the lead couple’s chemistry and its background score.

Plot

The story is set in Hyderabad and begins with the village’s head, Murtasim Shahnawaz Khan on a stroll in the fields to discern the progress of the crops when one of the farmers mournfully informs him of the threats they are agonised with and enlightens him of the rising menace to their fields imposed by a cutthroat rival in the village named, Malik Mukhtar and his vile son, Malik Zubair. Being the village’s premier, Murtasim heeds the whole situation and it quite incenses him. He’s known to be responsible as well as ruthless when it comes to protecting and ensuring his people’s safety. When Malik tries to create problems over a mere land that he desires which is owned by Murtasim, it’s the cue for Murtasim to assert his true dominance. Hence, to instill terror and warn his foes of further barbarity against his people and meddling in the village’s peace, Murtasim barges into Malik’s mansion and threatens to kill his son —thus fueling the red-hot rivalry further.

On the other hand, Meerab Waqas Ahmad (by birth: Meerab Anwar Khan) is her father’s princess who is a renowned lawyer in Karachi. She’s an ambitious and beautiful young girl who wants to pursue higher studies and aspires to become a rightful lawyer like her father, Waqas. It’s shown that her entire world revolves around her parents and she believes in them the most. Her strong and confident personality makes her stand against social injustices around her, and she never stays back to voice her debate over the disservices of society over innocents. She’s incredibly coddled by her family and her college friends which grips her with a sense of pride and self-worth.

In Hyderabad, Murtasim’s mother, Salma Begum, is considered the “Khaanum” and is respected among the whole village. Being extremely venerated with her regal aura that graces the grand mansion of the Khans, she’s customed to heed the problems and sufferings of the people calmly and unriddle suitable solutions for their miseries. It is also shown that Murtasim has a younger cousin, Haya (late paternal aunt’s daughter) who is deeply in love with him to the extent of an unhealthy obsession as she earnestly dreams to marry him. She roams like a delusional lover in his room and touches his walled pictures, claiming that she’s the one who would own him in the end no matter how much he runs away from her and dismisses her advances. It turns out that Murtasim’s half-aware of the madly fascinated upswings of Haya regarding him, but he deems her as his younger sister and continues to refuse her in every way.

Waqas’s good friend and Murtasim’s paternal Uncle, Anwar Khan, is clued in on Meerab’s wish to study law and he promptly informs his sister-in-law Salma Begum of Waqas’s inclination to let Meerab fulfill her ambition. Salma Begum is a woman of a conservative and backward mentality. She doesn’t deem that the women of her family should be tolerated to roam in circles of courts but rather be reserved in a womanly chore to which she’s entitled. She urges Anwar to travel to Karachi along with Murtasim to make Waqas understand and reiterate that she’s the one who makes decisions in their family, after her son and the crowned kingpin, Murtasim Shahnawaz Khan himself.

It’s Meerab’s birthday shortly and her college friends, Saba and Rohail, insist on having a party. Intending to romantically propose to Meerab on her birthday itself, Rohail volunteers to throw the party and after many avowals by her friends, Meerab has to agree (unaware of what Rohail has planned). On the way to Karachi with Anwar, Murtasim stops his car among the throng of spectators surrounding the public street and goes over to investigate the chaos only to see Meerab manhandling a man who she claims to be abusive with his wife, and her female servant. Angered that Meerab is supposedly flouting their family’s vanity, he roughly drags her away from the scene.

Meerab tries hard to make sure her father doesn’t view her as culpable and laments over how Murtasim and Anwar dragged her insensately. She questions their constant involvement in their house and asserts that they don’t hold any power over her. Waqas makes her leave without listening to her which upsets Meerab. Anwar warns Waqas that he wouldn’t condone their family’s dignity getting bedraggled on the streets.

To resolve the outcome of Meerab’s situation, Murtasim relays a suitable suggestion to deal with Meerab, which is to get her married as soon as possible. Waqas instruct Meerab that she must go to Salma Begum’s mansion and apologize to Anwar for what he considers a ‘mistake.’ For her parents’ sake, Meerab travels to Hyderabad and gets off a bumpy road with the family with her outspoken and upright tone. Salma Begum passes the knowledge of the decision she’s made for Meerab’s marriage to Waqas and Anila, urging them to reluctantly agree while not bothering to notify Meerab about the decision yet.

At Meerab’s birthday party (organized by Rohail), a disgruntled Murtasim uninvitedly arrives and creates a scene with Rohail, who refuses to let Meerab be dragged away against her wishes. On the occasion of Meerab’s birthday, Salma Begum announces the marriage alliance between her son, Murtasim and Meerab. Both people woven in the misalliance don’t take the decision well and quarrel against it. Murtasim claims that Meerab is an insolent and mollycoddled girl that he dislikes the guts of, thus refusing to marry her. Meerab has a similar opinion as well and wishes to be kept away from an unruly guy like Murtasim. Despite their personality clashes and blatant refusal, everyone urges them to agree as it’s only better in the eyes of Salma Begum. Meanwhile, Haya is devastated by the thought of seeing the object of her infatuation being married off to someone else and begins to despise Meerab with full intensity. Mariam, Murtasim’s younger sister, tries to make Haya discern the consequences of her far-fetched devotion.

Meerab’s hatred towards Murtasim continues to flourish as after a lot of entreaties, her parents refuse to change their decisions and try to make her adjust to the fact that Murtasim is the man of dreams and will keep her happy. She doesn’t stop imploring her father to defy Salma Begum’s decision and take her to her home in Karachi. Meerab is left in disbelief as a family secret from the past resurfaces before her. It is revealed that Muratism’s uncle Anwar is the biological father of Meerab who abandoned her after the demise of his wife and Meerab’s mother, Nazia, during childbirth. To have the baby in the right hands, Shahnawaz Khan and Salma Begun make Waqas and Anila foster Meerab and raise her as the couple both did not have children. Meerab is utterly devastated by the fact that her whole life had been a lie fabricated before her beautifully yet so cruelly. She gets despairingly lonely as Salma Begum sends Waqas and Anila away to Karachi with Meerab left behind. After realizing the rights Anwar has upon her, Meerab agrees to the marriage, much to Murtasim’s surprise who still is adamant about his refusal. But he starts pondering upon finding out that the alliance was set in place since Meerab’s birth as it was his late father, Shahnawaz’s, decision and wish to have Meerab become Murtasim’s wife and “Khaanum”.

After seeing that Meerab’s beginning to soften towards him and pitying the recent tragic revelation of her life, Murtasim agrees to the marriage as well being unaware that Meerab’s planning to marry him solely to make the family repent for everything they did to her. The marriage rituals begin, and Haya in her power tries to disparage Meerab before everyone though Meerub claps back at her after each of her failed tactics. On the day of the marriage, much to everyone’s surprise, Murtasim brings Meerab’s foster parents from Karachi himself just to make her feel better but she refuses to acknowledge them. Amidst the Nikkah, Meerab declines the nuptials and walks away before everyone and it incenses Murtasim and his family. She proposes a contract to her future husband stating that Murtasim can’t ever close upon her and should refrain from making any physical contact with her even after Nikkah, without her consent. Murtasim signs the pact with askance and takes her back to the wedding. Ultimately, they get married to each other.

Coming from different backgrounds and mindsets, Murtasim begins to realize Meerab’s unjust defiant behavior towards him and begins to consider her a challenge for himself. Amidst pursuing Meerab and safeguarding her against the disasters that her antagonism ensnares her in, Murtasim falls in love with her. On the other hand, Meerab who is used to living her life on her own terms, refuses to accept Murtasim’s family traditions and unnecessary social barriers, resolutely sticking with the contract she’s got her husband to sign.

Soon their lives go through a series of emotional suffering and misunderstandings where it becomes difficult for them to coexist. Despite their differences towards each other, will Murtasim and Meerab accept their true feelings or will the dynamics of ego and self-respect along with the evil schemes of jealous foes to rip their marriage apart force them to yield to the world’s disposition?

Cast

Main

• Wahaj Ali as Murtasim Shahnawaz Khan — Shahnawaz and Salma’s son; Mariam’s elder brother; Meesam’s Father; Meerab’s cousin and husband
• Yumna Zaidi as Meerab Murtasim Khan — Anwar and Nazia’s daughter; Waqas and Anila’s foster daughter; Murtasim and Mariam’s cousin; Meesam’s Mother; Murtasim’s wife

Recurring

• Bushra Ansari as Salma Begum — Shahnawaz’s widow; Murtasim and Mariam’s mother; Meerab’s mother-in-law; Meesam’s paternal grandmother
• Sabeena Farooq as Haya — An orphan; Murtasim, Mariam and Meerab’s cousin; Murtasim’s one-sided lover; Naurez’s ex-fiancé (Main antagonist)
• Sohail Sameer as Anwar Khan — Nazia’s widower; Meerab’s biological father; Murtasim and Mariam’s paternal uncle, Haya’s maternal uncle and Murtasim’s father-in-law; Meesam’s maternal grandfather
• Farhan Ally Agha as Waqas Ahmad Khan — Anila’s husband; Meerab’s foster father (dead)
• Fazila Qazi as Anila Ahmad — Waqas’s wife; Meerab’s foster mother
• Hira Soomro as Mariam Naurez Khan — Shahnawaz and Salma’s daughter; Murtasim’s younger sister, Haya and Meerab’s cousin, Meerab’s sister-in-law; Naurez’s wife; Meesam’s paternal aunt
• Subhan Awan as Rohail — Meerab’s friend and one-sided lover
• Talia Jan as Saba — Meerab and Rohail’s friend
• Mahmood Aslam as Malik Mukhtar — Murtasim’s rival
• Agha Mustafa Hassan as Malik Zubair/Anas — Mukhtar’s son; Murtasim’s rival
• Seemi Pasha as Sabra — Naurez’s Mother, Mariam’s mother-in-law
• Haris Waheed as Naurez Khan— Haya’s ex-fiance; Mariam’s husband
• Asim Mehmood as Farukkh Khan — bus conductor
• Umaiza Fatima (child actor) as Meesam Murtasim Khan — Murtasim and Meerab’s daughter; Salma and Shahnawaz and Anwar and Nazia’s granddaughter; Maryam’s niece

Production

The series was announced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under 7th Sky Entertainment, for Geo TV. Director Siraj ul Haq said that he found the script "original and relevant". He further said that the "conflict between the lead characters was interesting" to depict on the screen.

It marks the second on-screen collaboration of Wahaj Ali and Yumna Zaidi after Dil Na Umeed To Nahi. The series was released on 28 December 2022 and it airs every Wednesday and Thursday.

Soundtrack

Tere Bin
Soundtrack album by Shani Arshad
Genre	Melancholic Classical Pop
Length	6:34
Language	Urdu
Producer	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi

The theme song Kya Hoti Hai Bewafai is sung by Shani Arshad and Nirmal Roy. It is composed by Shani Arshad.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tere Bin (Original Soundtrack)" (OST)	Shani Arshad	5:34
2.	"Tere Bin (Female Version OST)"	Nirmal Roy	5:34
3.	"Dil Hei Mera Dard Hai" (Additional OST)	Shani Arshad	2:58
4.	"Dholla (Original Soundtrack)" (Additional OST)	Shahid Ali Sonu, Nirmala Maghani	4:32

Reception

Critical response

The series has received mixed reviews for its storyline, writing, and dialogues, though Ali’s performance, direction and soundtrack received acclaim. The on-screen pairing of lead pairs has received positive response and was the main reason for its popularity.

It has trended on Twitter and is number 1 on YouTube in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh throughout. It is the most watched Pakistani drama series on YouTube reaching over 2.3 Billion views whilst still on air and has gained high TRPs throughout its airing on television. It is the only drama to have gained over 12 million views within 8 hours of the drama being uploaded on YouTube and where all episodes have over 20+ million views. It’s also the first ever Pakistani drama to have the OST trending number 1 for music, on YouTube, for over 2 weeks.

Criticism

The show become the talk of the town after the last two controversial episodes of the drama aired when the main leads displayed extremely hateful and obnoxious behavior towards each other, Meerab slapped and spat on Murtasim after she caught him cheating on her with his cousin which was condemned by fans and Murtasim was shown to sexually assault her. Thus, demanding the makers to end the series as soon as possible. It is also facing criticism from viewers for its theme of extreme misogyny, violence/slapping women and justification of marital rape. Under the pressure,the story was changed and martial rape was excluded out of it. Most of the viewers rightly dropped the show because marital rape can never be justified.

Television ratings

Tere Bin is the most-watched drama in Pakistan. It’s topped the trp chart every week consistently. The series received its 2nd highest trp of 18.2, for the past 3 years (21, 22, and 2023) across all entertainment channels for episode 44 and 47 and received the highest trp of 18.6, for past 3 years (21, 22, and 2023) across all entertainment channels for episode 49.

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Episode	Broadcast date	Weekly rank (in ratings)	Television Rating Points (TRP)	YouTube viewership (in millions)
1	28 December 2022	1	9.9	58
2	29 December 2022	1	10.9	42
3	4 January 2023	1	9.0	39
4	5 January 2023	1	10.2	40
5	11 January 2023	1	9.0	37
6	12 January 2023	1	11.0	37
7	18 January 2023	1	10.0	37
8	19 January 2023	1	10.8	38
9	25 January 2023	1	12.4	36
10	26 January 2023	1	11.4	38
11	1 February 2023	1	12.8	42
12	2 February 2023	1	13.4	43
13	8 February 2023	1	12.8	38
14	9 February 2023	1	12.7	42
15	15 February2023	1	8.6	38
16	16 February 2023	1	11.3	42
17	22 February 2023	1	9.3	35
18	23 February 2023	1	11.2	35
19	1 March 2023	1	10.0	32
20	2 March 2023	1	9.1	37
21	8 March 2023	1	9.9	39
22	9 March 2023	1	10.4	39
23	15 March 2023	1	10.6	38
24	16 March 2023	1	9.9	36
25	22 March 2023	1	15.0	34
26	23 March 2023	1	13.0	34
27	29 March 2023	1	13.4	33
28	30 March 2023	1	13.7	34
29	5 April 2023	1	12.8	33
30	6 April 2023	1	13.5	35
31	12 April 2023	1	11.1	31
32	13 April 2023	1	11.8	32
33	19 April 2023	1	9.0	28
34	20 April 2023	1	9.8	Not uploaded
35	24 April 2023 (Eid Day 3 special)	1	7.0	26
36	25 April 2023 (Eid Day 4 special)	1	9.5	27
37	26 April 2023	1	11.7	27
38	27 April 2023	1	7.6	30
39	1 May 2023	1	11.6	27
40	2 May 2023	1	14.3	25
41	3 May 2023	1	12.6	27
42	4 May 2023	1	10.7	33
43	10 May 2023	1	15.9	30
44	11 May 2023	1	18.2	35
45	17 May 2023	1	11.0	31
46	18 May 2023	1	16.5	39
47	24 May 2023	1	18.2	33
48	25 May 2023	1	14.3	33
49	31 May 2023	1	18.6	28
50	1 June 2023	1	16.6	29
51	7 June 2023	1	13.1	25
52	8 June 2023	1	12.2	27
53	14 June 2023	1	13.4	24
54	15 June 2023	1	11.6	23

External links

• Tere Bin at IMDb