Pyarey Afzal
| Pyarey Afzal | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Genre | Romance, drama |
| Written by | Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar |
| Directed by | Nadeem Baig |
| Starring |
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| Opening theme |
"Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" Sung by Waqar Ali |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language(s) | Urdu |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Six Sigma Entertainment |
| Location(s) | Karachi, Hydrabad |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ARY Digital Network |
| Original release | 26 November 2013 – 12 August 2014 |
| Website | |
Pyarey Afzal or Pyaare Afzal (Urdu: پیارے افضل) ( English: Dear Afzal) is a Pakistani romantic drama serial that aired on ARY Digital, directed by Nadeem Baig, written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar and production of Six Sigma Entertainment. The drama was first aired on 26 November 2013 starring Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayeza Khan in lead roles while had its ending episode on 12 August 2014. The show was a major critical and commercial success and the last episode was aired in various cinema screens within the country and became first one to do so. The show was also highly trended on social networking sites and became a "cult" in Pakistan.[1][2]
Pyaray Afzal won many people's choice awards from Dawn readers in 2014. At the annual Lux Style Awards, Pyarey Afzal won five awards from seven nominations, including Best Television Play, Best Director for Baig, Best Actor for Abbasi and Best Actress for Khan.[3] Pyaray Afzal also aired in India on Zindagi Channel with the same name. The Express Tribune stated that Indian viewers liked "The script, dialogue delivery, background score and overall finesse" and created a lot of social media response.[4] While several Indian newspapers mentioned that Indian viewers are in "love" with Pyarey Afzal.[5]
Plot
The story starts in the city of Hyderabad where the protagonist Afzal Subhan (Hamza Ali Abbasi) son of Maulvi Subhanallah (Firdous Jamal) is playing Cricket. Afzal after graduating from the college with low grades could not find any employment and spends his time playing sports, cards and betting which his father despises. Afzal secretly has a crush on Farah Ibrahim (Aiza Khan), the mill owner's daughter. Afzal claims to receive letters from Farah which he reads in front of his friends, although he refuses to disclose the name of the girl. Farah on the other hand is getting married to Mahtab (Umer Naru), a family friend, but she does not want to marry him. Farah along with her sister Lubna (Sana Javed) hires Afzal to be Farah's love interest so that Farah can convince her parents that she loves another person. They succeed in convincing Farah's parents that she is in love with Afzal and consequently Farah's wedding with Mahtaab is cancelled. Meanwhile Afzal truly falls in love with Farah and his sister (Anoushay Abbasi) convinces his parents to take marriage proposal to Farah's parents. In the family meeting Farah humiliates and insults Afzal. Heartbroken Afzal leaves Hyderabad for Karachi vowing to never return back.
Afzal arrives in Karachi and lives with Babu Hameed (Alie Sheikh) in a rented room. The house is owned by a landlady and her daughter Yasmeen (Sohai Ali Abro). Meanwhile Mahtab accidentally meets Afzal outside of a bank where Afzal is working as a security guard. Afzal witnesses an incident in which Wali, Yasmeen's gangster cousin harasses her to marry him. Afzal has a fight with Wali and he escapes. Wali vows to take revenge and returns after few days with his men comes and shoots Afzal. Farah becomes somewhat obsessed with Afzal, repeatedly mentioning him in her conversations. Lubna, Farah's sister, suspects that Farah is in love with Afzal but Farah denies her sister's accusation. Mehtab informs Lubna that he has met Afzal outside a bank in Karachi and gives her his address. Farah along with her father goes to Karachi to the address provided by Mehtaab. When they arrive they are informed that Afzal has been shot and is in the hospital.
Yasmeen is moved by what Afzal has done for her and falls in love with him and after meeting Farah she feels insecure. Wali taking advantage of Afzal's absence comes to Yasmeen's house again. Babu Hameed attempts to shoot Wali but gets shot instead. Afzal receives the news of Babu Hameed's death and decides to take revenge. Afzal's parents came to Karachi in order to meet him but he runs away before they reach. Undercover Police gets interested in Afzal and decided hire him as a vigilante and pays him to create a gang for targeted killing the criminals. Their first target was Wali and he was assassinated.
Afzal becomes infamous gangster and nobody knows that he actually works for the undercover police. Afzal's father is deeply disappointed and disowns him. Meanwhile Farah's psychologist Sibtain makes a proposal for marriage and Farah reluctantly agrees. When Afzal is informed he also decides to get engaged with Yasmeen on the same day as Farah;s engagement. Farah's engagement is cancelled when Maulvi Subhanallah has a heart attack. When Afzal hears about his father's heart attack he returns to Hyderabad with Yasmeen. Afzal's parents are initially reluctant to accept him but Yasmeen successfully resolves his issues with his parents. Afzal receives a call from the undercover Police to resume his target killing but he informs them that he no longer wants to be their target killer.
Farah enraged that Afzal has gotten engaged with Yasmeen, decided to marry Sibtain. Lubna reveals to Farah that Sibtain was not really interested in Farah but was giving her a shock treatment so she would accept her feelings for Afzal. Yasmeen is curious about the Farah who writes letters to Afzal. Afzal, unable to express his feelings to Farah had written letters from Farah to himself. Yasmeen goes to Farah and confronts her. She realizes that Farah is also in love with Afzal. She breaks her engagement with Afzal and decides to go back. Lubna tells Farah that she will marry Sibtain. Both families are happy to know the truth and decide to proceed with the wedding as soon as possible. Farah calls Afzal and while they are talking undercover police shoots Afzal and he dies.
Cast
- Hamza Ali Abbasi as Afzal Subhanullah
- Aiza Khan as Farah Ibrahim
- Sohai Ali Abro as Yasmeen
- Saba Hameed as Ruqayya Subanullah
- Firdous Jamal as Maulvi Subhanullah
- Sana Javed as Lubna Ibrahim
- Anoushey Abbasi as Arfa Subhanullah
- Saba Faisal as Irsa Ibrahim
- Shehryar Zaidi as Sheikh Ibrahim
- Farah Nadeem as Yasmeen's mother
- Vasay Chaudhry as Dr. Sibtain
- Umer Naru as Mehtab
- Malik Raza as Wali
- Ali Sheikh as Babu Hameed
Soundtrack
| Pyar Ko Pyar Mila | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Waqar Ali | |
| Genre | Theme song |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Language | Urdu |
| Producer | Six Sigma Entertainment |
| Track list | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" | Waqar Ali | 3:16 |
Accolades
The drama serial grabbed all the awards under television category at 14th Lux Style Awards.
| Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lux Style Awards | Best Television Play | Won | [6] | |
| Best Television Director | Nadeem Baig | Won | ||
| Best Television Actor | Hamza Ali Abbasi | Won | ||
| Firdous Jamal | Nominated | |||
| Best Television Actress | Ayeza Khan | Won | ||
| Saba Hameed | Nominated | |||
| Best Television Writer | Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar | Won |
References
- ↑ "Last episode of 'Pyare Afzal' hits theatre". ARY News. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Last episode of 'Pyare Afzal' in cinema tonight". Business Recorder. Asfia Afzal. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "2014 Drama Poll results: 'Pyaray Afzal' dominates Pakistani television". Dawn.com. Sadaf Haider & Sadaf Siddiqui. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ↑ India is in love with Pyaare Afzal
- ↑ India is in love with Pyaare Afzal
- ↑ "Winners of the 14th Lux Style Awards 2015". DesiBlitz. Aisha Farooq. Retrieved 25 October 2015.