Badi Aapa

Bari Aapa (Lit: Older Sister)is an Urdu language Pakistani telenovela first broadcast in Pakistan by Hum TV. Written by Samira Fazal and directed by Saife Hasan, the telenovela, which premiered on 1 September 2012, has been produced by Momina Duraid and ended its run in Pakistan on 16 February 2013 after telecasting 22 episodes. Featuring actors Savera Nadeem, Noman Ejaz, Ayesha Khan, Arjumand Rahim, Sajida Syed, Waqas Khan, Fahad Mirza, Mustafa Changazi, Sarah Khan, Syed Jibran and Madiha Rizvi.[1]

Bari Aapa
GenrePakistani drama
Telenovela
Written bySamira Fazal
Directed bySaife Hassan
StarringSavera Nadeem
Noman Ijaz
Ayesha Khan
Sajida Syed
Arjumand Rahim
Waqas Khan
Fahad Mirza
Mustafa Changazi
Sarah Khan
Syed Jibran
Madiha Rizvi
Opening themeDil-e-Naadan (sung by Tina Sani)
ComposersShoaib Farrukh
Farrukh Abid
Country of origin Pakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes22
Production
ProducerMomina Duraid
Running timeApprox. 40-45 minutes
Release
Original networkHum TV
Original release1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) –
17 February 2013 (2013-02-17)
External links
Website

Plot

Zubeida (Savera Nadeem), more commonly known as Badi Aapa, is the central character of the telenovela who possesses a rigid and dictatorial nature and her husband, Farmaan (Noman Ijaz), likes to stay out of her way. Zubeida's only daughter, Sharmeen (Sarah Khan), is in love with a man named Essa (Fahad Mirza) and wants to marry him but Zubeida doesn't agree to the union. Sharmeen decides that the only way to convince her mother is to talk to her uncle, Ghazanfar (Waqas Khan), who is the only man Zubeida listens to because Zubeida and Ghazanfar used to like each other when they were young. But at the same time Sharmeen gets to know that her mother has already decided of getting her married to Ghazanfar's son, Adeel (Mustafa Changazi), who happens to be Zubeida's nephew. Adeel had always loved Sharmeen. But as Adeel's mother, Firdouz (Arjumand Rahim), i.e. Zubeida's younger sister, doesn't want him to marry Sharmeen, Adeel refuses and Zubeida gets angry on her younger sister. And it is soon later that Zubeida gets to know that her husband has secretly got married for the second time to a lady named, Neelam (Ayesha Khan Jr).

Zubeida believes that Ghanzanfar is still in love with her and will leave his family for her so she demands a divorce. Farmaan begs her to stay but Zubeida insists and tells him about Ghanzanfar still loving her.

In a taxis on the way to Ghanzanfar Zubeida recounts the loving moments shared between the two. on arrival at her sisters home she's surprised her sister is back and that not only does Ghanzanfar care for his wife but he only sees Zubeida as his wife's sister and nothing more. Zubeida, embarrassed, makes her excuses and leaves to go back home.

On arrival at home her husband tells her he has divorced her and he is moving out with Neelam.

Cast

Broadcast and release
  • Badi Aapa originally premiered on Hum TV from 1st September 2012 to 17th February 2013.
  • Badi Aapa has also been broadcast in  India by Zindagi, premiering on 7 November 2014.[2] Due to its popularity in India it was re-run again on Zindagi from 13 April to 7 May.[3]
  • In 2020, it was aired on Hum TV'S sister channel Hum Sitaray.
  • It was also released on the iflix app as a part of channel's contract with the app but later on, on terminating the contract in 2019, all the episodes were pulled off and thus had no digital availability to stream.
  • The show is also available on Eros Now app.
  • Since mid-2020, the show is available for streaming on ZEE5 app.

References
  1. "Bari Aapa – An Overview. | Reviewit.pk". 19 November 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. "Zindagi Strengthens Programming Line-up with 3 New Shows". Afaqs. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. "'Mastana Mahi', 'Badi Aapa' and 'Aina Dulhan Ka' – Zindagi's 3 new shows". PINKVILLA. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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