Qurban
Qurban (Urdu: قربان, lit. 'Sacrificed') is a Pakistani drama serial aired on ARY Digital. It focuses on the controversial topic of double nikkah and stars Iqra Aziz, Bilal Abbas Khan and Shehzad Sheikh in lead.[1][2][3]
Qurban | |
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Genre | |
Written by | Zafar Mairaj |
Directed by | Ahmed Bhatti |
Starring | Iqra Aziz Bilal Abbas Khan Shehzad Sheikh |
Opening theme | Masroor Ali Shah Goher Mumtaz |
Composer | Goher Mumtaz |
Country of origin | Pakistan |
Original language | Urdu |
No. of episodes | 29 |
Production | |
Producer | Abdullah Seja |
Editors | Kamran Hashim Erum Lakhani Saniya Khan |
Production company | Idream Entertainment |
Distributor | ARY Television Network |
Release | |
Original network | ARY Digital |
Original release | 20 November 2017 – 19 March 2018 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Ghairat |
External links | |
Website |
Plot
'Qurban' is a extremely sad story about Heer, Jamal, and Shahmir, three individuals entangled in an intense love triangle. Heer, played by Iqra Aziz, is a nice and bright girl hailing from a rich household. She falls in love with a fellow student Jamal (Bilal Abbas) who, although intelligent and hardworking, is extremely poor. Heer idolizes her father, who in turn, dotes on her. She wants to marry someone like her dad, who had gone through struggle and hardship in his life and worked very hard to be a senior Bureaucrat. Heer finds this level of dedication and hard work in Jamal and falls in love with him. Jamal is scared that Heer's family will not accept him, so he does not profess his love to her, but finally, after seeing that Heer will not give up on him, he tells her that he is also in love with her.
Through twists and turns in the plot, it is revealed that Heer has already been engaged, since she was two months old, to a boy (Shahmir) in her father's village, who is the grandson of the woman who brought her father up when his family died in a storm. Heer's father tries to break the engagement but then is reminded that ‘Izzat’(respect) is the most important thing in the world to the people of the village. He forces Heer to marry Shahmir.
A headstrong Heer goes and marries Jamal. No one knows about this nikkah except Heer's friend Mishu and two waiters who work with Jamal.
Heer's father is so angry with Jamal for being in touch with Heer,(after her marriage is arranged with Shahmir), that he asks his police force to beat him up. After being beaten up and released, Jamal has a car accident and falls into a coma. Heer looks everywhere for him and even tells her mother that she has married Jamall and cannot marry Shahmir but no one believes Heer. Her mother says she is making excuses so as to not marry Shahmir.
Despite everything, Heer and Shahmir are married meaning Heer is stuck in a double nikkah.
Turns out, Shahmir has a girlfriend and is rude to Heer. Heer has given up on life and is destined to her fate. She thinks Jamal has left her and taken advantage of her. She has no idea he's had an accident.
Meanwhile, a nurse called Marium takes care of Jamal because she is in love with him. She nurses him back to health and helps him find Heer. Jamal eventually finds Heer but an extremely distraught and emotional Heer tells Jamal that she cannot be with him. Her father will die if she brings the family shame.
Jamal leaves for his village. Shahmir breaks up with his girlfriend and wants to make it work with Heer. But Heer is hell bent on getting a divorce from Jamal who is nowhere to be found. Shahmir and Jamaal meet, and Shamir asks Jamaal to accept Heer since they both love each other. Upon hearing this, Jamaal figures that Shahmir loves Heer more than he does himself. He leaves, and Heer calls Jamaal to meet. The next day when they do meet, it is revealed that they were being followed by Shahmir’s elder brother, who is angry seeing Jamaal and Heer together. It is also shown that Shahmir is present in the area. Shahmir’s brother ends up shooting Jamaal more than once and shoots Heer on the shoulder. Shahmir hears gunshots and runs to where Jamaal and Heer were. He sees his brother firing shots, he pushes him out of the way and before fainting Heer sees a glimpse of Shahmir holding the gun. Shahmir in shock and despair, turns himself in to the police saving his brother. Jamaal dies from his injuries and Heer recovers. She files a report against Shahmir, but it is revealed to her that it was his brother who actually shot both Jamaal and Heer. Shahmir’s brother embarrassed, shoots himself in the head and dies.
After recovery, Heer decides to go and live in Jamaal's village with his mother. Jamaal’s mother calls Shahmir to the village to marry Heer. She gives the couple her blessings and they leave to their home to start afresh.
Cast
- Shehzad Sheikh as Shahmeer, he is the second husband of Heer
- Bilal Abbas Khan as Jamal, the main character, he is the first husband and love of Heer
- Iqra Aziz as Heer, main character. She is a confused character, due to her family circumstances she is ready to leave her first husband and love Jamal and remarry her second husband. She sacrifices her dreams and love to keep her family honor
- Laila Wasti as Shehla, mother of Heer
- Rehan Sheikh as Shafi, father of Heer, he was raised by Amma Ji after his parents died in flood
- Shamim Hilaly as Amma Ji mother-in-law of Heer and grandmother of Shahmeer, she has a dominating personality, conniving in nature and forces her family members to follow her decisions
- Yashma Gill as Maryam the nurse who helped Jamal, she secretly loves Jamal
- Umair Rana as Qaiser Khan, the villain of the story. He is responsible for pressurizing Heer's parents to get her married to Shameer. He has a narrow minded mentality. He is responsible for the death of Jamal
Broadcast
country | Title! Network | |
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Arab World | أجل من الحب | MBC Plus Drama |
Somaliland | Jaceyl Dartiis | HCTV |
Pakistan | قربان | ARY Zindagi |
References
- "Bilal Abbas Khan & Iqra Aziz starrer "Qurban" is about controversial topic of forced second nikkah". Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- Haq, Irfan Ul (2017-12-22). "Iqra Aziz and Shehzad Sheikh pair up again for upcoming serial". Images. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- "Qurban on ARY Digital; Cast, Promo, OST, Timings - VeryFilmi". VeryFilmi. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-07-05.