Ranjha Ranjha Kardi

The story revolves around a beautiful and idealist girl, Noori, played by Momina Aayla whose adult role is played by Iqra Aziz. Noori belongs to a poor family. Her parents live by picking garbage from streets, therefore she is uncomfortable with the environment around her. She rejects her parents' lifestyle and wishes for a better and respectable life. To fulfill this wish of hers, she moves to a city and starts a respectable living by working in a factory. In this journey, she comes to know of Sahir (Syed Jibran) and Bhola (Imran Ashraf). Sahir is a greedy young man, who works in a shop and wishes for a better future; whereas, mentally weak and childlike Bhola owns a mansion and agricultural land in a village, (which his paternal uncle, Nusrat Chacha, takes care of). Bhola is loved deeply by his mother, Fehmida (Asma Abbas). Sahir and Bhola both get attached to Noor Bano's life, one which is by total deceit and the other is an ordeal.

Sahir is not serious about Noori, but Noori is always daydreaming about her marriage with Sahir. Noori somehow convinces him to marry her, to which he nonchalantly agrees. One day, when Noori comes to visit Sahir, she sees that there is some investigation going on and becomes worried when Sahir is found guilty of stealing money from the shop he works in. The police demands ransom for Sahir's release and Noori is thinking of the ways she could get the money. When Noori asks her baji for money, she refuses and her husband also sexually harasses Noori by offering her money to be with him. Noori confronts the factory owner and says she doesn't want his money and quits working at the factory.

Noori she steals her Baji's jewelry to pay for Sahir's release. Afterwards, Sahir gets released, whereas Noori is jailed for stealing the jewellery. Noori's father makes a deal with Shokha, an aged smuggler, to free his daughter and marry her. On the other hand, Noori threatens her former boss to either take back the case or she will expose him. The factory does it and Noori is free. However, she still has to get rid of Shokha, so she runs away and goes to Sahir, who is arranging to leave the city. Sahir refuses to marry her, (as he was not sincere with his intentions), saying that she had spent a night in the lock-up and who knows if any lustful policeman had disgraced her. Noori, heartbroken, returns to her mentor, Amma Jannate's house. She asks Amma Jannate to help her because she doesn't want to marry Shokha and is considering suicide. Amma Jannate tells her the only way out is to wed, which will also fulfill her desire of living a respectable life.

The person Amma Jannate is talking about is actually Bhola, but Noori isn't aware of it until after her marriage. Has all this happened to her for good and a better future? Initially, Noori can't stand him, even feeling for Bhola. She tries to get away from him, but later she develops love, care, and empathy for him, due to his innocence and pure love for her. This intense story develops from there, and so does Noori and Bhola's unconventional romantic relationship. It ends when she has a baby boy who Bhola refuses to meet as he is afraid of him being like Bhola, but when Noori convinces him to see his baby, he kisses him on the forehead and starts to cry.[7]

• Iqra Aziz as Noor Bano; Noori
• Imran Ashraf as Mohiuddin; Bhola
• Asma Abbas as Fehmida; Bhola's mother
• Syed Jibran as Sahir
• Ammara Butt as Komal; Bhola's cousin
• Kashif Mehmood as Nusrat Mian; Bhola's uncle
• Munazzah Arif as Rizwana; Bhola's aunt
• Zaib Rehman as Amma Jannate; Noori's mentor
• Ismat Iqbal as Noori's mother
• Noor-ul-Hassan as Shokha
• Ahmed Abdul Rehman as Mumtaz Begum
• Umer Darr as Darr; Bhola's friend
• Zaryab Haider as Shafiq; Bhola's friend
• Haseeb Muhammad Bin Qasim as Haji Sahab; Noori's employer
• Nargis Bhatti as Haji Sahab's wife
• Momina Aayla as Young Noori
• Shakoran as wife of Hamza Khan

The show's first episode has over 10 million views[8] on YouTube and the TRPs of the show were very high. It gained immense popularity on social media, and was the slot leader on Saturday nights (8:00pm).[9][10] It stood out with its subtle dialogues, sublime screenplay, and beautiful script writing and direction. The drama and its story has gained critical acclaim for various things; Imran Ashraf's performance as Bhola, Iqra Aziz's performance as Noori, Asma Abbas's performance as Amma Jee, dealing with hidden social issues, such as awareness about mentally challenged people, wrong perceptions of society on castes and social status, misinterpretation of Islam and made up religious practices, and some other very strong messages on sensitive issues, as well as a play that has not been made ever before on Pakistani television, revolving around an odd couple and an intense love story, which still demonstrated such amazing chemistry and beautiful romance.[11][12][13][14][15]

The title song was sung by Rahma Ali Muqaddraan / Saania, and earned many praises for its soulful music and deep lyrics, which beautifully related to the drama's story. The OST has more than 2 million views on YouTube, and the music is composed by Sami Khan.

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