| Zeenat | |
|---|---|
| زینت | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Fatima Surayya Bajia |
| Directed by | Mohammad Baksh Sumejo |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mohd. Bux Junejo |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1991 (1991) – 1991 (1991) |
Zeenat (Urdu: زینت, lit. 'Beauty') is a 1991 Pakistani television series written by Fatima Surayya Bajia based on the novel Zeenat which was written by Mirza Kalich Beg and directed by Mohammad Baksh Sumejo.
Synopsis
The story is about a Sindhi girl name Zeenat who loves studying but is pressurized by her mother to marry someone and soon marries an older man against her elder brother's wishes.
Cast
- Rabia Noreen as Zeenat
- Ishrat Hashmi as Shehar Bano
- Mehmood Siddiqui as Ali Raza
- Zaheen Tahira as Bibi Jan
- Sultana Zafar as Sara
- Gulab Chandio as Ramzan
- Shafi Muhammad Shah as Allah Dad
- Subhani Ba Yunus as Ali Nawaz
- Ubaida Ansari as Zeenat's Amma
- Tasneem Rana as Bakhtawar
- Master Hamza Hamid as Zeenat's Son
- Khalid Zaman as Hamid
- Manzoor Murad as Ehsanullah
- Nasreen Naz as Sakeena
- Seema Hasan as Subhai
- Bachal Shah as Major Young
- Farooq Memon as Hoat
- Abdul Aleem Sheikh as Rahgeer
- Israr Alam Siddiqui as Doctor
- Mehmood Ali as Molvi Siddiqui
- Wakeel Farooqi as Wali Muhammad Saen
- Noor Muhammad Lashari as Lakhmeer
- Fareed Nawaz Baloch as Haibat Khan
- Mumtaz Kanwal as Saeeda
- Rehana Akhtar as Kulsoom
References
- "معروف ڈراما نگار فاطمہ ثریا بجیا انتقال کر گئیں". BBC News. 20 September 2022.
- Pakistan Television Drama and Social Change: A Research Paradigm. Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi. p. 236.
- ""شمع" "افشاں" جیسے مشہور ڈراموں کی خالق ممتاز ادیبہ فاطمہ ثریا بجیا انتقال کر گئیں". Nawa-i-waqt. 12 October 2022.
- South and Southeast Asia Video Archive Holdings, Issue 2. University of Wisconsin--Madison. South and Southeast Asia Video Archive. p. 82.
- "An epoch ends with Bajia's passing". The Express Tribune. 7 January 2022.
- Beg, Mirzā Qalīc (2009). Zeenat: Novel. Shams-ul-Ulama Mirza Kalich Beg Chair, Faculty of Arts, University of Sindh.
- "پی ٹی وی کی سب سے بہترین اداکارائیں". Dawn News. 2 November 2022.
