Malaal

Malaal (Urdu: ملال‎) (Translation: Regret) is a Pakistani drama television series which premiered on Hum TV on October 9, 2009. The series is written by Umera Ahmed and directed by critically acclaimed director Mehreen Jabbar.^[1] It now airs in Middle East on MBC Bollywood.

Plot

Faisal Rehman and Sarwat Gillani in Malaal

The storyline revolves around Zinia (Deepti Gupta) and Danish (Faisal Rehman) who are close friends of fifteen years, living in the US. Danish goes to Pakistan to visit his mother (Shamim Hilaly), and agrees to get married to the girl of her choice, Mahi (Sarwat Gilani). When Zinia learns of his marriage, she becomes extremely upset. Meanwhile, she meets Jawad (Imran Abbas Naqvi), who turns out to be Mahi's cousin. She is almost a decade older than him. They begin to meet frequently, which upsets Danish, and the realization that his wife is immature does not help matters. To make the situation worse, Zinia discovers that Mahi is being blackmailed by someone from her past, Saifi (Adeel Ahmed).

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Faisal Rehman as Danish
• Sarwat Gilani as Mahi
• Deepti Gupta as Zinia
• Imran Abbas Naqvi as Jawad
• Tania Kazi as Lily
• Adeel Ahmed as Saifi

Recurring cast

• Shamim Hilaly as Afia
• Sheheryar Zaidi as Mahi's father
• Badar Khalil as Mahi's mother
• Ismat Zaidi as Jawad mother
• Sanam Agha as Jawad's sister

Notable guest stars

• Raju Jamil as Jawad's father
• Mehreen Jabbar

References