Aunn Zara

Aunn Zara
title screen of drama Aunn Zara
Genre	Comedy Drama Romance
Created by	Oriental Films A-Plus Entertainment
Written by	Faiza Iftikhar
Directed by	Haissam Hussain
Presented by	Oriental Films
Starring	Maya Ali Osman Khalid Butt
Theme music composer	MAD Music
Opening theme	Aunn Zara
Composer(s)	MAD music
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language(s)	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tahir Mehmood
Producer(s)	Shahzad Chaudhry
Editor(s)	Iftikhar Manzoor
Location(s)	Lahore, Punjab (Pakistan)
Cinematography	iIlyas Kashmiri
Camera setup	Shehzad Baloch
Running time	Thursday 8:00pm Repeat Time Friday 12:00pm
Production company(s)	Oriental Films
Release
Original network	A-Plus Entertainment
Picture format	560i(SDTV), 720p(HDTV)
First shown in	25 May 2013 (2013-05-25)
Original release	18 June 2013 (2013-06-18) - 31 October 2013 (2013-10-31)
Chronology
Related shows	Aik Nayee Cinderella
External links
official Facebook page

Aunn Zara (Urdu: عون زارا ‎) was a 2013 Pakistan drama series telecast on A-Plus Entertainment.^[1] It revolves around a married couple spoilt by their respective families and are desperate to escape this attention. It is based on Faiza Iftikhar's novel, Hisaar-e-Mohabbat (Fort of Love) and is directed by Haissam Hussain.^[2] It stars Maya Ali and Osman Khalid Butt in leading roles.

Episodes

Episodes 1–2

Story involves around lives of Aunn and Zara. Aunn is the only male in his family. As a result, he is pampered by everyone in his family. Zara is the only daughter in her family whose father Jamshed, is a retired army officer. Jamshed wants her to join the air force, while she wants to have a family life. Zara is the only woman in her family with father and paternal grandfather.

Aunn attends a wedding with his friend where he meets Zara, who insults him in front of everyone. Aunn's aunt Nighat finds photo of Aunn with Zara in his room. Aunn tells them that he wants to marry Zara. As a result, his family go to Zara's home with marriage proposal. Zara lies to her father that she loves Aunn, even though she does not even know him.^[3]

Episode 3-5

Jamshed decides to accepts Aunn to be his son-in-law, and Aunn and Zara gets married. Jamshed arrives to fulfill a wedding custom where the newly married couple has to spend two days in the bride's home. Dadi and Nighat oppose this, but Husna convinces them to let Aunn go. Zara's father takes them to his home, and it is decided that they would return after their walima (Reception).^[4]

Episode 6-9

Aunn decides to take Zara out to see a movie. Husna agrees on the condition that Zara drive the car. Sensing that Aunn is angry at this, Zara allows Aunn to drive the car. However, they get into an accident where Zara is hurt. She lies to everyone telling them that she was driving the car. Aunn apologizes to Zara.^[5]

Episode 10-12

Jamshed apologizes to Nighat for his behaviour, who asks that he take her shopping. Nighat forgets her shopping bags on his car which Jamshed returns. Zara sees them together and asks Nighat about it. Nighat sees Aunn in a restaurant with another woman, and thinks that he is having an affair. Aunn's friend Manzar loves Zara's friend Shehna. He asks Aunn to convince Shehna to marry him. Aunn invites her to a restaurant to send about Manzar's proposal. Nighat, Aunn's grand mother and mother accost them at the restaurant where they start hitting both of them.

Episode 13-17

Aunn tries to clear the misunderstanding between him and his family about Shehna. Zara tells Husna about Nighat and her father. Aunn tries to create a misunderstanding between Zara and his family so that he and Zara can spend more time. Soon a rift are created between Zara and Aunn's family, as result of which Aunn and Zara shift to another house. Zara thinks that they are kicked out while Aunn's family thinks that it was Zara's idea to move out. Zara learns that she is pregnant. Manzar proposes to Shehna but she rejects the proposal on the pretext that Manzar's family could do the same thing to her as Aunn's family did to Zara. Manzar decides to tell her the truth. Nighat visits Zara where Zara is alone by herself. She asks Zara the reason for leaving the house, but Zara accuses her for making them feel unwanted. Shehna sees them together and tells them what Manzar told her.

Episode 18 - 19

Zara tells Aunn that they should live with her father. When Aunn suggests living with his family instead, Zara refuses because his family does not want to be with her. of their attitude towards her. Next day Aunn visits his family and informs them of Zara's pregnancy. Aunn's family gets excited, but they fear that Zara might want to keep them away from the baby. Nighat then tells them every thing that has happened and how it was Aunn's fault. Aunn confesses to Zara of his role in creating a rift between her and his family. Zara tells him that he has to confess the same to this family. Nighat tells Jamshed about Zara's pregnancy. In the mean time, Nighat tells Zara that they know what Aunn did to create distances between them. The family is now reconciled, and they live happily ever after.

International distribution

On June 23, 2014, Indian network Zindagi started airing the series in India.^[6] It was a first time a series had been broadcast from start to finish within 20 days.^[7]

Cast

• Maya Ali as Zara
• Osman Khalid Butt as Aunn
• Irfan Khoosat as Zara's paternal grandfather
• Nasreen Qureshi as Aunn's paternal grandmother
• Hina Khawaja Bayat as Husna
• Sabreen Hisbani as Nighat
• Mukarram Kaleem as Manzar
• Adnan Jaffar as Zara's father Jamshed
• Yasir Masher as Aunn's paternal Uncle
• Mahira Bhatti as Shehna
• Saima Saleem as Aunn's paternal aunt

Soundtrack

The theme song (Original Soundtrack) "Aunn Zara" was composed by MAD Music with the lyrics by Awais Sohail. It was sung by Athar and Ragini. Other background music are also composed by MAD music.

References

External links

• Aunn Zara Facebook page