Gul-e-Rana

Gul-e-Rana

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Genre Drama, love story
Based on Hasti Ka Ahang by Samra Bukhari
Written by Samra Bukhari
Directed by Farooq Rind
Starring Sajjal Ali
Feroze Khan
Theme music composer Waqar Ali
Opening theme "Man Maane Na"
Composer(s) Waqar Ali
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of episodes 15 as 13th February 2016
Production
Producer(s) Momina Duraid
Humayun Saeed
Shehzad Naseeb
Location(s) Muree, Karachi
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 30-45 minutes
Production company(s) Six Sigma Plus Productions
Release
Original network Hum TV
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) – Present
External links
Hum Television
Six Sigma Plus

Gul-e-Rana (Urdu: گل رعنا‎) is a Pakistani drama serial (based on a novel of Samra Bukhari titled Hasti Ke Ahang) which premiered on 7 November 2015 on Hum TV. The series revolves around a girl who is struggling for the rights of women after being abused by poor mentality people of the society. After marriage, men don’t give respect to women and treat them badly. Gul-e-Rana (Sajjal Ali) tries her best to transform Adeel's mentality about women and faced many problems during this period. In the end, Adeel will transform in a good person. He may respect women unlike as he used to do before. Gul-e-Rana will forgive him and both of them will declare there love for each other.[1]

Serial is written by Samra Bukhari, directed by Farooq Rind and produced by Momina Duraid along with Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Naseed. The drama stars Sajjal Ali and Feroze Khan along with the supporting cast of Mehmood Akhtar, Rubina Ashraf and Sundas Tariq. This show is supposed to be giving a note of forgiveness.

The series was created by Momina Duraid, Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Naseed of Six Sigma Plus Productions and aired on Hum TV as part of a night programming all under Duraid's production company. It was written by Simra Bukhari based on her novel Hasti Ke Rang. The show is set in Murree and Karachi and premiered in Pakistan, UK and UAE on Saturday, November 7, 2015, with prime slot on Saturday's.[1]

Plot

Series is a story of emotions, trust, relations and sympathy.

Gul-e-Rana's father dies in a car accident, and consequently her rich uncle, takes Rana, her sister and her mother under his wings. Rana's both Aunts hate her and warn her that all her uncle's money is for them. Meanwhile, Maria and Laila, daughters of Gul-e-Rana's aunts, are willing to do anything to marry Adeel who is the only son of Raana's uncle. Gul-e-Rana is very different from her cousins, as Rana exhibits the traits of a well-groomed and modest girl. Unlike Gul-e-Rana, her cousin Adeel is egotistic and narcissistic. To him girls are merely a means of pass time and pleasure. He considers Gul-e-Rana perfect to marry as she wouldn’t have a say in his personal life and tries every way to trick her but she pays no heed. Meanwhile, Zafri, Rana's cousin is interested in her and wants to marry her to ensure that Maria and Adeel can marry without any hurdles.

One night, Adeel misbehaves with Rana. She slaps him hard on his face. Adeel knits a sinister plan i.e. the very next morning he apologises to Raana and ask for her forgiveness for his last night's mis-behaviour. That afternoon he picks Raana from college and lies that her mother is very ill and is admitted in the hospital. He takes Raana to a faraway deserted house, arranges for a Maulvi and his friends help to organize a Nikaah, leaving her with a choice to choose between him and her honour. She decides to marry Adeel but vows to get revenge. Rana's mother finds out about their 'supposed love' and is shell-shocked. Eventually Adeel and Rana get married while everybody assumes that they love each other; Adeel and Rana torture each other. Rana disobeys and ignores everything Adeel tells her in order to show him where he stands in her life. Adeel suspects that something is going on between Gul e Rana and Ashar (Rana's cousin) while Rana just sees Ashar as a friend. Adeel goes to islamabad. Then Adeel brings Rana to Islamabad with him by lying to his father that he wants Rana to take care of him while he is sick. Adeel and Rana continue to play Tom and Jerry with each other. Adeel's friend Mona comes to stay with them. Adeel tries to rape her but at the same time when Gul e Rana opens the door, Adeel runs out of embarrassment. Rana calls adeel an animal and adeel slaps her. Adeel feels guilty but still doesn't quit being the "bad boy". Adeel calls Maria and other girls to make Rana jealous. She says to him that she doesn't feel anything ( but through her expressions it is clear that she does feel something). Rana calls asher Bhai and says she misses him. Adeel's caughts Rana in front of taya Abu and acts like she is having an affair with someone else. Taya Abu gets angry at Rana but she doesn't try to prove her innocence (as she believed that taya Abu will not believe her as his own son is standing against her)

Now Rana is thinking about how the life has brought such a turn in his life

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Cast

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Run time Original air date Pak viewers
(thousands)		 U.K. viewers
(thousands)
1"Episode 1"Farooq RindSamra Bukhari39:057 November 2015 (2015-11-07)21.4 [5]TBD
Gul-e-Rana is middle-class girl who, along with her family, lives in a small house. Rana and her sister want to study hard and earn for their family. Abdul Aziz, Rana's father, loves his two daughters and struggles the very moment of his life for their education. Aziz is hiding something from his family, he rejects Kamal's phone call who appears to care for him. Adeel on the other hand is a young playboy from whom his aunts and their daughters mostly assist (only for money). While driving home Kamal suffers an accident, Rana's neighbour help them pay for his hospital bills while Kamal had an operation. Later Aziz dies leaving his entire family in shock, the next day, Kamal appears in front of Rana and reveals that he is Aziz's brother.
2"Episode 2"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari37:4514 November 2015 (2015-11-14)53.7[6]TBD
Kamal reveals that he is Aziz's elder brother, Rana questioned him where he was all that time, Aziz responded that it was his mistake and now he would fulfil their rights and would himself care for them as their own father. Adeel (Kamal's son) is asked to choose between one of his cousins for relationship by his step mother, as both her cousins are selfish and look for money. Rana's neighbour asks them to fulfil his money and pay him he hospital bills he gave. Rana and her mother decide to sell their car. A period of sorrow starts in Rana her sister's, and her mother's life.
3"Episode 3"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari35:2521 November 2015 (2015-11-21)33.1[7]TBD
Kamal revealed about Aziz's death to his sisters and accused them responsible for kicking Aziz out of their house. It is shown that Kamal's sisters always assist him for money, his elder sister lied to him saying that Shahida has misbehaved with him. Kamal asked Muneera to move with him in Karachi, Rana decides to apply for a job right after her education. Muneera and her daughter's move with Kamal to his house, due to Rana's studies, they all shift to their house in Islamabad where Rana meets Adeel thinking that he is a burglar.
4"Episode 4"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari37:2828 November 2015 (2015-11-28)49.3[8]TBD
Rana and Adeel meet each other. Rana thinks that he is a burglar and begins yelling. Adeel forcefully stops her and reveals that he is Kamal's son. Rana then reveals that she s her cousin, Maria and Zafri decide to visit Kamal keeping in mind that Adeel may feel attractive towards Rana, Adeel gives more importance to Muneera than Maria and yells at him for entering his room. Adeel tries to bond with Muneera while Rana keeps herself away from Adeel, Rana's Aunt visits them. Adeel's Aunts decide to get their daughter's married to him planning new conspiracies.
5"Episode 5"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari39:535 December 2015 (2015-12-05)60.8[9]TBD
Zafri visits Kamal's house, he feels attractive towards Rana and begins flirting with her but Rana on the other hand keeps her self ways from him. Adeel feels suspicious about the situation and scolds Zafri, he warns him to stay away from Rana. while consoling Rana Adeel touches her hand after which Rana forbids him from touching her.
6"Episode 6"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari39:5312 December 2015 (2015-12-12)TBD
Zafri tries flirting with Rana, Rana on he other hand shows no interest, Zafri further tries teasing her but gets bumped into Adeel who scolds him, Adeel seems interested in Rana, Rana's elder Aunt vista Kamal, she announces that she has now proposed to her. Adeel loses his control and secretly proposes to Rana who says that she dislikes him.
7"Episode 7"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari39:5319 December 2015 (2015-12-19)TBD
Adeel and Kamal disliked the way Zafri's proposal was declared, Adeel asks Rana to marry him but she shows no interest. Rana's mother asks her to think for marriage but she denies due to which her mother gets angry. Kamal supports Rana and asks her to focus on her studies. Adeel forcefully holds Rana's hand and starts the marriage topic, when he grows more close Rana slaps him. Next day after her college Adeel took her at gun point to an empty apartment, Rana yells for help.
8"Episode 8"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari39:5326 December 2015 (2015-12-26)TBD
After her college Adeel took her on a gun point and took her away on a empty apartment, Rana yells for help. Adeel tells her that he desires for her and wants to marry her, he further tells her that she has to marry him otherwise he would finish her self-respect, a helpless Rana has no other choice but to marry him, their Nikkah takes place after which he takes her home. There both of them hide the fact and Rana is questioned why she was late, her attitude changes. Sequences of revenge and remorse start where Rana traps Adeel with Maria, one night Adeel comes and scolds her, when he asks for romance Rana pushes him just when Muneera steps in, she saw them together after which Adeel lies to her that both were in a love affair, Muneera in hurt, there marriage in fixed. On the other hand Ashar's father wants his sister to marry their cousin and begins cursing them. Maria is found crying after which Adeel lies to her that he will leave Rana one day, on there wedding night Adeel found Rana unconscious.
9"Episode 9"Farooq RindSimra Bukhari39:532 January 2016 (2016-01-02)TBD
Rana is found unconscious on bed, beneath her, Adeel found a letter where she stated that she had eaten sleeping pills so she could avoid Adeel. After reading the letter he becomes aggressive and as a consequence changes her clothes. The next day, Rana is extremely upset. On her college, Adeel found her with Ashar and felt jealous, he forbids her to meet Ashar and Asks Ashar not to go more close to Rana.

Production

Development and casting

Gul-e-Rana was Produced and developed by Hum TV's senior producer Momina Duraid of MD Productions, Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Naseeb, under Six Sigma Plus Productions, the channel hired the award-winning director Farooq Rind to direct the series.[10] Story of serial is based on writer Samra Bukhari's novel Hasti Ke Ahang. Song composition is done by Waqar Ali, the series was given the 20:00 (PST) time slot and aired on Saturday evenings as a part of Duraid's night programming. The series replaced Duraid's TV series Mol.

shooting place

Producers mutually chose the cast which includes Sajjal Ali, Feroz Khan, Behroze Sabawari, Mehmood Akhtar, Sundas Tariq and Farah Shah.[3] Sajjal Ali was selected to portray the leading role of Gul-e-Rana opposite to Feroz Khan, who was chooses to portray the role of Adeel, the couple marked their second appearance after there series Chup Raho.[3]

Filming

shooting place for serial.

Shooting began in August 2015 and finished in October 2015, with approximately 22 episodes. Teasers were released in October along with the OST of serial. Shooting was extensively done in hilly areas of Pakistan and the production house divided the filming with half the episodes being shot in Karachi and half thee episodes being shot in Murree and Nathia Gali. Six Sigma Plus Productions chose scenic areas for posters teasers and drop back scenes to make the serial more attractive and unique. In early October, Hum TV released promos of the serial which were heavily praised for their shooting locations and cast.

Music

Gul-e-Rana OST
Soundtrack album by Waqar Ali
Released 1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)
Recorded 2014
Genre Television soundtrack
Length 01:22
Language Urdu
Label M.D Productions Six Sigma Plus Productions
Producer Momina Duraid

The title song of Gul-e-Rana was composed by musician Waqar Ali who also did background. The soundtrack consists songs, in Urdu language. Lyrics for songs were written by Sabir Zafar. The lines of the song are frequently used during the course of the show. The original sound track was released on November 6, 2015 with the teaser trailer of serial. The song along with production is produced by Momina Duraid under her production company M.D Productions.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Sabir Zafar, all music composed by Waqar Ali.

No. TitleArtist(s) Length
1. "Man Maney Na"  Zebunnisa Bangash 1:55
Total length:
 1:55

Reception

The drama series became popular soon after it released due to its storyline and cast. It made Hum TV the slot leader on Saturdays. Gul-e-Rana had made record ratings after achieving a TRP of 7.2 as its highest rating (over the 15-minute time slot of 8:30 pm – 8:45 pm) on 19 December 2015. Coincidentally, Chup Raho, the first show of Sajal Ali and Feroze Khan, achieved its highest rating of 7.3 TRPs. Over the 70-minute time slot (8 pm – 9:10 pm) on the same day, Gul-e-Rana achieved a TRP of 5.4, making it the most watched drama of the festive season.[11] Not only did the 7th episode of Gul-e-Rana gain high ratings, but the 9th episode also had extremely high ratings. Gul-e-Rana achieved a TRP of 6.4 (over the 10-minute time slot of 8:50 pm – 9:00 pm) on 2 January 2016. Over the 70-minute time slot (8 pm – 9:10 pm) on the same day, Gul-e-Rana achieved a TRP of 4.7.[12] Once again, Gul-e-Rana achieved exceptional ratings as its 10th episode aired on 9 January 2016, grabbed 6.7 TRPs (over the 10-minute time slot of 8:50 pm – 9:00 pm). Over the 70-minute time slot (8 pm – 9:10 pm) on the same day, Gul-e-Rana achieved a TRP of 4.5.[13] Gul-e-Rana achieved exceptional ratings as its 11th episode aired on 16 January 2016, grabbed 5.2 TRPs (over the 15-minute time slot of 8:45 pm – 9:00 pm). Over the 70-minute time slot (8 pm – 9:10 pm) on the same day, Gul-e-Rana achieved a TRP of 3.6.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hum TV Drama Gul-e-Rana to Start Soon". Pakistani Media Updates. October 26, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Synopsis of HUM Tv Drama Gul-e-Rana". Trending In Social. November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Rozina Bhutto (December 25, 2015). "Gul-e-Rana Starts On a Sad Note". HIP.
  4. ↑ Gul-e-Rana drama full synopsis
  5. ↑ Raj Baddhan (November 8, 2015). "Star Plus dominates Saturday ratings in UK". Media24/7. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ Raj Baddhan (November 15, 2015). "Overnights: SAB scores with ‘Queen’; Star Plus rules". Media24/7. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Raj Baddhan (November 22, 2015). "Overnights: Big Boss 9 slips in Saturday Ratings". Media24/7. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ Raj Baddhan (November 29, 2015). "Hero premier peeks at 100k". Media24/7. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ Rajj Badhaan (December 6, 2015). "Colors and Hum TV perform strongly". Media 24/7. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  10. ↑ Alishba Nisar (March 18, 2015). "11 Pakistani dramas you can't miss the year". Express tribune. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet". Imgur. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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  13. ↑ "Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet". Imgur. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet". Imgur. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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