Bikhray Moti
{{short description|Pakistani television series}}
{{distinguish|Bikhre Moti}}
{{Notability|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2022}}
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| native_name = {{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|بکھرے موتی}}}}
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| producer = Humayun Saeed
Shahzad Nasib
Samina Humayun Saeed
Sana Shahnawaz
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| location = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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| runtime = 40 Minutes
| company = Six Sigma Plus
Next Level Entertainment
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| network = ARY Digital
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2020|05|26|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2020|11|10|df=y}}
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| num_episodes = 25
| language = Urdu
| image = Bikhray Moti.jpg
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| writer = Edison Idrees Masih
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| country = Pakistan
| director = Shahid Shafaat
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| starring = Yasir Nawaz
Neelam Muneer
Wahaj Ali
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Bikhray Moti ({{langx|ur|{{nq| بکھرے موتی}}|lit=Scattered Pearls}}) is a 2020 Pakistani television series that premiered on 26 May 2020, on ARY Digital. It is co-produced by Humayun Saeed and Samina Humayun Saeed under their banners Six Sigma Plus and Next Level Entertainment. The main cast includes Neelam Muneer, Yasir Nawaz, and Wahaj Ali. The story revolves around Ayeza, played by Muneer, a strong and independent girl who after her sister's death has no choice but to obtain custody of her niece and nephews by marrying her cruel brother-in-law.{{Cite web|title=Wahaj Ali to come back on screen with Neelam Munir for 'Bikhray Moti'|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/614380/wahaj-ali-to-come-back-on-screen-with-neelam-munir-for-bikhray-moti/|date=2020-05-18|website=Daily Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-18}}{{Cite web|title=Wahaj Ali to come back on screens with NeelamMunir for Bikhraymoti|url=https://nation.com.pk/19-May-2020/wahaj-ali-to-come-back-on-screens-with-neelammunir|date=2020-05-19|website=The Nation|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}} It ended later In November.
Cast
- Yasir Nawaz as Zulfiqar aka Zulfi
- Neelam Muneer as Ayeza
- Wahaj Ali as Ahad
- Samina Ahmad as Shamsa, Zulfi's mother
- Waseem Abbas as Gulzar, Ayeza's father
- Rashid Farooqui as Tufail
- Shaista Jabeen as Shehnaz, Ayeza's mother
- Fareeda Shabbir as Qudsia
- Saleem Mairaj as Ghulam, Qudsia's husband
- Anas Yasin as Janu
- Faiza Gillani as Shaggo
- Tabbasum Arif as Jehangir's mother
- Nausheen Shah as Faiza
- Hassam Khan
Production
After the success of the 2018 romantic drama Dil Mom Ka Diya, the director Shahid Shafaat, and producer Humayun Saeed, Samina Humayun Saeed decided to re-unite for another project with a family drama theme.{{Cite web|title=Catch Neelam Munir, Wahaj Ali in Bikhray Moti|url=https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2020/05/catch-neelam-munir-wahaj-ali-in-bikhray-moti/|last=|first=|date=|website=Samaa TV|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519045009/https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2020/05/catch-neelam-munir-wahaj-ali-in-bikhray-moti/ |archive-date=2020-05-19 |access-date=2020-05-27}}{{Cite web|title=Yasir Nawaz and Neelam Muneer's upcoming drama, Bikhre Moti is about child abuse|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1183411|last=Haq|first=Irfan Ul|date=2019-08-03|website=DAWN Images|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803051738/https://images.dawn.com/news/1183411 |archive-date=2019-08-03 |access-date=2020-05-18}} They decided to cast the same lead i.e. Muneer and Nawaz, and announced their project in August 2019.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
The first and second teaser was released by ARY Digital on 18 May 2020.{{Cite web|title=Actor Wahaj Ali returns to screen with 'Bikhray Moti'|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/pakistani-cinema/actor-wahaj-ali-returns-to-screen-with-bikhray-moti-1.71673045|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26}}