Bol Meri Machli
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| creator = Iqbal Ansari
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| writer = Asghar Nadeem Syed
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| director = Haseeb Hassan
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| starring = Tooba Siddiqui
Tehreem Zuberi
Sadia Shaikh
Ayesha Khan
Shahood Alvi
Samina Ahmed
Sami
Fahad Mustafa
Javed Sheikh
Behroze Sabzwari
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| theme_music_composer = Waqar Ali
| opentheme = Bol Meri Machlee by "Shabnam Majeed"
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| country = Pakistan
| language = Urdu
| num_episodes = 28
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| editor = M.Aamir Qureshi
| camera = Multi-camera setup
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| network = Geo Entertainment
| first_aired = {{Start date|2009|11|27|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2010|04|23|df=y}}
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Bol Meri Machli is a Pakistani social drama series which premiered on Geo Entertainment. It stars Ayesha Khan, Tooba Siddiqui, Tehreem Zuberi, and Sadia Shaikh in lead roles.{{Cite news|url=https://reviewit.pk/breaking-the-stereotypes/|title=Breaking the stereotypes!|last=Maryam|first=Suleyman|date=2017-06-11|work=Reviewit.pk|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-US}} The series revolves around the journey of four lower middle-class women and their aspirations. The drama is considered one of the boldest reality-based dramas in Pakistani television history with taboo subjects covering, among others, extramarital affairs, Premarital intercourse, and homosexuality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/761327/the-new-wave-in-television-dramas-tv-plays-being-aired-these-days-are-touching-upon-subjects-that-were-once-considered-a-taboo|title=The new wave in television dramas: TV plays being aired these days are touching upon subjects that were once considered a taboo|date=3 November 2012|work=dawn.com|access-date=|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009024146/https://www.dawn.com/news/761327/the-new-wave-in-television-dramas-tv-plays-being-aired-these-days-are-touching-upon-subjects-that-were-once-considered-a-taboo}}{{Cite web|url=https://harpalgeo.tv/detail/1075|title=BROADCASTING FANTASTIC 4 SERIALS ONCE AGAIN ONLY ON GEO TV!|work=Har Pal Geo|date=|access-date=28 October 2022|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124023844/https://harpalgeo.tv/detail/1075}}
At the 11th Lux Style Awards, it won Best TV Play - Satellite out of three nominations.
Plot summary
Hailing from a lower middle-class family, the daughters of Professor Waheed, Noreen, Sahaab, Rubab, and Maheen are motivated by their father to pursue careers in their fields of interest. However, things don't go according to the plan.
Cast
- Tooba Siddiqui as Noreen
- Ayesha Khan as Sahaab
- Tehreem Zuberi as Rubab
- Sadia Shaikh as Maheen
- Samina Ahmed
- Sami Khan
- Fahad Mustafa
- Shahood Alvi as Majaz Siddiqui
- Sabahat Ali Bukhari as Khala
- Javed Shaikh
- Ayesha Khan as Asma
- Azra Mohyeddin as Maheen's mother
- Faisal Shah
- Mazhar Ali
- Behroze Sabzwari
- Saife Hassan as Ashar
Accolades
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| rowspan="4" | 2011
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Lux Style Awards | Best TV Play - Satellite | Bol Meri Machli | {{Won}} |
| Best TV Director
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| Best TV Actor - Satellite
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| Best TV Writer
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