Rahain
{{short description|1998 Pakistani television serial}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Raahain.jpg
| caption = Title screen
| writer = Mansha Yaad
| director = Tariq Jameel
| based_on = {{Based on|Mansha Yaad|Taawan Taawan Tara}}{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/608461/mansha-yaad-remembering-a-popular-playwright-and-writer/|title=Mansha Yaad — remembering a popular playwright and writer|author=Dr Amjad Parvez|date=7 May 2020|work=Daily Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813001315/https://dailytimes.com.pk/608461/mansha-yaad-remembering-a-popular-playwright-and-writer/|archive-date=13 August 2020|url-status=live}}
| network = Pakistan Television Corporation
| first_aired = {{Start date|1998||}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1998||}}
| country = Pakistan
| language = {{plainlist|
- Urdu
- Punjabi}}
| num_episodes = 17
}}
Rahain is a Pakistani television series based on Mansha Yaad's Punjabi novel Taawan Taawan Tara.{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/274751/obituary-for-mansha-yaad-the-great-storyteller-left-us/|title=Obituary: Great storyteller Mansha Yaad passes away|work=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=16 October 2011|access-date=19 June 2023}} It was broadcast in 1998 from Pakistan Television Corporation's Lahore center. It depicts the various issues of urban and rural life such as illiteracy, injustice and intrafamily conflicts spread over generations.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawnnews.tv/news/1047416|title={{Nq|پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے یادگار ڈرامے}}|work=Dawn News.TV|access-date=19 June 2023}}
Synopsis
The series delas with evils of rural and urban life such as cultural conflicts, injustice, illiteracy and lack of education, conflicts within families that span over generation to generation, lawful aspects and several other social evils. The plot features characters including a kabaddi player who gets lost his leg during a match, a girl who life gets ruined after leaving home, a young man who goes city to get education and a man who loves a girl but commits criminal acts later.{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Mar-2016/looking-back-at-pakistani-drama-industry|title=Looking back at Pakistani drama industry|date=26 March 2016|work=The Nation}}
Cast
- Tauqeer Nasir as Jura Bhatti
- Saleem Sheikh as Khalid
- Habib as Wakeel Sahib
- Ghayyur Akhtar as Chaudhary Akbar
- Riaz Mahmood as Hakeem
- Sumaira Yousaf as Farah
- Naima Khan as Aapa
- Naseem Vicky as Falak Sher
- Masood Akhtar as Malik Murad Ali
- Bushra Chaudhary as Farzana
- Sarfraz Rana as Sarwar
- Sakhawat Naz as Mirasi
- Tasneem Haiderani as Waris
- Salma Khan as Satto Kumhari
- Aslam Shaheen as Ditta Marasi
- Dildar as Thanedar
- Farooq Asghar as Mooda
- Abdul Rasheed as Mian Abdul
- Munir Narang as Gamu
- Najma Hameed as Khalid's Mother
- Farzeen as Nujee
- Jazba Sultan as Fatima
- Saima Saleem as Taaji
- Akhtar Shad as Karam Deen Kumhar
- Asif Iqbal as Jeeru
- Hina as Rizwana
- Bushra Chaudhary as Farzana
- Anjum Ahmed as Daari
- Mudassar Qadeer as Sain Yunus
References
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