Sabaat

{{short description|Pakistani television series by Momina Duraid}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2020}}

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| genre = Drama

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| writer = Kashif Anwar

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| director = Shahzad Kashmiri

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| country = Pakistan

| language = Urdu

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 28

| executive_producer = Momina Duraid

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| location = Rawalpindi

| cinematography = Ehsun Kashmiri

| editor = Liaqat A. Baltee

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| runtime = approx. 37–40 minutes

| company = MD Productions

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| network = Hum TV

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Sabaat ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ثبات}}|lit=Stability}}) is a 2020 Pakistani television series produced by Momina Duraid under MD Productions. It stars Mawra Hocane, Ameer Gilani, Sarah Khan and Usman Mukhtar in lead roles.{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/593990/mawra-hocane-talks-about-her-chemistry-with-ameer-gilani/|title=Mawra Hocane talks about her chemistry with Ameer Gilani|date=2020-04-12|website=Daily Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702224810/https://dailytimes.com.pk/593990/mawra-hocane-talks-about-her-chemistry-with-ameer-gilani/|url-status=live}} Sabaat revolves around two ambitious individuals who belong to different classes, fall for each other and face hurdles. It premiered on 29 March 2020 on Hum TV. Sabaat aired weekly on Sundays.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/513150-usman-mukhtar-on-his-next-play-sabaat-alongside-sarah-khan|title=Usman Mukhtar on his next play, Sabaat, alongside Sarah Khan|last=Shabbir|first=Buraq|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819154052/https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/513150-usman-mukhtar-on-his-next-play-sabaat-alongside-sarah-khan|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/590423-tvs-ne-favourites|title=TV's new favourites {{!}} Instep {{!}} thenews.com.pk|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307124225/https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/590423-tvs-ne-favourites|url-status=live}} The series received high viewership ratings and was critically acclaimed. At the 20th Lux Style Awards, the series received five nominations.

Plot

Miraal is an arrogant young woman belonging to the elite class who is controlling and egoistic in nature, in short, a narcissist. Her father, Seth Fareed is a wealthy businessman who supports her even in her negative thinking while her mother and grandmother try to make her understand the values of life and that everything in this world is mortal. She always misbehaves with her grandmother when she advises her that her beauty and intelligence would fade one day. Her younger brother, Hassan Fareed is somehow influenced by her and is studying engineering. Anaya Aziz is an ambitious, strong-headed, women's-rights activist studying at the same university as Hassan. She and Hassan clash when she defeats him in an engineering model competition. Hassan insults her in response. She taunts Hassan about him being dependent on his father for everything while he himself hasn't achieved anything by himself. Hassan is deeply influenced by her words and starts to make money through online jobs and starts to take public transportation.

He starts liking Anaya because of her differentiated and independent thinking. Miraal, seeing a change in Hasan and not being able to control him anymore, finds out about Anaya and her brother's newly found love for her. She reaches the university and openly insults Anaya to which Anaya calmly responds. Miraal slaps her in anger. Hassan finds out and confronts Miraal. Their grandmother dies and Miraal begins to feel disturbed. Hassan helps Anaya in taking down a guy who was blackmailing her friend and in response gets shot. He is recovers and then proposes Anaya which she accepts. He sends his parents to her house where his father (who supports Miraal that Hasan should not marry Anaya as due to her middle-class background) humiliates her parents while his mother apologizes to them for misbehavior. Anaya for her parents' respect then rejects Hassan's proposal but then finally gives in after his persuasion. They get married but Miraal does not attend the ceremony. She also burns Anaya and Hassan's room on their wedding night and tries to take revenge by marrying on the same day but her fiancé Ali flees on the wedding day. Their Walima is also cancelled due to Miraal and Fareed's threats. Anaya also joins company whereas Fareed makes Miraal the CEO of the company. Miraal degrades Anaya. She remains calm and collected despite Miraal's behavior while Hassan attempts to make his father understand about Miraal's wrong-doings. Miraal's senses become overshadowed by her grandmother's words and she began to visit psychiatrist Dr. Haris who falls in love with her. When Miraal slaps Anaya in front of employees, Anaya feels humiliated and leaves the office and goes to her parents' house. Hasan, upon learning of this, decides to leave the house while his father still supports Miraal.

They get a home on rent and Anaya and Hassan starts finding jobs for making money. Anaya gets a job. But unfortunately, the Supreme Court said that no construction takes place in the country for six months. This news disappoints Anaya and Hassan about jobs. Haris proposes to Miraal and they marry. Hassan gets a job through his friend ,Atif, in Yasir Qureshi's office where he is mistreated and humiliated on a daily basis whereas Anaya gets promoted in her office. Atif starts to create doubts in his mind about Anaya upon Miraal's request. Hassan starts to believe that Anaya has an affair with her boss, and confronts her the sameday Anaya goes to the doctor to realise that she is expecting a child. She realizes Hassan’s doubtful nature and neither replies to his accusations not does she even tell him about her pregnancy. Hassan returns to his parents' house. After some time, Anaya's father dies which breaks her completely. The money her dad has saved also gets wasted by frauds. Anaya gets a leave from her office and bakes cakes for a living. She has a baby boy and names him Ibrahim Aziz, after her father. On the other hand, Miraal finds out his husband is still continuing his job, which infuriates her and she leaves her home and threatens her husband that she will get a divorce. Ali returns and realizes he can't live without Miraal so he apologises and starts to create space in Miraal’s heart for him. Miraal decides to take divorce from Haris while Haris does not want to divorce her. Then Anaya resumes work and on the first day of her office, she learns that her new boss is Yasir Qureshi. When Atif tells Hassan that Anaya is working under Yasir Qureshi, Hassan decides to divorce Anaya. Yasir Qureshi orders Anaya to go on a trip to Islamabad and when she goes there, Yasir comes to her room in the night and gives her promotion letter but in the morning she resigns from the job and throws the promotion letter on Yasir's face. On the same day Miraal goes through an accident and due to the accident her spinal cord gets injured and is paralyzed but Haris takes care of her. She realizes her mistakes and confesses everything to Hassan, what she had done to Anaya in the past. Hassan feels ashamed and goes to Anaya's home to seek forgiveness but Anaya doesn't forgive him. Then Miraal goes to Anaya's home to seek forgiveness and asks her to forgive Hassan too. Anaya forgives Hassan. Anaya's mother adopts a boy named Muhammad Ali as she was alone. Haris takes care of Miraal but she is still guilty of what she has done to Haris in the past yet he forgives her. Anaya and Hassan, and Miraal and Haris live happily ever after.

Cast

  • Sarah Khan as Miraal Haris (née Fareed) : Fareed & Hashna's daughter, Hasan's sister, Dr.Haris's wife.
  • Mawra Hocane as Anaya Hasan (née Aziz) : Aziz & Bushra's daughter, Hasan's wife, Ibrahim's mother.
  • Ameer Gilani as Hasan Fareed : Fareed & Hashna's son, Miraal's brother, Anaya's Husband, Ibrahim's father.
  • Usman Mukhtar as Dr. Haris Ahmed : Miraal's Husband.
  • Javeria Kamran{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/the-gen-next-of-pakistani-drama-industry-is-here-1.1582814303715|title=The gen-next of Pakistani drama industry is here!|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307060754/https://gulfnews.com/photos/entertainment/the-gen-next-of-pakistani-drama-industry-is-here-1.1582814303715|url-status=live}} as Nirmal : Miraal's childhood Bestfriend
  • Meiraj Haq{{Cite web|url=https://showbizpakistan.pk/meiraj-haq-the-rising-face-of-tv-industry/?amp|title=The Rising face of Pakistani drama industry is here!|website=showbizpakistan.pk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-07|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904103521/https://showbizpakistan.pk/meiraj-haq-the-rising-face-of-tv-industry/?amp|url-status=live}} as Dr. Murad : Dr.Haris's Best friend
  • Jahanzeb Khan as Ali : Miraal's ex-fiance
  • Moazzam Ali Khan{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/707046-the-accidental-actor-with-a-golden-voice|title=The accidental actor with a golden voice|work=The News|date=30 August 2020|access-date=|archive-date=29 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429205122/https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/707046-the-accidental-actor-with-a-golden-voice|url-status=live}} as Fareed Kamal, Hasan and Miraal's Father
  • Laila Zuberi as Hashna Fareed : Fareed's wife, Hasan and Miraal's Mother.
  • Seemi Raheel as Bushra Aziz : Aziz's wife, Anaya's Mother
  • Syed Mohammad Ahmed as Aziz Ahmad : Bushra's husband, Anaya's Father.
  • Abbas Ashraf Awan{{Cite web|title=The amazing Abbas Ashraf Awan|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/1162439-the-amazing-abbas-ashraf-awan|date=March 1, 2024|access-date=March 4, 2024|work=The News International|author=Asif Khan}} as M Atif : Hasan's Best friend
  • Azra Mansoor as Mariyam Bee : Hashna's mother, Hasan and Miraal's grandmother (Dead).
  • Kashif Anwar as Yasir Qureshi (Hassan and Anaya's boss)
  • Haider Rifaat as Zahid

Soundtrack

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The OST is composed by Naveed Nashad on lyrics of Kashif Anwar and sung by Ali Sethi.{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/577487/ost-of-upcoming-drama-sabaat-is-all-over-the-internet/|title=OST of upcoming drama 'Sabaat' is all over the Internet|work=Daily Times|access-date=March 16, 2021|date=March 17, 2020|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715235232/https://dailytimes.com.pk/577487/ost-of-upcoming-drama-sabaat-is-all-over-the-internet/|url-status=live}}

Reception

Sabaat received positive reviews from critics with its release and was praised for its script and the performances of the cast especially of Khan (who usually plays weeping characters) and Gillani (being a newcomer).{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/588945/sabaat-makes-an-interesting-start/|title=‘Sabaat’ makes an interesting start!|date=4 April 2020|author=Uziar Majeed|access-date=30 April 2022|archive-date=29 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429203512/https://dailytimes.com.pk/588945/sabaat-makes-an-interesting-start/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1186294|title=What we want to see more of on television in 2021|date=11 January 2021|work=Images by Dawn|author=Sadaf Haider|access-date=29 April 2022|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524030609/https://images.dawn.com/news/1186294|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/734132-women-with-a-mean-streak|title=Women with a mean streak|author=Omair Alavi|date=25 October 2020|work=The News|access-date=|archive-date=29 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429203510/https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/734132-women-with-a-mean-streak|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.masala.com/tv-reviews/sabaat-episode-7-mawra-hocane-and-ameer-gilanis-chemistry-works-325002|title=Sabaat Episode 7: Mawra Hocane and Ameer Gilani’s Chemistry Works|work=masala|date=11 May 2020|access-date=29 April 2022|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715235215/https://www.masala.com/tv-reviews/sabaat-episode-7-mawra-hocane-and-ameer-gilanis-chemistry-works-325002|url-status=live}} The writer's fine take on multiple themes such as Classism, women portrayal and mental health was lauded by critics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.somethinghaute.com/5-relevant-themes-sabaat-lands-with-finesse/|title=Sabaat & the 5 relevant themes that the TV drama lands with finesse|author=Afreen Seher|work=Something Haute|access-date=|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105040544/https://www.somethinghaute.com/5-relevant-themes-sabaat-lands-with-finesse/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/671663-how-pakistani-dramas-are-now-openly-addressing-mental-health-issues|title=How Pakistani dramas are now openly addressing mental health issues|date=14 June 2020|author=Buraq Shabbir|access-date=|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205121410/https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/671663-how-pakistani-dramas-are-now-openly-addressing-mental-health-issues|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=‘Sabaat’ shows that not everything is meant to stay|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/686731/sabaat-shows-that-not-everything-is-meant-to-stay/|work=Daily Times|date=November 8, 2020|author=Haneen Moosa|access-date=|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918075840/https://dailytimes.com.pk/686731/sabaat-shows-that-not-everything-is-meant-to-stay/|url-status=live}}

Awards and nominations

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rowspan=5| October 9, 2021

| rowspan=5| Lux Style Awards

| Best TV Play

| Momina Duraid

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| rowspan=5 | {{cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1188259|title=Lux Style Awards announces nominations for its 20th edition|website=Dawn Images|date=26 August 2021|access-date=30 April 2022|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704120807/https://images.dawn.com/news/1188259|url-status=live}}

Best Female Actor - Critics

|rowspan="2"|Mawra Hocane

|{{nom}}

Best Female Actor – Viewer’s Choice

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Best Emerging Talent in TV

| Ameer Gilani

|{{nom}}

Best Original Soundtrack

| Ali Sethi

|{{nom}}

rowspan="7" | November 5, 2021

| rowspan="7" | Pakistan International Screen Awards

|Best TV Serial

|Momina Duraid

|{{nom}}

| rowspan="7" |{{Cite web |date=2021-11-07 |title=PISA 2021: Check out the list of winners here |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/906809-pisa-2021-check-out-the-list-of-winners-here |access-date= |work=The News |language=en |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428165826/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/906809-pisa-2021-check-out-the-list-of-winners-here |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-06 |title=PISA 2021 announces nominations in 24 categories |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2318846/pisa-2021-announces-nominations-in-24-categories |access-date= |work=The Express Tribune |language=en |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318214437/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2318846/pisa-2021-announces-nominations-in-24-categories |url-status=live }}

Best Television Director

|Shahzad Kashmiri

|{{nom}}

Best Television Actor - Popular

|Ameer Gillani

|{{nom}}

Best Television Actress - Popular

|Sarah Khan

|{{won}}

Best Television Actress - Popular

|Mawra Hocane

|{{nom}}

Best Writer

|Kashif Anwar

|{{nom}}

Best Original Soundtrack

|Ali Sethi and Naved Nashad

|{{nom}}

References

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