Saraab

Hoorain is different from the people around her and lives at a distance from them. She likes her cousin Asfandyar and wants to marry him. She is ignored by her parents (as her sisters Namal and Warda are clever and sharp-minded) and lives in a separate room at upper story of the house. These factors contribute to Hoorain becoming a victim of schizophrenia. Things become complicated when she starts to act like a schizophrenic. She has hallucinations and consider everyone as her enemy. Asfandyar discovers about her disease and helps her but things become complicated and interwoven. Asfand and Hoorain get married, and soon Hoorain discovers she is pregnant which further complicates her schizophrenia. The doctor warns Asfand that pregnancy could lead to Hoorain having more psychotic attacks. Hoorain is admitted for therapy until she visibility starts getting better. Warda, Hoorain sister tries to instigate her against Asfand. Meanwhile, Hoorain suffers a complicated delivery after another of her hallucinations and her mother prays that her baby will be a boy, as every girl would not have a husband as kind and understanding as Asfandyar if the baby inherited her disease. Hoorain gives birth to a healthy boy, who is named Sheheryar. he story is Asfandyar's struggle to help Hoorain recover from this disease. Hoorain is readmitted in the hospital after her hallucinations about Sheheryar, and three months later Asfandyar comes to take her back home as she has recovered, but she fakes losing her memory. However, the name Sheheryar slips out of her mouth, which leads to Asfand discovering she was faking losing her memory as she remembers Sheheryar clearly. Hoorain then reveals she faked this because she wanted to protect her child from her crazy hallucinations and thought she was incapable of raising Sheheryar. Asfand then consoles her and they both embrace, going back home.

Ten years later Asfand, Hoorain and Sheheryar are shown to be living peacefully, and Hoorain has not overcome her schizophrenia completely, but she is learning to control it because of Asfand's patience and treatment.

• Sonya Hussain{{cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1185919|title=Sonya Hussyn has her own YouTube channel now|first=Irfan Ul|last=Haq|date=October 12, 2020|access-date=March 22, 2021|work=Images}} as Hoorain “Hoor”
• Sami Khan as Asfandya "Asfand"
• Nazish Jahangir as Namal, Hoorain's sister
• Ghana Ali as Warda, Hoorain's elder sister
• Aurangzeb Leghari as Hoorain's father
• Fareeda Shabbir as Hoorain's Mother
• Sajid Shah as Asfandyar's father
• Kinza Malik as Asfandyar's mother
• Ejaz Khan as Nadir, Warda's husband
• Humaira Zahid as Warda's mother-in-law
• Jahanzeb Khan as Sufiyan; Warda's brother-in-law
• Pareezay Fatima as Huma, Asfandyar's sister
• Hani Taha as Zari, Warda's doctor
• Shafqat Khan as Asfandyar's friend

{{Infobox single

| name = Akhiyan hain udaas kyun

| type = song

| artist = Naveed Nashad

| writer = Qamar Nashad

| producer = Moomal Entertainment

| label = HUM

| language = Urdu

| released = {{Start date|df=y|2020|08|13}}

| length = 4:19

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|AE64scQCEGE|"Saraab" OST}}|Type=song}}

}}

The original soundtrack of the show was released on 13 August 2020. The music was composed and sung by Naveed Nashad while lyrics were written by Qamar Nashad.

In early 2020, it was announced that Sami Khan and Sonya Hussain, who previously starred together in Ishq Zahe Naseeb, are working together on a project, and later it was also revealed that the latter will play a schizophrenic in the series. By the April 2020, the 70% shot has been completed, which was earlier postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/562057/sonya-hussyn-continues-to-shed-light-on-mental-illness/|title=Sonya Hussyn continues to shed light on mental illness|date=21 February 2022|work=Daily Times|access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=Sonya Hussyn to play a schizophrenic in her next drama serial|url=//www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/619231-sonya-hussyn-to-play-a-schizophrenic-in-her-next-drama-serial|access-date=August 24, 2020|author=News Bytes|work=The News|date=February 25, 2020}}

The first and second teasers of the show were released on the 4 August 2020.{{ Cite web |last1=Batool |first1=Maisooma |title=Teasers for Sami Khan And Sonya Hussyn's 'Saraab' Are Full Of Intrigue|url=https://galaxylollywood.com/2020/08/04/teasers-of-drama-saraab-are-full-of-intrigue/|date=4 August 2020|work=Galaxy Lollywood}}

The series garnered critical praise due to its subject of schizophrenia and Hussyn's performance, with Something Haute hailed her as, "the highlight of the play that addressed schizophrenia, doing complete justice to her role."{{cite web|url=https://somethinghaute.com/saraab-has-been-a-huge-learning-experience-says-sonya-hussyn/|title="Saraab has been a huge learning experience," says Sonya Hussyn|date=16 March 2021|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316122858/https://somethinghaute.com/saraab-has-been-a-huge-learning-experience-says-sonya-hussyn/}}{{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|work=The News International|author=Buraq Shabbir|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/700518-whats-in-store-on-tv-this-season|title=What's in store on TV this season|date=16 August 2020|work=The News International|access-date=6 October 2022|author=Buraq Shabbir}}{{Cite web|url=https://cutacut.com/2021/03/12/saraab-last-episode/?|title=Saraab serves as a guide on how to destigmatize mental health|author=Farheen Abdullah|work=Cutacut|date=12 March 2021|access-date=29 October 2022}} It received negative reviews due to the portrayal of the toxic sister rivalry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/796592-women-without-agency|title=Women without agency|date=28 February 2021|access-date=|author=Afreen Seher|work=The News International}}

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