Aroosa

Aroosa
عروسہ
Genre	Family Drama
Written by	Fatima Surayya Bajia[1]
Directed by	Qasim Jalali
Starring	Ghazala Kaifee Shakeel Mishi Khan Adnan Siddiqui Neelofar Abbasi Ishrat Hashmi
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Original release
Network	PTV
Release	1994 (1994) – 1994 (1994)

Aroosa (Urdu: عروسہ, lit. 'Bride') is a 1994 Pakistani television series that aired on PTV, written by Fatima Surayya Bajia based on Zubaida Khatoon's eponymous novel, and directed by Qasim Jalali.^[2] It was the debut serial of Adnan Siddiqui and Mishi Khan.^[3]

Synopsis

Tofique (Shakeel) is a barrister, who shared a close bond with his younger (Neelofar) and (Ishrat) older sisters but neglected his wife Anjum (Ghazala). Tofique divorced Anjum when their daughter Uroosa (Mishi) was just a baby. His second marriage with a refined, educated woman creates complications as his sisters find her hard to tolerate.^[4]

Cast

• Ghazala Kaifee as Anjum (Uroosa's mother)
• Shakeel as Tofique (Uroosa's father)
• Mishi Khan as Uroosa (Anjum and Tofique's daughter)
• Adnan Siddiqui as Shehryar (Uroosa's husband)^[5]
• Neelofar Abbasi as Choti Aapa (Tofique's younger sister)
• Ishrat Hashmi as Naeema (Tofique's older sister)
• Rizwan Wasti as Rafi
• Sultana Zafar as Atiya (Uroosa's aunt)
• Mazhar Ali as Aftab
• Zaheen Tahira as Khala Jee
• Humayun Mehboob as Munir
• Ayesha Khan as Shireen
• Nafees Hassan as Salma
• Shama Junejo as Arifa
• Zafar Ali as Zawar
• Subhani Ba Yunus as Doctor

Production

Casting

The lead role of Shehryar, before offering to Siddiqui was earlier offered to Aijaz Aslam who refused it due to his study engagements.^[6]

References

1. "Death anniversary of Fatima Surayya Bajia observed". Radio Pakistan. 10 February 2022.
2. فیصل ظفر, سعدیہ امین (5 August 2014). "ہر دور کے سب سے مقبول 20 پاکستانی ڈرامے". Dawn News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
3. "انور مقصود ملک کا ایک عظیم اثاثہ ہیں، عدنان صدیقی". Daily Pakistan. 8 February 2022.
4. Ríos, Diana I.; Lin, Carolyn A. (18 October 2021). Television Dramas and the Global Village: Storytelling Through Race and Gender. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-7936-1353-0.
5. "'میرے پاس تم ہو" کے عدنان صدیقی: 'دنیا بھر میں میرے جیسے ادھیڑ عمر کے لوگ ہیرو آتے ہیں"". BBC News. 31 December 2020.
6. "Aijaz Aslam: Between the realms of fashion and acting". The Express Tribune. 23 January 2022.