Boota from Toba Tek Singh

Boota from Toba Tek Singh
Genre	Drama
Written by	Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar
Directed by	Dilawar Malik
Starring	Faisal Qureshi Maria Wasti Farah Shah Babar Ali
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	22
Original release
Network	PTV
Release	1999 (1999) – 1999 (1999)

Boota from Toba Tek Singh (Urdu: بوٹا فرام ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a 1999 Pakistani drama serial aired by Pakistan Television Corporation. Written by Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar and directed by Dilawar Malik, the series consists of 22 episodes in Urdu.^[1] This drama was highly popular when it first aired in 1999.^[2][3]

Plot

The story centres on Boota (Faisal Qureshi), the only son of a landlord from Toba Tek Singh. Boota is a mischievous young man who struggles academically. His life takes a dramatic turn when he falls in love with Mahru (Farah Shah), whose car breaks down near his village as she and her grandmother (Khursheed Shahid) are traveling to Lahore. Captivated by Mahru, Boota decides to run away from home and heads to Lahore.

Mahru runs an advertising agency and her assistant Faani (Kashif Mehmood) takes Boota to the boarding house of Zohra Khatoon (Deeba) where he lives. Meeru (Babar Ali) is a fellow resident there who belongs to a broken home and hence has a shattered personality. He makes false promises to girls and then blackmails them after he gets their photos and letters.

Mahru loves him and tries to reason with him. Meeru falls in love with Mahru too but is afraid to admit it because he does not want to be in a position where someone else can exploit him.

This play was quite popular at that time (1999).^[3]

Cast

• Faysal Qureshi as Boota^[2][3][1]
• Maria Wasti as Zulekha^[2][3]
• Babar Ali as Meeru^[3]
• Mishi Khan as Zoya^[2][1]
• Kashif Mehmood as Fani
• Farah Shah as Mehru^[3]
• Naima Khan as Sarwat Begum
• Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar
• Deeba as Zohra Begum
• Khursheed Shahid as Zohra's mother
• Nighat Butt as Boota's Mother
• Khalid Butt as Boota's Father
• Begum Khurshid Mirza as Mahru's Grandmother^[3]
• Mahmood Aslam as Kanwar Sarkhab^[2][1]
• Imran Ashraf

References

1. Muhammad Ali (12 May 2020). "Boota from 'Toba Tek Singh' is my personal favourite directorial work: Dilawar Malik". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
2. "Profile of 'Boota from Toba Tek Singh' drama serial". vidpk.com website. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
3. Main theme and plot of 'Boota from Toba Tek Singh' on PTV2.com website Retrieved 9 December 2020

External links

• Watch drama at Pak Point
• Boota from Toba Tek Singh at IMDb