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*Dhoop Ki Deewar*
Dhoop Ki Deewar
Genre	Social; Tragedy;
Written by	Umera Ahmad
Directed by	Haseeb Hassan
Starring	Sajal Aly; Ahad Raza Mir;
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi; Urdu;
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Shailja Kejriwal, Misbah Shafique
Producer	Haseeb Hassan
Production locations	Azad Kashmir, Lahore, Karachi and Swat; Pakistan
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Motion Content Group
Original release
Network	Zindagi
Release	25 June 2021

Dhoop Ki Deewar (transl. Wall Of Sunshine) is a ZEE5 exclusive and Zindagi-original Indian drama web series. It is written by Umera Ahmad and directed by Haseeb Hassan.^[1] The web series has an ensemble cast including Sajal Aly and Ahad Raza Mir in lead roles, while Zaib Rehman, Savera Nadeem, Samiya Mumtaz, Samina Ahmed,and Manzar Sehbai are in prominent roles. Set in the backdrop of the Indo-Pak conflict, the web series depicts how peace is better than war.^[2]

It is available for streaming on the OTT platform ZEE5 from 25 June 2021 with two episodes each Friday. The finale aired on the Independence Day weekend.^[3]

Cast

Main

Ahad Raza Mir as Vishal Malhotra
Sajal Aly as Sarah Sher Ali

Recurring

Samiya Mumtaz as Sunanda Malhotra, Vishal's mother
Zaib Rehman as Shobha Malhotra, Vishal's grandmother
Savera Nadeem as Amna Sher Ali, Sarah's mother
Samina Ahmed as Safia Nasir Ali, Sarah's grandmother
Annie Zaidi as Lubna Ansar, Junaid's mother
Manzar Sehbai as Nasir Ali, Sarah's grandfather
Salma Hassan as Ayesha, Sarah's aunt
Lubna Aslam as Rabia
Alyy Khan as Vijay Malhotra, Vishal's father
Raza Talish as Junaid Ansar
Adnan Jaffar as Sher Ali, Sarah's father
Paras Masroor as Anurag
Zoya Nasir as Neha Sharma
Zara Tareen as Pratibha
Anoushey Rania Khan as Nooriah Sher Ali

Production

Background and development

The web series was announced by Haseeb Hassan in mid-2019 with leading cast of Sajal Aly, Ahad Raza Mir, Samiya Mumtaz, Samina Ahmed, Savera Nadeem and Manzar Sehbai. In conservation with The News, Hassan revealed "Dhoop Ki Deewar is not a love story: it is a love-hate story based on the love-hate relationship between people of India and Pakistan."^[4]^[5] The official trailer was released by ZEE5 on YouTube on 15 June 2021.^[6]^[7]