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*Belapur Ki Dayan*
Belapur Ki Dayan
	Opening theme
Urdu	بیلاپور کی ڈائن
Genre	Horror drama; Thriller; Mystery
Created by	MD Productions
Written by	Inam Hasan
Directed by	Saife Hassan
Starring	Adnan Siddiqui; Sarah Khan; Amar Khan; Osama Tahir; (See full cast);
Opening theme	"Rehti Hain Unsuni Kahanian Kahein" by Faiza Mujahid
Ending theme	"Rehti Hain Unsuni Kahanian Kahein" by Faiza Mujahid
Composer	Muhammad Wasi-uddin
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Momina Duraid
Production locations	Karachi, Pakistan
Cinematography	Azhar Ali
Editor	Saad Bin Javed
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	34 minutes
Production company	Momina Duraid Productions
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	15 February –; 28 June 2018

Belapur Ki Dayan (Urdu: بیلاپور کی ڈائن; transl. The Witch of Belapur) is a 2018 Pakistani supernatural horror drama series directed by Saife Hassan and written by Inam Hasan.^[1]^[2] It features Sarah Khan, Adnan Siddiqui andOsama Tahir in leads, while Amar Khan played the main antagonist. The series first premiered on 15 February 2018 on Hum TV.^[3]

Synopsis

The story revolves around Aziz (Shakeel), who has recently moved to his ancestral home after winning a 32-year-long court battle with his stepbrother. In the house, his whole family is disturbed by the supernatural presence, which turns out to be the spirit of his stepsister Nilofar (Amar Khan). Nilofar wants to take revenge from him for wrongdoing in the past. Thus she tortures and disturbs the life of his family for living in her home.^[4] She corrupts the souls of Natasha, aka Tasha (Sarah Khan), the daughter of Aziz, and possesses her body to affect her life negatively. In the meantime, the lives of Aziz's son Rameez (Osama Tahir), his wife Aliya (Rayyan Ibrahim), son Wajdan (Nitesh Narayan), and daughter Mannat (Shifa) are deeply disturbed by the supernatural spirits, especially Nelofar. Aziz decides to tame Nilofar and seeks the help of her ex-lover Shakir (Adnan Siddiqui) for Tasha's treatment.^[4]

Cast

Adnan Siddiqui as Shakir
Sarah Khan as Natasha aka Tasha
Amar Khan as Neelofur/Dayan
Osama Tahir as Rameez
Shakeel as Aziz Ahmed (Old)
Irfan Khoosat as Rehmat (Old)
Rayyan Ibrahim as Aliya
Ismat Zaidi as Salima
Rashid Mehmood as Karamat (Dead)
Sajida Syed as Raeesa
Rashid Farooqui as Inspector Boota
Akbar Islam as Sikander (Dead)
Umar Naru as Rehmat (Young)
Shahjahan Rana as Aziz (Young)
Hira Soomro as Rabiya (Dead)
Shifa as Mannat (Child star)
Nitesh Narayan as Wajdan (Child star)
Akhtar Ghazali as Wakil sahab (lawyer)

Production

Amar, in an interview, said, "I’m playing characters from two different time periods, one of a fragile innocent girl of the 80’s reading Parveen Shakir’s shayari and the other, a current time period sarcastic and ruthless Dayan who is there to attain revenge."[ ... ]"It’s been given very realistic treatment. My director’s very much hanging me with cables in the air, and he’s making me do all these acrobats, so it’s no longer a bedroom drama where I shed a tear or two or even play a glamorous nagin; nothing of such sort."^[5]^[6]

While Adnan shared with The News about his character, "I play the dayan’s love interest in the project,"[ ... ] "After her death, I am called in the same house by the owner whose daughter is being haunted, and I am there to save her. I will be seen in 10 episodes,

and the drama takes you into flashbacks and then into the present."^[7]

Awards

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref(s)
2020	Hum Awards	Best Director Drama Serial	Saife Hassan	Nominated	^[8]
		Best Writer Drama Serial	Inam Hassan
		Best Drama Serial	Belapur Ki Dayan
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	Adnan Siddiqui
		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Sarah Khan
		Best Actor in a Negative Role	Amar Khan
		Best Actor in a leading Role	Osama Tahir
2019	Lux Style Awards	Best Emerging Talent	Amar Khan		^[9]