Mrs. & Mr. Shameem

Mrs. & Mr. Shameem is a 2022 Zindagi original Pakistani web series released on ZEE5 on 11 March 2022. It is written by Saji Gul and directed by Kashif Nisar who co-produced it with Misbah Shafique. The web series stars Naumaan Ijaz and Saba Qamar in leading roles.

Premise
Umaina is an independent woman, living in a hostel in Lahore. Shameem is the elder brother of Umaina’s friend. The community makes fun of Shameem for being effeminate. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, they are forced to live together and get married. Later, they fall for each other and face the challenges of their life together.

Cast

 * Naumaan Ijaz as Shameem “Shammo”
 * Saba Qamar as Umaina "Ummi"
 * Gul-e-Rana as Bay Ji
 * Faiza Gillani as Rukhsana
 * Amna Malick as Wajeeha
 * Hamza Sohail as Ali
 * Samia Butt as Salma
 * Ali Azad as Salma's husband
 * Saqib Sumeer as Khurram
 * Uzma Hassan as Humaira
 * Ahmad Hassan as Tony
 * Haseeb Khan as Abdullah
 * Agha Mustafa as Bilal
 * Irfan Khoosat as Umaina’s father
 * Anjum Habibi as Abbasi
 * Aleeza Fatima as Fatima

Release
All the 20 episodes were released on 11 March 2022 on Zee5.

It was made available on YouTube channel of Zindagi in April 2024, with two episodes in a week.

Production
The central idea of the series was originally conceived by Nauman Ijaz in early 2010s who approached Kashif Nisar to materialise it. However, due to the rejections by the local television networks first, the script was later picked by ZEE's OTT platform ZEE5. The web series was announced in May 2019 with the title of Mann Jogi, Ijaz and Qamar as the main leads. Shooting for the series started in September 2019 in inner Lahore. Talking about the story writer Saji Gul told to The News, "The web series is about a couple who doesn't conform to gender roles and expectations," he also revealed that Ijaz will play an effeminate yet straight character. In July 2020, it announced that the series will be released on ZEE5 while in January 2021, Qamar informed through her Instagram account that shooting for the series has been completed. In early 2022, the series was retitled as Mrs and Mr Shameem and the released date of 11 March 2022 was announced. The official trailer was released on 2 March 2022, which received positive reviews.