Pakeezah (TV series)

Pakeezah is a Pakistani thriller drama serial that was first aired on 11 February 2016 on Hum TV. It stars Adnan Siddiqui, Aamina Sheikh, Alyy Khan, Angeline Malik. The series revolves around the struggle of a female artist between her passion and her relationship with her husband. The drama's song is based on the song Dhoondo Ge Agar by Abida Parveen.

Synopsis
The drama is based on strained relations between Pakeeza (Aamina Sheikh) and Jibran (Alyy Khan). They have a daughter Kiran who is irritated of Jibran torturing Pakeeza day by day. Jibran has a sister Naima (Angeline Malik) who is married to Ahmer (Khaled Anam) and has a daughter, Shehzadi/Maham. Kiran likes Shehzadi and her parents than her parents. Ahmer has a brother Azeem (Adnan Siddiqui) who befriends with Pakeeza. Each episode of drama includes fight between Pakeeza and Jibran.

Plot
The drama revolves around the woman, Pakeeza (Aamina Sheikh) who is a painter and housewife. Her paintings are good and she is awarded many times in the media because of her talent. She is married to Jibran (Alyy Khan), a misogynist, who cares less about his wife and beats her lot because she has fame. Pakeeza has a daughter, Kiran, who is depressed in listening to her parents' fights. Pakeeza is the best friend of Naima (Angeline Malik), who later becomes her sister-in-law as Naima's brother Jibran comes in her life. She finds solace in her friend Azeem (Adnan Siddiqui) who helps her in every difficulty.

Cast

 * Aamina Sheikh as Pakeezah
 * Ali Khan as Jibran
 * Adnan Siddiqui as Azeem
 * Angeline Malik as Naima
 * Khaled Anam as Ahmer
 * Iqra Chaudhry as Kiran Jibran
 * Sohail Hashmi as Sohail “Talpur Sahab”
 * Mariam Mirza as Aisha Talpur
 * Sara Asim as Shahzadi
 * Faseeh Sardar as Saif
 * Awais Waseer

Digital release
The series was made available on iflix however in 2019 all the episodes were pulled off. Still, it is available on Indian streaming platform MX Player.