Roag (2011 TV series)

Roag is a Pakistani television drama series produced by Babar Javed and Asif Raza Mir under the banner of A&B Entertainment. It was directed by Javed, and was written by Faiza Iftikhar, whose novel of the same name it was based on. It premiered on ARY Digital on 16 April 2011.

It revolves around the struggle of a family who suffers a lot as one of the children was abused sexually. It features Faysal Qureshi, Sumbal Iqbal, Asif Raza Mir, Mohib Mirza, Yamina Peerzada, and Shagufta Ejaz. It ended on 27 August 2011 with a total of 20 episodes.

Plot
The plot follows the story of a house where parental neglect leads to the abuse of a child of the house. The series talks about the aftermaths and consequences of this trauma that the child suffers her entire life until she reaches adolescence.

Cast

 * Asif Raza Mir as Abid
 * Faysal Qureshi as Ayaz
 * Arisha Razi / Sumbul Iqbal as Nimra "Nimmo"
 * Shagufta Ejaz as Humaira
 * Rida Asfahani
 * Sara Umair as Sameera
 * Mohib Mirza as Faiq
 * Yamina Peerzada
 * Lubna Aslam
 * Qaiser Naqvi as Humaira's mother
 * Seemi Pasha
 * Sajid Shah
 * Kanwar Arsalan

Reception
A reviewer found that "The way a victim and her family carries the burden of shame and guilt is realistically portrayed in Roag in which the family finds itself exploited by a stranger on the eve of their daughter’s nikah." Author Munira Cheema stated in her book Women and TV Culture in Pakistan, "Roag is a serial that has influenced not only viewers but also talk shows and their debates on child rape."