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 Fatima Jinnah: Sister | Revolutionist | Stateswoman is an upcoming Pakistani biographical web series series directed and written by Danial K Afzal. The web series centers on the life of Fatima Jinnah, one of the leading woman leader of the Pakistan movement and the younger sister of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It depicts Jinnah in three eras including her 30s and during the pre-partition, in her 50s and during Independence, in her 70s and during post-partition era. Sundas Farhan and Samiya Mumtaz will respectively star in first and third season as Jinnah.

Cast

 * Sundas Farhan/ Samiya Mumtaz as Fatima Jinnah
 * Dananeer Mobeen as Anita Poonamwala
 * Aamir Qureshi as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
 * Mahim Shahid as Rattanbai Jinnah
 * Usman Mukhtar as Allama Iqbal
 * Anoushey Ashraf as Mitthibai Jinnah
 * Omair Rana as Jinnahbhai Poonja
 * Sarmad Khoosat as Mahatma Gandhi
 * Samina Ahmad as Manbai Jinnah
 * Manzar Sehbai as Pherozeshah Mehta
 * Kubra Khan as Homai Vyarawalla
 * Amna Ilyas as Sarojini Naidu
 * Sheherzade Peerzada as Mehr Asghar
 * Omer Abdullah Khan as Joseph Messih

Development and casting
On 4 August 2022, DAWN Images reported that a series based on Fatima Jinnah is in development by writer and director Danial K Afzal. It also reported that series will have three seasons focusing on three different phases of her life during pre-partition, partition and post-partition and Sundas Farhan, Sajal Aly and Samiya Mumtaz will portray Jinnah in these different phases. About the casting of Aly, Afzal stated in an interview that for the role of middle aged Jinnah, he was in talks with Sanam Saeed, Iqra Aziz, Syra Yousuf and Aly but he choose Aly as she would carry a similar body language to hers during the 1930s and 1940s around the Independence time. Afzal also stated that many other historical figures like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan and Allama Iqbal's characters would also be a part of the series. About the casting of actor for Ruttie Jinnah's character he stated that it would change the landscape of whole South Asian cinema. In August 2023, it confirmed that Aly has withdrawn from the series. The soundtrack of the series was relased on 14 August 2023 where the actors playing Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, Mahatma Gandhi and Ruttie Jinnah were revealed.

Principal photography
Principal photography was mainly held in Islamabad where Afzal depict the pre-partition Bombay and Neha Kumthekar served as the set designer.

Promotion and release
A prologue of the series was released on 14 August 2022 on the occasion of Independence day.

The frist season of the series is set to release on 14 August 2024 on digital platform Aur digital.