Hawain
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- Tragedy
- Family
- Drama
| Hawain | |
|---|---|
| ہوائیں | |
| Genre |
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| Written by | Asghar Nadeem Syed, Farzana Nadeem Syed |
| Directed by | Haider Imam Rizvi |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Jawed Allah Ditta |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1995 – 1995 |
Hawain, also Hawaian (Urdu: ہوائیں; transl. The Winds) is a 1995 Pakistani television drama serial written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and Farzana Nadeem Syed and directed by Haider Imam Rizvi. Produced by the Pakistan Television Corporation, the serial ran for 21 episodes and centres on a family whose patriarch is arrested on a false charge of murder.[1][2]
The serial featured an ensemble cast led by Talat Hussain, Ghazala Kaifee, Huma Nawab and Qazi Wajid, and marked the acting debut of singer and actress Komal Rizvi.[3] Commentators have described Hawain as among the more widely followed PTV dramas of the mid-1990s, noting its socio-political undertones.[4][5]
At the time of its original broadcast, some viewers drew parallels between the serial's central narrative and the trial of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the subsequent political struggle of his daughter Benazir Bhutto.[6] Neither the writer nor the network has confirmed such a connection.[citation needed]
The story follows Shehnaz, a schoolteacher, and her daughters Saima and Asma, whose lives are upended when her husband Meer Muhammad is arrested and charged with a murder he did not commit. Much of the narrative centres on Shehnaz's efforts to support her family and clear her husband's name, while the daughters come of age amid the social stigma and legal pressures surrounding the case.[7] Critics have read Meer Muhammad's imprisonment and eventual walk to the gallows as an allegorical depiction of the powerlessness of the rural poor in the face of feudal authority in Sindh.[8]