Neelay Hath
Pakistani television drama series
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Neelay Hath (Urdu: نیلے ہاتھ, lit. 'Blue Hands') is a 1989 Pakistani television drama series written by Shahid Nadeem and directed and produced by Muhammad Azeem.[1] It was adapted from the stage play Barri (The Acquittal), written by Nadeem and first produced by Ajoka Theatre in 1987, directed by Madeeha Gauhar.[2][1] The series aired on PTV during the first government of Benazir Bhutto.[3] It was also broadcast in India.[4]
| Neelay Hath | |
|---|---|
| نیلے ہاتھ | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Shahid Nadeem |
| Directed by | Muhammad Azeem |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Muhammad Azeem |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1989 – 1989 |
Plot
Nabeela Noman, an educated woman and member of a women's rights organisation, is imprisoned on false charges. In prison, she encounters four other women who have also been falsely imprisoned: an activist, a mother detained in place of her wanted son, a woman charged with dancing at a shrine, and a young woman who killed her husband.[5][6]
Cast
- Madeeha Gauhar as Nabeela Noman[7]
- Uzma Gillani as Zulekha
- Saba Hameed as Parveen
- Roohi Bano as Zainab
- Bushra Ansari as Jameela
- Arifa Siddiqui as Sakeena
- Bindiya as Sajida Hameed
- Faryal Gohar as Zarmeen
- Khayyam Sarhadi as Rashid
- Talat Siddiqui as Sakeena's mother
- Mehboob Alam as Jeevan
- Irsa Ghazal as Rano
- Naima Khan as Bari Phuppo
- Nirvaan Nadeem as Jameela's son
- Asim Bukhari as Noman Siddiqui
- Fareeha Jabeen as Police Woman
- Hina Shaheen as Wakeel
- Tani Begum as Rani
- Mehmood Aslam as Manzoor
- Jazba Sultan as Ruqayya
- Mansoor Baloch as Kamran
- Jameel Fakhri as Khanu
- Haseeb Pasha as Jilani
- Uzra Butt as Mai Jee
- Kanwal Nauman as Amna
- Ismat Tahira as Sudhi
- Tauqeer Nisar as Murad
- Tasneem Kausar as Nazeer Bibi
- Najma Begum as Clothing Supervisor in Jail
- Altaf ur Rehman as Parveen's father
- Khalida Arjumand as Sajida's mother
- Aurangzeb Leghari as Abdul Kareem
- Yusaf Ali as Rehmat
- Jevan Sultan as Deputy
- Sikandar Shaheen as I.G.
- Khalid Butt as Muhammad Deen
- Mehwish Apa as Prisoner
- Roohi Khan as Zeenat Ara
- Basit Khan as Rizwan
- Parvez Raza as Mukhtar
- Munir Nadir as Chaudhry Bichoo
- Inam Khan as Anwar
- Hamid Mehmood as Lal Deen
- Reena as Zarmin
- Noman Shah as Adil
- Salma Khan as Shehzadi
- Tahira Saleem as Mrs Tauqeer
- Veena Khan as Hajra
Production
Neelay Hath was adapted from Barri (The Acquittal), a stage play written by Shahid Nadeem and first produced by Ajoka Theatre in 1987 under the direction of Madeeha Gauhar. The play portrays four women held in a prison cell on different charges and was produced to draw attention to the conditions of women prisoners and gender discrimination in Pakistan's legal system.[1][5] Following the play's critical success in Pakistan and India, Nadeem adapted it as a television serial.[1] The play has subsequently been staged in various cities in Pakistan, India, and the United States.[8]
