Shama (TV series)
Pakistani television series
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Shama (Urdu: شمع, lit. 'Candle') is a 1976 Pakistani television series written by Fatima Surayya Bajia, based on the eponymous novel by A.R. Khatoon, and directed by Qasim Jalali.[2][3] It first aired in 1976 on PTV and is now considered a cult classic.[4][5]
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| Shama | |
|---|---|
Title screen | |
| شمع | |
| Genre | Family Tragedy Drama |
| Written by | Fatima Surayya Bajia[1] |
| Directed by | Qasim Jalali |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1976 – 1976 |
Plot
A girl named Shama lives with her maternal family after the death of her mother and has a close relationship with her grandmother.[6]
Cast
- Syed Majid Ali as Mian Jee (Qamar's Grandfather)
- Ghazala Kaifee as Shama
- Jawed Sheikh as Mansoor[7]
- Saleem Sheikh plays Mansoor as a child)
- Anwar Iqbal as Qamar[8]
- Akbar Subhani as Tahir
- Rizwan Wasti as Akhtar Hassan
- Nafees Hassan as Kishwar Jahan (Mansoor's aunt)
- Begum Khurshid Mirza as Gaiti Ara Begum (Shama's grandmother)[9]
- Ishrat Hashmi as Halima (Qamar's mother)[10]
- Zaheen Tahira as Khursheed (Mansoor's mother)[11]
- Arsh Muneer as Bua
- Nawab Kaifee as Amjad
- Tasneem Rana as Shabbo
- Hadi ul Islam as Khan Bahadur Sahab
- Mohammad Yousuf[2] as Nasir Abbas