Kalmoohi is a Pakistani television series directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat and based on Rabindranath Tagore's Chokher Bali.[1] It stars Sania Saeed as a widow and the series depicts her relationship with theee individuals, two friends played by Shamil Khan and Sohail Sameer and a friend of her own played by Seemab Muzaffar.[2] The series premiered on 13 February 2010 on PTV Home.[3]
| Kalmoohi | |
|---|---|
| Urdu | کلموہی |
| Based on | Chokher Bali by Rabindranath Tagore |
| Written by | Seemal Nauman |
| Directed by | Sarmad Sultan Khoosat |
| Creative director | Kanwal Khoosat |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Irfan Khoosat |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV Home |
| Release | 13 February 2010 – 2010 |
Plot edit
Noor Bano is a young widow and a deep human being, lives in a hostel of Murree. Her tragic past disturbs her mentally. She has an emotional relation with Nun Josephine and they have great affection for each other.
In Sheikhupura, the matriarchs of a haveli Sultana and Saeeda (called as Bey ji by her children) decides to marry the former's step son Adil. They take his proposal for Sultana's orphan niece Aliya who lives in Lahore with her uncle Faheem. However, Bey ji's spoilt and the only son Shani gets attracted to her beauty and wants to marry her. Bey ji doesn't want to break Adil's heart by doing so but takes this step forcefully when Shani goes away leaving the house. She also convinces Adil for this marriage.
Noor Bano, the daughter of Saeeda's deceased childhood friend comes to attend the wedding and actively takes part in the preparations. She helps Bey Ji in the household work and Aliya in her marital and personal affairs. After marriage, Shani starts spending more time with his wife and consequently getting away from Bey Ji. Bey Ji gets angry over it and wiggles him in front of everyone through Adil. Due to Noor Bano's helpful behaviour for Aliya, the latter becomes attached to her. They become good friends and start calling each other with a common nickname 'Kalmoohi'. When Bey Ji rebukes Aliya as she doesn't know housework, she starts learning things. Upon observing his wife too busy in the work, Shani forbids Bey Ji that Aliya will not do housework and will study further instead. Bey Ji again gets angry on Shani and he becomes busy in teaching English to Aliya. Bey Ji asks Adil to make him understand but they become bitter when face each other.
Mother Josephine sends letter to Noor Bano and she returns to Murree. To avoid the conflict in her house, Bey Ji goes to Farooqabad in her ancestral house. After her departure, Sultana's foot gets injured after which Aliya has to manage all the work. As, she becomes unable to manage the work Sultana goes to Lahore, in Faheem's house. Adil brings Bey Ji back to the haveli and Noor Bano also returns from Murree. On her returning, several incidents related to her forces Shani to think about her and gets attracted to her. Noor Bano decides for a picnic for the family and she along with Aliya, Adil and Shani go to the Hiran Minar where Aliya notices her husband's inclination towards Noor Bano. On their returning to haveli, Shani tells to Aliya that Noor Bano is becoming a part of their lives and without her it will be difficult to live. She suggests that they should get Noor Bano and Adil get married so that she could never go away from them. However, there comes a misunderstanding between Shani and Aliya and he sends her to Lahore to spend few days there. Shani then completely lures by Noor Bano and unwilling she too feels the same. He tells her that he loves her but she shows hesitancy as she had a soft spot for Adil in her heart. Aliya wants to return to Sheikhupra but Shani forbids her. She returns by herself at a night and catches Shani and Noor Bano red-handed who are engaged in close conversation in the room at night. Bey Ji gets angry and blames Noor Bano solely for it. She in return tries to inform her about the nature of her son who had an eye on her since her arrival but she doesn't want to hear anything. She instantly leaves the haveli and goes to Adil who drops her to the station in the morning to leave for Murree.
On reaching Murree, she shares the incident with Mother Josephine who tells her her fault. Shani reaches Murree too after her. She denies her and tells him to go back to pursue her marriage life. Later, she calls Adil and apologises.
Cast edit
- Sania Saeed as Noor Bano
- Samina Peerzada as Mother Josephine
- Sohail Sameer as Dr. Adil
- Shamil Khan as Shayaan "Shani"
- Kinza Malik as Sultana "Bee Ji"
- Nasreen Qureshi as Saeeda "Bey Ji"
- Seemab Muzaffar as Aliya
- Tasneem Kausar[4] as Attiya
- Irfan Khoosat as Faheem
- Rashid Mehmood as Sohrab
Production edit
After completing the shooting of Khamoshiyan and The Ghost Saeed was approached by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat to play a seductress[5] in the adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's Chokher Bali. The series was produced by Irfan Khoosat while Kanwal Khoosat served as the art director.[6] The principal photography and post-production of the series wrapped in late January 2010.[6]
References edit
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- ^ "ڈرامہ سیریل کلموہی آج پی ٹی وی سے ٹیلی کاسٹ ہو گا". Nawai Waqt (in Urdu). 13 February 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Tasneem Kausar: Expanding horizons with TV's quintessential mother". Express Tribune. 28 May 2014.
- ^ Maliha Rehman (6 August 2023). "THE ICON INTERVIEW : SANIA SAEED'S LEGOLAND". Dawn. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ a b "نئی ڈرامہ سیریل کلموہی مکمل" [New drama serial Kalmoohi has been completed]. Nawai Waqt. 31 January 2010.
