Kaanch Ka Pul (Urdu: کانچ کا پل, lit. 'The Glass Bridge') is a 1981 Pakistani television long play written by Younus Javed and produced and directed by Mohammad Nisar Hussain.[4][5]
| Kaanch Ka Pul | |
|---|---|
| کانچ کا پل | |
| Genre | Tragedy Drama |
| Written by | Younus Javed[1][2] |
| Directed by | Mohammad Nisar Hussain |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mohammad Nisar Hussain |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1981 |
Synosis
editThe story is about Shahida, a doctor who runs her own clinic which she opened to treat the disadvantaged.[6] She lives with her mother, Begum Nasir, who is the only one that understands Shahida. Begum Nasir plans to marry Shahida off to someone kind and rich, but she refuses it due to her past. It is known that Shahida's parents have divorced for personal reasons and that Shahida chose to live with her mother. Margaret, a nurse and close friend of Shahida, tries to assure Shahida about her situation. Later her father comes to meet Shahida, much to Begum Nisar's dismay, and Nisar tells Shahida that he will be moving to California. Then Shahida's cousin Yousaf returns from abroad and wants to marry Shahida, but she refuses him because he once left her when they were getting married by their parents. Then Shahida begins to treat a patient named Gullu, who can't speak and walk properly, after his parents' death. After some years, Gullu begins to speak and walk properly due to Shahida's care, and Gullu confesses his love to Shahida, stunning Shahida.[7]
Cast
edit- Roohi Bano as Shahida[4]
- Sarwat Ateeq as Margaret[8]
- Khursheed Shahid as Begum Nisar[4]
- Tauqeer Nasir as Gullu[4]
- Firdous Jamal as Yousaf[4]
- Sajjad Kishwar as Doctor Latif
- Khalid Usman as Nisar
- Tahira Saleem as Surayya
- Sara Haq as Razia
- Nasir Naqvi as Zahid
- Qudsia Bano as Daraan
- Chandni as Salma
- Riaz Shoki as Anwar Zaman
- Farooq Azhar as Jameel
- Azam Jahangir as Amjad
- Mumtaz Ali as Hameed
- M Alam as Dehati
- Saleem Pasha as Altaf
- Saeed Iqbal as Ahmed
- Roshan Aara as Mam
- Afshan as Najma
- Najma Hasan as Ferozaan
- Naz Basheeruddin as Noraan
- Sanami as Ajmal
References
edit- ^ "پاکستان کے دس بہترین ٹی وی رائٹر". Dawn News. 13 June 2023.
- ^ "ڈاکٹر یونس جاوید اور حسین احمد شیرازی". Daily Jang News. October 1, 2023.
- ^ "Begum Khursheed remembered". The Nation. 2 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے یادگار ڈرامے". Dawn Newspaper. January 8, 2024.
- ^ "پی ٹی وی کے کلاسک ڈرامے 'اندھیرا اجالا' کی دلچسپ داستان". Independent Urdu News. November 23, 2023.
- ^ "عظیم فنکارہ "روحی بانو"". Daily Jang News. December 12, 2023.
- ^ Pakistan Television Drama and Social Change: A Research Paradigm. Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi. p. 208.
- ^ "Kaanch Ka Pul". Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
