Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain (Urdu: کِتنی گِرہیں بَاقی ہیں; transl. How many knots are left) is a Pakistani anthology television series produced by Angeline Malik that premiered on 27 March 2011 on Hum TV. The series is based on short stories in real-life situations.[1][2][3][4] A second season premiered on 30 October 2016, on the same network but with a different cast.third season premiered in 2023, on the same network but with a different cast.
| Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain | |
|---|---|
 The shows's intertitle on Zindagi | |
| Written by | Bee Gul Syed Atif Ali |
| Directed by | Angeline Malik |
| Starring | Sabreen Hisbani Kanwar Arsalan Farah Nadir Madiha Rizvi Ayesha Omer Parveen Akbar Faiza Hasan Afshan Qureshi Badar Khalil Hiba Ali Khan |
| Theme music composer | Shopner Ghor Gulzar |
| Opening theme | Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 100+ |
| Production | |
| Producer | Angeline Malik |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hum TV |
| Release | 27 March 2011 – present |
| Related | |
| Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain 2 | |
Summary
editKitni Girhain Baaki Hain is an anthology television series conceived, produced, and directed by Angeline Malik. The series is inspired by the poetry and composition of Gulzar. The series is based on short stories about real-life situations with a sudden twist ending. The stories highlight the status of women in a patriarchal society. The series focuses on women's emotions across different age groups and social classes, who are bound by society's idea of them and fettered by its expectations.[5][6][7]
Series overview
edit| Season | No. of episodes | Originally broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First episode | Last episode | |||
| 1 | 66 | 27 March 2011 | 15 July 2015 | |
| 2 | 37 | 30 October 2016 | 20 August 2017 | |
List of episodes
editSeason 1 (2011–15)
edit| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Main Cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aurat, Maa Aur Tanhai" | Angeline Malik | Bee Gul | Samina Ahmad, Faiq Khan, Eshita Syed | March 27, 2011 |
| 2 | "SMS" | Unknown | Unknown | Rubina Ashraf, Mehmood Aslam, Gul-e-Rana, Kanwar Arsalan, Nabeel, Ayesha Khan | April 3, 2011 |
| 3 | "Wida Na Karna Maa" | Unknown | Unknown | Samina Peerzada, Syed Mohammad Ahmed, Tooba Siddiqui, Anoushay Abbasi | April 10, 2011 |
| 4 | "Samadhi" | Unknown | Unknown | Sumbul Iqbal, Syed Jibran, Moona Shah | April 17, 2011 |
| 5 | "Piya Mun Ko Bhaai" | Unknown | Unknown | Bushra Ansari, Jawed Sheikh | April 24, 2011 |
Season 2 (2016–17)
edit- Ep1
- Ep2
Cast
edit- Mehwish Hayat
- Sabreen Hisbani as Munni's Mother
- Imran Abbas as Kabir
- Urwa Hocane as Maya
- Sajal Aly as Recurring Character
- Danish Taimoor as Sultan
- Ayesha Omer
- Angeline Malik
- Samina Peerzada as Mother in (Wida Na Karna Maa)
- Ainy Jaffri
- Noor Hassan Rizvi
- Agha Ali
- Yumna Zaidi
- Sania Saeed as Sanam
- Sadia Ghaffar
- Javed Sheikh
- Bushra Ansari
- Javeria Abbasi
- Anoushay Abbasi
- Zuhab Khan
- Ismat Zaidi
- Aamina Sheikh as Anoushoy
- Qaiser Naqvi as Amma Gi
- Hasan Ahmed
- Saba Faisal
- Azfar Rehman as Abbas
- Maria Wasti
- Hiba Ali Khan
- Mohammed Ahmed
- Maheen Rizvi
- Saboor Aly as Aimen
- Faisal Rehman
- Farhan Ali Agha
- Syed Jibran
- Zhalay Sarhadi as Aima
- Noman Ejaz
- Azfar Rehman
- Babar Khan
- Aijaz Aslam
- Eshita Mehboob Syed in (Khushi Ke Rang)
- Badar Khalil
- Shamoon Abbasi
- Samina Ahmad
- Maira Khan
- Khalid Ahmed
- Arjumand Rahim
- Afshan Qureshi
- Lubna Aslam
- Parveen Akbar
- Saba Hameed
- Humayun Ashraf
- Shehzad Sheikh
- Farah Nadir
- Alishba Yousuf
- Arij Fatyma
- Madiha Rizvi
- Nausheen Shah
- Nida Khan
- Saleem Mairaj
- Saniya Shamshad as Kiran
- Soniya Hussain
- Sana Askari
- Taqi Ahmed
- Arisha Razi
- Sabreen Hisbani
- Faiza Hasan
- Rubina Ashraf
- Kanwar Arsalan
- Shamim Hilaly
- Adnan Siddiqui
- Suhaee Abro as Komal
- Shahood Alvi
- Sunita Marshall
- Sarah Khan as Zarmina
- Sami Khan
- Tooba Siddiqui as Ainy; Episode 3
- Ushna Shah
- Feroze Khan
- Ahmed Ali Akbar
- Anoushay Abbasi
References
edit- ^ "Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain / Of simplicity and solitude". The Indian Express. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "On consent | Shehr | thenews.com.pk". The News International. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "That's My Story". thedailyeye.info. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Kirron Kher to play sutradhar in an upcoming show". Bollywood Life. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Ayeza Khan, Danish Taimoor-starrer 'Mehar Posh' wins hearts". The News International. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ "Sonya Hussyn doing justice to her role in 'Ishq Zahe Naseeb'". The Nation. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Khan, Asif. "Kanwar Arsalan". The News International. Retrieved 1 May 2020.