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Hawain

Hawain, also Hawaian is a 1995 Pakistani television drama serial written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and Farzana Nadeem Syed and directed by Haider Imam Rizvi. Produced by the Pakistan Television Corporation, the serial ran for 21 episodes and centres on a family whose patriarch is arrested on a false charge of murder.

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Hawain
ہوائیں
Genre
Written byAsghar Nadeem Syed, Farzana Nadeem Syed
Directed byHaider Imam Rizvi
Starring
Theme music composer
Jawed Allah Ditta
Country of origin
Pakistan
Original language
Urdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes21
Original release
NetworkPTV
Release1995 (1995) –
1995 (1995)

Hawain, also Hawaian (Urdu: ہوائیں; transl. The Winds) is a 1995 Pakistani television drama serial written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and Farzana Nadeem Syed and directed by Haider Imam Rizvi. Produced by the Pakistan Television Corporation, the serial ran for 21 episodes and centres on a family whose patriarch is arrested on a false charge of murder.12

The serial featured an ensemble cast led by Talat Hussain, Ghazala Kaifee, Huma Nawab and Qazi Wajid, and marked the acting debut of singer and actress Komal Rizvi.3 Commentators have described Hawain as among the more widely followed PTV dramas of the mid-1990s, noting its socio-political undertones.45

At the time of its original broadcast, some viewers drew parallels between the serial's central narrative and the trial of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the subsequent political struggle of his daughter Benazir Bhutto.6 Neither the writer nor the network has confirmed such a connection.

Plot

The story follows Shehnaz, a schoolteacher, and her daughters Saima and Asma, whose lives are upended when her husband Meer Muhammad is arrested and charged with a murder he did not commit. Much of the narrative centres on Shehnaz's efforts to support her family and clear her husband's name, while the daughters come of age amid the social stigma and legal pressures surrounding the case.7 Critics have read Meer Muhammad's imprisonment and eventual walk to the gallows as an allegorical depiction of the powerlessness of the rural poor in the face of feudal authority in Sindh.8

Cast

Reception and legacy

Hawain has since been listed among notable PTV productions of the 1990s in Pakistani press retrospectives on classic Urdu television drama.12 Talat Hussain's performance as the wrongfully accused Meer Muhammad is frequently cited as one of the defining roles of his television career.13 For Komal Rizvi, the role of Asma served as her entry into acting before she established a parallel career in music and television hosting.14

References

References

  1. "پاکستان کے دس بہترین ٹی وی رائٹر". Dawn News (in Urdu). 27 August 2022.
  2. "ہر دور کے سب سے مقبول 20 پاکستانی ڈرامے". Dawn News (in Urdu). 10 September 2022.
  3. "Komal Rizvi is back with a new drama". Dawn Images. 19 February 2021.
  4. "پاکستان کے کچھ ایسے ٹی وی ڈرامے جنہوں نے کامیابی کے نئے سنگ میل طے کیے". Express News (in Urdu). 16 July 2022.
  5. "Talat Hussain: A Maestro of Pakistani Performing Arts". The Karachi Collective. 5 September 2025.
  6. "ہما نواب: چھوٹے بالوں والی یا جینز پہنی ہوئی اداکارہ کا کریکٹر ڈھیلا ہی کیوں دکھاتے ہیں؟". BBC Urdu (in Urdu). 27 October 2022.
  7. "پاکستان ٹیلی وژن کے یادگار ڈرامے". Dawn News (in Urdu). 23 March 2022.
  8. "Talat Hussain: A Maestro of Pakistani Performing Arts". The Karachi Collective. 5 September 2025.
  9. "ممتاز اداکار طلعت حسین سے جڑی کچھ دل چسپ باتیں، کچھ مہکتی یادیں". ARY News (in Urdu). 4 January 2022.
  10. "کومل رضوی کی ڈرامہ انڈسٹری میں واپسی". Jang News (in Urdu). 16 May 2022.
  11. Sa'adia Reza (6 January 2005). "TV's favourite mother". Dawn Images. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.
  12. "ہر دور کے سب سے مقبول 20 پاکستانی ڈرامے". Dawn News (in Urdu). 10 September 2022.
  13. "Talat Hussain: A Maestro of Pakistani Performing Arts". The Karachi Collective. 5 September 2025.
  14. "Komal Rizvi is back with a new drama". Dawn Images. 19 February 2021.