Shama (TV series) explained

Native Name:	Urdu: {{Nastaliq\|شمع
Genre:	Family Tragedy Drama
Director:	Qasim Jalali
Starring:	Ghazala Kaifee Jawed Sheikh Begum Khurshid Mirza Rizwan Wasti Anwar Iqbal
Country:	Pakistan
Language:	Urdu
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	21

Shama (ur|{{Nq|شمع) is a 1976 Pakistani television series written by Fatima Surayya Bajia, based on the novel of the same name by A. R. Khatoon, and directed by Qasim Jalali.^[1] It first aired in 1976 on PTV and is now considered a cult classic.^[2] ^[3]

Plot

A girl named Shama lives with her maternal family after the death of her mother and has a close relationship with her grandmother.^[4]

Cast

Syed Majid Ali as Mian Jee (Qamar's Grandfather)
Ghazala Kaifee as Shama
Jawed Sheikh as Mansoor^[5]
Anwar Iqbal as Qamar^[6]
Akbar Subhani as Tahir
Rizwan Wasti as Akhtar Hassan
Nafees Hassan as Kishwar jahan.[mansoor's mumani]
Begum Khurshid Mirza as GaitiAra begum [Shama's grandmother]^[7]
Ishrat Hashmi as Halima (Qamar's mother)^[8]
Zaheen Tahira as Khursheed (Mansoor's mother)^[9]
Arsh Muneer as Bua
Nawab Kaifee as Amjad
Tasneem Rana as Shabbo

☆Hadi ul Islam as Khan bahadur sb☆Mohammad Yousuf as Nasir Abbas

Notes and References

Web site: 2022-02-24 . شمع اور افشاں جیسے مقبول معاشرتی ناولوں کی خالق اے آر خاتون کا تذکرہ . 2022-09-28 . ARY News . Urdu.
Web site: فیصل ظفر . سعدیہ امین . 2014-08-05 . ہر دور کے سب سے مقبول 20 پاکستانی ڈرامے . 2022-06-21 . . Urdu.
Web site: 2022-12-11 . ٹی وی ڈراموں کا سنہرا دور . 2022-09-28 . Daily Jang News . Urdu.
Web site: 2021-11-26 . جب کیبل یا ڈش کا وجود نہیں تھا اور گھروں میں پی ٹی وی کے ڈراموں کا سحر طاری رہتا تھا۔ . 2022-09-28 . Dawn Newspaper . Urdu.
Web site: 2011-04-04 . "Profile of Shama (1976) PTV drama serial" . https://web.archive.org/web/20160805175345/http://vidpk.com/c/492/Shama . 2016-08-05 . 2021-11-20 . VidPK.
Web site: Hassan . Qazi . 2021-07-01 . Veteran actor Anwar Iqbal Baloch passes away after protracted illness . 2022-09-28 . Dawn.
Book: Mirza . Begum Khurshid . Kazim . Lubna . A Woman of Substance: The Memoirs of Begum Khurshid Mirza, 1918-1989 . 20 September 2022 . Zubaan . 9788189013318 . 219 . en.
Book: Mirza . Begum Khurshid . Kazim . Lubna . A Woman of Substance: The Memoirs of Begum Khurshid Mirza, 1918-1989 . 20 September 2022 . Zubaan . 9788189013318 . 220 . en.
Web site: Alavi . Omair . 2019-07-10 . Veteran TV actress Zaheen Tahira is no more .