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Ashk

2011 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally charged romance where love is tested by family ties and deception, leaving a lingering sense of melancholy.

Created by
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fawad Khan, Resham, Sohail Sameer
Overview
A Boy is on his way to marry his cousin in Pakistan. He has never experienced the sweetness or the pain of love, though his friend back at home in Turkey, Madiha has only loved him. Madiha is not happy. She tries to stop him but is unable to. Mehr-u-Nisa’s only sister, Zaib-u-Nisa venerates her and devices a master plan to test Him. He falls in love with Zaib-u-Nisa. Even her imperfections appear perfect to him as reason is powerless in the face of love. Will his love stand the test of time?

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Created by
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Genres
Drama
Starring
Fawad Khan, Resham, Sohail Sameer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • identity
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance8
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
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Created by
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Written by
Zafar Mairaj
Starring
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Music
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Length
1 seasons, 23 episodes, 40 min each
Network
Har Pal Geo, Zee Zindagi
Country
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Languages
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