Abro (serial)

Abro
Genre	Family Drama Serial drama
Created by	Momina Duraid
Written by	Qaisra Hayat
Screenplay by	Umera Ahmed
Directed by	Ilyas Kashmiri
Starring	Farah Shah Asma Abbas Noor Hassan Rizvi Mehreen Fayyaz
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	6 as of 24th January 2016
Production
Producer	Momina Duraid
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	30-45 minutes
Production company	MD Productions
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	20 December 2015 (2015-12-20)

Abro is a Pakistani television drama serial that originally aired on Hum TV on December 20, 2015. It is directed by Ilyas Kashmiri, based on a script by Qaisra Hayat and screenplay by Umera Ahmad. It stars Farah Shah, Asma Abbas, Noor Hassan Rizvi, Ahmad Zeb and Mehreen Fayyaz in pivot roles.

Cast

• Mehreen Fayyaz as Abro
• Noor Hassan Rizvi as Ali
• Zainab Ahmed as Fouzia
• Ahmad Zeb as Abid (Ali's brother)
• Farah Shah as Ubaida
• Amna Karim
• Humaira Bano
• Asma Abbas as Sakina (Abro and Hamid's mother)
• Ismat Zaidi as a college principal
• Imran Ashraf as Hamid (Abro's brother)

Reception

The drama series became popular soon after it went on-air. It made Hum TV the slot leader on Sundays. Just in its first episode, Abro achieved a TRP of 2.8 (over the 15 mins time slot of 8:30pm-8:45pm) on 20 December 2015. Over the 70 mins time slot (8pm-9:10pm) on the same day, Abro achieved a TRP of 2.1. In the U.K., Abro's first episode raked in 33,600 viewers at 8pm, whereas the second episode attracted 36,200 viewers. Escalating further, the third episode of Abro in U.K. registered 63,700 viewers.

See also

• 2015 in Pakistani television
• List of programs broadcast by Hum TV

External links

• Abro on Facebook
• Official Website
• Abro drama on [[1]]