Mann Mayal

Mann Mayal
Created by	Momina Duraid Sana Shahnawaz
Written by	Samira Fazal
Directed by	Haseeb Hassan
Starring	Hamza Ali Abbasi Maya Ali Ayesha Khan Jeena Gohar Rasheed Saleem Mairaj
Theme music composer	Shuja Hyder
Opening theme	"Tere Naal Mein Laiyan" by Quratulain Balouch and Shuja Haider
Composer	MAD Music
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	33 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Momina Duraid Samina Humayun Saeed Sana Shahnawaz Tariq Shah
Production locations	Hyderabad Karachi
Cinematography	Zeb Rao
Editor	Mahmood Ali
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	35 - 43 minutes
Production company	MD Productions
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	25 January (2016-01-25) – 5 September 2016 (2016-09-05)

Mann Mayal (Urdu: من مائل ; lit: Heart Attracted) is a Pakistani television romantic drama serial that aired on Hum TV from January 25, 2016 to September 5, 2016. It is written by Samira Fazal and directed by Haseeb Hassan. The series centers on the lives of Manahil and Salahuddin who fall in love with each other, but due to their social class differences Salahuddin refuses to marry Manahil. She then lives in an abusive marriage, while Salahuddin succeeds in his ambitions. Manahil's life gets worse and she takes help from Salahuddin for her children, leading them to fall for each other once again.

It was co-created and co-produced by the creative head Momina Duraid with Sana Shahnawaz, Samina Humayun Saeed and Tariq Shah. The show was first aired on Hum TV, as a part of night programming all under Duraid's production company.

Mann Mayal has an ensemble cast with Hamza Ali Abbasi as Salahhudin, Maya Ali as Manahil, Gohar Rasheed as Mikaeel and Ayesha Khan as Jeena in leading roles, with the supporting cast Aiman Khan as beeya, Saba Hameed, Naeem Tahir, Shehryar Zaidi, Ismat Zaidi, Mehmood Aslam, Laila Zuberi and Talat Hussain The show is set in Hyderabad and Karachi, Sindh. Mann Mayal premiered in Pakistan, UK, USA and UAE with same premier date and timings. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics who found the story's arc over written and muddled as well as character's unnecessary appearances, though it remains popular throughout its run and garnered high to consistent ratings.

Plot

Mann Mayal depicts the story of Manahil, Mannu (Maya Ali), and Salahuddin (Hamza Ali Abbasi), who are neighbors and Salahuddin's sister Beeya (Aiman Khan) is a friend of Manahil. Salahuddin is ambitious for studies but is however asked by Manahil's father to give tuition to Manahil because of her low grades. Both fall in love but Salahuddin refuses to marry Manahil due to their social-class status and due to fear of rejection from her family. Manahil's parents accept the proposal of Mikaeel, who is unknown to Manahil's family, is a spoiled-habitual person. Salahuddin says last goodbyes to Manahil before her marriage only to end up in allegation that he took her, he then settles things out and leaves for Karachi to work at his friend Ifti's (Vasay Chaudhry) firm, where he meets Ifti's father Rehman (Talat Hussain) who is dying of cancer and is treated poorly by his daughter in-law, Cookie, (Arjumand Rahim) and housekeeper, Jameel (Saleem Mairaj). Salahuddin and Rehman develop a close bond and they confide in each other.

Salahuddin starts to take care of Rehman while Manahil marries Mikaeel who proves to be an abusive husband and also who has a gambling problem. Tensions between Salahuddin and Ifti rise when Cookie often deliberately blames Salahuddin, who makes a deal with Cookie to take care of Rehman on his own. Rehman later dies of his cancer and leaves his property to Salahuddin. Jameel asks Salahuddin for forgiveness and both develop a close friendship. After a one-year leap, Salahuddin becomes a successful businessman while Manahil becomes a mother of a baby boy. Mikaeel's behaviour becomes worse towards Manahil and their child. Despite breaking all ties with Manahil, Salahuddin secretly keeps an eye on Manahil through Jameel and blames himself for ruining her life. While in office, Salahuddin's employee Jeena (Ayesha Khan) who secretly loves Salahuddin, starts to intervene his life by making breakfast, dinner and clothes for him. The series takes another leap of three years, where Manahil gives birth to her second child (a daughter) and Mikaeel, who is once again deep in gambling, completely cuts off his life from Manahil. Jameel becomes a temporary servant at Mikaeel's house on Salahuddin's order. Salahuddin disguises himself as a "Guru" and talks to Manahil and consoles her by giving her advice to keep her life on track, when Manahil finds out she warns him to stay away from her. Jeena consistently intervenes Salahuddin's life, who keeps his distance and thinks of her as an employee and a friend only. Mikael's parents die in a car crash after finding out about his gambling. Manahil blames Salahuddin for her parents in-law's death, as she thinks he told them about Mikaeel's gambling. Despite Manahil's warning and threatening, he keeps himself close to her and constantly watches over her.

Things turn complicated for Manahil when Mikael decides to turn his house into a casino and throws her and children out. Manahil asks Jameel for help and takes shelter in Salahuddin's home. Jenna lures Salahuddin into their engagement but when he finds Manahil, he decides to help her, this leads to Jeena's jealousy. Manahil's father suffers a heart attack after hearing Manahil's situation where Jenna begins her conspiracies by luring Jameel into their fake relationship and turns Salahuddin's mother against Mannu who later realises Jeena's motive and apologised to Manahil. Moreover, Salahuddin breaks his engagement from Jeena and propose Mannahil for after which Jeena and Mikeel join hands. Jamil helps Jeena and Mikaeel with kidnapping of the children, where Mikaeel backs out after seeing Jeena's obsession. To trap Jamil and take him out of the picture, Jeena falsely blames him for molesting her after which Salahuddin fires him. Salahuddin's parents decide to accept Mannu and agreed for their marriage. Mannu accepts Mikael's condition to leave Salahuddin in exchange for the children back but after spending time with Tipu and Tania, he realises that his presence in their life is dangerous and instead asks Salahuddin to leave with the children. Mikaeel then gets killed over his gambling debt. Failing in her plans Jeena tries to poison Manahil, but Salahuddin becomes victim, and in a fear of getting caught she commits suicide. Salahuddin suffers a heart attack and undergoes surgery, she confesses her love for him and blames herself for destroying the lives of those who came near her. She then leaves for Hyderabad where he asks her father that she wants to complete her studies and raise her children on her own. Determined on her decision, Salahuddin's family visits Manahil's parents for a proposal, but her father refuses, saying Manahil is not ready and he will not make any decision or force her against her will. Salahuddin searches for Manahil who is living in an hostel, where she shuts the door after seeing him and reminisces how once she left her house for him and he didn't open the door. She complains how he ruins their life, he apologizes to Manahil for not making a right decisions and both reconcile proclaiming their love for one last time.

Cast

Main Characters of Mann Mayal featuring (left to right) Hamza Ali Abbasi as Salahuddin, Maya Ali as Manahil, Gohar Rasheed as Mikael and Ayesha Khan as Jeena

Main cast

• Maya Ali as Manahil "Mannu" Javed
• Hamza Ali Abbasi as Salahuddin
• Gohar Rasheed as Mekaeel
• Ayesha Khan as Jeena

Recurring cast

• Saleem Mairaj as Jameel
• Saba Hameed as Manahil's mother
• Naeem Tahir as Javed, Manahil's father
• Shehryar Zaidi as Shahid, Salahuddin's father
• Ismat Zaidi as Durdana, Salahuddin's mother
• Mehmood Aslam as Shahaab, Mikaeel's father
• Laila Zuberi as Rahila, Mikaeel's mother
• Aiman Khan as Beeya, Salahuddin's Sister
• Arjumand Rahim as Cookie
• Vasay Chaudhry as Ifti
• Talat Hussain as Rehman
• Lubna Aslam as Saliha, Manahil's aunt
• Faizan Haque as Mikaeel's friend
• Haris Waheed as Mikaeel's gambling partner

Special guest appearance

• Haseeb Hassan as Receptionist in Manahil's college

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Bizaisa viewers (thousands)
1	"Episode 1"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	January 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)	49.6
In Hyderabad. Manahil, "Mannu", is anxious about her exam result and visits her best friend Rabiya, "Biya", to pay respects on Hazrat Shah Molana Muhammad Ruknuddin Naqshbandi tomb for her result. Rabiya's brother Salahuddin who also tutors her, takes them to the tomb. The next day, Rabiya passes the exam with A grade, but Manahil fears to check her result. Salahuddin asks Rabiya to check Manahil's result and she finds out that she has failed, meanwhile Manahil comes to Rabiya's home to check her result, only to find out that she has failed. Saddened by her result, she furiously runs back home and locks herself. Her father consoles her and tells her that he will ask Salahuddin to tutor her, to which she denies saying "he is strict". Later, Salahuddin reluctantly agrees to teach Manahil despite his hectic schedule. Unknown to Manahil, a proposal came for her which she thinks is for her aunt's daughter Sara (who is already married to the person she loves, but her mother didn't like the family and brought her back, even though Sara didn't want to come back) and went to Rabiya's home asking her for a sweet dish. There, she gives her homework to Salahuddin, and he scolds her for doing the questions wrong.
2	"Episode 2"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01)	54.0
Manahil gets angry when she comes to know that the proposal came for her and gets mad at Salahuddin for not telling her. Rabiya confronts Salahuddin that he "loves" Manahil to which he responds that they will never accept this relation due to their "social class" difference. Manahil's parents refuse Mikaeel's proposal. On the other hand, Salahuddin and Manahil keep getting closer. Salahuddin tries to make Manahil understand that due to their social difference, he cannot marry her and her parents will not accept their relation. Rabiya advises Salahuddin to ask their parents for this proposal before anyone else gets to know about them. Unknown to Sara, she teases Manahil about Salahuddin for not calling him "bhai" (brother). Later, Salahuddin tells his mother about Manahil and him, and asks her for their proposal, stunned to this confession she reluctantly agrees. Sara confronts Manahil and warns her that their family will never accept her relation with Salahuddin. Meanwhile, when Salahuddin's mother talks to his father about him and Manahil, his father orders him to stop tutoring Manahil. Manahil, at night, calls Rabiya. Rabiya's mother orders her to tell her to never call again. When Rabiya picks up the call, Manahil says that she wants to talk to Salahuddin but she tells her that Salahuddin is talking to his father about their proposal. Manahil gets excited and asks her to call her if something happens. But Rabiya doesn't call her, and she waits all night.
3	"Episode 3"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	February 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)	43.7
Salahuddin's father rejects the proposal and tells him that this can not happen because Manahil is from a rich family, while Salahuddin is from an average family. When Salahuddin does not go to tutor Manahil, she gets worried and runs to Salahuddin's home. Manahil's parents follow her only to see Manahil and Salahuddin holding hands. Manahil's parents find out about them and whole family dispute over whether Salahuddin is worthy of Manahil or not. Later, Manahil's father and her uncle reluctantly agree despite their reservations about Salahuddin. However, Manahil's aunt and her mother persistently reject this proposal as they don't think Salahuddin would make a suitable life partner. Salahuddin reassures his parents that Manahil will be happy with him, so his parents decide to go to Manahil's house. There they find everyone standing at the front door. Salahuddin's parents return without saying anything as his father understands that Manahil's father wants to reject the proposal but couldn't due to their friendship. Devastated with the situation, Manahil runs for Salahuddin but her father stops her and tells her that she can go and "if they accept her", he will agree to this proposal, albeit to which he knew that they will not accept her. Manahil keeps knocking on Salahuddin's house door, but without opening the door, Salahuddin, with a heavy heart, tells her to leave.
4	"Episode 4"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)	62.7
Manahil comes back to her house, crying, after facing rejection from Salahuddin's house and tells her father that she will never forgive Salahuddin for not accepting her. Manahil's father accepts Mikaeel's proposal, while Salahuddin receives a job in his friend's firm in Karachi. Manahil agrees to marry Mikaeel in exchange for Sara to be sent home to her husband. Manahil asks Mikaeel for Salahuddin's consent for their marriage, and they go to his home. There, Manahil asks Salahuddin if he thinks she should marry Mikaeel, and he says yes and asks Mikaeel to take care of her. But when Mikaeel was taking Manahil back home, she asks him to reject the proposal. So Mikaeel asks her mother to refuse this proposal. Manahil's father meets Salahuddin and tells him that he is the "best" choice for Manahil but he wants better for his daughter and asks him to meet Mikaeel to inquire about him and his character.
5	"Episode 5"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)	39.7
Salahuddin meets Mikaeel and both share their thoughts about Manahil. After Salahuddin confirms Mikaeel's approval for marriage, he lets Manahil's father know and the preparations for the marriage begins. Soon Salahuddin calls Manahil one last time before going to Karachi, where she expresses her love for him and he asks her to meet and she secretly escapes. Salahuddin tries to make her understand that this marriage will bring good to her and both reconcile their memories. Manahil's disappearance causes panic in the house so Manahil's father calls Salahuddin's parents and accuses them for this act. Stunned to the situation, Salahuddin's father calls him and he gets to know that they both are together and orders them to get home. Upon reaching, Manahil reveals that it was her idea to meet "one last time" before marriage and defends Salahuddin, but Salahuddin says that this was all his idea and they should not hurt or say anything to Manahil. Manahil's father warns Salahuddin to never come back.
6	"Episode 6"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)	51.8
Salahuddin reaches Karachi and sees his friend, Ifti's, and his wife, Cookie's, estranged behaviour towards him. While talking to Salahuddin, Ifti assumes that he would know about his salary (which he is paying him less), if he lives outside and interacts with other employees and decides to offer him to live with them, despite his wife's concerns. Salahuddin's father is upset with Salahuddin for helping Manahil escape, and also for leaving without apologising. On the other hand, Manahil struggles and suffers in silence with her marriage as Mikaeel is more interested in spending his life alone rather than to be with someone. Manahil makes an effort to adjust with Mikaeel and asks him if she can come with him at his friends' but he refuses due to her senile fashion-style. Salahuddin tries to move out of his friend's house when he gets yelled at by Cookie to do his chores himself (rather than from her servant Jameel) and keep distance from Ifti. On the other hand, Manahil being left alone in the house, calls Mikaeel who was busy in a party and does not attend the call. She later calls Salahuddin as she recalls the time when Salahuddin said to her that she can remember him anytime she wants. Note: Manahil is also in Karachi, as Mikaeel lives there with his parents.
7	"Episode 7"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	March 7, 2016 (2016-03-07)	18.5
Salahuddin tells Manahil that they should not talk to each other and Manahil should only think about her husband and he needs to move on for his career. Which leaves Manahil heartbroken, so she changes her appearance to please Mikaeel. When Salahuddin sees Manahil, outside a parlour, in her new avatar, he feels guilty. Later, Salahuddin meets Rehman (Ifti's father) who is terminally ill and is treated very carelessly by his son, Ifti, and his wife, Cookie, but mostly by their servant Jameel. Meanwhile, after Manahil's clothing style changes, Mikaeel agrees to take her to attend a party with him and there she finds out about Mikaeel's drinking and smoking. He scolds her for being a typical wife and tells his parents that he cannot live with her. Later, Cookie confronts Salahuddin for telling Ifti about his father being treated poorly and accuses him of creating misunderstandings among them. Manahil tries to adapt the environment of Mikaeel's life and gives away her old clothes and accessories. Salahuddin and Rehman start to get to know each other and they soon develop a close bond. Manahil is adjusting with her new lifestyle while her parents in-law are in surprise to see her developing the lifestyle of Mikaeel.
8	"Episode 8"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)	16.3
Mikaeel asks Manahil to do house chores, along her social life with him. Cookie and Jameel mistreat Rehman while Salahuddin tries to help. Manahil asks Mikaeel if she can go back home (in Hyderabad) for some days, and he says only if she asks for money from his mother. Mikaeel's mother apologises to Manahil for Mikaeel's behaviour and habits, when Manahil asks for money for Mikaeel. Manahil promises her to change Mikaeel, and his mother gives her the money. Salahuddin stops Cookie and Jameel from selling Rehman's books and Ifti sees the whole scene, which in turn was actually a orchestrated act to turn Ifti against Salahuddin. Later, Rehman apologises for Cookie's behaviour and asks him to leave the house for better. Manahil tries to convince Mikaeel to go to office with his father, but Mikaeel scolds her. Before leaving the house, Salahuddin goes to see Rehman and finds him unconscious.
9	"Episode 9"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)	74.3
After seeing Rehman's condition and knowing that he has cancer, Salahuddin decides to stay to take care of him but Ifti denies, however his wife agrees and gives all responsibilities of Rehman to him. Manahil goes back to her home for the first time after marriage, where her father realises that she is not happy and asks her to come back and to forgive him but she refuses saying that she has a responsibility now and she cannot come back. Salahuddin and Rehman grow closer to each other which upsets Cookie. Salahuddin gets to know about Manahil being home from Rabiya. Manahil visits Rabiya and lies about her life that she is very happy and tells her about her new life. Mikaeel fights with his friend for money, after losing all in gambling, while gets irritated after being continuously asked about money.
10	"Episode 10"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)	35.8
Rehman asks Jameel not to give any money to Salahuddin for his medicines. Mikaeel's friend, Bari, informs his father about his debt and is confronted by his mother, which led to a fight between him and Bari. Rehman refuses to take any medicine from Jameel saying that he knows the truth about having cancer. Later, Rabiya informs Salahuddin about Manahil and he asks her to take care of her. When Rehman gets to know about Salahuddin and Mannu, he tries to make Salahuddin understand about his love for Manahil, and asks him to go to her and try again, and if she rejects him, he wouldn't feel guilty later that he didn't even try. Manahil's family plans to invite Mikaeel, and her father calls him, but he misbehaves with him. So Manahil's father says that if he doesn't need Manahil, then Manahil doesn't need him either, and she will get divorce. Mikaeel is also scolded by his father for his debt. His father pays his debt, but Mikaeel says he will return all the money to him. Jameel tells Salahuddin that Rehman refuses to take any medicine, so both of them rush to Rehman's room and they find him unconscious. Mikaeel goes into another gambling debt of twenty-lac and loses his car. Salahuddin and Jameel take Rehman and rush to the hospital, while Ifti's wife sees them and accuses Salahuddin for stealing their car and says that Rehman and Salahuddin are trying to escape, so Ifti chases them and comes to know about the truth. Salahuddin warns Ifti, that he better pray for his father's life.
11	"Episode 11"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	April 4, 2016 (2016-04-04)	52.1
Ifti makes amends to his father and realises his wife's motives. Cookie apologises to Rehman on request of Ifti. Mikaeel's father threatens to disown him, so in fear of being disowned, Mikaeel fakes to agree to go to office. Rabiya informs Salahuddin that Manahil is getting divorce and tells him about Mikaeel's behavior with her. Salahuddin bids farewell to Rehman to meet Manahil. Salahuddin returns home and apologises to his father and both reconcile. Rabiya invites Manahil over for dinner and there Manahil and Salahuddin meet. Manahil confronts Salahuddin for leaving her in the first place and asks him to let her go. She also tells him that she will not leave Mikaeel. Mikaeel, still in debt and due to shortage of time, thinks of selling Manahil's jewellery on his friend's advice. So when Manahil calls her, he pretends that he misses her and asks her to come back now. He starts to act nice with her and goes to pick Manahil up from the airport.
12	"Episode 12"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)	37.2
Manahil's parents are surprised to see sudden change in Mikaeel's personality, however Manahil gets suspicious and finds out the real reason. She helps Mikaeel in getting her jewellery from his mother in hope that he will leave his gambling habit. Salahuddin leaves for Karachi too, and when he reaches Karachi, he finds out about Rehman's death. Jameel apologises for his behaviour and gives him a file that Rehman asked Jameel to give to Salahuddin before his death. He finds out that Rehman has left him a four-thousand-guz plot. Jameel asks Salahuddin if he can live with him, and tells him that he has left Ifti's house after Rehman's death. When Mikaeel returns the money to his father, his father asks him how he earned all this money so fast, but Mikaeel rudely refuses to answer. Because of this, his father was about to slap him, but Manahil suddenly tells the truth, in order to save Mikaeel, and faints. Later, when Manahil awakes, Mikaeel yells at her for telling his parents about selling the jewellery. Mikaeel's father orders him to leave the house. Mikaeel goes to stay at his friend's home who advises him to go back and lure his father in order to get all the property on his name.
13	"Episode 13"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)	90.4
Mikaeel follows his friend's instructions and comes home to lure his father but couldn't impress him. Mikaeel tells Manahil that he has no intentions of reuniting with his family or her. His friend then advises him to father a child to divert the attention and to attain all the property and control over business. After one year, Manahil is pregnant and back home for the baby's birth. Salahuddin becomes a successful businessman and still deeply in love with Manahil. Salahuddin is also back in Hyderabad to help his parents and his sister in packing, because they are also moving in Karachi with Salahuddin in a home given by Rehman. So Manahil's father decides to invite Salahuddin and his family before they shift to Karachi. Salahuddin's family arrive there. Salahuddin and Manahil keep looking at each other, even though they were sitting in separate rooms. Manahil and her family suspect Salahuddin's success and presume that it's all black-money. Manahil gives birth to a baby boy. Rabiya and her mother go to see Manahil to congratulate her on becoming a mother, but Manahil says she will give away all the gifts Rabiya gave her and also the gold chain, that Salahuddin sent, saying that she doesn't want anything from her brother, as she says it's all black-money and he is dead to her. Later, series take another leap of three years with Manahil pregnant with her second child. Mikaeel becomes more aggressive and unresponsive towards her and their son and sleeps in a separate room. When confronted by his mother, he shows no remorse of his wrongdoings.
14	"Episode 14"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)	45.4
Rabiya gets married and shifts to America with her husband. Rabiya takes her parents along with her too, as she is afraid to go alone. Jeena, who just got a job at Salahuddin's office, becomes obsessed with Salahuddin and secretly watches him. Jeena is orphan and lives alone. Salahuddin, together with Jameel, keeps track of Mikaeel's activities and a watch over Manahil. Manahil comes to know that Mikaeel has started gambling again when a gambling coin falls from his coat. Mikaeel warns her not to tell his parents. Later that night, Manahil has labour pain, so she was going upstairs to tell Mikaeel's parents. But when Mikaeel sees her, he thinks she is going to tell about his gambling, so he throws her back in her room and leaves. Manahil, unable to get up, faints there. Salahuddin becomes worried when Manahil doesn't show up for her appointment with the doctor. Salahuddin orders Jameel to find out what happened. So Jameel becomes a temporary servant at Mikaeel's home. Jameel figures out the situation and informs Salahuddin. Before Manahil's arrival at the hospital, Salahuddin gets all the arrangements ready (like Manahil's doctor, hospital bills, delivery room). Manahil gives birth to a girl. Manahil finds out that Salahuddin has paid the dues of hospital and all the arrangements. So she calls him and warns him not to interfere in her life, even if she is dead. Later, Manahil reveals to Mikaeel that Salahuddin paid her hospital dues. But Mikaeel doesn't care.
15	"Episode 15"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)	44.4
Jameel follows Salahuddin's instructions to keep an eye on Manahil, and slowly develops a contact telling Salahuddin's sayings, who he refers to her as "Guru". Jameel comforts Manahil by telling about his Guru's instructions to solve her problems. Manahil would ask a question and then Salahuddin would answer her back through Jameel. Manahil thinks his Guru is some old experienced baba ji (old man). Manahil and Mikaeel become more distant due to his behaviour. Manahil asks Jameel of his Guru's number, to which he first shows reluctance but later on Manahil's insistence that she will only message her, he gives Salahuddin's number. Jameel issues an advertisement for secretary on the request of Salahuddin's mother to lure him in a marriage but he strictly refuses. Jeena overhears about this news and tries to get the job and asks Jameel if she can handle all office works. Manahil plans a picnic on the instructions of Guru for her children, where Salahuddin also follows them in the park.
16	"Episode 16"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	May 9, 2016 (2016-05-09)	47.3
Salahuddin watches Tipu (Manahil's son) and Mikaeel's mother playing in the park. Manahil continues to talk to Salahuddin, who has disguised himself as "Guru" where he regularly watches Manahil. Manahil shares all kind of things with him (like about Salahuddin, Mikaeel's gambling). Jeena consistently tries to impress Salahuddin. Jeena was working late in Salahuddin's office, and his mother calls. Jeena picks up the phone and later, develops a relation with his mother. Manahil calls her family, and tells them that a "baba ji" (Salahuddin) advised her to call her parents regularly. Manahil, looking for Jameel, goes into his quarter and finds a laptop and office files. There she finds out about Jameel and Salahuddin. She confronts Salahuddin and warns him not to intervene her life and warns, if he continues, she will commit suicide. Salahuddin says to her that she will not do anything like that. When Manahil was leaving, she accidentally collides with Jeena. Jeena apologises and Manahil walks away. Jeena asks Jameel who she was, but he doesn't tell her much. Mikaeel's father receives a call, who tells him that Mikaeel has started gambling again. The caller also gives him the address where Mikaeel is, so his parents go to see him.
17	"Episode 17"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)	52.9
Mikaeel misbehaves with his parents and orders the guards to throw them out. Heartbroken by his behaviour, both die in a car accident. Manahil's parents also arrive on their death. Salahuddin, informed by Jameel, rushes to see Manahil but only sees her from a distance who is shocked and crying about their death. While Mikaeel says to her to stop over-acting and go back in the house. When Salahuddin sees this, he gets mad at Mikaeel for not even letting her cry on her pain. Jeena consistently tries to find out about Manahil and Salahuddin. Mikaeel confronts Manahil for telling his parents about his gambling, to which she denies. He also says that she is the reason his parents are dead. Mikaeel leaves his home and says to Manahil he will not return until her parents leave. So she asks her parents to leave, which they do. Jeena tries to come closer to Salahuddin by intervening more in his life. Manahil goes to Salahuddin's office and accuses him of telling Mikaeel's truth to his parents and blames him for their death and for everything bad that happened in her life. But Salahuddin says that he has already made a lot of mistakes, he cannot risk making anymore. When Manahil was leaving, she and Jeena see each other through Jeena's office room window. Salahuddin asks Jameel for help in luring Mikaeel out of his gambling habit once and for all, looking at Manahil's deteriorating condition.
18	"Episode 18"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	May 23, 2016 (2016-05-23)	58.9
Manahil wakes up at night to find her daughter having high temperature. She calls Mikaeel, but he doesn't pick up as he is busy in a party. She then calls Salahuddin for help. Salahuddin tells her that he is right outside her house. So Salahuddin helps Manahil in taking her daughter to hospital in time. When Salahuddin drops her back home, he says that he was wrong, and she can remember him anytime she wants. Mikaeel hears this and comes out and taunts Manahil saying that he has no problem seeing both of them together and he doesn't mind if Salahuddin comes home in his absence. Hearing this, Salahuddin slaps him. Jeena inquires about Manahil's relation with Salahuddin through his mother and becomes jealous. She expresses her feelings to Jameel and he warns her not to go after Salahuddin as it is a hollow pursuit. He also tells her a little about Manahil's life right now. Salahuddin scoldes Jeena when he sees her preparing food for him once again, to which Jeena furiously asks Salahuddin to leave Manahil and leaves saying that she cares about him. Salahuddin goes to Manahil and advises her to go back home to her parents for a couple of days. Salahuddin then goes to Jeena to apologise for scolding her. Manahil's parents become worried about her situation and try to convince her to come home for sometime, so Manahil agrees. She burst into tears remembering her parents in-law and decides to leave Mikaeel once and for all. Mikaeel comes home drunk because his friend, Bari, stopped playing gambling at his place, which makes Mikaeel worried because of his addiction. Manahil decides to stay to help rehabilitate Mikaeel from his gambling habit.
19	"Episode 19"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30)	36.1
Jeena tries to get more along with Salahuddin and that's when he gets to know that she loves him. Mikaeel sells his mother's jewellery and says to Manahil to leave him and go with her parents, who came to see her. Despite Salahuddin's rejection, Jeena consistently intervene his life by pretending through office work. She calls him at night and asks if she can come over for some office work. Salahuddin reluctantly agrees. When she arrives, they start their office work. Jeena then pretends to fall asleep as she wants to stay the night at Salahuddin's. Manahil's parents leave Manahil in misery because she tells them that Mikaeel wants her to leave but she doesn't want to go, she has a responsibility. Manahil's father calls Salahuddin for help but is picked up by Jeena who talks rudely with him. She also deletes his call from the call logs. Jeena tries to impress Salahuddin by cooking him breakfast and tells him about her family. Manahil tries to make Mikaeel understand who tells her that he wants to make this home a casino and throws Manahil, along with her children, out of the house.
20	"Episode 20"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	June 6, 2016 (2016-06-06)	24.8
Manahil sells her earrings and necklace to buy a train ticket back to her home, but the money wasn't enough, so she calls Jameel for help. Jeena overhears Jameel talking to Manahil, and grabs his phone from him and accuses Manahil for destroying Salahuddin's life, so Manahil suddenly cuts the phone. Jeena warns Jameel not to contact Manahil again, which he ignores. Jameel takes Manahil and her children to his quarter of Salahuddin's home. While Jeena on the other hand, manipulates Salahuddin and gets him ready for engagement. She gives him a ring and in return Salahuddin reluctantly agrees, and buys her a ring too. Manahil's parents call her and she tells them about what happened to her and tells them that she doesn't have the money to return home, so she is staying at Salahuddin's. Meanwhile, unknown to Salahuddin that Manahil is staying in his home, she overhears Salahuddin's and Jeena's conversation about getting married, and suddenly recalls their past. Manahil runs to leave the room, only to end up being caught by him. He tries to convince Manahil to stay in the guest room but she insists to stay in the quarter.
21	"Episode 21"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	June 13, 2016 (2016-06-13)	60.8
So Jameel exposes Jeena in front of Salahuddin and tells him what she said when he was talking to Manahil on the phone. Jeena denies all allegations and instead shifts blame to Salahuddin and Jameel for "accusing" her. Salahuddin tries to make Manahil understand that she should leave Mikaeel, but she tells him that she will always be ready to go back to him, despite the fact that he has hated her since the day they got married. Jeena apologises to Manahil for her rude behaviour on the phone. She also tells her that Salahuddin really likes her. But Manahil denies saying that he only cares about her. Jeena then asks Manahil if she still has feelings for Salahuddin, but Manahil also denies this saying that she is married. Jeena convinces Manahil to go back to Mikaeel and try again instead of going back home to her parents. Manahil agrees and asks Salahuddin to take her to Mikaeel one last time. There, Salahuddin tries to convince Mikaeel to take Manahil back but instead, he gives her divorce. Jeena gets to know divorce and fears for her future with Sakah-ul-Din. Slah-ul-Din calls Manahil's mother and informs her that Manahil is coming back home, where her mother tells him about Manahil's father heart attack. Her mother asks him not to tell Manahil about this and to keep her with him for a few more days. When Manahil hears Salahuddin talking to her mother, she grabs his phone from him and, devastated by her situation, she informs her mother that Mikaeel has divorced her.
22	"Episode 22"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	June 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)	36.5
Salah-ul-Din takes a day off work, while instructing Jeena and Jameel to go to work and take care of business. Jeena becomes more jealous seeing Salah-ul-Din caring for Manahil. Salah-ul-Din try to meddle with Manahil children but she strictly warns him not to intervene with them, and both get into a heated argument, Manahil ask Salah-ul-Din that caring for them is not appropriate as he is engaged and Jeena doesn't when he is around them. Salah-ul-Din tells him that he would break off the engagement if he has to. Unknown to them Jeena overhears them and ask Manahil to leave. Finding Jeena with Manahil, he question her while Jeena mocks Manahil in front of him, seeing her cold behaviour with Manahil, he breaks his engagement. Manahil finds out about his father deteriorating and health breaks down in tears. Salah-ul-Din consoles her asked her to see his father. After watching Salah-ul-Din taking care of Manahil, she envy her and tells Jameel that Salah-ul-Din will marry Manahil. Manahil left devastated with his father situation, where her mother reveals Manahil's divorce news to everyone.
23	"Episode 23"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	June 27, 2016 (2016-06-27)	18.3
Manahil's family convinces her to stay with Salah-ul-Din for a while until her father's recovery. Jeena try to seduce Jameel, by pouring a tea on her and manipulates him with her tricks, so that she can marry Salah-ul-Din by making him her ally. Manahil agrees to stay with Salah-ul-Din, where he consoles her and try to make her understand that she is free to take her own decisions. Meanwhile, Jeena goes to Jameel and told him that she has feelings for him, and tries to turn him against Salah-ul-Din. He confronts Jeena for lying to Manahil's father about her then status with to him, to which she cries in front Jameel trying to gain sympathy. Jameel confess her love to Jeena when she threatens to leave, he ask her to stay for him. Salah-ul-Din sister Rabiya calls him to leave Manahil, and move on with Jeena and informs about their parents coming to Karachi. Manahil overhears their conversation and ask him to marry Jeena to put all the rumors to rest. Salah-ul-Din and Manahil reaches Karachi, where Jameel praises Jeena in front of Salah-ul-Din. Salah-ul-Din ask Manahil's permission to bond over children, reluctantly she agrees on some reservations.
24	"Episode 24"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	July 4, 2016 (2016-07-04)	20.3
Jeena avoids Jameel as he try to come near to her. Salah-ul-Din ask Jeena to go home before his parents arrival. Jeena ask Manahil not to go in front of Salah-ul-Din parents. Manahil's father recovers slowly and ask for Manahil, to which her mother consoles him saying that Mikaeel has taken her home. Jeena uses Jameel in order to lure Salah-ul-Din parents into her fake love and turned them against Manahil. Salah-ul-Din mother taunts Manahil for getting divorced and living with Salah-ul-Din under one roof and makes her remember how she and her family treated them in past. Manahil talks to her father and assures him that she is fine and with Mikaeel who is now a changed man. Jeena becomes anxious due to Jameel intervening her life, trying to spend time with her, while she tries to lure him into getting married with Salah-ul-Din soon. Salah-ul-Din parents become worried when they see Salah-ul-Din taking care of Manahil and avoiding Jeena. His mother ask Manahil about Iddah of divorce and tells her to stay away from Salah-ul-Din.
25	"Episode 25"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	45
Manahil ask Salah-ul-Din to keep a distance from her after having last conversation with his mother. Salah-ul-Din assures his father that there is nothing between him and Manahil. Manahil's mother told her that it will take one more month for her father's recovery and she has to stay in Karachi for a while. Jeena ask Salah-ul-Din's mother for their marriage who tells her that proposal should come from her family member or friends. Salah-ul-Din mother ask Manahil to do house chores. Jeena ask Jameel to convince Salah-ul-Din for marriage. Despite Manahil's consent Salah-ul-Din buys toys for children. He sees Manahil doing chores and confront his mother and tells Jeena that he is going to marry Manahil and calls off his engagement with her.
26	"Episode 26"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	July 18, 2016 (2016-07-18)	48.7
Disheartened by Salahuddin decision, Jeena vows to take revenge from him. She try to turned Jameel against Salahuddin in a fit of rage. Manahil father's surgery went successful, while Jeena becomes jealous when she sees Salahuddin and his parents taking care of Manahil. Se then lure Jameel into her love saying that if he helps her taking revenge from Salahuddin, she will marry him. Manahil tells Salahuddin that she cannot marry him and he shouldn't have broke off his engagement with Jeena. Salahuddin's father became concerned when he sees Salahuddin taking care of Manahil and tells his wife to accept whatever decision Salahuddin will make for his life. His mother shares her thoughts with Manahil for Salah-ul-Din marriage and show her some proposals. Jeena conceive a plan to separate Manahil and calls Jameel. Salahuddin ask her mother that he wants to marry Manahil, though reluctant she seems agree. Manahil ask Salah-ul-Din to arrange tickets for her and children to Hyderabad but he refuses saying, "he can't let her go".
27	"Episode 27"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25)	71.7
Salahuddin's mother worries about his decision and call Rabiya. Jeena meets Mikaeel and try to lure him out by convincing him to take Manahil and children back. Jeena calls Manahil and accuse her of destroying their life. Manahil try to makes Salahuddin understand that she cannot marry her. Later, Salahuddin convince her parents about his Manahil marriage. Mikaeel calls Manahil and ask her that he wants to meet children. Jeena calls Manahil, to convince him that only way to get money from Salahuddin is to take Manahil back and she also instruct Jameel to take children and Manahil in a park, without telling her real motive. Jameel calls Jeena to tell her that Manahil is in park, where she reveals her plan that Mikaeel was never there to meet Manahil, instead to abduct the children, he tries to warn only to see anxious Manahil running towards him.
28	"Episode 28"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)	63.9
Manahil panics when she couldn't find the children and calls Salahuddin. Salahuddin's confront Jameel and blames him for the incident. Manahil tells Salahuddin that Jameel force them to go to park, upon asking Jameel reveals that Mikaeel took the children. Mikaeel initially shows reluctance to children but later tends to incline towards them and warns Jeena to stay away from them. Jeena turns the situation against Jameel and blames him for getting caught, where he insist Jeena to marry him and threatens her while she records their conversation secretly. Manahil and Salahuddin visits Mikaeel where he tell her that she can have children if she decides to come back regardless of whether she loves Mikaeel or not. Mikaeel also accuse Manahil that after marrying Salahuddin, their children would become a second priority to which she tells him that she is not marrying Salahuddin, leaving him heartbroken. Jeena calls Salahuddin, who after listening the recording throws Jameel throws out of their lives, where Salahuddin stayed at Jeena house. Salahuddin's mother tells Manahil that he truly loves her and would give everything to keep them safe, feeling bad for what she said earlier she calls Salahuddin's only to find out that she is at Jeena's house.
29	"Episode 29"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	August 8, 2016 (2016-08-08)	61.5
Mikaeel calls Manahil and through Tipu he asked her to come back but she refuses. Heartbroken by Manahil behaviour, Salahuddin shows no affection to her, when confronting by her mother he tells her that Manahil never loved her and he will go back to Jeena, leaving her mother in shock and furious. Jeena purposely call Manahil to show sympathy for what happened to her, and try to evince Salahuddin whereabouts last night. Salahuddin confront Mikaeel about children and try to make a deal with him due to his broke condition and tells him that he is not worthy of being father. Jeena meets Manahil, where she create misunderstanding between Manahil and Salahuddin and also reveals that Salahuddin spend a night at Jeena's house. Manahil and Salahuddin had fight after she confront him, and both blames each other for ruining their lives. Heavy in gambling-debt, Mikaeel is confronted by his friend who reminds of him his deadline. Salahuddin parents tells him that they are going back to Hyderabad and he needs to solve his matters before its too late. Mikaeel try to convince his friend Bari for money but fails. Saying goodbye to his parents, Manahil also leaves Salahuddin and went to Mikaeel.
30	"Episode 30"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	August 15, 2016 (2016-08-15)	54.2
After seeing Manahil without Salahuddin, Mikaeel sees his plan gone wasted he asked her to leave. She came back to Salahuddin and ask him to talk to Mikaeel. Meanwhile, Jeena consistently try to poison Manahil about Salahuddin. Mikaeel ask Salahuddin to settle them abroad, so that he could start a new life to which Salahuddin agrees. But seeing Salahuddin sacrifices and gratitude towards children, Mikaeel feels guilty over his mistakes and instead ask Salahuddin to take care of Manahil and children. Manahil overheard Salahuddin giving a blank check to Mikaeel and misunderstood him. Mikaeel bring children to Salahuddin and leaves. Manahil accuses Salahuddin for giving money to Mikaeel in exchange of her children, unable to make her understand, he deliberately accepts her allegations. Mikaeel remembers his confession of wrongdoings to his son and his decision of giving them back to Manahil. Failing in her plan of separating Manahil and Salahuddin, she plans to poison Manahil and children.
31	"Episode 31"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	August 22, 2016 (2016-08-22)	48.7
Jeena add poison in drinks that she plans to give Manahil and children but is interrupted by Salahuddin who convinced them to go out for dinner and instead drinks the juice despite knowing that Jeena has poisoned it. Jameel rushes into house to save Manahil and children who was informed by other servants, Jeena has locked them up earlier. Jeena flees the scene where Salahuddin is taken to hospital and is being washed out but his health deteriorates when Manahil confesses her feelings for him. Mikaeel visits his parents graves and accepts his mistakes for one last time and ask them their forgiveness, he then gets murdered over his gambling debt when his friend came to claim his money. Doctor later told Manahil that Salahuddin condition is lethal and he can be put on a life support, disheartened by their fates and feeling responsible for his condition she ask Jameel to take care of him and leaves.
32	"Episode 32"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	August 29, 2016 (2016-08-29)	58.3
Manahil blames herself for ruining the lives of people around her and prays for Salahuddin recovery. Jamil calls Manahil and informed her that Salahuddin is being taken for surgery. After failing in her attempt to separate Manahil and Salahuddin, Jeena suicides. Manahil informed about Salahuddin condition and reveals everything to them. After Salahuddin's successful operation Manahil leaves for Hyderabad without seeing him. In Hyderabad, Manahil recalls her memories and asked her father that she wants to start her life again on her own and refuses Salahuddin proposal. Recovering gradually Salahuddin anxiously waits to see Manahil. Manahil starts to look for various universities where her mother objects on her decision and instead ask her to reconsider her Salahuddin proposal. While Manahil's father supports her and tells her that he will not repeat his mistake going against Mnahil's decisions again.
33	"Episode 33"	Haseeb Hassan	Samira Fazal	September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05)	68.1
Manahil's mother call Salahuddin and informs about her that she left him because she doesn't want to hurt him. Unable to understand he tries to focus on what she said in hospital that night before being taken to surgery and remembers her, being saying "I will keep myself away from you forever", he then rushes to his mother. Determined on her decision, Salahuddin family visits Manahils parents for proposal, but her father refuses saying Manahil is not ready and has already been through a lot in her life and he will not make any decision or force her against her will now. His parents try to make Salahuddin understand to leave Manahil but he refuses saying that he cannot "leave her". He then searches for Manahil everywhere and finds out she has been living in an hostel. He visits her where she shuts the door after seeing him, she asked him to go and reminiscence how once she left her house for him and he didn't open the door and complains how he ruins their life, Salahuddin then apologizes to Manahil for not making right decisions and both reconcile proclaiming their love for the one last time.

Production

Development

Director of series, Haseeb Hassan

Man Mayal was originally conceived by Hum TV's senior producer Momina Duraid and fashion-stylist Sana Shahnawaz as Tera Ghum Aur Hum in late July 2015, with Duraid's hiring Haseeb Hassan for direction, who was the director of channel's then running serial Diyar-e-Dil that ended in October 2015. Haseeb returns to direct third year in a row since his first project for channel in 2013. The screenplay for the serial is written by Lux Style Award-winning writer Samira Fazal who, previously wrote the screenplays of channel's critically acclaimed serials such as Dastaan, Bari Aapa, Mera Naseeb and most recently Alvida, it also marked the writer's first collaboration with Hassan.

In August 2015, Samina Humayun Saeed and Tariq Shah came on board as a co-producers, both Samina and Tariq previously produced cult followed-drama serial Sadqay Tumhare that aired between 2014-2015 television season. while Sana marked her production debut with this serial, she explained, "I'm thrilled to get a chance to work with such an amazing team so early on in my career. I couldn’t have found a better project than Mann Mayal to kick-start this new phase in my creative journey. It’s always a blast working with a team who are not only talented artists but also very dear friends. I’m confident the audiences are going to love this serial."

Writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar initially wrote the lyrics for series soundtrack and helped producer Sana coined then series name Tera Ghum Aur Hum. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt sends regards to Shahnawaz for her production venture. Series music and background score is composed by Hamza Jafri of MAD music, while title track composition and lyrics is written by Shuja Haider and Momina hired Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch to perform the song making her second collaboration with Duraid since 2011, for drama series Humsafar.

Casting

Creative head and producers Momina Duraid, Sana Shahnawaz and writer Sameera Fazal mutually choose the cast, which includes Maya Ali, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Gohar Rasheed, Ayesha Khan to play the leading roles of Manahil, Salah-ul-Din, Meekail and Jeena respectively. None of the leading actors have appeared together on television except Hamza and Ayesha who worked together in a 2013 film Waar and Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, and Maya Ali, Ismat Zaidi and Shehryar Zaidi who have previously worked together in Geo TV's, Meri Zindagi Hai Tu. Saba Hameed and Hamza Ali Abbasi have previously worked together in ARY Digital's Pyaray Afzal. Speaking about her character Khan said, "my role is the surprise element in the drama. She is the game changer of the play. I opted for this role because she is not a typical damsel in distress which I think I have done umpteen times; instead she is needy for love. She gives unconditional love to others and expects the same for herself,". This is Mayal Ali second consecutive collaboration with director having previously worked in Diyar-e-Dil. Stating about her character Hamza said, "my character will create magic in this serial". Hamza who plays Afzal as his feature television debut in Piyaray Afzal in 2014, returns to play Salahuddin on the request of Sana. Hamza described his character "is close to who I am." In an interview Hamza explained that, "I have done this serial after giving a hit film because I don’t want to leave television and it is my moral commitment to myself to do one serial a year. Other than this, the story is not a typical saazishi aurto wali kahani and has room for me to come out as a better actor." Gohar who have worked with Abbasi in theater and films said about his character, "Mikail is rich and a little bit spoiled; he has his own set of insecurities which he tries to overcome in his own way."

Veteran actors' Saba Hameed and Naeem Tahir plays the roles Manahil's parents while veteran actors Shehryar Zaidi and Ismat Zaidi's Salah-ul-Din's parents, popular soap actress Aiman Khan plays the role of Rabiya as Salah-ul-Din younger sister and Manahil friend. Mehmood Aslam and Laila Zuberi plays Meekail parents and other roles with off-and-on screen appearances is played by Saleem Mairaj, Arjumand Rahim, Vasay Chaudhry and National award-winning actor Talat Hussain as Rehman.

Filming and locations

The series was officially decided to film in late 2015 till 2016, however creative head Momina Duraid decided to release it in 2016 along with few other shows to improve the position of channels Monday, Sunday and Tuesday slots for its future programming, as a result Director Haseeb Hassan and production house delayed the ongoing shoot of their series Sanam. Principal photography commenced on early June 2015, it was officially announced to finish in September 2015, but in late August production team ordered seven more episodes, as a result it concluded in late December 2015 with a total of thirty-three episodes. During the shoot the title of Tera Gham Or Hum was used. Shooting was extensively done in remote areas of Hyderabad, Sindh and in Clifton in Karachi, Sindh.

Several sets-locations were real including Salahuddin's home, which was a 'hundred-year' Haveli, director Hassan said, "The haveli we chose as Hamza’s house was almost 100 hundreds year old. I am glad we shot there because it has been demolished by government now,". Shooting locations were overseen by art director Zeeshan. In an interview Haseeb said, "The wonderful artwork you will notice in the drama has been done by Zeeshan. Whenever I take up any project I always have some period in mind; and this serial the props and accessories we have used would represent the old era and it has been done in a way that everything looks relatable,". Cinematographer Zeb Rao and editor Mehmood Ali return as director of photography and chief editing respectively as both previously worked with Duraid's Diyar-e-Dil that earned them critical praise and acclaim.

Music

Untitled

The title song of Mann Mayal was composed by musician Shuja Haider, who also penned down the lyrics while the background score for the series is done by Mad Music. The OST was performed by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch '"QB". with Shuja Hyder as being in the chorous. It marks the return of QB to Hum TV, since she performed the channels hit drama series Humsafar's title song "Woh Humsafar Tha" in 2012.

First half of the soundtarck was released on 23 January 2016 as after the final title was revealed as Mann Mayal and next half was released on February 1, 2016. Soundtarck is produced along with series production by Momina Duraid, Samina Humayun Saeed, Sana Shahnawaz and Tariq Shah under Duraid's production company M.D Productions.

Soundtrack was praised for its lyrics and composition and vocals, QB and co-singer Shuja Hyder received much appraisal for their singing as well as enthusiastic reviews for Hyder composing, particularly Hyder being praised for "his vocals add depth and variety to the proceedings." Popularity of "Tere Naal Mein laiyan" led an online competition where on February 9 Hum Network announced on its Facebook page to "record the soundtrack and inbox to series official page, to win a title of Voice of Art and gifts hampers."

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Shuja Haider; all music is composed by Shuja Haider and Mad Music

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Tere Naal Mein laiyan"	Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch and Shuja Haider	4:06

Release

Broadcast

Mann Mayal was originally scheduled to air in late December 2015, however due to post-production delays, Hum TV re-scheduled the series for January 2016. It was initially titled Tera Ghum Aur Hum in an early press releases but then it was changed to Dil-e-Jaanam and then to Mann Mayal, with no official reason given by Hum Network management to these changes. Mann Mayal aired a weekly episode on every Monday succeeding Maan who was shifted on Friday after the finale of Tumhare Siwa, starting from its premiere date, with time slot of 8:00 pm. It was announced that series will be premiered on January 22, 2016 after Tumhare Siwa but then moved to Monday with the premier date of January 25. The show approximately airs weekly episode for 35–40 minutes (without commercials). The series was ordered and comprised the section of 33 episodes where as initially it was announced to air 24 episodes. It was aired on Hum Europe in UK, on Hum TV USA in USA and Hum TV Mena on UAE, with same timings and premiered date. All International broadcasting aired the series in accordance with their standard times.

Reception

Television ratings

Number of Episodes	Timeslot (PST)	Premiere			Finale			TV Season	Rank	Overall viewership
		Date	PAK Viewers (thousands)	Television Rating Points (TRP)	Date	PAK Viewers (thousands)	Television Rating Points (TRP)
33	Mondays 08:00 pm	25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)	49.6	4.9	5 September 2016 (2016-09-05)	68.1	9.3	2016	#1	48.3

Mann Mayal premiered with 50.6 thousands viewers in Pakistan. While on January 29, 2016, Hum TV announced that the pilot episode had received 4.9 Television Rating Points (TRP), which was the channel's highest ratings. Second week in a row it received the highest TRPs with 5.9 and for second and third episodes. For consecutive seven weeks it was the highest rated drama series with ratings of 6.2 TRP respectively, despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. On March 30, 2016 Hum TV announced that the channel has gained 5.8 TRPs for series tenth episode, the next week ratings were up further with 6.7 TRP for eleventh episode, with episodes twelve, thirteen and fourteen Mann Mayal was rated with TRP of 4.4, 6.7 and 5.8. Moreover, fifteenth-episode of series achieved highest ratings of 8.1 TRP, according to the channel, it was network's highest rating for any series in 2016. Hunza Gul of Brandsynario stated that Mann Mayal, was the highest trending topic of Twitter., with next three weeks it scored TRP of 6.7 for sixteenth and eighteenth episode and 4.2 for seventeenth.

From nineteenth episode to its twenty-first, the series scored TRP of 6.3, 6.5 and 6.7, while on Its Twenty Third and Twenty fifth episode It received 7.4 and 7.7TRP. It achieved the record breaking 9.7 TRPs on Its Twenty-sixth episode breaking all the previous records including channels 2013 series, Humsafar and Zindagi Gulzar Hai. Mann Mayal was placed on first position on a list of top 10 Pakistani shows of 2016, It scored 6.1, 6.7 and 7.1TRPs for episodes Twenty-seven, Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine, respectively. Close to finale, on Its thirtieth episode Mann Mayal peaked at 5.5 TRPs, furthermore on its thirty-second episode it averaged 6.1 TRPs. The Last episode of Mann Mayal averaged 7.1 TRPs peaking at TRP more than 9.3 and maximising 9.8 as claimed by the channel on their Facebook page.

PK TV Ratings

House season rankings in the U.S. television market

Episode	Timeslot (PST)	TV season	Rank	Viewers (millions)
3	Monday 20:00	2016	#1	10.1
8	2016	#1	20.1
13	2016	#1	20.1
14	2016	#1	20.3
22	2016	#1	20.7
31	2016	#1	20.7
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Critical reception

Before the premiere of series, Mann Mayal was listed as one of the most anticipated serials of 2016. Writing for Dawn News, Sadaf Haider moderately reviewed the series saying, "Hum TV back to more family-oriented viewing. The recent fervor at Hum TV to make dramas like Sangat and Gul-e-Rana which glamourise rapists may thankfully have abated." She concluded that, "This is a well-made drama worth watching. Anyone who sees the first episode can not wait to see the next. If Mann Mayal can steer clear of obvious clichés, it has the potential to not only be a blockbuster, or a 'must watch', but something iconic. All the ingredients are there." In April issue of The Express Tribune, Mann Mayal was ranked second behind Dillagi.

However, Sheeba Khan of HIP lauded the series positively praising it script, Haseebs's direction, Shuja's background score, and acting - particularly of Hamza and Aiman Khan, she also praised for family orientation script saying, "that old, traditional feel is hard to find in dramas these days...Diyar-e-Dil was the last family drama on air so it is grateful for Mann Mayal and how it was presented!". Writing for same publication Khan heavily praised the screenplay, direction and acting for third episode particularly raising Maya Ali's character saying, "Maya Ali delivered a performance that has now pit her against the best of the best in the industry." And said, "A flawlessly written episode, with flawless acting and direction!."

In a less enthusiastic review for The Express Tribune Kanza Riaz said that, "Mann Mayal is teaching our society some horrendously wrong things." She heavily criticized the serial saying, "the director and producer chose to tell a story of a weak woman who falls in love with her neighbour/friend's brother for no apparent reason. She then employs every cheap trick in the book to attract him and convinces him to ask her parents for her hand in marriage." She further evaluate the role of women in society being "powerful" not "weak" and condemn "love marriage" concept in Pakistani culture. She praised the previous women oriented dramas such as Daam, Durr-e-Shehwar, Zindagi Gulzar Hai and Alpha Bravo Charlie. She concluded by saying "our entertainment media has become extremely commercialised and rating-oriented." Ayesha Siddique of The Nation opposes the idea of spreading "wrong message" to the people and said, "Mann Mayal is attempting to make girls more expressive and bolder," and explained that, "If a girl likes someone she should express her feelings. It is not against the dignity of a woman. It is not against anyone’s dignity at all. The taboo over a woman proposing to a man should be revisited."

The soundtrack of the series was heavily praised and has garnered more than a million views on YouTube, according to Saavn, the series ranked the top charts for three consecutive weeks of its release, and on the new official Pakistani music app Taazi, the song was among the highest rated original soundtrack of series followed By "Yar-e-Man" of Diyar-e-Dil. In luke warm reviews for Dawn News Sadaf haider felt that series suffers from "obvious plot holes" and stated "What doesn't make sense is that each character can see a clear path out of distress but they refuse to take it." She also said, "Despite the soaring music Hum TV uses to invoke a pavlovian response out of its audience, much of the dramatic tension required to connect emotionally with the plot is lacking." She further said, "Team Mann Mayal has managed to produce a very slick product, easily digested by the masses. While there are complaints of plot loopholes and one dimensional characters, this started off as a very popular serial and still is. So far, Mann Mayal has offered nothing new or challenging. It confirms every stereotype and comforts its audience’s prejudices, making it a winning and very commercially viable combination."

The character of Mikaeel (portrayed by Gohar Rasheed) received critical appraisal from critics, but he faces criticism and harsh reaction as Mikaeel from public, in an interview he said, "a woman came up to me and asked if i am Mikaeel from Mann Mayal, when i said yes, she responded, You are a bad person and you should leave this place before we slap you." He further said "when the drama aired, I received messages from women on my Facebook page and profile saying, ‘Thank you so much for playing your character so well, our ex-husbands used to behave exactly like that; mistreating us while we used to sit naively and thinking no, he is my husband, there was also the societal pressure. Now after watching Mann Mayal we realise we were only ill-treating ourselves. Thank you so much for playing this role and you’re a terrible person’." Gohar has been associated with organization that run for Down Syndrome Program causes and in a wake of this cause he auctioned all of his wardrobe from series to raise funds for this programs, he said, "I am honored to be a part of this auction and to do something for these children and I hope everyone to be a part of this auction and raise money for Karachi Down Syndrome."

Despite receiving highest-ratings, Mann Myal has been a subject of skeptical reviews and reception. In addition to critical reviews Jeenas character received wide media attention and has been a subject of controversy since beginning. Commenting on her character Ayesha Khan said, "With Mann Mayal, people hate my character Jeena but that’s the success of the character. What is frustrating though is when people can’t seem to differentiate between my onscreen persona and who I am in real life."mean I’m going to take their words to heart and change who I am over it. For me these judgments by bloggers are trash and that’s exactly where they go," She further said, "social media has given a voice to every idiot – that doesn’t mean I’m going to take their words to heart and change who I am over it. For me these judgments by bloggers are trash and that’s exactly where they go". The supporting characters were also heavily criticised. Many veteran supporting characters of Saba Hameed, Naeem Tahir were criticised due to their irresponsible parenting towards their daughter and sudden disappearance. Role played by veteran actress Ismat Zaidi who played Durdana, Salahuddin's mother was appreciable and was a major supporting character throughout the series but was criticised in episodes 24 and 25 due to her negative role as she is famous for playing innocent roles.

Sadaf Haider of Dawn Images wrote, "Mann Mayal is an undeniable runaway commercial success, it will not have the repeat value or iconic status that Humsafar, Diyar-e-Dil, Pyarey Afzal, Dastaan, Aun Zara, Parsa or other great iconic serials have. It will go down as just another pot boiler that made a lot of money, which is shame because this serial started off with a spark of brilliance." Furthermore, it was criticized for its storyline with critics saying it "senseless", and was panned for its overrun which initially was to have only twenty-four episodes. The finale episode of series revived widespread criticism and critical reviews both from public and critics. In a brief review of series, Sadaf Haider of Dawn News wrote, "even Mannu's newfound feminism couldn't save Mann Mayal's last episode," she further said, "Mann Mayal had some great production value in the first 20 episodes, the script still had some internal logic and it has always been beautifully picturised. High ratings may well have been the reason for its decline in quality, as the producers realised that this cash cow could be milked for another 10 episodes." Haider, also equipped "Mann Mayal may well be a testament to the patience of the Pakistani public, the dogged determination of watching a serial to the end once it’s started but the real X factor was, of course, Hamza Ali Abbasi," and advice him that he should concentrates "on quality before his brand starts to lose its luster."

See also

• 2016 in Pakistani television
• List of programs broadcast by Hum TV

External links

• Official website
• Mann Mayal at Hum TV
• Mann Mayal at IMDb
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• Mann Mayal on Facebook