Numm

Numm
Numm television release poster
Genre	Drama Social issue
Written by	Myra Sajid
Directed by	Ahson Talish
Creative director	M Saleem Memon
Starring	Fawad Khan Sania Saeed Kanza Wayne Usman Peerzada Farah Shah Munazza Arif
Theme music composer	Muhammad Agha
Opening theme	"Mumkin hai chashm-e-nam" by Faiza Mujahid
Composer	Muhammad Agha
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	01
No. of episodes	18 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Saleem Memon
Producers	Amjad Hashmi Co-producer: Tasneem Ahson Raza Talish
Production location	Karachi
Cinematography	Sajad Kashmiri
Editor	Numan Anwar
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	43 minutes (without commercials)
Production companies	Agha Talish Productions Q Links Post Productions
Original release
Network	Geo TV
Release	24 August 2013 (2013-08-24)

Numm (Template:Lang-ur) is 2013 Pakistani drama serial that portrays social issues. It is Directed by Ahson Talish, produced by Amjad Hashmi and written by Myra Sajid. The show stars Fawad Khan, Sania Saeed and Kanza Wayne.

The show tells the story of strict customs and rituals of feudal and its impact. The plot revolves around three people Fawad, Sania and Kanza, which shows the effect of unwise traditions and old customs on this triangle relationship. Numm was on-aired on 24 August 2013 worldwide by Geo TV.Ahson talish also acted in small scenes as a male protagonist (Fawad khan) father. The theme song of drama gain popularity among fans and viewer.

This show will also been shown in India on Zee Zindagi in their ongoing Fawad Festival. It will be shown on the channel from 12p.m on 31 July 2016 and 7 August 2016.

Cast

• Fawad Khan as Wali Bakht Khan, the youngest and strongest child of his family. After Khan returns from Oxford with a graduation degree, he is forced to marry with Neelum Akbar Khan. It is later revealed that he was first married to Mahjabeen who is now a servant in his household.
• Sania Saeed as Mahjabeen

Female protagonist and first wife of his cousin and Male lead, Wali bakht, a hopeless and quiet girl who is seemingly satisfies with her life.

• Kanza Wayne as Neelum Akbar Khan

Second female protagonist and childhood fiance of wali bakht and later his wife, a panic and rebel character who is against her family traditions and customs performed by a newcomer and VJ Kanza wayne.

• Usman Peerzada as Sikander Bakht:

A landlord/feudal head of a family and grandfather of male lead wali bakht, who is a decision maker and proud family head of his breed traditions.

• Ahson Talish as Jahangir Bakht:

Father of male lead Wali Bakht and son of Sikander Bakht, a flashback character who actually died and just be shown in postscript scenes and drawbacks. Plays by director of this serial himself.

• Farah Shah as Amtul Jahangir Bakht:

Mother of Wali bakht and mentally ill widowed of Jahangir bakht, an educated woman who is also a victim of her family customs. Portrayed by another legendary ptv actress Farah shah who rose to her stardom in ptv first modern age acclaimed soap serial Landa Bazar and Boota from Toba Tek Singh.

• Munazza Arif as Rahat Akbar Khan:

Mother of female protagonist Neelum Akbar Khan, and widow of Akbar khan.

• Nasreen Qureshi as Ammu:

Mother of Akbar khan, thus grandmother of Neelum Akbar khan.

• Other cast includes, Shireen Zahid, Malik Tanveer, Sitara, Maryam Shah, Hashir, Jawad Butt, Raiz Balouch, Muhammad Agha and Ali Javed in less prominent and narrow supporting scenes.

Production

Development

The Numm Drama serial was actually planned to on-air in mid of 2012 or in early 2013, but due to cast selection and other technical issues, productions goes late. Ahson Talish son of Pakistani legendary actor late Agha Talish starts direction in late November 2012 and starts directing in early December with its assembled cast Fawad Khan, Sania Saeed and new upcomer Kanza Wayne. The serial is production Agha Talish Productions and Q Link Productions. The serial is produced by Amjad Hashmi and co-produced by ahson talish son Raza Talish and Tasneem Ahson. Ahson hired screen writer Myra Sajid which starts her career as a playwrighter previously with Ahson's another project.

Casting

Casting of Numm includes some very highly popular starlets, including Fawad Khan, Sania Saeed and Usman Peerzada with newcomer Kanza wayne. PTV actress Nasreen qureshi also bags the role in numm.

Dramatization

Ahson Talish begin his direction from late December 2012 and finishes it July 2013. Most of the drama shoot in Lahore and Abbotabad. Numm release it's promos in end of July to until its airing.

Original soundtrack

Untitled

The Theme song of Numm is its original soundtrack, written by Ahson Talish the director of serial, and composed by Muhammad Agha. The music is separately produced by Haider Hashmi and co-produced by Imran Khalil. The song is sung by talented Faiza Mujahid who rose to fame by Bandya Ho from the 2012 Critically acclaimed Pakistani movie Khuda Kay Liye. The lyrics were penned down by ahson beautifully and gain a huge acclaim.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ahson Talish; all music is composed by Muhammad Agha

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Mumkin hai Chashm-e-Numm"	Faiza Mujahid	5:54

Reception

This drama was a huge disappointment.It received negative reviews.Only its ost was praised.

See also

• List of Numm episodes
• Humsafar
• List of Pakistani actresses
• List of Pakistani actors
• List of Pakistani television serials

External links

• Numm on Facebook
• Numm On TV.com.pk
• Numm On Harpalgeo.tv