Talkhiyaan

Talkhiyaan
Genre	Drama
Based on	The God of Small Things
Written by	Bee Gul
Starring	Sanam Saeed Summer Nicks Hina Khawaja Bayat Shamim Hilaly Adnan Jaffer
Opening theme	"Mujhse Ab Meri Mohabbat Ke Fasane Naa Kaho" by Mehwish Hayat and Waqar Ali
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
Production
Production locations	Murree, Pakistan
Camera setup	Multi-Camera setup
Original release
Network	Express Entertainment
Release	December 2012 – 14 April 2013 (2013-04-14)

Talkhiyaan (English: Bitterness) is a 2013 Pakistani drama serial, written by Bee Gul and directed by Khalid Ahmed. It highlights a stereotypical mentality of men that live by their ancestral pride and deep-rooted notions of a caste system. It depicts the frustrations of a mother, wife and daughter who are provoked by society.

The serial features Sanam Saeed and Australian actor, writer and film director Summer Nicks and Mehak Khan in lead roles.

It is based on 'The God of Small Things' , a semi - autobiographical novel by Indian Author Arundhati Roy. The novel won Booker Prize in 1997. The story line in the series is same as that of the novel although the names of the characters are changed (Ammu is Bibi, Rahel is Zoya, Estha is Jugnoo etc.) The series was aired on Zindagi (TV channel) under the title Kisi Ki Khatir from 30th June 2015 to 16th June 2015.

Cast

• Sanam Saeed as Bibi (Ammu in Novel)
• Hina Khawaja Bayat as Appu Ji (Baby Kochamma in Novel)
• Shamim Hilaly as Mama (Mammachi in Novel)
• Summer Nicks as Paul
• Haider Ali Khan as Jugnoo (Young)
• Mehr Sagar as Jugnoo (Child)
• Mehak Khan as Zoya (Young)
• Sabeena Jabeen as Zoya (Child)
• Adnan Jaffer as Janu Baba (Pappachi in Novel)
• Sarmad Mirza as Monty
• Nargis Rasheed as Aai
• Hassan Niazi as Baloo
• Valerie Khan as Margaret (Margaret Kochamma in Novel)
• Chiara Maria as Lizzie (Sophie Mol in Novel)