Fans of eternal romances like “Heer Ranjha” will now be capable to watch a brand new version on a Pakistani TV channel, which has shot a musical drama within the actual locations depicted within the love story.
“Heer Ranjha” is a tale of an attractive woman named Heer, born right into a wealthy family in Jhang in Punjab province. Ranjha is the youngest of 4 brothers and lives within the village Takht Hazara. Either one of them fall in love but their marriage is opposed. Heer’s family agrees to the marriage but a jealous uncle poisons her food. Ranjha eats the similar food and either one of them die.
The state-run PTV is now producing a classic 13-episode musical drama, produced by Farhan Agha.
Seasoned writer Ahmad Aqeel Rubby has written it while Shahid Zahoor is the director and Mian Yousaf Salahuddin the music composer.
In an interview with Daily Times, Rubby said the shooting of the serial is happening on the original locations corresponding to Jhang, Jauharabad, Rangpur and Takht Hazara.
Rubby said he has written “Heer Ranjha” under the point of view of the unique story by Waris Shah, which were rewritten many times, however the tale remains the same.
The first “Heer Ranjha” was written in 1767, which was Waris Shah’s original version, Rubby said.
Considering its historical background, Rubby said he has written it within the shape of a play and never like a movie.
Ahsan Khan is playing the role of Ranjha, Zaaria plays Heer, Mohsin Gillani plays Heer’s father, Saba Faisal could be Heer’s mother and Shafqat Cheema is playing the role of the uncle Kaedo.
The serial will go on air by June. Each episode is 45-minute long and two songs could be included in every episode. – IANS
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