Ashk (TV series)

Ashk (transl. Tear) is a Pakistani drama serial written by Zafar Mairaj. It is directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat and produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Humayun Saeed. It aired every Tuesday at 8:35pm on GEO TV. Its slogan is, 'Love Perfected Through Pain'. The title song is composed by Waqar Ali and sung by Sajjad Ali. It aired from June 12, 2012, to November, 2012. In India, it aired on Zindagi under the same title.

Ashk
Genre	Drama Romance
Written by	Zafar Mairaj
Directed by	Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Starring	Fawad Khan, Resham
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	23
Production
Producers	Abdullah Kadwani Humayun Saeed
Running time	30-40 Minutes
Production company	7th Sky Entertainment
Original release
Network	Geo Entertainment
Release	June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12) – November 2012 (2012-11)

Plot

Fawad Khan as Rohail is on his way to marry his cousin Mehr-u-Nisa (Resham) in Pakistan. Rohail has never experienced the sweetness or the pain of love, though his friend back at home in Turkey, Madiha (Mehreen Raheel) has only loved him. Madiha is not happy. She tries to stop him but is unable to. Mehr-u-Nisa's only sister, Zaib-u-Nisa (Neelam Muneer) venerates her and devises a master plan to test Rohail. Rohail falls in love with Zaib-u-Nisa. Even her imperfections appear perfect to him as reason is powerless in the face of love. Will his love stand the test of time?

Cast

• Fawad Khan as Rohail Hayat
• Seemi Raheel as Rohail's Mother
• Resham as Mehru (Mehrunissa)
• Mehreen Raheel as Madiha
• Neelam Munir as Zebu (Zebunnissa)
• Sohail Sameer as Bilal
• Mohsin Gillani as Mansoor
• Irfan Khoosat as Ramzan (Bilal's father)
• Shafqat Cheema as Dinga
• Tipu Shareef as Bhedi Singh

Critical reception

A reviewer from The Express Tribune praised the talented cast of Ashk, fresh pairings, and cinematography, as well as its attempt to address social issues, but criticised the poor script, glorification of social vices, family-unfriendly dialogues and excessive song sequences.^[1]