Maan (Pakistani TV series)

Maan (Urdu: مان ; lit. Proud) is a Pakistani family drama series that premiered on Hum TV on 19 October 2015, airing a weekly episode on Mondays.^[2] Due to drama serial Mann Mayal, Maan is airing on Fridays instead of Mondays from 29 January 2016. It is directed by Amin Iqbal and written by Shehla Shakoor. This drama serial is produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi of 7th Sky Productions^[2] and Meekal Zulfiqar who also served as the head of the project and Hira Anwar of Hum TV.^[3]

Maan
Genre	Family drama Serial drama Romance
Written by	Syed Shehla Shakoor
Directed by	Amin Iqbal
Starring	Mikaal Zulfiqar Kiran Haq Maha Warsi Seemi Raheel
Opening theme	"Tu Mera Maan Hai Jahan Mera" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Composers	Raheel Fayaz MAD Music
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	29
Production
Producers	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi Mikaal Zulfiqar Hira Anwar (Hum TV)[1]
Production locations	Karachi, Sindh Lahore, Punjab
Cinematography	Asif Yaseen
Editors	Ahmad Ansari Muzafar Ahmed
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	35–45 minutes
Production company	7th Sky Productions
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	19 October 2015 (2015-10-19) – 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
Related
Karb Jhoot

Meekal Zulfiqar and Kiran Haq star as parents of two girls and the younger girl has a heart problem. They are facing financial problems and can't afford surgery of their younger girl, which lead their family to destruction. Maha Warsi portrays a villainous role while Seemi Raheel stars as a mother of Zulfiqar and Saleem Sheikh as his brother.

Premise

'Maan' revolves around the story of a married couple, Imaan (Mikaal Zulfiqar) and Wafa (Kiran Haq). They have two daughters and are living happy lives, but they become difficult when their younger daughter is diagnosed with heart disease and they don't have enough money to pay 6,000,000 rupees for her treatment. In this condition, Imaan is forced to join a job Maya (Maha Warsi), his first love, offers him. Maya asks Imaan for his hand in marriage and he accepts on the condition that she will pay for his younger daughter, Hania's treatment. His life changes as he has two wives and is left in a tiff as he has to care for both. His wife eventually finds out of his betrayal and stops talking to him. He tries his best to explain but she is not ready to listen.^[4] Meanwhile, their younger daughter dies in a stress of revising her father who swore he would return home but due to a meeting, he was unable to. During her funeral, Maya and Imaan go to the house to see Hania. Waafa, in a rage of anger yells at them that Hania's death was all caused by Imaan. She explains that her daughter waited and waited but her father didn't come. After getting told to leave by his mum, Imaan and Maya return to the house unhappily. Maya plans to go on holiday to make Imaan happy but he is sad and guilty due to the words of Waafa. The drama continues and further explored their love for each other and the misunderstandings that cause a divide between them. In the end love wins and Maya gets her punishment and Imaan and Waafa live happily ever after.

Cast

Main

• Meekal Zulfiqar^[5][6] as Imaan
• Kiran Haq as Wafa
• Seemi Raheel as Bibi
• Maha Warsi as Maya
• Waseem Abbas as Rashid

Recurring

• Umair Tahir Rana as Arslan
• Naima Khan as Maheen
• Saima Saeed Malik
• Zain Afzal
• Saleem Sheikh as Nadeem
• Rana Aftab
• Imran Ahmad
• Eshal as Monunoo
• Kashaf as Hania