Mere Humdum Mere Dost

Not to be confused with Mere Hamdam Mere Dost.

Mere Humdum Mere Dost (Urdu: میرے ہمدم میرے دوست, lit. 'My companion, my friend') is a Pakistani romantic drama series. It first aired on Urdu 1. It was directed by Shehzad Kashmiri and produced by Momina Duraid. This drama serial is based on Farhat Ishtiaq's novel of the same name.^[1]

Mere Humdum Mere Dost
Title screen
Genre	Drama Romance
Based on	Mere Humdum Mere Dost by Farhat Ishtiaq
Directed by	Shehzad Kashmiri
Starring	Adnan Siddiqui Sanam Jung Hareem Farooq Shamim Hilaly Farhan Ali Agha
Theme music composer	Waqar Ali
Opening theme	"Mere Humdum Mere Dost" by Nida Arab and Adeeb
Composer	Waqar Ali
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producer	Momina Duraid
Production location	Karachi
Original release
Network	Urdu 1
Release	18 April (2014-04-18) – 12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)

Zindagi (India) started airing this series from 21 March 2016 onwards.^[2]

Plot

Aimen, a 20-year-old girl, lives in poverty with her mother, Zainab, in a small town of Nawabshah in Pakistan's Sindh province. When Aimen was an infant, her father, Taufeeq Kamaal, had separated from his first wife, Zainab, and remarried. Aimen resents her father for this. Just before her death, Zainab writes a letter to Taufeeq and requests that he look after Aimen. Taufeeq, now a business tycoon in Karachi, receives the letter when he is about to leave for Turkey with his second wife Almas and their son Sahir. By this time, Zainab has passed away. Taufeeq requests his friend and business partner, Haider Masood, to pick Aimen up from Nawabshah and bring her to Karachi.

While Taufeeq is away, Aimen stays with Haider, and his aunt Bibi at their residence. Haider senses Aimen's loneliness and is kind to her. After Taufeeq returns, Aimen moves in with him and Almas but struggles to adjust to living with them. Haider encourages her to go for higher education and grooms her personality so that she can fit in with her father's elite social circle. Aimen and Haider gradually develop feelings for each other. Sajeela, who is Almas's sister and Haider's ex-wife, returns to Pakistan after a failed marriage to Mazhar. She hopes to remarry Haider. Sajeela tries to create tension between Aimen and Haider.

Feeling guilty about being in love with a girl who is 16 years younger to him, Haider suddenly decides to marry his old friend Fatima instead. Dejected, Aimen chooses to move back to her hometown Nawabshah. At the last moment, Haider confronts Aimen and admits his feelings for her. Haider and Aimen get formally engaged with the approval of their families.

Cast

• Shakeel as Babar - Sajeela's and Almas's father.
• Adnan Siddiqui as Haider Masood - Taufeeq's friend and business partner; Sajeela's first ex husband; Aimen's love interest.
• Sanam Jung as Umm E Aimen Taufeeq - Taufeeq and Zainab's daughter; Almas's stepdaughter; Sahir's half sister; Haider's love interest.
• Hareem Farooq as Sajeela Babar - Babar's daughter; Almas's sister; Haider and Mazhar's ex wife.
• Farhan Ali Agha as Taufeeq Kamaal - Zainab's ex husband; Almas's husband; Aimen and Sahir's father; Haider's friend and business partner.
• Hani Nadeem Essani as Sahir Taufeeq - Taufeeq and Almas's son; Aimen's half brother.
• Shamim Hilaly as Bibi - Haider's Aunt.
• Zainab Qayyum as Almas Taufeeq - Babar's daughter; Taufeeq's wife; Sajeela's sister; Sahir's mother; Aimen's step mother.
• Junaid Khan as Mazhar - Sajeela's second ex husband.
• Nazli Nasr as Zainab - Aimen's mother; Taufeeq's ex wife.
• Faraz Alam as Shaheer Javed - Aimen's classfellow who loves her.

Nomination

• 14th Lux Style Awards - Best Television Actor - Sanam Jung (Nominated)^[3]

Deviations from the novel

Farhat Ishtiaq has adapted her own novel, Mere Humdum Mere Dost, for the screen. Although nearly all of the plot is the same in the novel and the TV series, a few changes have been made. The role of Sajeela is not very prominent in the novel, whereas in the TV drama she is a major character.^[4]

Soundtrack

The OST is composed by Waqar Ali and is sung by singers Nida Arab and Adeeb Ahmed. The song was well received by the audience.