Pyas

Pyas (Urdu: پیاس, lit. 'Thirst') is a 1989 Pakistani television series written by Asghar Nadeem Syed.^[1] It was produced and directed by Nusrat Thakur.^[2][3] The series was popular both in Pakistan and India.^[4][5]

Pyas
پیاس
Genre	Drama
Written by	Asghar Nadeem Syed
Directed by	Nusrat Thakur
Starring	Arifa Siddiqui Abid Ali Shakila Qureshi Sohail Asghar Tahira Wasti Ajab Gul
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	Nusrat Thakur
Original release
Network	PTV
Release	1989 (1989) – 1989 (1989)

Synopsis

A girl named Seema lives with her parents. Her father, Qadir Khan, is very strict on Seema but her mother, Taj Bibi, is very sweet. Later Qadir marries Shamshad which causes problems between Seema and Qadir. However, Taj Bibi accepts his second marriage with Shamshad.^[4]

Cast

• Arifa Siddiqui as Seema
• Tahira Wasti as Zainab
• Abid Ali as Qadir Khan
• Shakila Qureshi as Shamshad
• Sohail Asghar as Suhara (Lala)^[6]
• Ajab Gul as Jenwra
• Nighat Butt as Taj Bibi^[7]
• Azmul Haq as Ashraf
• Afzaal Ahmad as Syed Suleman Shah
• Masood Akhtar as Jeeran's Father
• Mehboob Alam as Sanwal
• Irsa Ghazal as Jeeran
• Nida Mumtaz as Janto
• Mehmood Aslam as Munshi Hayat
• Ghayyur Akhtar as Police Inspector
• Abid Khan as Faqeer Saen
• Altaf ur Rahman as Malik Mastan (Mastoo)
• Kanwal as Zareena
• Munir Nadir as Policeman

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Result	Recipients and Nominees	Ref.
1989	Nigar Award	Best Producer	Won	Nusrat Thakur	[8]
		Best Actress	Won	Shakila Qureshi
		Best Writer	Won	Asghar Nadeem Syed

Broadcast and adaption

It has re-run several times on PTV due to its popularity the series was rebroadcast by PTV Home under the segment PTV Gold Hour.^[4]

In 2016 Indian lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar wanted to write a film about drama Pyas.^[1][9]