Fareb (TV series)
| Fareb | |
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| فریب | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Mustansar Hussain Tarar |
| Directed by | Rashid Dar |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Rashid Dar |
| Original release | |
| Network | PTV |
| Release | 1993 – 1993 |
Fareb (Urdu: فریب, lit. 'Deception') is a 1993 Pakistani television drama series written by Mustansar Hussain Tarar and produced and directed by Rashid Dar. It aired on PTV.[1] It is among Tarar's noted works for PTV, alongside Hazaron Raaste and Parinda.
Plot
Fareb follows two principal storylines. Shabahat, devoted to by her father Bashiruddin, is betrayed by her fiancé and subsequently leaves for the United States. Yasir, who aspires to a career in the police, marries Gulzar Begum, a woman from a wealthy family, and sets out to expose the corrupt Sultan Khan.[2]
Cast
- Rani Begum as Shabahat (Aashi Bi)[3][4][5]
- Ajab Gul as Yasir Kamal
- Naima Khan as Gulzar Begum
- Aurangzeb Leghari as Sultan Khan
- Nida Mumtaz as Maryam
- Munawar Saeed as Bashiruddin
- Ashraf Khan as Sheru
- Irfan Khoosat as Najeebullah
- Khalid Moin Butt as Naseer
- Ghayyur Akhtar as Naseem Khan
- Nighat Butt as Sakeena
- Qavi Khan as Ameer-ud-Deen
- Mehrunisa as Bano
- Saeed Sheikh as Lamboo
- Mohsin Rizvi as Bahar Deen
- Altaf Ur Rehman as Maqsood Bhomchick
- C.M. Munir as Nabi Baksh
- Shoukat Zaidi as Kamaluddin
- Saleem Zahid as Faqeer-ud-Deen
- Munir Narang as Shahid's Associate
- Noman Shah as Aftab
- Azfar Tahir as Doctor Zubair
- Rasheed Ali as Hakeem Saeed-ul-Hasan
- Shabbir Hussain as Police Commissioner
- Bano Qudsia as Massi
- Nazar Abbas as Fazal Kalia
- Suljuk Mustansar Tarar as Taimoor
- Khursheed Shaukat as Khadim Hussain
- Mujahid Abbas as Dilshad
References
- ↑ "Mustansar Hussain Tarar: The Storyteller". Youlin Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ↑ The Herald. Vol. 24. Pakistan Herald Publications. p. 137.
- ↑ "The power of the biopic". The News International. 19 November 2023.
- ↑ "کار ڈرائیور کی بیٹی ناصرہ جس نے "رانی" کے نام سے شہرت حاصل کی". ARY News. 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "شائقینِ سنیما کے دلوں پر راج کرنے والی 'رانی' کی برسی". ARY News. 28 November 2022.
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