Zakham (TV series)

Zakham
Title Card
Genre	Drama Romantic
Written by	Sameena Ejaz
Directed by	Ali Faizan
Starring	Madiha Imam Faysal Quraishi Sarwat Gilani Shahzad Noor
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producers	Fahad Mustafa Dr. Ali Kazmi
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	35 minutes
Production company	Big Bang Entertainment
Original release
Network	ARY Digital
Release	6 May (2017-05-06) – 31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)

Zakham (Urdu: زخم, lit. 'Wound') is a 2017 Pakistani television series produced by Fahad Mustafa and Dr. Ali Kazmi, directed by Ali Faizan and written by Sameena Ejaz. It originally aired on ARY Digital on 6 May 2017. It stars Faysal Quraishi, Sarwat Gilani, Shahzad Noor and Madiha Imam.^[1][2]

The plot revolves around a household with two elderly parents and their adult kids. The older two are married and the younger two unmarried. The older sister Tehreem who seems very much distressed at the hands of her husband but she does not express her pain in front of her family. In a cruel twist of faith, she dies in childbirth, leaving a newborn baby boy. Her husband Khawar appears extremely heartbroken at his wife's untimely demise. He mourns her for days, during which his guilty conscience reminds him of the time when he was so cruel and unreasonable with Tehreem. She literally had to walk on eggshells near her husband.

Her baby boy now comes to the hands of her younger sister Takbeer who loves him like his own. A little before Tehreem's death, she was engaged to Moosa who is her best friend's brother. They both were smitten with each other before engagement and were over the moon with happiness after it.

Unfortunately, after Tehreem's death, their marriage is delayed and their conversations revolve around her son Ahmed. Takbeer and Moosa plan to keep him with themselves after marriage since she is the only mother he has ever known. Takbeer asks permission from Khawar to take his son with her when she gets married. This enrages Khawar so much that he snatches Ahmed and takes him away from Takbeer. She asks her father to stop him and he comes up with the solution that Takbeer should marry Khawar. He breaks her engagement with Moosa despite her and Farhan's pleas. Farhan is the youngest of all siblings and very upset at the unfairness of this decision.

Their father does not change his decision, so Takbeer marries Khawar unwillingly. The story continues to show Takbeer struggling in her marriage with a psychotic husband while facing societal pressures that only makes Takbeer's life more difficult.

At last, Khawar realises his mistake and Khawar, Takbeer and Ahmed live happily ever after.

• Madiha Imam as Takbeer^[3]
• Faysal Quraishi as Khawar
• Sarwat Gilani as Tehreem (Takbeer's elder sister and Khawar's first wife)
• Shahzad Noor as Moosa
• Adla Khan as Mehwish (Moosa's sister and friend of Takbeer)
• Shabbir Jan as Tehreem and Takbeer's father
• Ismat Iqbal as Zeb (Takbeer's mother)
• Faiza Gillani as Khalida (Khawar's sister)
• Raheel Bin Shahid as Farhan (Takbeer and Tehreem's brother)
• Fahim Abbas as Sultaan (Takbeer's elder brother)
• Mariam Mirza as Rashda
• Mehwish Qureshi as Farhat (Sultan's wife)

• List of programs broadcast by ARY Digital
• 2017 in Pakistani television

• Zakham at IMDb 
• Official website
• Zakham on Facebook