Deewangi

Deewangi (Urdu: دیوانگی‎, lit. 'Madness') is a 2019-20 Pakistani romantic drama television series, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under 7th Sky Entertainment. It started airing on Geo Entertainment from 18 December 2019. It has Danish Taimoor and Hiba Bukhari in their second project together.[1][2][3][4][5]

Deewangi
‎دیوانگی
Official title card
GenreRomance Mystery
Written bySadia Akhtar
Directed byZeeshan Ahmed
StarringDanish Taimoor
Hiba Bukhari
Ali Abbas
Country of originPakistan
Original language(s)Urdu
No. of episodes41
Production
Producer(s)Abdullah Kadwani
Asad Qureshi
Camera setupMulti-camera setup in
Running time37 minutes
Production company(s)7th Sky Entertainment
DistributorGeo TV
Release
Original networkGeo Entertainment
Picture formatPAL (576i)
HDTV 1080i
Audio formatStereophonic sound
Original release18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) –
26 August 2020 (2020-08-26)
External links
Website

Plot

The story revolves around Nageen (Hiba Bukhari) hails from poor ground and Sultan Durrani (Danish Taimoor) who is a rich businessman and hails from political background. He lost his parents at a very young age and lives with his grandmother Bi Jaan (Ismat Zaidi). Nageen lives with her sister Nuzhat (Faiza Gillani), brother-in-law Rashid (Noor-ul-Hassan) and Rashid's mother. Nageen is not able to find a good job because of not having a degree, and as a result, she selected job as a bus hostess in a private bus company.

One day Sultan's car suddenly stopped at the highway and he travelled through bus. Sultan saw Nageen in the bus and attracted towards her. Afterwards, he started travelling by the bus to meet Nageen but Nageen ignores him and treats him as a bus traveler only. One day, Sultan buys all the bus tickets to travel alone with Nageen. He expresses his feelings to Nageen but Nageen rejected him because of their social differences. One day a man throws acid on Faryal (Nageen's friend) and Faryal dies, which weakens Nageen's trust on man. On the other hand, Sultan's cousin Narmeen (Zoya Nasir) who wants to marry Sultan, got to know about Nageen and thus makes a plan to trap her. After a few days Sultan forcefully tries to put a ring on Nageen's fingers and Nageen slaps him. Narmeen's friend recorded a video and makes it viral on social media. The video misunderstood Sultan as harraser and as a result, his uncle loses the general public elections. Nageen asks forgiveness from Sultan and Sultan forgives her. Sultan again proposes Nageen which she accepted this time. They decided to get married. Nageen's family is very happy with the marriage, but most members of Sultan's family oppose it as they want him to marry Narmeen. On the wedding day, Nageen is kidnapped and every one thought that Nageen ran away. Sultan breaks the marriage and Nageen's character is questioned in the society.

Nageen is returned after two days. Her family believes that she has either raped or ran away on her own wish but Nageen says that nothing really bad happened with her nor she ran away by her own and she doesn't know the reason behind this two days kidnapping. After few days, Nageen goes to Sultan to make him believe of her innocence, but Sultan reveals that he was the one who kidnapped Nageen and that the marriage was just a plan of his to take revenge from Nageen for the slap and also to insult her as she insulted him. Nageen is heartbroken. She threatens to expose Sultan in front of the media but Sultan who has their intimate pictures, blackmails Nageen. He also pays Rashid 50 Lac Rupees to keep their mouth shut.

Sultan marries Narmeen on the insist of Bi Jaan. Rashid forcefully arranges Nageen's marriage with Anwar but Nageen plans to runaway with the help of her sister. One day Anwar comes to Nageen's house when she is alone and tries to rape her and so Nageen hits him on the head and runs away. Nageen goes to Lahore to her Aunt's house. On the way Nageen meets Haroon (Ali Abbas) who tries to become her friend but she denies the friendship. Haroon helps Nageen a lot in Lahore. Nageen lands a job as a Receptionist in a TV Channel company. She finds out that Haroon also works as a reporter in the same company. They became friends and Haroon started liking Nageen. Sultan leads an unhappy married life with Narmeen and missed Nageen constantly but tries to deny his feelings. Due to constant fighting, Narmeen leaves Sultan's house. In Lahore, Haroon proposes Nageen for marriage. However Nageen is reluctant as Haroon's mother dislikes Nageen,however Haroon tries his best to convince Nageen and his mother as well. Sultan finally realizes his mistake and starts to search for Nageen frantically so that he can ask for forgiveness. Narmeen gets furious when Sultan's employee tells her that Sultan is searching for Nageen. Nageen and Haroon get married. However Haroon's mother is not happy and mistreats Nageen. Sultan continues his search for Nageen. Sultan gets to know about Narmeen's pregnancy and gets happy and brings her back home, however he secretly continues his search for Nageen. Nageen and Haroon argue over having baby. However one day Sultan overhears Narmeen talking to a man and realises that she was behind him getting insulted publicly and also the whole mess with Nageen. In a fit of rage he throws Narmeen out of the house, however Narmeen collides with a wall and dies after giving birth to their daughter. Sultan and Bijaan hide it from everyone but Bijaan is angry on Sultan and doesn't let's him meet his daughter. Eventually Narmeen's father gets to know about it. Narmeen's father tries to shoot Sultan, but accidentally shoots Bi Jaan and she dies. Narmeen's parents cut all ties with Sultan and doesn't allow him to meet his daughter Rameen. Thus Sultan loses all his loved ones. Sultan temporarily shifts to UK.

Four years pass by. Nageen leads a happy married life with Haroon although they have financial issues, they also have trouble while having a baby and Haroon's mother constantly taunts Nageen. Sultan returns to Pakistan and tries to meet his daughter, but Narmeen's mother doesn't allows him. Sultan still loves Nageen. One day, Sultan sees Nageen and again becomes obsessed with her.

Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast
  • Ismat Zaidi as Bi Jaan (Dead)
  • Mehmood Aslam as Narmeen's father (Dead)
  • Faiza Gillani as Nuzhat, Nageen's sister
  • Parveen Akbar as Nuzhat's mother-in-law
  • Noor Ul Hasan as Rashid; Nageen's brother-in-law
  • Nida Mumtaz as Narmeen's mother
  • Humaira Bano as Haroon's mother
  • Aiza Awan as Haroon's sister
  • Anas Ali Imran as Fawad; Sultan's friend
  • Fahima Awan as Faryal, Nageen's colleague (Dead)
  • Salma Shaheen as Faryal's mother
  • Faiza Ali as Ramsha; Haroon's ex-girlfriend[8]

Soundtrack
Deewangi
Soundtrack album by
Sahir Ali Bagga
Released30 December 2019 (2019-12-30)
Recorded2019
GenreTelevision soundtrack
Length6:46
LanguageUrdu
LabelGeo Entertainment
Music video
"OST: Deewangi" on YouTube

The OST is sung and composed by Sahir Ali Bagga on lyrics of Imran Raza.

Controversy

After the terror incident on Pakistan Stock Exchange in July 2020, the attackers car was found in the later episode of the series, sparked reaction from audiences due to the strange coincidence.[9][10]

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References
  1. "7th Sky Entertainment's 'Deewangi' stars Danish Taimoor and Hiba Bukhari in lead roles". Daily Times. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. NewsBytes. "Deewangi to go on air later this year". The News International. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. Shabbir, Buraq. "Zoya Nasir shares details of her next drama, Deewangi". The News International. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. "جیو کی ایک اور دل موہ لینے والی کہانی 'دیوانگی'". Daily Jang. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. "Geo's new serial 'Deewangi' all set to win hearts". The News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. "'Deewangi' first episode wins hearts of the audience". The Nation. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. "Narmeen's dilemma essayed beautifully by Zoya Nasir in drama serial, Deewangi". The Nation. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. Ahmad, Fouzia Nasir (5 July 2020). "THE TUBE". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. "Car used in PSX attack spotted on TV show 'Deewangi'". The Nation. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. "Car used in PSX attack had four owners". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 5 July 2020.


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