Ishqiya (TV series)
Ishqiya (Urdu: عشقيہ, lit. 'Passionate') is a 2020 Pakistani television series premiered on ARY Digital on 3 February 2020.[1][2] It is produced by Fahad Mustafa and Dr. Ali Kazmi under Big Bang Entertainment.[3] It is a story of love, trust and betrayal which revolves around two sisters, Roomi and Hamna, played by Hania Amir and Ramsha Khan, respectively. They have different personalities and pay a heavy price due to misunderstandings created in their life.[4]
| Ishqiya عشقيہ | |
|---|---|
 Official title card | |
| Genre | Family Drama Romantic drama |
| Created by | ARY |
| Written by | Mohsin Ali Shah |
| Directed by | Badar Mehmood |
| Starring | Feroze Khan Hania Amir Ramsha Khan |
| Theme music composer | Asim Azhar |
| Opening theme | "Ishqiya" by Asim Azhar |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language(s) | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Fahad Mustafa Dr. Ali Kazmi |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
| Running time | 38-85 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Big Bang Entertainment |
| Distributor | ARY Television Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | ARY Digital |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 3 February – 10 August 2020 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
Hamna (Ramsha Khan) and Rumaisa(Hania Aamir) are sisters raised by overprotective parents. Hamna is quiet, peaceful and reserved while Rumi is carefree, outgoing and talkative, but both love their father dearly. Hamna and her college classmate, Hamza (Feroze Khan) are madly in love. Hamna is hesitant to tell her father that she is in love as he doesn't believe in love marriages. Due to her father's sickness, Hamna agrees to marry her father's friend's son Azeem (Gohar Rasheed) leaving Hamza heartbroken and injured in severe accident.
After gaining conscious, Hamza vows to take revenge from Hamna. Hence, he reaches Hamna's house with his parents to ask for Rumi's hand for marriage as an act of revenge. Their father agrees as he wants to see his daughters married before he dies. As soon as they get married Hamza starts blackmailing Hamna. On the other hand, due to continuous calls from Hamza at late nights and Hamna's lost behaviour Azeem began to feel suspicious but does not question Hamna about it. Due to Rumi's carefree and lively nature, Hamza unknowingly start to fall for her but does not realize it and still feels that he is faking it. Also, with Rumi being possessive of him, he begins to realize personality differences in his and Hamna's nature (as he used to be possessive of Hamna) and taunts Hamna about the same.
On Rumi insistence, Hamnza joins his father's business. As a part of revenge, Hamza gifts Azeem and Hamna honeymoon tickets and both the couples go on their honeymoon together. There Hamza continues to blackmail Hamna and beats a man for staring at her. Siddique Sahab (Hamna and Rumi's father) falls ill and is admitted to hospital but no one is aware of it except their mother. Alishba, who is in love with Hamza, begins to notice Hamza staring at Hamna and digs up in his past and reaches their university to collect proofs. As Rumi is more attached to her father, she immediately realizes something is wrong and asks Hamza to return as they reach home and came to know about her father's illness, she becomes angry with her mother for not letting know her about her father.
Siddiqui Sahab passes away and Rumi is shattered and feels betrayed for not being aware of her father illness. Azeem continues to behave cold with Hamna but does not reveal to anyone about her past and truth. When Hamza comforts Rumi after her father's death, she confirms him whether he loves her to which he nods, Rumi asks him not to give her any false hope and remember that she also loves him because if she now breaks then she would not be able to cope up again. Rumi being unaware of his motive behind marrying her, advises Hamza not to become selfish in love and value others love as well, Hamza hugs her and his senses become overshadowed by her. He confesses same to his confidant, Shariq, that Rumi's tears make him uneasy and her happiness and care matters to him. Shariq tells him that he has fallen in love with her to which Hamza denies that he has no place for love in his heart. Shariq tells him that Allah's power is greater than his power of revenge and Allah has supported Rumi's love. He advises him to give up on his revenge and he is defeated (as he is in love with Rumaisa).
Azeem warns Hamza of coming near to Hamna and consequences of his doings. Hamza asks Hamna to stay out of his and Rumi's matter after being threatened by Azeem about revealing his true colors in front of Rumi and to free her from his clutches. Hamza asks Hamna to end this game and that he has deleted all her messages. Hamna tells him that he has already lost war, Hamza reveals that he is in love with Rumi. Hamna does not believe her and asks him to tell truth to Rumi if he really loves her, to which he agrees. Azeem seeing them together again warns Hamza to stay away from his wife, which Hamza accepts but puts one condition that Azeem also stay away from his wife (Rumi). Rumi gets pregnant and shares the news with Hamza. Hamza requests Azeem to not reveal truth to Rumi because of her pregnancy. Azeem orders Hamna to do same. The ladies have a get-together and Alishba tells her about Hamza and Hamna past and Hamza's accident because of Hamna. Rumi slaps her but still has doubt in her mind.
Next day, she reaches Hamna's house and asks her from when she knows Hamza and Hamna tells her truth. Rumi goes back to her in-laws house and starts packing. Hamza who has plan of spending time with Rumi asks her where is she going. Rumi confronts him that she was only her revenge and that there relation was only lie. Hamza tries to explain but Rumi slaps him and asks him not to touch her. She goes back to her mother's house and is again devastated being betrayed. Hamna tells her that Hamza was blackmailing her. Rumi tells whole truth to her in-laws and her mother also came to know about it.Hamza's family is ashamed and angry at his actions.Hamza tries to tell Rumi that he loves her but she tells him that he only loves himself.Rumi asks him to blackmail her and show her love messages to everyone not caring that she is his wife.Due to weakness she suffers miscarriage.Azeem and Rumi forgives Hamna and Rumi files for Khula.At the end Hamna gets pregnant,Rumi is shown living happy independent life with her mother and Hamza is alone in depression regretting over his past with Hamna and Rumi.
Cast
| Name | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feroze Khan | Hamza Khalid | Rumaisa's ex-husband. Marries Rumi to get revenge from Hamna but later falls in love with her |
| Hania Amir | Rumaisa Siddique(Rumi)/Rumaisa Hamza | Hamza's ex-wife, Hamna's sister. Lively, cheerful, and protective of her relations |
| Ramsha Khan | Hamna Azeem | Azeem's wife and Rumi's sister.Has reserved nature. |
| Gohar Rasheed | Azeem Kashif | Hamna's husband. Simple and devoted husband. Supports Hamna after her past, too. |
| Khalid Anam | Khalid | Fun-loving businessman who likes jamming and is very frank with his family. |
| Seemi Pasha | Saman Khalid | Fashion designer. Willing to do anything for her children |
| Shabbir Jan | Awais Siddique | Overprotective father, against love marriages despite loving his daughters. |
| Kinza Malik | Mrs. Siddique | Simple house wife who loves her family |
| Maha Hassan | Zoya Khalid | Hamza's sister. Funny and lively, despises Alishba |
| Mehrunnisa | Alishba Khawar | Saman's business partner's daughter, is in love with Hamza, reveals the truth to Rumi |
| Zahid Qureshi | Kashif | Azeem's father, Siddique's friend |
| Nabeela Haq | Mrs.Kashif | Azeem's mother |
| Mirza Rizwan | Shariq | Hamza's close friend and university fellow |
| Zia Gurchani | Khawar | Saman's business partner and Alishba's father |
Soundtrack
| Ishqiya | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 7 February 2020 |
| Recorded | 2020 |
| Genre | Television soundtrack |
| Length | 3:12 |
| Language | Urdu |
| Label | ARY Digital |
| Music video | |
| "OST: Ishqiya" on YouTube | |
The original soundtrack is sung and composed by Asim Azhar. Lyrics were written by Azhar himself along with Hassan Ali and Raamis. It receives more than 9 million views on YouTube. The female version which is played within episodes and sometimes at the end is sung by Kaiynat John.[5]
References
- "Ramsha Khan knows how to make a complicated character shine". The Nation. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- NewsBytes. "Ishqiya teasers excite Feroze Khan and Hania Aamir fans". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "'Ishqiya' teaser — Ramsha manages to stand out in an ensemble cast!". Daily Times. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Ramsha Khan to star in 'Ishqiya'". The Nation. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Asim Azhar shares full version of 'Ishqiya' OST". Daily Times. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.