Starring: Saba Hameed, Vaneeza Ahmed, Adnan Siddiqui, Jamal Shah, 
Rubeena Ashraf, Khalid Ahmed, Sadaf Ibrahim, Naila Ali, Badar Khalil,
 Ibrahim Khalil
Written by: Mohammad Ahmed
Directed by: Rubeena Ashraf
Released: Jan/Feb 2002 ON AIR - APRIL 2004 ON DVD

Another definite hit by Rubeena Ashraf who does not disappoint her 
fans. The story is captivating and keeps the viewer hooked. Currently
it is one the best play on dvd and should not to be missed. -

This is a story based on life and revolves around three women and their
 experiences in life. First we have a famous tv artist Nigar (Saba 
Hameed), who works to support her younger brother and sister and lives 
all alone and really values her independence. Then one day she acquires
 an admirer who showers her with affection and attention and lays 
flowers in her path. They meet and in him, Shuja (Jamal Shah), she sees 
a perfect man who is handsome, considerate, caring and some one who 
knows how to treat women. 

 Then we have Areeba (Sadaf Ibrahim), who had gone abroad to study and 
ended up marrying there. She returns home after five years, scared, 
shattered, in a wheelchair and unable to speak. Her mother (Badar 
Khalil) and brother Ahmer (Adnan Siddiqui) are shocked to see her and 
set about to rebuild her confidence and bring her back to life. Helping
 them in this process is Saima (Rubeena Ashraf) who happens to be 
Areeba's best friend. 

 Saima also enrolls the help of all their other close friends, 
especially Nadeem (Ibrahim Khalil) who had been in love with Areeba for
 a long time. Nadeem lives with another artist Basit (Khalid Ahmed) who
 despite being his senior is his good friend. Basit is a wonderful 
artist and all he ever does is make stekches of Munazza (Vaneeza 
Ahmed). Munazza is a famous model and Basit's class fellow and the two 
were best friends. Then Munazza gets married to someone whom no one 
knows about and only Basit has seen that person. Munazza's husband is 
unable to stand Munazza's friendship with Basit. 

 Finally we have Saman Rahim (Vaneeza Ahmed) who has come to Pakistan 
from America to make a drama serial and every one is shocked to see her
 as she happens to be Munazza's look alike. She joins Ahmer's agency 
for technical facilities and through him gets to know Areeba and plans 
to help her out. She has a very powerful script on which she is working
 on and takes in Nigar and Tanveer Jamal as her lead cast and begins to
 work. Her play revolves around a girl who finds her perfect man Adam 
and marries him only to find that he is not that perfect. Saman is a 
mystery in herself. Is she simply Munazza's look alike (mere 
conincidence) or is she really Munazza? 


A definite watch The four ladies Saba, Vaneeza, Sadaf, and Robina 
sparkle under M. Ahmed's deft script and Robina's almost flawless 
direction! Ms. Ashraf can be proud to add her name to the list of 
formidable women directors that our country has produced in recent 
years, namely: Mahnoor Baloch, Mahreen Jabbar, and Marina Khan. From 
Robina's introduction to the very last episode, the play holds your 
attention and never lets you go! Thanks Robina and Mr. Ahmed for 
writing about human beings and their relationships. Thanks for giving
 us such concrete characters and such a fabulous script! If you loved
 AZBH then this play should definitely be on your list to watch! 

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