Daam

Daam (Urdu: دام‎, lit. Price) is a Pakistani drama television series which premiered on ARY Digital on 11 June 2010 and last episode was aired on 15 October 2010. This drama has total 18 episodes.The series is directed by award winning TV director Mehreen Jabbar, is written by popular Urdu novelist Umera Ahmed and produced by Humayun Saeed and Abdullah Kadwani's production house 7th Sky Entertainment.[1][2]

For the board game, see Mongolian draughts.

Daam
A promotional image of Daam
GenreDrama
Written byUmera Ahmed
Directed byMehreen Jabbar
StarringSanam Baloch
Aamina Sheikh
Adeel Hussain
Nimra Bucha
Sanam Saeed
Faisal Shah
Opening theme"Daam Tha" by Zeb and Haniya
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of episodes18
Production
ProducersHumayun Saeed
Abdullah Kadwani
Production company7th Sky Entertainment
Release
Original networkARY Digital
Original release11 June (2010-06-11) –
15 October 2010 (2010-10-15)
External links
Website

It was rebroadcast by ARY Network on ARY Zauq in 2013 and was also aired in India on Zindagi, premiering on 26 October 2015. The shows ended its run in India on 29 November 2015.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Supporting cast
  • Faisal Shah as Yasir
  • Muhammad Ahmed as Sami (Maleeha's father)
  • Parveen Malik as Maleeha's mother
  • Behroze Sabzwari as Haji Saab
  • Atif Badar as Ghulam Ali (The Shopkeeper)
  • Farah Nadir as Mumani
  • Ahmed Zeb as Jibran

Notable guest stars

Plot

Zara Hidayatullah (Sanam Baloch) and Maleeha Sami (Aamina Sheikh) were two close friends for a span of seven years. Zara belongs to a lower-middle-class family while Maleeha comes from an upper class household. Yet their class difference did not threaten their unbreakable bond. Maleeha had been there for her friend through many hardships, but she never really felt the extent of anguish which plagued Zara's life. The great blow to their friendship comes when Maleeha's elder brother Junaid (Adeel Hussain), shows his interest in marrying Zara. Their parents have no objection to the union, but it comes as ashock to Maleeha. She thought that Zara was trapping her brother who is eligible in all means to live a better life. Maleeha's cousin Fiza (Sanam Saeed), who is also Zara and Maleeha's class fellow, starts manipulating her against Zara. Meanwhile, Zara's family found the perfect suitor for her older sister Aasma (Nimra Bucha) whose marriage was a reason of depression for anyone. She promises Junaid that his family can approach hers with their proposal after her sister's marriage. But things didn't go as planned. Zara's father got imprisoned for deceit in a business scheme he was involved in. Her family needed to accumulate a large amount to pay for his bail, which they couldn't afford. Zara asks Maleeha for help, but Maleeha makes a bargain with her. She decided to give Zara the money only if she breaks things up with Junaid. Insulted, disdained and helpless, Zara agrees and gives Maleeha the pendant Junaid gifted to her as a token of his love. Junaid's family later approaches Zara, but she turns them down by saying that she is committed to one of her cousins. Meanwhile, Fiza starts to develop feelings for Junaid. When Junaid refuses, Fiza made life miserable for Maleeha and her husband Yasir (Fiasal Shah) who is also Fiza's brother. Zara in the meanwhile receives a 100% scholarship, and shifts to Glasgow for her further education. Moving to UK after a short period of time, Zara returns Maleeha every single penny which Maleeha had spent on her ever in the seven years of their friendship.

Seven years later, a professionally successful Zara reconnects with Junaid who is unhappily married to Fiza. Junaid discovers that Zara lied of her engagement, and was single all along. He confronts Maleeha and decides to divorce Fiza. Yasir threatens Maleeha of their own divorce if her Junaid abandons Fiza. Maleeha visits Zara to apologize for what she made her do. Zara who had no intentions of marrying Junaid tells Maleeha how deeply she loved him, and how unfair Maleeha had been. Maleeha regrets her awful behavior and realizes that she had lost two important people of her life. Thus she tells Junaid the truth and leaves Yasir on her own. Zara moves back to UK rejecting Junaid but saying it would be impossible for her to forget the memories which she made with him.

A year later, Maleeha calls a happily married Zara to wish her birthday. When her husband (Humayun Saeed) asks who the caller was, Zara talks of her as an old class mate and not her once best friend symbolizing she had moved on for better.

References
  1. "Primetime: Friendship`s unlikely turn". Dawn Newspaper. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
External video
A promotional video of Daam
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