
It’s our humble initiative to try and bring to you a story of the proud and forthright Pukhtoons, set in the jirga system, about an old custom called ‘Ghag’ that many tribal women have become victims to. “The production has gone all the way to create looks and sets and took the execution of the narrative to real locations where shooting was logistically very tough. She hopes that the audience would ‘keep in mind that the actors have really worked hard to be as authentic as possible, rehearsing days to better their localized accents,” she said. Showrunner and producer Momina Duraid, who has had many hits under her name now hopes that the audiences would enjoy and ‘understand the narrative’. Sang-e-Mah has been one incredible journey and I'm so glad I got to be a part of it.” “They took time out to help me learn new things and that I think is one of the best things you can do for someone, which is to help them grow and further groom their abilities. “I can't thank my senior colleagues enough who were very supportive throughout,” she says. She plays the role of feisty Gulmeena and she said that she was treated like a daughter on the set. Hikmat’s love interest is played by Hania Aamir. Getting into shalwar kameez made it easy for me to create Hilmand.” He had once appeared in Shoaib Mansoor’s film Bol opposite Mahira Khan but the Aadat crooner had focused his attention towards singing completely.Ītif Aslam told us what it was like to get into Hilmand’s skin, “Five months of growing a beard, talking to walls and mirrors while rehearsing dialogues and ignoring Atif Aslam. This is Atif Aslam’s first television serial. Then naturally the getup follows which for me was the stubble and moustache.”Ī post shared by humtvpakistan brother, Hilmand is played by noted singer Atif Aslam. You make a character by observing different people and picking up different traits to finally form a whole new character. Zaviyar Nauman Ijaz, Nauman Ijaz’s real life son, who plays the role of Hikmat, a young lovelorn chap, stated, “Observation of the locals was the biggest part of my preparation for the character. Since the characters are all based in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the actors aren’t originally from the area itself, there was understandably a large amount of preparation required to fulfill these roles. it’s very close to our hearts and we can only hope that people see it and love it as much as we do.” “Because the cause itself was important as well, I hope that people love the drama and see the hard work that we’ve put in. “The conditions and environment we worked in was really tough, but we stuck together and worked very hard,” the British-Pakistani actress tells us. She weighs in about the working conditions and the message of the show. Kubra Khan, who plays a young journalist wanting to learn about the practice of ‘Gagh’ (a regressive custom that involves a man shooting thrice outside a woman’s house indicating that the woman ‘belongs’ to him). The cast sent their responses to City Times telling us how they felt during the shooting of the show which has become a digital and rating success.
