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Netflix’s First Pakistan-Themed Original: List of Celebrities Involved

The programme is filmed in Italy, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan. A release date has not yet been announced.

Netflix’s First Pakistan-Themed Original: A galaxy of stars that is prominent in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond”Jo Bachay Hain Sang Samait Lo” is Netflix’s first original Pakistani film.

The series is an official adaptation of the 2013 best-selling Urdu novel of the same name by Farhat Ishtiaq. It focuses on Sikandar, a Harvard law student whose life-altering experience causes him to keep others at distance, and Liza, a gifted artist with a troubled past who is full of life. They encounter one another in Italy.

The cast includes Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan, who co-starred in “The Legend of Maula Jatt,” the highest-grossing Pakistani film of all time, as well as Sanam Saeed, who was one of the protagonists in the Zindagi series “Barzakh” with Fawad Khan. Ahad Raza Mir, who appeared in the Netflix series “Resident Evil” and created a name for himself in Season 2 of the BBC series “World on Fire,” is also among the lead cast.

Hamza Ali Abbasi (“Superstar”), Maya Ali (“Parey Hut Love”), Iqra Aziz (“Raqeeb Se”), Hania Aamir (“Parde Mein Rehne Do”), Khushaal Khan (“Muhabbat Gumshud Mera”), Nadia Jamil (“Jo Bichar Gaye”), Omair Rana (“Pinjra”), and Samina Ahmed (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.

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Netflix’s First Pakistan-Themed Original: Details

The series is produced by Dubai-based Momina Duraid Films FZ – LLC, and its showrunner is Momina Duraid, whose previous works include “Bin Roye,” “Chand Tara,” and “Fairytale.”According to Variety, the commission comes from the Netflix Middle East and North Africa staff.

The programme is filmed in Italy, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan. A release date has not yet been announced.

Ishtiaq has previously adapted a number of her novels for Pakistani television, including “Humsafar,” “Mere Humdum Mere Dost,” “Matae Jaan Hai Tu,” “Diyar-e-Dil,” “Bin Roye,” and “Yaqeen Ka Safar.” Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming Netflix series “Heeramandi” is set in pre-independent, undivided India in the Heeramandi neighbourhood of Lahore, which is now in Pakistan.

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