Belapur Ki Dayan (Urdu: بیلاپور کی ڈائن; transl. The Witch of Belapur) is a Pakistani supernatural horror drama series directed by Saife Hassan, and written by Inam Hasan.[1][2] It features Sarah Khan, Adnan Siddiqui, Osama Tahir in leads whilst Amar Khan played the main antagonist.[3]
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Urdu | بیلاپور کی ڈائن |
Genre | Horror drama, Thriller, Mystery |
Created by | Momina Duraid Productions |
Written by | Inam Hasan |
Directed by | Saife Hassan |
Starring |
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Opening theme | "Rehti Hain Unsuni Kahanian Kahein" Singer Faiza Mujahid Lyrics by Sabir Zafar |
Composer | Muhammad Wasi-uddin |
Country of origin | Pakistan |
Original language | Urdu |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer | Momina Duraid |
Cinematography | Azhar Ali |
Editor | Saad Bin Javed |
Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
Production company | Momina Duraid Productions |
Distributor | Hum Network Limited |
Release | |
Original network | Hum TV, Hum Network Limited |
Picture format | 360i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 15 February (2018-02-15) – 28 June 2018 (2018-06-28) |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Daldal |
Followed by | Tawaan |
The story revolves around Aziz (Shakeel) who has recently moved to his ancestral home after winning a 32-year-long court battle with his step brother. In the house, his whole family is disturbed with the supernatural presence, which turns out to be the spirit of his step sister Nilofar (Amar Khan). Nilofar wants to take revenge from him for a wrongdoing in the past. Thus she tortures and disturbs the life of his family for living in her home.[4] She corrupts the souls of Natasha, aka Tasha (Sarah Khan), the daughter of Aziz, and possesses her body to affect her life negatively. In the meanwhile, the lives of Aziz's son Rameez (Osama Tahir), his wife Aliya (Rayyan Ibrahim), son Wajdan (Nitesh Narayan) and daughter Mannat (Shifa), are deeply disturbed by the supernatural spirits, especially Nelofar. Aziz decides to tame Nilofar and seeks the help of her ex-lover Shakir (Adnan Siddiqui) for Tasha's treatment.[4] What will the family experience now?
Amar in an interview said; "I’m playing characters from two different time periods, one of a fragile innocent girl of the 80’s reading Parveen Shakir’s shayari and the other, a current time period sarcastic and ruthless Dayan who is there to attain revenge,"[ ... ]“It’s been given very realistic treatment. My director’s very much hanging me with cables in the air and he’s making me do all these acrobats, so it’s no longer a bedroom drama where I shed a tear or two, or even play a glamorous nagin; nothing of such sort.”[5][6]
While Adnan shared with The News about his character “I play the dayan’s love interest in the project,"[ ... ] “After her death, I am called in the same house by the owner whose daughter is being haunted and I am there to save her. I will be seen in 10 episodes and the drama takes you into flashbacks and then in present.”[7]
Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref(s) |
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2020 | Hum Awards | Best Director Drama Serial | Saife Hassan | Nominated | [8] |
Best Writer Drama Serial | Inam Hassan | ||||
Best Drama Serial | Belapur Ki Dayan | ||||
Best Actor in a Leading Role | Adnan Siddiqui | ||||
Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sarah Khan | ||||
Best Actor in a Negative Role | Amar Khan | ||||
Best Actor in a leading Role | Osama Tahir | ||||
2019 | Lux Style Awards | Best Emerging Talent | Amar Khan | [9] |
Current broadcasts on Hum TV | |
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