O Rangreza (Urdu: او رنگریزہ), was a Pakistani romantic drama serial that airs on Hum TV. It stars Bilal Abbas and Sajal Ali in lead roles. It is written by Saji Gul and is directed by Kashif Nisar, who previously directed Dumpukht, which also starred Bilal Abbas Khan along with Sonia Mishal and Noman Ijaz.[1][2][3]
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Urdu | او رنگریزہ |
Genre | Drama Romance |
Written by | Saji Gul |
Directed by | Kashif Nisar |
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Country of origin | Pakistan |
Original language | Urdu |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 31 |
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Producer | Moomal Entertainment |
Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
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Original network | Hum TV |
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Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
Original release | July 28, 2017 (2017-07-28) – February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23) |
The story is of a stubborn girl, Sassi, who makes her father, Khayyam, her ideal and follows his footsteps. She treats her mother Mumtaz "Mammo" (Irsa Ghazal) exactly like how Khayyam treats her.[4] Her maternal cousin Qasim (Bilal Abbas Khan), the serious orphan guy who is "dye wala / rang wala”. Qasim starts taking interest in Sassi but stops thinking because of Khayyam's favours in the past. Khayyam loves an actress, Sonia Jahan, and Sassi starts to follow in her footsteps and starts to visit her and learn from her.
One day, on her father's birthday, she dances with her. Her father finds this embarrassing and slaps her. Sassi starts hating her father for it, and her father wants to get her married to Qasim, but Qasim refuses it. Sassi finds solace in Sonia's lover and the director, Waji, and starts working on his films. But Waji dislikes her because of her father Khayyam, who has affair with Sonia. Sassi's eldest brother, Tipu, comes from London with his girlfriend, Meena. Tipu is funny, but from the inside he is arrogant and stubborn like Sassi, and Meena is the British girl who speaks English. Sonia poisons Khayyam and escapes because she doesn't love him. Khayyam wakes up and repents over every persecution he did for Sonia Jahan. He is now not able to complete the poetry he did for Sonia.
Meena takes interest in Islam. She asks Qasim to choose a name for her. He chooses the name Amna. Later, Meena (Amna) loves Qasim a lot, but Qasim says he can only love Sassi and no one else. Mumtaz says that she wants Qasim to marry Amna and says she will speak to him.[5] Tipu transfers the house to Meena's name and decides to marry her. He plans to remove Khayam, Sonia, Sassi and Mammo from the haveli, but Qasim marries Meena (Amna) and thus becomes the owner of the house saving the members. Meanwhile, Sonia becomes a patient of a crucial disease, all her organs start failing. She dies in Khayam’s house. Sassi becomes an actress with her film “Sonia Jahan” which is a tribute to the life of the actress.
Qasim starts to fall in love with Amna and Sassi overhears and gets jealous. Now crazy to win Qasim back, she pushes Amna. But Amna is saved, and seeing Sassi's condition, Khayyam requests Amna to permit Qasim to marry Sassi. Amna unwillingly agrees. On the wedding day, Sassi rejects Qasim, saying that he is in love. Amna and Qasim are finally together.
Bilal, on the set of O Rangreza, said that "It’s a beautiful story, I play a dye wala and my whole get-up is like that. I fall in love with a girl played by Sajal who is my first cousin, and from there the play will unravel and the story will unfold. All the characters involved have their own story to tell which will make O Rangreza an interesting watch as it is quite different. Besides Sajal and myself the play will also feature Nauman Ejaz and Sonia Mishal."[12]
O Rangreza | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | Sahir: July 2017 (2017-07) Sajal: October 2017 (2017-10) |
Recorded | Sahir's version: April 2017 Sajal's version: September 2017 |
Length | Sahir: 1:29 Sajal: 2:53 |
Label | Moomal Entertainment |
Producer | Moomal Shunaid |
Music video | |
"O Rangreza" OST on YouTube | |
Initially, Sahir Ali Bagga sung and composed the song of O Rangreza.[13] In September 2017, Sajal Aly, who plays protagonist in the serial, also sung parts of song with Sahir, which were also composed by him.[14][15][16][17] All lyrics written by writer of serial, Saji Gul in the company Moomal Entertainment.
The show was simultaneously broadcast by Hum Europe in UK, Hum TV MENA in UAE and Hum World in USA and Canada.
Initially the show was available on the Hum TV official YouTube channel but later the channel deleted all the episodes. It was also available on the iflix app till 2019 when the channel's contract with the app terminated.[18] In August 2019, Hum TV reuploaded all the episodes on YouTube channel with muted music. Furthermore in July 2020, the show was released on the ZEE5 app along with some other Pakistani dramas.[19]
While reviewing the first episode, The Nation praied the several performances, Gul's writing and Nisar's direction.[20]
Aly's performance and character "Sassi" was widey praised by the critics.[21][22] Along with a few other television series of the season, DAWN Images listed it as a series with off-beat story.[23]
Year | Award | For | Receipt | Result | Refs |
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2018 | Lux Style Awards | Best Television Actress | Sajal Aly | Nominated | [24] |
Best Writer | Saji Gul | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Kashif Nisar | Nominated | |||
Best Television Play | O Rangreza | Nominated | |||
Best Original Soundtrack | Sahir Ali Bagga | Nominated | |||
2018 | Hum Awards | Best Drama Serial Jury | O Rangreza | Nominated | [25] |
Best Drama Serial Popular | O Rangreza | Nominated | |||
Best Director | Kashif Nisar | Won | |||
Best Writer | Saji Gul | Nominated | |||
Best Actor Male Popular | Noman Ijaz | Nominated | |||
Best Actor Male Jury | Noman Ijaz | Nominated | |||
Best Actor Female Popular | Sajal Aly | Nominated | |||
Best Actor Female Jury | Sajal Aly | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Bilal Abbas Khan | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Irsa Ghazal | Nominated | |||
Best on-screen couple Popular | Sajal Aly and Bilal Abbas Khan | Nominated | |||
Best on-screen couple Jury | Sajal Aly and Bilal Abbas Khan | Won | |||
Best Original Soundtrack | Sahir Ali Bagga | Won |
Last year, of the roughly 100-odd prime-time serials only a handful — Sammi, Sange Mar Mar, Rangreza, Mohabbat Tum Se Nafrat Hai, Gumrah, Iltija, Sun Yaara and Piyari Bitto — told stories off the beaten track.
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