Aik Thi Laila

Aik Thi Laila is a Pakistani television series directed by Yasir Hussain, and written by Faiza Iftikhar. It stars Iqra Aziz, Yasir Hussain, Faysal Quraishi, Hassan Ahmed and Maham Amir with Sheheryar Munawar in a cameo appearance. It aired from 8 December 2022 to 12 January 2023, on Express Entertainment.
At 22nd Lux Style Awards, it received four nominations.

Cast

Iqra Aziz as Laila
Yasir Hussain as Inspector Sajid
Faysal Quraishi as Azeem Ullah
Inaya Khan as Saba Azeem Ullah
Gul e Rana as Nuzhat Keenchi
Nayyar Ejaz as Hafeez
Hassan Ahmed as Fareed
Maham Amir as Inspector Rukaiyya
Saad Farrukh Khan as Majnu
Usama Bin Ateeq as Kashif
Fareeha Jabeen as Kashif's mother
Sheheryar Munawar as Qais
Asif Latta

Production

Background and development

On 11 August 2022, it reported that Aziz will feature in her husband Hussain's directorial Aik Thi Laila. The other cast members were also revealed along with the genre of the series, which will be murder-mystery. Express Tribune reported that the series will revolve around a disappearance case, much like the Dua Zehra case. The series marked Aziz's comeback to television after 2 years. In conservation with Daily Pakistan, she further reveled that series will have only 5 episodes.

Promotion and release

The poster of the series featuring the cast members was unveiled by the network on 12 November. The first teaser of the series was released on 15 November 2022.