Shama (TV series)

Shama is a 1976 Pakistani television series written by Fatima Surayya Bajia, based on the eponymous novel A.R. Khatoon, and directed by Qasim Jalali. It first aired in 1976 on PTV and is now considered a cult classic.

Plot

A girl named Shama lives with her maternal family after the death of her mother and has a close relationship with her grandmother.

Cast

Syed Majid Ali as Mian Jee
Ghazala Kaifee as Shama
Jawed Sheikh as Mansoor
* Saleem Sheikh plays Mansoor as a child)
Anwar Iqbal as Qamar
Akbar Subhani as Tahir
Rizwan Wasti as Akhtar Hassan
Nafees Hassan as Kishwar Jahan
Begum Khurshid Mirza as Gaiti Ara Begum
Ishrat Hashmi as Halima
Zaheen Tahira as Khursheed
Arsh Muneer as Bua
Nawab Kaifee as Amjad
Tasneem Rana as Shabbo
Hadi ul Islam as Khan Bahadur Sahab
Mohammad Yousuf as Nasir Abbas