Sanam

Directed by: Haseeb Hassan
Country: Pakistan
Length: 1 season, 20 episodes
Elsewhere: IMDb

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How it feels

A successful businessman named Harib gets caught in a love triangle between two women and struggles to tell the difference between settling down and finding true love. The series focuses heavily on mental health issues as it follows his emotional journey through complicated relationships.

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What happens

Sanam (Urdu: صنم; lit: Beloved) is a 2016 Pakistani television series that premiered on Hum TV on 12 September 2016. It is written by Mona Haseeb, directed by Haseeb Hassan and produced by Momina Duraid. The story, told in a heavily serialized manner, follows a love triangle and focuses on mental disorder. It revolves around the journey of Harib, a successful businessman, as he discovers the difference between a life partner and a soulmate. The show first aired on Hum TV, as a part of night programming under Duraid's production company. Sanam has an ensemble cast with Osman Khalid Butt as Harib, Maya Ali as Aan, and Hareem Farooq as Ayla in leading roles, with the supporting cast Hina Khawaja Bayat, Gul-e-Rana, Abid Ali, Asad Ali, Shermeen Ali and Akbar Islam. The show is set in Karachi, Sindh. Sanam was the first series to highlight mental health issues in 2016. The series received generally positive reviews in its premier, however throughout its broadcast, it received mixed to negative reviews where viewers and critics declaring it a drag. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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