Dhoop Kinare
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Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistan
i television
serial
presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi
and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home. The show starred Rahat Kazmi
and Marina Khan
in lead roles, was directed by Sahira Kazmi and written by Haseena Moin
.
In the early days of PTV, drama serials were usually applauded for being richly diverse in their plots and direction. They were celebrated not just in Pakistan but their quality content was cherished over the border in India as well. A long list of such dramas may usually include Dhoop Kinare as one of those at the top. The drama serial enjoyed seemingly undeniable success for two further decades after it finished airing on television. This serial is usually said to have promoted the careers of both Rahat Kazmi
and Marina Khan as one of the most sought after stars in Pakistani television industry.
Recently in October 2011, Hindi adaption of this show was launched by Sony Entertainment television Asia as "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge".
Dr Ahmer Ansari (Rahat Kazmi
) is bereaving the death of his foster father (played by Arshad Mehmood
) whom he calls Baba, an affectionate word for father in Urdu. He vaguely remembers that the professor adopted him but has no knowledge that his father had a daughter and that she gave birth to a girl who lives somewhere in the same city.
In his will, Ahmer's father leaves behind everything but the house to Ahmer. The house he leaves to his granddaughter, Ahmer's niece, whom he had never met while he was still alive. Ahmer while trying to reminisce his past encounters with his father (shown to the viewers in flashback
sequences) gathers the true meaning of the two-faced replies of his father.
Throughout the first few episodes, Ahmer couldn't come to terms with the death of his foster father and the sudden emergence of his niece who now owns the house he lives in and expects a responsible person to take over his father's abode. Incidentally, this foster niece appears in his hospital as an intern. While he does not know who she is, he finds the immature and almost childish Zoya Ali Khan. From the time he meets Zoya, he plans to educate her behaviour by criticising her at every turn of event and to teach her a lesson in accepting her mistakes.
Dr Zoya Ali Khan (Marina Khan
) is a cheerful young doctor who brings joy to the mundane life at the hospital and in the life of Ahmer. Although, her carefree attitude leaves no other choice but for Ahmer to educate her into humility when life demands a lot from the seriousness it gather along its way.
The series starts with a young Zoya trying hard to convince her father (Qazi Wajid
) to not let her go to medical school, but instead gets to know that her dying grandfather and mother both wanted her to be a doctor. A phone call that her father attends gives her the much needed cheers for the day when the person on the other end explains that she just inherited a house that belonged to her grandfather.
Seeing that her father wants her to become a doctor to celebrate her dead mother's wishes, she takes admission in a medical school upon her father's constant pressurising. Not knowing that she'd meet Ahmer at the hospital, she retains her carefree antics in the seriousness of the hospital life and comes in critique of Ahmer.
plays "Baba", the father of Dr.Ahmer Ansari (played by Rahat Kazmi
). He appears in Dream sequence
s from Dr.Ahmer's past.
plays Zoya's "Baba" who is very close to Zoya and has raised her like a friend and who, after seeing Dr.Ahmer finds out that he is Zoya's uncle but doesn't tell Zoya about it. Near the end he falls severely ill.
. He forces his daughter into working with him in his office rather than pursuing interior designing.
and marries him but finds out that he was previously married to another woman and has children. In the end when she thinks that Dr.Ahmer has left Zoya and is going abroad she becomes very happy but doesn't know that he came back in the end for Zoya.
plays Faseelat who is Zoya's caretaker and is not happy with Zoya always being at the hospital and not taking any rest.
and some of the ghazal
s were performed by Nayyara Noor
including "Main tum se na puchun", "Raat yun dil mein teri" and "Hansi khanakti hui" (the theme song).
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
serial
Serial (radio and television)
Serials are series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from...
presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home. The show starred Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi is a famous Pakistani television actor, a talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician. He is married to renowned Pakistani actress, producer and director Saira Kazmi, with whom he fell in love when he started his acting career. He has two children from Saira, Ali Kazmi...
and Marina Khan
Marina Khan
For the lawn bowler see Marina Khan Marina Khan is an actress born in Peshawar, Pakistan. She has appeared in drama serials, such as Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare and Nijaat...
in lead roles, was directed by Sahira Kazmi and written by Haseena Moin
Haseena Moin
Haseena Moin is a notable Pakistani dramatist, playwright and writer for radio and television.A native of Kanpur, the most populous city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Hassena Moin received her early education in her ancestral region and, after the partition of India, migrated...
.
In the early days of PTV, drama serials were usually applauded for being richly diverse in their plots and direction. They were celebrated not just in Pakistan but their quality content was cherished over the border in India as well. A long list of such dramas may usually include Dhoop Kinare as one of those at the top. The drama serial enjoyed seemingly undeniable success for two further decades after it finished airing on television. This serial is usually said to have promoted the careers of both Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi is a famous Pakistani television actor, a talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician. He is married to renowned Pakistani actress, producer and director Saira Kazmi, with whom he fell in love when he started his acting career. He has two children from Saira, Ali Kazmi...
and Marina Khan as one of the most sought after stars in Pakistani television industry.
Recently in October 2011, Hindi adaption of this show was launched by Sony Entertainment television Asia as "Kuch Toh Log Kahenge".
Dr Ahmer Ansari
Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi is a famous Pakistani television actor, a talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician. He is married to renowned Pakistani actress, producer and director Saira Kazmi, with whom he fell in love when he started his acting career. He has two children from Saira, Ali Kazmi...
) is bereaving the death of his foster father (played by Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
) whom he calls Baba, an affectionate word for father in Urdu. He vaguely remembers that the professor adopted him but has no knowledge that his father had a daughter and that she gave birth to a girl who lives somewhere in the same city.
In his will, Ahmer's father leaves behind everything but the house to Ahmer. The house he leaves to his granddaughter, Ahmer's niece, whom he had never met while he was still alive. Ahmer while trying to reminisce his past encounters with his father (shown to the viewers in flashback
Flashback (narrative)
Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...
sequences) gathers the true meaning of the two-faced replies of his father.
Throughout the first few episodes, Ahmer couldn't come to terms with the death of his foster father and the sudden emergence of his niece who now owns the house he lives in and expects a responsible person to take over his father's abode. Incidentally, this foster niece appears in his hospital as an intern. While he does not know who she is, he finds the immature and almost childish Zoya Ali Khan. From the time he meets Zoya, he plans to educate her behaviour by criticising her at every turn of event and to teach her a lesson in accepting her mistakes.
Dr Zoya Ali Khan
Marina Khan
For the lawn bowler see Marina Khan Marina Khan is an actress born in Peshawar, Pakistan. She has appeared in drama serials, such as Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare and Nijaat...
) is a cheerful young doctor who brings joy to the mundane life at the hospital and in the life of Ahmer. Although, her carefree attitude leaves no other choice but for Ahmer to educate her into humility when life demands a lot from the seriousness it gather along its way.
The series starts with a young Zoya trying hard to convince her father (Qazi Wajid
Qazi Wajid
Qazi Wajid is a famous Pakistani actor.-References:...
) to not let her go to medical school, but instead gets to know that her dying grandfather and mother both wanted her to be a doctor. A phone call that her father attends gives her the much needed cheers for the day when the person on the other end explains that she just inherited a house that belonged to her grandfather.
Seeing that her father wants her to become a doctor to celebrate her dead mother's wishes, she takes admission in a medical school upon her father's constant pressurising. Not knowing that she'd meet Ahmer at the hospital, she retains her carefree antics in the seriousness of the hospital life and comes in critique of Ahmer.
Baba
Arshad MehmoodArshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
plays "Baba", the father of Dr.Ahmer Ansari (played by Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi is a famous Pakistani television actor, a talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician. He is married to renowned Pakistani actress, producer and director Saira Kazmi, with whom he fell in love when he started his acting career. He has two children from Saira, Ali Kazmi...
). He appears in Dream sequence
Dream sequence
A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a flashback, a flashforward, a fantasy, a vision, a dream, or some other element. Commonly, dream sequences appear in many...
s from Dr.Ahmer's past.
Baba
Qazi WajidQazi Wajid
Qazi Wajid is a famous Pakistani actor.-References:...
plays Zoya's "Baba" who is very close to Zoya and has raised her like a friend and who, after seeing Dr.Ahmer finds out that he is Zoya's uncle but doesn't tell Zoya about it. Near the end he falls severely ill.
Anji
Kehkishan Awan plays Anji, Zoya's best friend, who is later married to Dr.Irfan Sajid Hassan who was a junior colleague of Dr Ahmer.Daddy
Hameed Wayne plays a very strict father of Anji. He forces his daughter into working with him in his office rather than pursuing interior designing.
Dr. Irfan
Sajid Hassan beautifully played this character. He was a junior colleague of Dr.Ahmer. He is a carefree docter and flirts with every girl he sees.Dr.Sheena Karamat
Badar Khalil played this jealous character very well. She was very close to Dr.Ahmer but he didn't seem to care that much about her. When she thinks that Dr.Ahmer is into Zoya, she is very jealous and she meets her old college friend Rizwan WastiRizwan Wasti
Syed Rizwan Wasti , was a famous Pakistani television and film actor and presenter. He was husband of famous TV artist Tahira Wasti and father of TV actress Laila Wasti.Rizwan Wasti was born in Lahore in 1937...
and marries him but finds out that he was previously married to another woman and has children. In the end when she thinks that Dr.Ahmer has left Zoya and is going abroad she becomes very happy but doesn't know that he came back in the end for Zoya.
Faseelat bibi
Azra SherwaniAzra Sherwani
Azra Sherwani was a Pakistani television actress.- Personal Life :She was born in Meerut, India, according to family sources. She married to Nafees Sherwani, Air Commodore in the Pakistan Air Force.-Television career:...
plays Faseelat who is Zoya's caretaker and is not happy with Zoya always being at the hospital and not taking any rest.
Music
The music of the drama serial was directed by Arshad MehmoodArshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
and some of the ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
s were performed by Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Noor is a Pakistani playback singer who is also considered one of the South Asia's foremost exponents in the Ghazal genre.-Biography:...
including "Main tum se na puchun", "Raat yun dil mein teri" and "Hansi khanakti hui" (the theme song).