Zaara (TV series)
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Zaara is an India
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n drama series, that was aired from 4 December 2006 to 20 June 2008. Zaara originally aired on Sahara One
Sahara One
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, and had also been aired on an Afghan
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 TV channel called Ariana TV (in which the drama is translated into Dari Persian). The drama is called Zohra, in the translation to Dari Persian.

The drama's by-name is Pyaar Ki Saugat, and it has exactly 362 episodes.

Plot

The show focuses on the protagonist Zaara Khan, who at the beginning of the show, is on the verge of tying the knot with her longtime boyfriend and love Samar. But her sister Zeenat approaches her and asks her to become the second wife of her husband Aamir, Zaara's brother-in-law, the reason being Aamir's family's insistence on getting him married a second time due to Zeenat's inability to conceive and give the family an heir. Zeenat wishes only Zaara to become Aamir's second wife for she feels any other girl will take her place in Aamir's life and separate the two of them. Zaara spurns Samar and marries Aamir for her sister's happiness. After some time Zaara and Aamir fall in love with each other, and both Zeenat and Zaara conceive.

However Zeenat's innate insecurity causes her to turn green at the very sight of Zaara and Aamir together. Unable to stand sharing her husband with her sister, Zeenat plots and successfully creates a rift between Zaara and Aamir. She also convinces Aamir that Khushi, Zaara's daughter, is not even his child but someone else's, the fruit of Zaara's unfaithfulness to him. Aamir divorces Zaara and she is thrown out of the house. She then realizes that it was Zeenat who all along created problems for her and ultimately separated her and Aamir, aided and abetted by none other than her first love Samar, who instead of accepting the change in situations gracefully, turned into a jealous and vengeful lover.

Zaara then changes from a simple and straightforward girl to a mature and intelligent woman bent on getting justice for herself and her innocent young daughter. How she manages to outwit and punish Zeenat and Samar form the rest of the story. The court thinks Zaara killed Aamir, and she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Then, 10 years later, Khushi grew up and Zaara was released from jail, and went back home. Many family members that lived in that house were suddenly disappeared (this could have been what the producers of the drama wanted to). Zeenat manages to bring Zaara near some cliff and shoots her, Zaara falls down the cliff, it was believed that Zaara was dead, but she was not. Zaara soul enters another girls body. She learns her kids are in danger so she re-enters her home in order to get to save her kids and find the reason behind her death. She soon makes friends with everyone in the house. With the help of Sagar (Khushi's teacher), Zaara makes up a plan to get Zeenat's identity revealed.

Zeenat tries to kill Sagar and gets caught by the entire family. Zaara asks Zeenat why she brought her in the house as Aamir's second wife. Everyone realizes that the women is actually Zaara. Gul, Zeenat's partner in crime, confesses in front of everyone that Zeenat was jealous of Zaara so she gave Zaara a hard time, killed Aamir, and tried to kill Zaara several times. The family also finds out that Zaara gave up her son, Aman, for Zeenat's happiness (Zeenat wanted to give birth to a son) and took in Khushi as her own. Aman goes to Zaara and asks his mother for forgivness. Zaara hugs Aman and Khushi. Zeenat is taken away by the cops. Gul asks for forgiveness and Zaara forgives her as Gul has repented for her mistakes, Gul turned to a good person. Sagar also proposes to Khushi to marry. The show ends by showing the family as being united and happy.

Zaara

Zaara is a 21 year old girl belonging to an upper middle-class Muslim
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 family. She is in love with her childhood sweetheart Samar, a handsome young boy who was her classmate when they studied in USA. Post her studies, Zaara comes back to her hometown while Samar stays back in USA for further studies & gain some work experience.

Zeenat

Zeenat is Zaara's elder sister who is married to Aamir. Zeenat and Aamir are in love with each other. The couple lives with Aamir's family that includes Aamir's mother, his aunt – Gul Phupi and her daughter Shirin. Although Zeenat is a good daughter-in-law, Aamir's Gul Phuphi hates Zeenat as her daughter Shirin was in love with Aamir and she still pines for him.

Cast

  • Samiksha
    Samiksha
    Samiksha is an Indian actress, mostly appearing in Telugu and Tamil films.- Early Life:Born in Chandigarh, Samiksha is an Electronic Engineer and she made her debut in movies with Telugu film 143 directed by one of the top notch telugu movie director, Puri Jaggannath...

     / Sonia Kapoor ... Zaara (main lead)
  • Jatin Grewal ... Amir (Zeenat's first husband, Zaara's second husband, father of Aman and Khushi)[ now dead]
  • Abhay Vakil ... Samar (Zaara's childhood friend)[ now dead]
  • Malini Kapoor ... Zeenat (Zaara's elder sister)
  • Shagufta Ali ... Gul Phuphi
  • Garima Ajmani ... Shirin (Samar's sister)
  • Zarina Wahab
    Zarina Wahab
    Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress and former model, who was critically acclaimed for starring roles, such as in Chit Chor and Gopal Krishna in the 1970s.-Early life:...

     ... Amir's mother [stepmother].
  • Mihir Misra ... Farhan
  • Uday Nair... Sohaib (Khushi's Friend)
  • Varun Khandelwal
    Varun Khandelwal
    Varun Khandelwal Samir Sharma is an Indian television actor. He has played in many serials like Bhabhi or Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, Jyoti and Diya aur baati and "Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai".-Television:-Movies:-External links:*...

     ... Aman (Zaara's real son)
  • Ami Trivedi
    Ami Trivedi
    Ami Trivedi is an Indian television and theatre artist. She has done Gujarati theatre for many years. She has appeared in number of Hindi serials also. Her father is a well-known theatre actor, Tushar Trivedi who has been involved in Gujarati plays for over 20 years...

     ... Khushi (Zeenat's real daughter)
  • Amit Dolawat
    Amit Dolawat
    Amit Dolawat born on 17 March, is an Indian actor. He has done some quite a bit of television shows along with a music video and a short film "pita"-Television career:Amit Dolawat born on 17 March, is an Indian actor...

     ... Sagar (He loves Khushi)
  • Priya Ahuja... Mehek (Khushi's friend & Aman's wife)

Emission

India(Sahara One) 362 episodes(finished)

Romania&Moldova (National TV) 134 episodes(finished) 2-3 Indian episodes in one Romanian

Azerbaijan (Lider TV)

External links

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