# Chand Tara

"Chand Tara" is a 2023 lighthearted romantic comedy Pakistani television series, starring Danish Taimoor and Ayeza Khan in the lead roles. Written by Saima Akram Chaudhry, directed by Danish Nawaz, and produced by MD Productions, the series began airing from 23 March 2023 during Ramadan on Hum TV, and ended on 21 April 2023 after 30 episodes.
The series failed to achieve the level of popularity compared to Chaudhry's previous Ramadan scripts. Owing to major problems in the execution of her script, she announced a break from writing Ramadan specials.

## Premise

The plot centers around Chand (played by Danish Taimoor), a software engineer who resides in a joint family and desires to live independently, and Tara (played by Ayeza Khan), a gynecologist who was raised alone and longs to be part of a joint family. As their love story unfolds, various situations arise among them and their families, illustrating the chaos of living in a joint family.
Software engineer Sarim Gulzar (Danish Taimoor) and trainee doctor Naintara Jaffer (Ayeza Khan) like each other and wish to get married. However, Tara's mother Dr. Raazia (Saba Faisal) is against this match since Sarim stays in a joint family and she wants the couple to stay in a nuclear setup. They eventually get married but with a twist. Sarim, who wants to leave his family, promises Dr. Raazia that he will leave the country as soon as they get married. But Naintara makes it clear that she has married Sarim to stay in the lovable environment that a joint family provides because her parents had been separated for many years and she yearned for family bonds. While Tara wants to stay in the joint family, Sarim wants to go away. Added to this is Sarim's sister Mala, cousin Hashir, aunts Safeeha and Mehnaaz, uncles Mateen and Saleem and father Gulzar Ahmed and their quirks. The show follows the conflict between Sarim and Tara with regards to Sarim's family.

## Cast

* Ayeza Khan as Dr. Naintara "Tara" Jaffer, she is a trainee doctor at her mother's hospital
* Danish Taimoor as Sarim "Chand" Gulzar, he works as a part-time freelancer
* Saba Faisal as Dr. Razia, Tara's mother who owns a hospital and prefers living separately instead of being with her husband's joint family
* Behroze Sabzwari as Mir Jaffer, Tara's father who works at an insurance company
* Rehan Sheikh as Gulzar "Babu Bhaiyya" Ahmed, Chand's father who is the CEO of Babu Wedding Bells and looks after the decoration section in the business
* Danish Nawaz as Mateen "Manchu" Ahmed, Gulzar's youngest brother who looks after the music section in the business
* Madiha Iftikhar as Mehnaz "Naaz" Mateen, Manchu's wife who is a beautician
* Adnan Jaffar as Saleem Ahmed, Gulzar's younger brother and Hashir's father who shares in business as a caterer and loves exercising
* Ghazal Siddiqui as Safeera "Saffo" Saleem, Saleem's wife and Hashir's mother who is expecting another child
* Maha Hasan as Roomi Hashir, Hashir's wife and a tiktoker
* Ashir Wajahat as Hashir Saleem, Saleem's son and a tiktoker
* Mantasha Shahid as Palwasha "Pinky" Mateen, Manchu's daughter
* Agha Talal as Mohid
* Romaisa Khan as Shumaila "Maala" Gulzar, who is Chand's sister and an aspiring basketball player
* Ayesha Khan
* Syed Afzal
* Fozia Nasir
* Sara Meher
* Ayesha Kamran

## Production

On 13 December 2022, Saima Akram Chaudhry announced the title of her new series; she revealed that the series would stand out from her previous collaborations with Danish Nawaz and Momina Duraid, because the main couple would not be not related as cousins or neighbors, and their love story would not begin with fights.
Soon, it was announced that the celebrity couple Danish Taimoor and Ayeza Khan will star in the next Ramadan play. Khan confirmed her presence on 6 February 2023. Romaisa Khan confirmed her presence in January, while Ghazal Siddiqui shared in March that this is her first series after a hiatus of 11 years. Some of the principal character were eliminated after altering the script by the production house due to budget issues.
Cinematography is done by Tameen Nizami. The background score for the series has been given by Wajid Saeed, while the soundtrack of features two songs.