# Belapur Ki Dayan

Belapur Ki Dayan (Urdu: بیلاپور کی ڈائن; transl. The Witch of Belapur) is a 2018 Pakistani supernatural horror drama series directed by Saife Hassan and written by Inam Hasan. It features Sarah Khan, Adnan Siddiqui and Osama Tahir in leads, while Amar Khan played the main antagonist. The series first premiered on 15 February 2018 on Hum TV.

## Synopsis

The story revolves around Aziz (Shakeel), who has recently moved to his ancestral home after winning a 32-year-long court battle with his stepbrother. In the house, his whole family is disturbed by the supernatural presence, which turns out to be the spirit of his stepsister Nilofar (Amar Khan). Nilofar wants to take revenge from him for wrongdoing in the past. Thus she tortures and disturbs the life of his family for living in her home. She corrupts the souls of Natasha, aka Tasha (Sarah Khan), the daughter of Aziz, and possesses her body to affect her life negatively. In the meantime, the lives of Aziz's son Rameez (Osama Tahir), his wife Aliya (Rayyan Ibrahim), son Wajdan (Nitesh Narayan), and daughter Mannat (Shifa) are deeply disturbed by the supernatural spirits, especially Nelofar. Aziz decides to tame Nilofar and seeks the help of her ex-lover Shakir (Adnan Siddiqui) for Tasha's treatment.

## Cast

* Adnan Siddiqui as Shakir
* Sarah Khan as Natasha aka Tasha
* Amar Khan as Neelofur/Dayan
* Osama Tahir as Rameez
* Shakeel as Aziz Ahmed (Old)
* Irfan Khoosat as Rehmat (Old)
* Rayyan Ibrahim as Aliya
* Ismat Zaidi as Salima
* Rashid Mehmood as Karamat (Dead)
* Sajida Syed as Raeesa
* Rashid Farooqui as Inspector Boota
* Akbar Islam as Sikander (Dead)
* Umar Naru as Rehmat (Young)
* Shahjahan Rana as Aziz (Young)
* Hira Soomro as Rabiya (Dead)
* Shifa as Mannat (Child star)
* Nitesh Narayan as Wajdan (Child star)
* Akhtar Ghazali as Wakil sahab (lawyer)

## Production

Amar, in an interview, said, "I’m playing characters from two different time periods, one of a fragile innocent girl of the 80’s reading Parveen Shakir’s shayari and the other, a current time period sarcastic and ruthless Dayan who is there to attain revenge."[ ... ]"It’s been given very realistic treatment. My director’s very much hanging me with cables in the air, and he’s making me do all these acrobats, so it’s no longer a bedroom drama where I shed a tear or two or even play a glamorous nagin; nothing of such sort."
While Adnan shared with The News International about his character, "I play the dayan’s love interest in the project,"[ ... ] "After her death, I am called in the same house by the owner whose daughter is being haunted, and I am there to save her. I will be seen in 10 episodes, and the drama takes you into flashbacks and then into the present."

## Awards

| Year | Awards | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Director Drama Serial | Saife Hassan | Nominated |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Writer Drama Serial | Inam Hassan | Nominated |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Drama Serial | Belapur Ki Dayan | Nominated |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Adnan Siddiqui | Nominated |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sarah Khan | Nominated |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Actor in a Negative Role | Amar Khan | Nominated |
| 2020 | Hum Awards | Best Actor in a leading Role | Osama Tahir | Nominated |
| 2019 | Lux Style Awards | Best Emerging Talent | Amar Khan | Nominated |