Tanhaiyaan
Tanhaiyaan (, English: The loneliness) is a 1986 Pakistani drama serial which is now considered a cult classic. "Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay" telecast in 2012 is the sequel of 27-year-old serial "Tanhaiyaan". The drama serial was directed by the legendary Shahzad Khalil and was written by the famous drama writer Haseena Moin. Tanhaiyan featured an ensemble star cast of veterans such as Shehnaz Sheikh, Marina Khan, Asif Raza Mir, Badar Khalil, Behroze Sabzwari, Azra Sherwani, Qazi Wajid, Durdana Butt, Yasmeen Ismail, Jamshed Ansari, Amir Hatmi, Subhani Bayounus and Sultana Zafar. It is the story of two sisters who lose  their parents and go to live with their aunt. One of their efforts to buy back their parents' house leads them to realise what makes a house a home. Plot. Two sisters Zara (Shehnaz Sheikh) and Sanya (Marina Khan) go to Karachi to visit their maternal aunt Zubi (Badar Khalil) while their parents, back home, meet with an unfortunate car accident and die. After their death, the girls find out that their father was heavily in debt and they have to sell all their assets including their house which their father had so lovingly built. All their friends turn their  backs on them and they move in with their aunt Zubi. In Karachi, while Sanya tries to adjust to their new life, Zara becomes obsessed with the idea to re-buy their house. She begins the pursuit to become rich. Here Saad Salman (Amir Hatmi) becomes her partner and together they start a garment factory. Sanya, on the other hand, soon befriends their landlord Faraan (Qazi Wajid) and becomes a humorous pain for his secretary Qutbutdin (Behroze Sabzwari) whom she calls "Qabacha". Faraan has a sister Apa Begum (Azra Sherwani) who lives in another house with her trusted servant Buqrat  (Jamshed Ansari). Apa Begum and Sanya are very keen on getting Faraan married and he impulsively proposes to Zubi. Zain (Asif Raza Mir), Zara's childhood friend, after a long awaited reunion, runs into Zara. Zara asks Zain's fiancée Vida (Yasmeen Ismail) to join her factory as a designer and the two collaborate to start making brilliant designs which become very popular. However, Zara's quest for her house takes her away from her family, especially from her sister Sanya who feels neglected. Saad Salman proposes to Zara and even though the family disapproves, Zara finds herself in a  dilemma. Finally Zara's dream comes true and she gets enough money to buy back her house. She goes to Lahore and finalizes the deal. However, when she enters her house, she is haunted by the memories of her past and all the love that she has lost during these years. In a flash, she realizes what she has achieved is an empty house, and in the process has distanced her family. Loneliness consumes her and makes her run out of the house, terrified, and meet an accident. Zara awakens to find her family close by but without the ability  to speak or move. Initially, the doctors explain that it might be due to her spinal injuries. Later on, doctors say that she has gone into shock and does not have the will to live; there is nothing wrong physically with her. It is implied to the viewer that she has lost the will to struggle as she realizes that she has pushed everyone away from her in pursuit of what she thought was important and was all alone when what should have been her biggest triumph of finally buying the parents' house back. Saad, her fiancé, prefers to have  a very strong, smart and pretty wife to project success in life. Saad becomes unsure about Zara after her accident as the doctors are skeptical about her recovery. Zara notices that Saad has lost interest in her and decides to return the engagement ring, which she eventually throws away in the garbage. Saad leaves Pakistan and travels abroad. Zara's family try to reassure her regarding the love and affection they have for her. During this time, Zain is shown to be very concerned for Zara's well-being. The closeness between Zara and Zain disturbs Vida (his fiancée); Zain 's father senses this and insists that Zain marries Vida as he had promised her parents a long time back. Zain agrees to his father's wishes. Zain then meets Zara and tells her that he has to leave Pakistan and go to Canada after marrying Vida, and he wants to see Zara up and about before that. Upon hearing this, Zara takes hesitant steps and is able to walk. An overjoyed Zain recounts this to Vida, who comments that he must be the happiest man on earth. She tells him that she is happy for him and urges him  to see clearly as he is madly in love with Zara. She tells him that she has explained the whole situation to Zain's father and would be flying off to Canada alone. The last sequence shows Zara sitting alone in a party surrounded by friends and family as if waiting for somebody; suddenly the sounds and surroundings dim as Zain walks in. They have an unspoken conversation across the room when she tells that she had been waiting long for him and where he had gone all this time? He is shown expressing that he was and always will  be with her. In a quick transition, the music and surroundings come back into focus with every body crowding in a loud cheer around them. Zara finally fills the void of loneliness ("Tanhaiyaan"). Music. Arshad Mehmood composed the background music for this drama serial. Broadcast and sequel. It has re-run several times on PTV and other TV channels, due to its popularity. In 2020, the show was rebroadcast by PTV Home from 5 April to 17 April daily at 03:00pm under the segment "PTV Gold Hour". After 27 years, a sequel named Tanhaiyan Naye Silsilay was broadcast by PTV  Home and ARY Digital. It started to air on every Saturday 08:00pm from 20 October 2012. The script was co-written by Haseena Moin and Mohammad Ahmed. The plot is about gaps in relations developed over the years in lives of characters owing to events they faced and how, going forward, things change for the better. Directed by Marina Khan, six of the 16 original cast members reprises their roles as Shehnaz Sheikh (the female lead in the original) has quit acting and the rest have since died. New cast members include Alishba Yousuf and Shehryar Munawar Siddiqui in lead  roles while Syra Yousuf and Shehroz Sabzwari in supporting roles.