Laapata
Laapata () is a 2021 Pakistani drama television series, produced by Momina Duraid under her banner MD Productions and directed by Khizer Idrees. It stars Ayeza Khan, Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed in leading roles. Plot. Shams and Falak are cousins and love each other. Falak has a hobby of Badminton and Shams has been indulged in gambling in order to get money for the sake of Falak. On the other hand, Geeti, who is a famous TikToker, likes Shams and is also the cousin of Falak and Shams. Falak and Shams consulted their parents for their  marriage and they were engaged. But due to Shams's indulgence in gambling, he was put in prison. His housemates including Falak and Geeti didn't know where he went. It has been two years and Shams hasn't been found yet. Falak wins in a badminton championship and she also does a job. Her boss Daniyal likes her and is stalking her. He proposed her several times but she rejected every time. Finally when there was no sign of Shams's return, Falak killed her love for Shams and married Daniyal. The couple shifted to Islamabad. They were living  a happy life until Daniyal finds out about Shams and Falak's relationship through a photo of Shams and Falak. He overreacts and that's when it is revealed that Daniyal is actually a psychopath. In a party Falak hears about it from Daniyal's friend's wife that Daniyal had another beautiful wife before Falak. She further tells him that according to Daniyal, she divorced him and left. But some rumours say that Daniyal himself killed his own wife as he thought that she was cheating on him. Falak is surprised to hear that. On the other hand, Shams  has returned to home after two years and learns about Falak's marriage. He is saddened and decides to move on. He finds a job in a factory as an in charge of a specific floor. He faced difficulties when one of the workers, Raju wants to be on the place of in charge and is very dominating. Geeti asks her mother to get her engaged to Shams as now Falak has cleared her path. Her mother initially hesitates but agrees and talks to Shams's parents. They also agreed and Shams and Geeti get engaged. On the contrary, Falak  has been overwhelmed by Daniyal's truth. She fights with Daniyal who in return turns really hyper and breaks Falak's phone. He was on the verge of killing her when their maid Munira hits him with a pan and he faints. Falak was told that she had to trust Munira as she was the one who knew Daniyal's first wife and her murder. The drama goes into a series of flashbacks and it is shown that Daniyal has married Aliya whose father had captured Daniyal's father's lands. Daniyal and Aliya marry with the help of Aliya 's brother as her father won't let her. They live happily. Daniyal orders Aliya not to meet her relatives until they migrate to America. She accepts. One day Aliya told Munira to return to her home (and she did) and behind her back she invites a man whom Munira has never seen. This happened everyday until one day Munira calls Daniyal and tells him that Aliya has been cheating him on which Daniyal came to his house, catches her and shoots her on the spot. She instantly dies. It is revealed that the boy was none other than her  own brother who helped her in marriage. Her brother told Daniyal that after their marriage, Aliya's father had died and he was here to inherit the lands to Aliya's name. Daniyal is shocked and Aliya's brother calls the police on which Daniyal shoots him too. He tells Munira not to tell anyone about their murder. The scene comes to the present, Falak lives in Munira's house , The next morning , Daniyal comes to Munira's house and attacks them and Falak kills Daniyal. Falak is devastated to see that. Munira consoles her. Munira 's husband is not  happy with it because he is scared as Falak is in a bad situation and that would lead both of them in trouble, Falak overhears them debating about it , she proclaims to Munira, that she has helped her a lot and thanks and leaves from her house. Meanwhile Shams and Geeti are engaged, Falak just comes before the engagement, Shams becomes very happy to see her again. But, Geeti doesn't like it. Falak comes with an excuse, that she and Daniyal are going to America , so she is living here for a while , after that she will flee to  America. On the day of wedding , police comes to arrest Falak for murdering Daniyal. The wedding is called off. Reception. 20th episode of the show received 5.3 TV ratings and the last episode ended on 7.5 rating points in 50 minute time band. On airing initial episodes, it received negative comments from critics and social media users for trivialising the harassment. The slap scene in 14th episode had mixed reviews by social media users, with reviewers criticizing the trivialization of domestic abuse. Soundtrack. The official soundtrack of the serial was performed by Kiran Waseem and Tehseen W. Chishty on the  lyrics of Wardah Lodhi. The music composition was done by Farhan Zameer. Beside the official soundtrack, the soundtracks of channel's former serials such as "Aaj Rang Hai" of "Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi" and "Khabar-e-tahayyur-e-ishq sun, na junoon raha na pari rahi" of "Deewana" were played in background during the course of episodes. Production. Background and development. After the success of Ramadan special play "Chupke Chupke", Ayeza Khan revealed that she is starring in another serial alongside Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed. Khizar Idrees, previously served as a cinematographer of the 2017's  film "Verna" and production house's dramas "Sang-e-Mar Mar" and "Aangan" was chosen to direct the series and also wrote the story of the series. Production locations. Besides few episodes which were shoot in Islamabad, the shooting was majorly done in Karachi.