Dobara (TV series)
Dobara () is a Pakistani television series produced by Momina Duraid under banner MD Productions, directed by Danish Nawaz and written by Sarwat Nazir. It first aired on 20 October 2021 on Hum TV. It features Hadiqa Kiani as Mehrunisa who gets a chance to change her life after the death of her husband Hidayatullah as he was dominated because of huge age gap between them. It also features Bilal Abbas Khan, Usama Khan, Nabeel Zuberi and Sabeena Syed in pivotal roles. Plot. On the occasion of death of her husband Hidayatullah in his early seventies, Mehrunissa feels  as a free spirit and recalls the bitter memories of her past when her dying father decided to marry her off at 16 years of age to Hidayatullah, who was 36 at the time. At the time of the funeral notices the strange behaviour of Mehrunissa who is not emotionally affected by her husbands death. On the other hand, Mahir is a next-door care free boy who is a tennis player and in search of job. His parents have been divorced and have remarried again. He goes to his mother's house and steals the money from his step -father's wallet. His stepmother, Adeela also does not like him. Narmeen, the girl he loves and wants to marry tells him to bring his parents to her home for their marriage. He persuades his mother to do so and and also steals his deceased grandmother's bangles of goldes from his father's locker to give it to Narmeen to make good impression on her mother. At the time of marriage fixing ceremony, Adeela comes there, shocks to see the bangles and insults Mahir som much and creates a fuss there which heartbreaks the Narmeen and she decided to  breakup with him. Adeela too throws him out of her house. Mahir then goes to his friend, Babar's house with the help of Mehru, whom she had met before in the park many times. Production. The project was first announced on 8 July 2021. Osman Khalid Butt was first approached to portray the leading role of Mahir, however due to his other commitments he could not do it. Later Bilal Abbas Khan was cast in the role. With Khan, singer turned actres Hadiqa Kiani was selected to portray the other leading role. It marked her second series after her  debut in poetic-romamce "Raqeeb Se". She revealed in an interview that Mehru [Dobara] is her attempt to break some norms as an actor regarding age. Reception. Television rating. It led the rating charts for its 6th episode with 6.2 trps. It again led the slot in 11th episode by achieving 6.5 trps. The 13th episode of the serial received ratings of 7.2 TRPs. 15th episode received 6.7 TRPs. The 16th episode saw a boost and it led the slot with 7.6 TRPs. The 17th episode saw another boost and the serial achieved the whopping 8.8 TRPs. 25th episode received  6.1 TRPs. Critcial reception. Critically, the series received acclaim and received praise for storyline and performances especially for the performance of lead cast. "DAWN Images" lauded its diversified and plot and strong narrative against the societal stereotypes. With the introduction of false allegations of sexual harassment, social media users criticised the script.