Sarkar Sahab

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	A promotional video of Sarkar Sahab

*Sarkar Sahab*
Sarkar Sahab
	Poster for the series
Also known as	Evicted Lord
Genre	Drama; Romance;
Written by	Seema Ghazal
Directed by	Kamran Qureshi; Iram Qureshi;
Starring	Asif Raza Mir; Imran Abbas; Nirma; Kashif Mehmood; Zainab Qayyum; Deeba; Madiha Iftikhar; Nayyar Ejaz; Sonu Ali;
Theme music composer	Waqar Ali
Opening theme	"Dhola" by Maham
Composer	Ali Johar
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	29
Production
Producers	Humayun Saeed; Abdullah Kadwani;
Production locations	Dubai & Sharjah UAE; Karachi & Bahawalpur, Pakistan;
Cinematography	Mirza Mehmood
Editor	Imran Wai Qureshi
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	7th Sky Entertainment
Original release
Network	ARY Digital
Release	2007

Sarkar Sahab (Urdu: سركار صاحب) was a 2007 Pakistani TV serial based on the culture of cholistan desert and modern Dubai. The serial is directed by Kamran Qureshi & Iram Qureshi, written by Seema Ghazal and produced by Humayun Saeed & Abdullah Kadwani's production house 7th Sky Entertainment.

The serial was shot in Noor Mahal (Palace) and Darbar Mahal (Palace) of Bahawalpur, Derawar Fort, Chanan Peer shrine and Khanqah Sharif shrine showing the old cultural values and family traditions. The English title of the serial is Evicted Lord and it was broadcast on ARY TV. It is a story of a family that is divided through contradictions, expectations and traditions.^[2] The show was also aired on Star One in India .

Plot[edit]

Sarkar Sahab (Asif Raza Mir) is very positive and soft-spoken noble Lord living in a palace in cholistan with his wife Shahi (Deeba) and two sons, Habeel (Kashif Mehmood) and Balaaj (Imran Abbas). Sarkar Sahab's younger brother Lord Meer Alam (Nayyar Ejaz) and his wife Surayya (Fariha Akbar) have two daughters and don't have any son.

Qudsia, elder daughter of Meer Alam, is married to Habeel. Doctor tells her that she will not be able to become a mother. Now Shahi wants Habeel to do second marriage for child. Zena (Madiha Iftikhar), younger daughter of Mir Alam, is an energetic and lively girl. She loves Balaaj since her childhood. Balaaj is studying abroad and there he falls in love with another girl Salina (Zainab Qayyum).

Gul Ara (Nirma) was a professional dancer who was invited from Karachi to perform in a Sarkar's family event and her mother traps Sarkar Sahab in a situation that he has to marry Gul Ara. Shahi asks him to leave the palace and Habeel with the help of Meer Alam takes over all the business affairs.

Balaaj marries Salina in Dubai and here Shahi fixes his wedding date in Bahawalpur. He is called a day before wedding to give him surprise by showing an emergency over the phone that his mother is critically ill. On arrival Balaaj refuses to marry and informs Zena that he is already married. Zena begs him to do it as a paper marriage, just to show people and make the family happy.

Salena gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby boy. She phones Bhawalpur to let Balaj know this happy news when Gul Ara answers and helps her financially in the absence of Balaj and also helps to come to Bahawalpur. Meer Habeel and Balaaj malign Gul Ara and convince Sarkar Sahab by showing documents that she is doing fraud by slowly selling all the property to get her thrown out of home.

Shahi accepts Sarkar Sahab back in palace. Salina goes to palace and entire family gets shocked. Salina's son is accepted as heir. Shahi brings Gul Ara in palace to live together after proving her innocence by Sarkar's trustworthy staff member Saim Ali (Faiq Khan).^[3]^[4]

Cast[edit]

Main cast[edit]

Asif Raza Mir as Mir Sarkar Sahab
Imran Abbas as Mir Balaaj
Kashif Mehmood as Mir Habeel
Nirma as Gul Aara
Zainab Qayyum as Salina
Deeba as Shahi
Madiha Iftikhar as Zena
Nayyar Ejaz as Mir Alam Sahab
Fareeha Jabeen as Surayya
Sonu Ali as Qudsia

Supporting cast[edit]

Faiq Khan as Saim Ali
Parveen Akbar as Rani Bi
Raju Jamil as UAE Sheikh
Tanveer Sadiq as Waqar
Tabbasum Arif as Waqar's Wife
Saleem Miraj as Mitho
Gul as Salina's Friend
Amjad Shani as Mr. Junaid
Asifa Naureen as Jannat
Nain Shehzadi as Jewna
Kanwal Malik as Imamzadi
Majid Moon as Afzal Khan
Tahira Khan as Afzal's Wife
Raheela Malik as Doctor
Dr. Ajmal Malik as Police Officer
Nighat Sultana as Manu's Mother
Qamar Anjum as Sarkar's Driver

Soundtrack[edit]

There are four situational songs in this serial. Qawwali and music videos were recorded especially on original locations to keep the right atmosphere, showing mud houses in desert, Shrine, Cholistani dresses, camels, cows etc. Three songs were composed by Waqar Ali and lyricists was M Nasir & Ali Moin. Nirma has two performances in it and choreographed by Sonu Dangerous with his team.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jhangar"	Fariha Pervez	3:45
2.	"Dhola"	Maham	3:10
3.	"Chak Day (music inspired by Kailash Kher)"	Arif Ali	2:36
4.	"Pehli Bar Yun"	Farhad Kahayat	3:21

Awards and nominations[edit]

8th Lux Style Awards

Nominated – Best TV Serial (2009).
Nominated – Best TV Actor (2009) – Asif Raza Mir. And
Nominated – Best TV Director (2009) – Kamran Qureshi.

References[edit]

^ "Opening theme music". Retrieved 21 June 2015.
^ "7th Sky Entertainment". Wiki. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
^ "Plot Outline". Sarkar Sahab Aka The Evicted Lord. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
^ "Plot Summary". IMDb. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

[1] "Opening theme music". Retrieved 21 June 2015.

[2] "7th Sky Entertainment". Wiki. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

[3] "Plot Outline". Sarkar Sahab Aka The Evicted Lord. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

[4] "Plot Summary". IMDb. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

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