Daam

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Daam
A promotional image of Daam
Genre	Drama
Written by	Umera Ahmed
Directed by	Mehreen Jabbar
Starring	Sanam Baloch Aamina Sheikh Adeel Hussain Nimra Bucha Sanam Saeed Faisal Shah
Opening theme	"Daam Tha" by Zeb and Haniya
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language(s)	Urdu
No. of episodes	18
Production
Producer(s)	Humayun Saeed Abdullah Kadwani
Production company(s)	7th Sky Entertainment
Release
Original network	ARY Digital
Original release	11 June (2010-06-11) – 15 October 2010 (2010-10-15)
External links
Website

Daam (Urdu: دام‎) (lit. Price) is a Pakistani drama television series which premiered on ARY Digital on 11 June 2010 and last episode was aired on 15 October 2010. The series is directed by award winning TV director Mehreen Jabbar, is written by popular Urdu novelist Umera Ahmed, and produced by Humayun Saeed and Abdullah Kadwani's production house 7th Sky Entertainment.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Sanam Baloch as Zara
• Aamina Sheikh as Maleeha
• Adeel Hussain as Junaid
• Deepti Batra as prostitute, later becomes sweeper
• Nimra Bucha as Aasma
• Sanam Saeed as Fiza
• Pari Hashmi as Mano
• Muhammad Yasir as Jamaal (Zara's brother)
• Lubna Aslam as Amna (Zara's mother)
• Shahid Naqvi as Hidayatullah (Zara's father)

Supporting cast

• Faisal Shah as Yasir
• Muhammad Ahmed as Sami (Maleeha's father)
• Parveen Malik as Maleeha's mother
• Behroze Sabzwari as Haji Saab
• Atif Badar as Ghulam Ali (The Shopkeeper)
• Farah Nadir as Mumani
• Ahmed Zeb as Ali

Notable guest stars

• Humayun Saeed
• Aijaz Aslam

Plot

Zara Hidayatullah (Sanam Baloch) and Maleeha Sami (Aamina Sheikh) have been close friends for over seven years. Zara belongs to a lower-middle-class family while Maleeha comes from an upper class household. Yet their class difference has never threatened their unbreakable bond. Maleeha had been there for her friend through many hardships, though she never really felt or lived the extent of the mental anguish that plagued Zara's life. The great blow to their friendship comes when Maleeha's elder brother Junaid (Adeel Hussain), shows his interest in marrying Zara. Their parents have no objection to the union, but it comes as a real shock to Maleeha, as she is unable to fathom the thought that Zara, an average status girl, could marry her brother who is eligible in all means. Maleeha's cousin, and sister-in-law Fiza (Sanam Saeed), also Zara's and Maleeha's class fellow, starts manipulating her against Zara. Meanwhile, Zara's family has found a perfect suitor for Zara's older sister Aasma (Nimra Bucha). She promises Junaid that his family can approach hers with their proposal after her sister's marriage. But things didn't go as planned. Zara's father got imprisoned for defrauding in a new business scheme he was working at. Zara's family needs to gather a large amount of money to pay for his bail, which they were unable to afford. Zara asks Maleeha for help, but Maleeha makes a bargain with her. She decides to give Zara the money only if she breaks off with Junaid. Insulted, disdained and helpless, Zara agrees and gives Maleeha the pendant Junaid gifted. Junaid's family later approaches Zara, but she turns them down by saying that she is committed to one of her cousins. Meanwhile, Fiza starts developing feelings for Junaid, and tries to convince Maleeha and her family to let her marry him. When Junaid refuses, Fiza starts turning her brother and Maleeha's husband, Yasir (Fiasal Shah) against her. Zara in the meanwhile receives a full-time scholarship, and moves to Glasgow to further her education. Moving to London after a short period of time, Zara returns Maleeha every single penny she had spent over her.

Seven years later, a professionally successful Zara reconnects with Junaid who is in an unhappy marriage with Fiza. Junaid also discovers that Zara lied about her engagement, and that she is still single. He confronts Maleeha and decides to divorce Fiza. Yasir threatens Maleeha with divorce if her brother were to leave Fiza. Maleeha visits Zara to apologize for what she made Zara do seven years ago. Maleeha decides to meet Zara to tell to not marry Junaid. Zara who has no intention of marrying Junaid, tells Maleeha how deeply she loved Junaid, and how hard it was to bear the treatment meted by Maleeha. Maleeha starts to regret her awful behaviour and that she has lost both her brother and her best friend. Thus she tells Junaid the truth and leaves Yasir on her own. Zara moves back to UK rejecting Junaid but saying it would be impossible for her to forget the memories of the time she spent with him.

A year later, Maleeha calls a happily married Zara to wish her on Zara's birthday. But when her husband (Humayun Saeed) asks who the caller was, Zara says that it was her class fellow rather than her best friend.

External links

External video
A promotional video of Daam

• Official website
• Daam at ARY Digital
• Daam at IMDb