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Dastaan (2010 TV series)
Dastaan (Urdu: داستان, lit. 'The tale') is a Pakistani television series based on the 1971 novel Bano by Razia Butt. Dramatized by author and screenwriter Samira Fazal, it originally aired on Hum TV in 2010. It is set amidst the partition of India and the establishment of Pakistan, taking place between 1947 and 1956. It depicts the story of Bano, a Muslim girl from a close-knit family living in Ludhiana, Punjab Province; the plot revolves around the trials and tribulations that she faces after she decides to dedicate her life to the All-India Muslim League.
Director Haissam Hussain stated in an interview that production for the drama began months in advance and that the filming only took a little over two months.
Based on the true events of partition of India in 1947, the series depicts the events of rioting and chaos in 1947.
Based on the novel Bano, Dastaan begins with the wedding of Suraiya and Salim. Suraiya's nephew Hassan was the son of Rasheeda. When Hassan's father died, he and his mother were kicked out of his father's house by his paternal family which was in Jalandhar, and they moved back to Rasheeda's maternal house in Ludhiana.
Bano, Suraiya, Faheem, Salim and Hassan were childhood friends, and all grew up together. When Hassan went to the university, he left home and went to Islamia college in Peshawar. Hassan returns for Saleem and Suraiya's wedding, where Hassan and Bano meet for the first time as adults after three years. The whole family gathered for the wedding, including Hassan's aunt Jameela from Amritsar, his aunt Sultana and her daughter Rabia from Lahore or Pindi.
Hassan spent most of his time at the wedding preaching the Quaid's message and the rest of it teasing his cousin Rabia and flirting with Bano. Although Rabia was only 14 years old and Hassan thought of her as a younger sister, she started developing feelings for him. As Hassan starts teasing and flirting with Bano, they slowly begin to develop feelings for each other, with Hassan visiting Ludhiana every now and then.
He is a final year engineering student at the Islamia College, an active supporter of the All-India Muslim League, and the leader of the Ludhiana Branch. He strongly believes in the establishment of Pakistan and is an avid follower of Qaid-E-Azam, the head of the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. Saleem is an activist of the Indian National Congress, with all his friends being Hindu. He strictly believes that the creation of Pakistan will not help but lessen the position of Muslims in India.
The political debate between Saleem and Hassan begins as friendly competition, but intensifies as conditions worsen throughout India for Muslims. Saleem, hot-tempered and rash, begins bringing political debates into family life and eventually forbids Suraiya to visit Hassan, her nephew. But Hassan is not dissuaded. He continues to spread the message of Pakistan throughout Saleem's family, causing Saleem's anger to explode on many occasions. Other than Saleem, his entire family becomes strong supporters of the Muslim League, especially Bano, who makes posters and signs for the Pakistan Movement.
Dastaan (2010 TV series)
Dastaan (Urdu: داستان, lit. 'The tale') is a Pakistani television series based on the 1971 novel Bano by Razia Butt. Dramatized by author and screenwriter Samira Fazal, it originally aired on Hum TV in 2010. It is set amidst the partition of India and the establishment of Pakistan, taking place between 1947 and 1956. It depicts the story of Bano, a Muslim girl from a close-knit family living in Ludhiana, Punjab Province; the plot revolves around the trials and tribulations that she faces after she decides to dedicate her life to the All-India Muslim League.
Director Haissam Hussain stated in an interview that production for the drama began months in advance and that the filming only took a little over two months.
Based on the true events of partition of India in 1947, the series depicts the events of rioting and chaos in 1947.
Based on the novel Bano, Dastaan begins with the wedding of Suraiya and Salim. Suraiya's nephew Hassan was the son of Rasheeda. When Hassan's father died, he and his mother were kicked out of his father's house by his paternal family which was in Jalandhar, and they moved back to Rasheeda's maternal house in Ludhiana.
Bano, Suraiya, Faheem, Salim and Hassan were childhood friends, and all grew up together. When Hassan went to the university, he left home and went to Islamia college in Peshawar. Hassan returns for Saleem and Suraiya's wedding, where Hassan and Bano meet for the first time as adults after three years. The whole family gathered for the wedding, including Hassan's aunt Jameela from Amritsar, his aunt Sultana and her daughter Rabia from Lahore or Pindi.
Hassan spent most of his time at the wedding preaching the Quaid's message and the rest of it teasing his cousin Rabia and flirting with Bano. Although Rabia was only 14 years old and Hassan thought of her as a younger sister, she started developing feelings for him. As Hassan starts teasing and flirting with Bano, they slowly begin to develop feelings for each other, with Hassan visiting Ludhiana every now and then.
He is a final year engineering student at the Islamia College, an active supporter of the All-India Muslim League, and the leader of the Ludhiana Branch. He strongly believes in the establishment of Pakistan and is an avid follower of Qaid-E-Azam, the head of the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. Saleem is an activist of the Indian National Congress, with all his friends being Hindu. He strictly believes that the creation of Pakistan will not help but lessen the position of Muslims in India.
The political debate between Saleem and Hassan begins as friendly competition, but intensifies as conditions worsen throughout India for Muslims. Saleem, hot-tempered and rash, begins bringing political debates into family life and eventually forbids Suraiya to visit Hassan, her nephew. But Hassan is not dissuaded. He continues to spread the message of Pakistan throughout Saleem's family, causing Saleem's anger to explode on many occasions. Other than Saleem, his entire family becomes strong supporters of the Muslim League, especially Bano, who makes posters and signs for the Pakistan Movement.