Pardes (Urdu: پردیس, lit. 'Foreign Land') is a Pakistani television drama series originally aired on Hum Sitaray starting from 28 October 2015 to 6 January 2016. It is written by K Rahman and directed by Sabir Waheed. The series features Sarwat Gillani, Faisal Rehman, Taifoor Khan, Juggan Kazim, Erum Akhtar and Sehar Afzal in leading roles.^[1][2] Besides Pakistan, the series is also set in Phuket, Thailand.^[3][4]

Plot

Pardes revolves around a household from Lahore where two brothers live together happily with their families. On the wedding days of their children, the elder brother's son, Kabeer refuses to marry the daughter of younger brother, Mubashir. He leaves the house and goes to abroad to his friend, Sonia whom he knows and becomes a friend on internet. Sonia lives in Phuket with her mother and works in the house of a rich businessman, Makdoom Shah Zaman. She takes care of the wife of Zaman, Geati who has some problems likely bipolar disorder.

Cast

• Sarwat Gillani as Geati
• Faisal Rehman as Makhdoom Shah Zaman
• Juggan Kazim as Sanam
• Taifoor Khan as Kabeer
• Sehar Afzal as Sonia
• Erum Akhtar as Shaheen
• Imran Ashraf as Jawad
• Sohail Sameer as Zaheer
• Irfan Khoosat as Kabeer and Zaheer's father
• Mohsin Gillani as Mubashir
• Munazzah Arif as Fariha
• Seemi Raheel as Sonia's mother
• Kinza Malik as Arslan's mother
• Tehreem Afzal as Sobia

References