Mataa-e-Jaan Hai Tu | |
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Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu title screen
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Genre | Drama, Romance |
Written by | Zakir Ahmed Novel by Farhat Ishtiaq |
Directed by | Mehreen Jabbar |
Starring |
Sarwat Gilani Adeel Hussain Sanam Saeed Junaid Khan Ahsan Khan Javed Sheikh Hina Khawaja Bayat |
Theme music composer | Waqar Ali |
Opening theme |
Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu written by Momina Duraid performed by Bilal Khan |
Composer(s) | Ziad |
Country of origin | Pakistan |
Original language(s) | Urdu |
No. of episodes | 17 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Momina Duraid |
Cinematography | Shahzad Kashmiri |
Editor(s) |
Kashif Ahmed Mahmood Ali Rao Rizwan Faisal Saleem Mehreen Jabbar |
Release | |
Original network | Hum TV |
Original release | 2 March | – 22 June 2012
External links | |
Website |
Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu (Urdu: متاع جَاں ہے تو) is a Pakistani drama serial directed by Mehreen Jabbar, based on a novel of the same name written by Farhat Ishtiaq. It was originally aired on Hum TV from 2 March 2012 to 22 June 2012. The drama follows the lives of two Columbia students, Haniya Sajjad (Sarwat Gilani) and Ibad Uzair (Adeel Hussain). Haniya is a second generation Pakistani immigrant who loses her parents early on in the drama series. Ibad is a young Pakistani who has joined Columbia university for his master's degree after completing his bachelor's degree from NED University, Karachi and a brief stint at his father's business It has aired on Indian channel Zee Zindagi as Meri Jaan Hai Tu.
Haniya Sajjad a.k.a. 'Hani' (Sarwat Gilani) and Ibad Uzair a.k.a. 'Aabi' (Adeel Hussain) meet as students at Columbia University, New York. Haniya has lost her parents and lives with her grandmother. Haniya and Ibad fall in love. But when Ibad, on a trip back home, informs his parents about this relationship, his father Uzair (Javed Sheikh) makes it clear that he will never accept it. As a dutiful son, Ibad decides to forget his love and marry the girl chosen by his father. When Ibad returns to the US, however, Haniya loses her grandmother and is left distraught. Ibad decides to marry her at once. He visits Pakistan to break the news to his parents. Uzair explodes in anger and, ignoring his wife Hajra's (Hina Khawaja Bayat) pleas, announces that Ibad is no longer part of the family. A saddened Ibad, on the way to the airport, rings up Haniya and tells her what has happened. To comfort him, Haniya promises that she will go to Pakistan and gain his father's forgiveness.