Pyaray Afzal
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| Genre | Romance, drama |
| Written by | Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar |
| Directed by | Nadeem Baig |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Pyar Ko Pyar Mila" Sung by Waqar Ali |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language(s) | Urdu |
| No. of episodes | 37 |
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| Producer(s) | Six Sigma Entertainment |
| Location(s) | Karachi, Hydrabad |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
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| Original network | ARY Digital Network |
| Original release | 26 November 2013 – 12 August 2014 |
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| Pyar Ko Pyar Mila | |
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| Soundtrack album by Waqar Ali | |
| Genre | Theme song |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Language | Urdu |
| Producer | Six Sigma Entertainment |
Pyarey Afzal or Pyaare Afzal (Urdu: پیارے افضل) ( English: Dear Afzal) is a Pakistani romantic drama serial that aired on ARY Digital, directed by Nadeem Baig, written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar and production of Six Sigma Entertainment. The drama was first aired on 26 November 2013 starring Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayeza Khan in lead roles while had its ending episode on 12 August 2014. The show was a major critical and commercial success and the last episode was aired in various cinema screens within the country and became first one to do so. The show was also highly trended on social networking sites and became a "cult" in Pakistan.
Pyaray Afzal won many people's choice awards from Dawn readers in 2014. At the annual Lux Style Awards, Pyarey Afzal won five awards from seven nominations, including Best Television Play, Best Director for Baig, Best Actor for Abbasi and Best Actress for Khan.Pyaray Afzal also aired in India on Zindagi Channel with the same name. The Express Tribune stated that Indian viewers liked "The script, dialogue delivery, background score and overall finesse" and created a lot of social media response.
The story starts in the city of Hyderabad where the protagonist Afzal Subhan (Hamza Ali Abbasi) son of Maulvi Subhanallah (Firdous Jamal) is playing Cricket. Afzal spends his time playing sports, cards and betting which his father despises. He has a crush on Farah Ibrahim (Aiza Khan), the mill owner's daughter, and claims to receive letters from Farah which he reads in front of his friends, although he refuses to disclose the name of the girl. Farah on the other hand is getting married to Mahtab (Umer Naru), a family friend, but she does not want to marry him. Farah along with her sister Lubna (Sana Javed) hire Afzal to be Farah's love interest so that Farah can convince her parents that she loves another person, which they succeed in doing so. Meanwhile Afzal falls in love with Farah and his sister (Anoushay Abbasi) convinces his parents to take marriage proposal to Farah's parents. In the family meeting Farah humiliates and insults Afzal. Heartbroken Afzal leaves Hyderabad for Karachi vowing to never return back.
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