Piyari Bittu
| Piyari Bittu | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Saji Gul |
| Directed by | Mazhar Moin |
| Starring | Sania Saeed Atiqa Odho Sania Shamshad |
| Opening theme | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Musharaf Jaffery Naveed Arshad |
| Running time | 35-40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Express Entertainment |
| Release | 9 September 2017 – 24 March 2018 |
Piyari Bittu is a Pakistani drama serial, written by Saji Gul and directed by Mazhar Moin. It features Sania Shamshad in the title role of Bittu while Atiqa Odho and Sania Saeed also in leading roles on their second collaboration, previously appeared together in Sitara Aur Mehrunissa (1992).[1] The serial sheds light on Alzheimer's disease and explains the complexity of human relations.[2][3]
It received mixed reviews, negative reviews for storyline and received praise for the performance of the leads.[4]
Plot
Shakra loves her nice Bittu very much who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Bittu's father is also very ill and is on his deathbed. Bittu's mother, Sakina is very clever and has greedy nature who does nothing expect to pray for the death of her husband. Before his death, Bittu's father takes promise from his sister Shakara that she will takes care of Bittu after him. After his death, Sakina marries with another man and takes Bittu with her. She then marries Bittu with a pshyco man in return of heavy amount. When Shakra finds it she goes and brings Bittu back to her. She sacrifices her all happiness for Bittu and even ignores her husband and children without knowing that in near future all of her sacrifices will cause troubles for him.
Cast
- Sanai Shamshad as Bittu
- Sania Saeed[5] as Shakra
- Atiqa Odho as Sakina
- Farah Shah
- Nayyar Ejaz
- Shamim Hilaly
- Rashid Farooqui
- Fawad Khan[6]
- Zaib Rehman
- Tipu Shareef
- Kaif Ghaznavi[1]
References
- ^ a b Fouzia Nasir Ahmad (10 September 2017). "SPOTLIGHT: THE BIG COMEBACK". Dawn News.
- ^ Irfan ul Haq (2017-03-25). "Sania Saeed and Atiqa Odho re-unite onscreen for TV drama on Alzheimer's". Dawn Images. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ "Sania Saeed and Atiqa Odho share screen after 25 years". Tribune. 2017-09-09.
- ^ Saira Khan (13 November 2021). "9 episodes down Piyari Bitto is not everyone's cup of tea". HIP.
- ^ "Sania Saeed to work in Saji Gul's play". nation.com.pk. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
- ^ Muhammad Ali (31 January 2018). "In conversation with theatre-turned-TV actor Muhammad Fawad Khan". Daily Times.