Jalan

Jalan (Urdu: جلن‎, lit. 'Jealousy') is a Pakistani television series premiered on ARY Digital on 17 June 2020. It is produced by Fahad Mustafa under Big Bang Entertainment. It stars Minal Khan, Areeba Habib, Emmad Irfani and Fahad Sheikh.The first teaser of the series premiered on 3 June 2020.[1][2][3][4]

Jalan
Official title card
GenreRomance Drama
Written bySidra Sehar Imran
Directed byAabis Raza
StarringMinal Khan
Areeba Habib
Emmad Irfani
Fahad Sheikh
Opening theme"Bhoolne Ki Koshish Karna" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes31
Production
ProducersFahad Mustafa
Dr. Ali Kazmi
Production locationKarachi
Camera setupMulti-camera setup
Production companyBig Bang Entertainment
DistributorARY Television Network
Release
Original networkARY Digital
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseJune 17 (2020-06-17) –
December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16)
External links
Website

Plot

Nisha and Misha (Meenu as a nickname) are two sisters who belong to a middle-class background. Nisha is a selfish girl who is used to snatching better things from her sister which Misha gives her happily. She likes her cousin Ahmer who loves her intensely and becomes engaged to her. Later Asfandyar's (Asfi/Asfand for short) proposal comes for Meenu. Seeing that Asfandyar comes from a rich and elite background, Nisha becomes jealous of her sister and tries to point out flaws in him, but the two eventually get married, much to Nisha's distaste.

Nisha seeing her sister's expensive gifts and big house tries to break her own engagement with Ahmer, behaving rudely with him in the process. Both of their families and Ahmer disagree, and instead set the wedding date. Nisha starts plotting her evil plans, and makes Ahmer look bad in front of her parents by accusing him of bringing a knife to kill her, leading to their engagement being broken, while she also tries to come closer to Asfandyar, trying to manipulate him.

Aside, Misha finds out she is pregnant. Nisha then continues to separate her sister from Asfand, who shamelessly falls in love with her and thinks about divorcing Meenu. A while later, Asfand's sister Kinza comes to Pakistan to visit him and sees Nisha with him in his house. His sister demands him to go and get Meenu from her home, but he divorces her in front of her family and Nisha, where Misha faints and is taken to the hospital, where she gives birth to her son. Meenu tries to get in touch with Ahmer to apologize for everything that happened, since she has realised Nisha was as bad as Ahmer described her, but he is in London for work, so his wife Areej picks up, which is a surprise to Misha who doesn't know Ahmer was married. Areej passes on to him that Meenu wants to apologize.

After the birth of her son, Nisha calls Meenu about her upcoming nikkah with Asfand, and tells her that if she comes, she should come without her son. Meenu sits there and recalls her memories, spotting a container with gasoline in the room. She ignites a fire on the balcony and jumps into it, in an attempt to end her life. Nisha and Asfand are married, after which Kinza announces that she will separate her part of the family's business and property shares.

The unfortunate events continue for Misha's family, as Misha dies in the hospital. Ahmer tells himself that he will never forgive Nisha and Asfand after all the things they did to Meenu. Asfand starts to see through the greedy side of Nisha after she accuses him of playing with her because his sister has a bigger section of the property and business. He begins to regret the things he did to Meenu after her death. This regret leads to the death Asfand. On the other hand Nisha is doing all possible things to separate Areej from Ahmer. But when the boundary is crossed Ahmer decides to go back to Lahore. Nisha was now alone and was seeing Misha's Ghost constantly. She drives out of the house and is badly burnt in a car accident and lost all the complexion she had earlier. Ahmer and the whole family celebrates the prediction of a new born of Ahmer and Areej. Nisha is shifted to Mental assylum.

Cast
  • Minal Khan as Nisha Tanveer, Misha's younger sister.
  • Emmad Irfani as Asfandyar, Meenu's ex-husband now Nisha's husband.
  • Fahad Sheikh as Ahmer, Meenu/Nisha's cousin, Sajeela's nephew.
  • Areeba Habib as Misha Tanveer/ Meenu, Nisha's elder sister, Asfandyar's ex-wife and Haadi's mother (dead).
  • Hajra Yamin as Areej, Ahmer's wife.
  • Maira Khan as Humaira, Ahmer's sister, Meenu/Nisha's cousin, Sajeela's neice.
  • Nadia Hussain as Kinza, Asfandyar's sister.
  • Mohammad Ahmed as Nisha/Meenu's father.
  • Sajida Syed as Sajeela; Nisha/Meenu's mother.

Production

In November 2019, it was announced that Minal Khan, Areeba Habib, and Emmad Irfani were collaborating on the project.[5] As Khan appeared as antagonist for the first time in her career, she commented that through playing character of Nisha, she hoped to "bring versatility to her work".[3]

Release

On 5 June 2020, Khan announced in an Instagram post that the serial would premiere on 17 June on ARY Digital.[6]

Reception

Despite Negative Reveiws Jalan Drama Received Blockbuster Ratings And Continuously Topped Slot ratings and always was in Top 5 Pakistani Urdu weekly serials.

Controversy

Jalan met with extreme negativity right when the initial teasers released. The storyline of a girl going for her own brother in-law was quite controversial and people began criticizing the serial.[7] After giving few warnings regarding the show, PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority) decided to ban the drama.[8] People said this show was taking the youth in the wrong direction, and felt this show could ruin the society.[9] Many also called Jalan's entire story predictable [10] but also admitted the viewers are hooked onto this show. Some people went as far to bash Minal Khan with disgusting and derogatory terms,[11] but Minal Khan brushed off the hate by saying “If I say I wasn't expecting the backlash I’d be lying.. I knew it'll affect my personal life. People bash you personally”. The show started with lower ratings and views due to the negativity surrounding the series but many began to praise the execution and high production value, as well as the acting done by the cast.[12] The show started getting higher ratings and regularly topped the ratings and on YouTube, it began grabbing millions views in hours internationally. It has gotten a lot of fame and recognition and despite criticism still intact for the serial, it has gone up in audience consumption heavily.[13]

References
  1. "Minal Khan wants to bring versatility to her work with 'Jalan'". Daily Times. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. "Minal Khan is getting out of her comfort zone". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  3. "Minal Khan wants to bring versatility to her work with 'Jalan'". ARY News. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. "Minal Khan talked about her drama 'Jalan' that received much criticism". The Nation. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. "اريبا حبيب جلد نئين ڊرامي جلن ۾ جوهر ڏيکاريندي -" (in Sindhi). Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  6. "Minal Khan on Instagram: "#Jalan starting from 17th June @8pm on @arydigital.tv 😍 @razaaabis"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  7. "Minal Khan talked about her drama 'Jalan' that received much criticism". The Nation. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  8. sulaiman, ghazala (2020-07-24). "Jalan: A Story That Will Be Bashed but Will Get Ratings". HIP. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  9. "ARY Drama Serial "JALAN" becomes the Center of Criticism, WHY?". Humari News. 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  10. admin (2020-07-02). "Pakistani Dramas That Are Not Serving Any Purpose". Reviewit.pk. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  11. Saleem, Hina (2020-08-16). "Minal Khan Talked About The Criticism She Is Receiving After Jalan". Reviewit.pk. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  12. "Jalan – A Story Of Betrayal, Greed, and Jealousy". Trendinginsocial. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  13. "Jalan – Review Meter". www.reviewmeter.pk. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
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