Daddy (drama)

Daddy
A promotional image of Daddy
Genre	Family
Written by	Ali Imran
Directed by	Misbah Khalid
Opening theme	Khoye Kahan by Nouman Javaid
Country of origin	Pakistan
Language(s)	Urdu
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	35 - 40 minutes (per episode)
Production company(s)	Six Sigma Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	ARY Digital
Original run	November 13, 2010 – February 05,2011

Daddy is a Pakistani drama serial which premiered on ARY Digital on November 13, 2010 and ended on February 5 in the following year. The serial is produced by Samina Humayun Saeed's Production house Six Sigma Productions, written by Ali Imran, directed by Misbah Khalid.

This was veteran actor Khayyam Sarhadi's last drama serial.^[1] He died before the last episode was aired, which was officially dedicated to the deceased actor.

Cast and Characters

Main cast

• Sajid Hasan as Jahanzaib
• Samia Mumtaz as Anya
• Aiman Khan as Haiya
• Zeeshan Ahmed as Hassam
• Sardar Nadir as Bilal

Supporting cast

• Khayyam Sarhadi as Jahangir
• Zainab Qayyum as Maria
• Humayun Saeed as Sameer
• Sajjad Kishwar as Anya's father
• Parveen Malik as Anya's mother
• Aneesa Sheikh as Saima
• Niggi as Saima's mother

Notable guest stars

• Shamoon Abbasi as Walid

Plot

Jehanzeb (Sajid Hasan) portrays the role of an ever-loving and ever-compromising Daddy, who has been there for his children, when Anya (Samia Mumtaz) left them for her self-progression. It all starts when Jehanzeb and Anya, who have been great friends since their days at art school, realise their feelings for each other and decide to get married. Anya has always been passionate for Filmmaking and aspires to be a film director, but till now she had been cheating on this passion for the sake of her husband and 3 kids. Luckily, one day she gets an opportunity to do a short course of 6 months from an Indian film institute. Jehanzeb and her father-in-law, Jahangir (Khayyam Sarhadi) support her in the decision of taking up this opportunity and ultimately she leaves her children on the mercy of their father. After completing the course, Anya gets her first professional offer and this time she is not willing to go back home very soon and as a result her children are facing stern negligence from their mother. At such pivotal point of time, Jehanzeb decides to play the role of both the parents along with the help of his old friend Maria (Zainab Qayyum). And eventually when Anya returns to her home after a long time, she remains astound to notice that her children absolutely belong to their ‘Daddy’.

Reference

1. ^ "Khayyam Sarhadi dies". Brecorder.. http://www.brecorder.com/news/general-news/pakistan/1151768:news.html. Retrieved 5 February 2011.