Choti Choti Batain () is a 2019 Pakistani anthology television series, created and developed by Shahzad Javed, Head of Content, HUM TV, co-produced by Momina Duraid of MD Productions and Angeline Malik.
The series is promoted as a collection of different stories for breaking stereotypes prevailing in Pakistani society. Malik earlier announced the title of the series as Inkaar Karo, which was later changed to Choti Choti Batain.
Premise
Story - 1
Name Airing date No. of episodes Writer Director Cast Bandhan; lit: Relation 10 March 2019 – 31 March 2019 4 Saima Akram Angeline Malik Yumna Zaidi, Zahid Ahmed, Farah Shah
Story 2 Name Airing date No. of episodes Writer Director CastMujhay Tum Pasand Ho; lit: I Like You7 April 2019 – 28 April 20194Misbah NosheenAngeline MalikUshna Shah, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Hina Dilpazeer
Story 3 Name Airing date No. of episodes Writer Director CastDil Hi Tou Hai; lit:It's my heart9 June 2019 – 30 June 20194Rida BilalAngeline MalikAtiqa Odho, Mariyam Nafees, Osama Tahir, Hajra Yamin, Sukaina Khan, Saman Ansari
The story explores the life of single parents, and how they feel when their children grow up and get busy with their lives. Saif (Osama Tahir) and Anaya (Hajra Yamin) are a married couple living with Saif's father, Hassan (Sajid Hassan), while Sofia (Atiqa Odho) is the single mother of two daughters, Aliya (Mariyam Nafees) and Neha (Sukaina Khan). Slowly after their children's marriage, Hassan and Sofia realize what they are missing out on: they crave companionship. Both, by fate, meet each other and end up being a couple after a little family drama in both families.
Story 4 Name Airing date No Of Episodes Writer Director CastKuch To Log Kahengay; lit: People Will Talk7 July 2019 4Angeline MalikKubra Khan, Shehzad Sheikh, Saba Hameed, Gul-e-Rana, Shehryar Zaidi
Story 5 Name Airing date No Of Episodes Writer Director CastWajah Tum Ho; lit: You are the reason5 August 2019 4Ibn-e-AasAngeline MalikSaheefa Jabbar Khattak, Azfar Rehman
Story 6 Name Airing date No Of Episodes Writer Director CastRoop; lit: Complexion1 September 2019 5Parisa SiddiquiAngeline MalikAmar Khan, Muneeb Butt, Ghana Ali
The story follows the life of Zeena (Amar Khan) who is a plain looking young woman from a middle-class family in Karachi. Zeena is a sincere worker. She is naive but intelligent. She has faced rejection largely from society simply because of her looks. Zeena somehow lands her dream job at Office. She is appointed as the assistant to Rehaan (Muneeb Butt) and after a rough start soon becomes indispensable at work. She falls in love with Rehaan but keeps her feelings to herself.
Cast Story - 1 (Bandhan) Zahid Ahmed as Fahad Yumna Zaidi as Bisma Farah Shah as Salma; Fahad's mother Saima Qureshi as Nayla; as Bisma's mother Saife Hassan as Nasir; Bisma's father Khalid Anam as Raza; Fahad's father
Story - 2 (Mujhay Tum Pasand Ho) Ushna Shah as Pareshay (Pari) Mohsin Abbas Haider as Akaash Hina Dilpazeer as Akaash's mother Shahood Alvi as Akaash's father Shermeen Ali as Samiya Fazila Qazi as Pari's mother Sajid Shah as Pari's father Ikram Abbasi as Umair Hasan Khan as Shahid
Story - 3 (Dil Hi Tou Hai) Atiqa Odho as Sofia Arif/Sofia Hassan Mariyam Nafees as Aliya Raheel Sukaina Khan as Neha Waqar Hajra Yamin as Anaya Saif Osama Tahir as Saif Hassan Saman Ansari as Shehnaz Sajid Hassan as Hassan Ahmed
Story - 4 (Kuch Toh Log Kahenge) Kubra Khan as Sana Shehzad Sheikh as Zain/Guddu Saba Hameed as Shaista Gul-e-Rana as Guddu's mother Shehryar Zaidi as Taimoor Ahson Talish as Ahmad
Story - 5 (Wajah Tum Ho) Saheefa Jabbar Khattak as Hania Azfar Rehman as Sarim Hira Tareen as Nadia Tipu Sharif as Tanveer
Story - 6 (Roop) Amar Khan as Zeena Muneeb Butt Mehmood Aslam Lubna Aslam Rubina Ashraf Ghana Ali Rabya Kulsoom Sara Razi
Release The series airs weekly on Hum TV every Sunday evening. It had been hiatus during Ramadan after Mujhay Tum Pasand Ho as the channel ran a transmission the whole day for the first time in years, leaving space for very few serials in a week. It resumed with Dil Hi Toh Hai on 9 June 2019. Each episode of the drama has near one million or at least one million views on YouTube.
References
External links Official website