Bakhtawar-A Real Life Incident-On Air by Hum TV

The drama is a Momina Duraid production and Zaidi’s first look was shared on HUM TV’s Instagram official account. Written by Nadia Akhtar, the drama has been directed by Shahid Shafaat and produced by Momina Duraid. Besides Zaidi, the cast includes Zaviyar Nauman Ejaz, Saqib Sameer, Mizna Waqas, Naureen Gulbani, Sunil Shankar, and Huma Nawab, Adnan Shah (Tipu), and others.

The story of the drama is about the journey of a young girl who is headstrong as she is trying to escape her troubled home, difficulties, and pain and create a better tomorrow for herself. On the work front, Zaidi was last seen in Ishq-e-Laa and Sinf-e-Aahan. She is famous for her marvellous performance in Parizaad, Pyar Kay Sadqay, and Ishq Zahe Naseeb.

In the very latest episode of Bakhtawar, a very powerful scene of a bus hostess’s murder has been shown which is very close to its original reality, audience was shocked to see the scene which brought the audience to tears.  Yumna Zaidi who performed the act of bus host did a professional job, with her new friend Parveen who also going the same bus host job.

This incident happened in Faisalabad when Mahwish Arshad, a bus hostess was killed by Umar Daraz, a security guard working for the same company for refusing his marriage proposal. All the mainstream media show the real footage and report but unfortunately, police reaction was too slow to give justice.

The incident was a clear example of the patriarchal mindset prevailing in our society.  Social media users were overwhelmed after watching the episode and Parveen lost her life because of a petty man and his ego. The incident is a harrowing example and look into the patriarchal mindset of our society.

Let’s have a look at how the netizens reacted:

Yumna did a very professional job in this play and acquired huge appreciation from people around the world, Bakhtawar is the name of yuman character who lives in a small house with her mother and the story rotates around the young but brave girl who tries to foil the hindrances in her life and fighting with the bad part of the society. It is a true picture of women’s empowerment issues in our society.