Mann Mayal

Mann Mayal
Against a dark-maroonish background four faces appears from head to abdomen, among them two are girls and two are boys showing all four main protagonist of series.
Genre Family Drama
Serial drama
Romance
Created by Momina Duraid
Sana Shahnawaz
Written by Samira Fazal-Umar
Directed by Haseeb Hassan
Starring Hamza Ali Abbasi
Maya Ali
Gohar Rasheed
Ayesha Khan
Aiman Khan
Theme music composer Shuja Hyder
Opening theme "Tere Naal Mein Laiyan" by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch
Composer(s) MAD Music
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of episodes 15 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Momina Duraid
Samina Humayun Saeed
Sana Shahnawaz
Tariq Shah
Editor(s) Mahmood Ali
Location(s) Hyderabad
Karachi
Cinematography Zeb Rao
Camera setup Single camera
Running time 40 - 45 minutes
Production company(s) MD Productions
Release
Original network Hum TV
Picture format 560i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
Original release 25 January 2016 (2016-01-25) – present
External links
Hum Television
MD Productions

Mann Mayal (Urdu: من مائل‎ ; lit: Heart Attracted ; previously entitled Tera Ghum Aur Hum and Dil-e-Jaanam[1]) is a Pakistani drama serial that premiered on Hum TV on January 25, 2016. It is written by Samira Fazal and directed by Haseeb Hassan.[2] The story of serial is told in a heavily serialized manner and it follows the lives of Manahil - a college student and Salahuddin - an ambitious person, who despite having a strong future career planning, falls in love with her but they unable to unite because of family disputes and fate barriers.[3]

It was co-created and co-produced by the creative head Momina Duraid with Sana Shahnawaz, Samina Humayun Saeed and Tariq Shah. The show was first aired on Hum TV, as a part of night programming all under Duraid's production company.[4][5][6]

Mann Mayal features an ensemble cast with Hamza Ali Abbasi as Salahuddin, Maya Ali as Manahil, Gohar Rasheed as Mikaeel and Ayesha Khan as Jeena in leading roles, with the supporting cast of and Aiman Khan, Saba Hameed, Naeem Tahir, Shehryar Zaidi, Ismat Zaidi, Mehmood Aslam, Laila Zuberi and Talat Hussain [7][8][9] The show is set in Hyderabad and Karachi, Sindh. Mann Mayal premiered in Pakistan, UK, USA and UAE with same premier date and timings.

Premise

Mann Mayal depicts the story of Manahil (Maya Ali) and Salahuddin (Hamza Ali Abbasi), who are neighbors and Salahuddin's sister Rabia (Aiman Khan) is a friend of Manahil. Salahuddin is ambitious for studies but is however asked by Manahil's father to give tuition to Manahil because of her low grades. Both fell in love but Salahuddin refuse to marry Manahil due to their social-class status and due to fear of rejection from her family. Manahil's parents accept the proposal of Mikaeel who is unknown to Manahil's family is a spoiled-habitual person. Salahuddin says last goodbyes to Manahil before her marriage only to end up in allegation that he took her, he then settled things out and left for karachi to work at his friend Iftis' (Vasay Chaudhry) firm, where he met Ifti's father Rehman (Talat Hussain) who is dying of cancer and is treated poorly by his daughter in law "Cookie" (Arjumand Rahim) and housekeeper Jamil (Saleem Mairaj). Salahuddin and Rehman develop a close bond and they confides in each other.[10]

Despite her family’s opposition, Manahil leaves her home and family for Salahuddin but is left empty handed, filled with regret and remorse. Series then takes the leap of 3 years with Salahuddin returning and finds everything changed. The latter half of the series shows the trials of Mannu and Salahuddin's fate of love, and his feelings for Manahil. He also found out that Meekail tortures' Manahil and her silence to torture to punish herself as she promised to Salahuddin 3 years ago. Jeena is also introduced who works with Salahudin as his colleague and later fell for him. Other recurring roles include Manahil's parents Saba Hameed as Saliha and Naeem Tahir as Javed, Salahuddin's parents Ismat Zaidi and Shehryar Zaidi and Laila Zuberi as Rahila and Mehmood Aslam as Shahad who plays Mikaeel's parents,[9] appears throughout the series.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Production

Development

Man Mayal was originally conceived by Hum TV's senior producer Momina Duraid and fashion-stylist Sana Shahnawaz as Tera Ghum Aur Hum in late July 2015, with Duraid's hiring Haseeb Hassan for direction, who was the director of channel's then running serial Diyar-e-Dil that ended in October 2015.[11][12] Haseeb returns to direct third year in a row since his first project for channel in 2013.[13] The screenplay for the serial is written by Lux Style Award-winning writer Samira Fazal who, previously wrote the screenplays of channel's critically acclaimed serials such as Dastaan, Bari Aapa, Mera Naseeb and most recently Alvida, it also marked the writer's first collaboration with Hassan.

In August 2015, Samina Humayun Saeed and Tariq Shah came on board as a co-producers, both Samina and Tariq previously produced cult followed-drama serial Sadqay Tumhare that aired between 2014-2015 television season.[14] while Sana marked her production debut with this serial,[15] she explained, "I'm thrilled to get a chance to work with such an amazing team so early on in my career. I couldn’t have found a better project than Mann Mayal to kick-start this new phase in my creative journey. It’s always a blast working with a team who are not only talented artists but also very dear friends. I’m confident the audiences are going to love this serial."[16] Writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar initially wrote the lyrics for series soundtrack and helped producer Sana coined then series name Tera Ghum Aur Hum.[17]

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt sends regards to Shahnawaz for her production venture.[18] Series music and background score is composed by Hamza Jafri of MAD music, while title track composition and lyrics is written by Shuja Hyder and Momina hired Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch to perform the song making her second collaboration with Duraid since 2011, for drama series Humsafar.[19]

Casting

Creative head and producers Momina Duraid, Sana Shahnawaz and writer Sameera Fazal mutually choose the cast,[17] which includes Maya Ali, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Gohar Rasheed, Ayesha Khan to play the leading roles of Manahil,[20] Salahuddin, Meekail[21] and Jeena respectively.[22] None of the leading actors have appeared together on television except Hamza and Ayesha who worked together in a 2013 film Waar.[18][23] Speaking about her character Khan said, "my role is the surprise element in the drama. She is the game changer of the play. I opted for this role because she is not a typical damsel in distress which I think I have done umpteen times; instead she is needy for love. She gives unconditional love to others and expects the same for herself,".[24] This is Mayal Ali second consecutive collaboration with director having previously worked in Diyar-e-Dil.[25] Stating about her character Ali said, "my character will create magic in this serial".[26] Hamza who plays Afzal as his feature television debut in Piyaray Afzal in 2014, returns to play Salahuddin on the request of Sana.[17] Hamza described his character "is close to who I am."[27][28] In an interview Hamza explained that, "I have done this serial after giving a hit film because I don’t want to leave television and it is my moral commitment to myself to do one serial a year. Other than this, the story is not a typical saazishi aurto wali kahani and has room for me to come out as a better actor."[29] Gohar who have worked with Abbasi in theater and films said about his character, "Mikail is rich and a little bit spoiled; he has his own set of insecurities which he tries to overcome in his own way."[21]

Veteran actors' Saba Hameed and Naeem Tahir plays the roles Manahil's parents while veteran actors Shehryar Zaidi and Ismat Zaidi's Salahuddin's parents, popular soap actress Aiman Khan (née Mubeen) plays the role of Rabiya as Salahuddin younger sister and Manahil friend. Mehmood Aslam and Laila Zuberi plays Meekail parents and other roles with off-and-on screen appearances is played by Saleem Mairaj, Arjumand Rahim, Vasay Chaudhry and National award-winning actor Talat Hussain as Rehman.

Filming and locations

Principal photography commence on August 30, 2015 and finishes in mid December 2015 with a total of twenty-four episodes.[29] Shooting was extensively done in remote areas of Hyderabad, Sindh and in Clifton in Karachi, Sindh.[30] Several sets-locations were real including Salahuddin home, which was a 'hundred-year' Haveli, director Hassan said, "The haveli we chose as Hamza’s house was almost 100 hundreds year old. I am glad we shot there because it has been demolished by government now,".[30] Shooting locations were overseen by art director Zeeshan. In an interview Haseeb said, "The wonderful artwork you will notice in the drama has been done by Zeeshan. Whenever I take up any project I always have some period in mind; n this serial the props and accessories we have used would represent the old era and it has been done in a way that everything look relatable,".[30] Cinematographer Zeb Rao and editor Mehmood Ali return as director of photography and chief editing respectively[30] as both previously worked with Duraid's Diyar-e-Dil that earned them critical praise and acclaim.[31]

Music

Mann Mayal OST
Soundtrack album by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch and Shuja Hyder
Released 23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
Recorded 2016
Genre Television soundtrack
Length 3 minute and 45 seconds
Language Punjabi, Urdu
Label M.D Productions
Producer Momina Duraid
Music video
"Mann Mayal" OST on YouTube

The title song of Mann Mayal was composed by musician Shuja Hyder, who also penned down the lyrics while the background score for the series is done by Mad Music.[32][33] The OST was performed by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch '"QB".[34] with Shuja Hyder as being in the chorous. It marks the return of QB to Hum TV, since she performed the channels hit drama series Humsafar's title song "Woh Humsafar Tha" in 2012.[19]

First half of the soundtarck was released on 23 January 2016 as after the final title was revealed as Mann Mayal and next half was released on February 1, 2016. Soundtarck is produced along with series production by Momina Duraid, Samina Humayun Saeed, Sana Shahnawaz and Tariq Shah under Duraid's production company M.D Productions.

Soundtrack was praised for its lyrics and composition and vocals, QB and co-singer Shuja Hyder received much appraisal for their singing as well as enthusiastic reviews for Hyder composing, particularly Hyder being praised for "his vocals add depth and variety to the proceedings."[35] Popularity of "Tere Naal Mein laiyan" led an online competition where on February 9 Hum Network announced on its Facebook page to "record the soundtrack and inbox to series official page, to win a title of Voice of Art and gifts hampers."[36]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Shuja Hyder, all music composed by Shuja Hyder and Mad Music.

No. TitleArtist(s) Length
1. "Tere Naal Mein laiyan"  Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch and Shuja Hyder 3:45

Release

Broadcast

Mann Mayal was originally scheduled to air in late December 2015, however due to post-production delays, Hum TV re-scheduled the series for January 2016.[37] It was initially titled Tera Ghum Aur Hum in an early press releases[1] but then it was changed to Dil-e-Jaanam and then to Mann Mayal, with no official reason given by Hum Network management to these changes. Mann Mayal aired a weekly episode on every Monday succeeding Maan who was shifted on Friday after the finale of Tumhare Siwa, starting from its premiere date, with time slot of 8:00 pm.[38] It was announced that series will be premiered on January 22, 2016 after Tumhare Siwa but then moved to Monday with the premier date of January 25.[16] The show approximately airs weekly episode for 35–40 minutes (without commercials). The series was ordered and comprised 24 episodes. It was aired on Hum Europe in UK,[39] on Hum TV USA in USA[39] and Hum TV Mena on UAE,[39] with same timings and premiered date. All International broadcasting aired the series in accordance with their standard times.

Reception

Television ratings

Number of Episodes Timeslot (PST) Premiere Finale TV Season Rank Overall viewership
Date PAK Viewers
(thousands)		 UK Viewers
(thousands)		 Date PAK Viewers
(thousands)		 UK Viewers
(thousands)
24
Mondays
08:00 pm
January 25, 2016
 49.6[40] TBA
July 4, 2016
 TBA TBA 2016 TBD TBD

Mann Mayal premiered with 50.6 thousands viewers[40] in Pakistan. While on January 29, 2016, Hum TV announced that pilot episode received 4.9 TRPs for channel. Second week in a row channel earned the highest TRPs with 5.7 for second episode and 6.6 TRPs for third episode.

Critical reception

Before the premiere of series, Mann Mayal was listed as one of the most anticipated serials of 2016.[29] Writing for Dawn News, Sadaf Haider moderately reviewed the series saying, "Hum TV back to more family-oriented viewing. The recent fervor at Hum TV to make dramas like Sangat and Gul-e-Rana which glamourise rapists may thankfully have abated."[41] She concluded that, "This is a well-made drama worth watching. Anyone who sees the first episode can not wait to see the next. If Mann Mayal can steer clear of obvious clichés, it has the potential to not only be a blockbuster, or a 'must watch', but something iconic. All the ingredients are there."[41] In April issue of The Express Tribune, Mann Mayal was ranked second behind Dillagi.[42]

However, Sheeba Khan of HIP lauded the series positively praising it script, Haseebs's direction, Shuja's background score, and acting - particularly of Hamza and Aiman Khan, she also praised for family orientation script saying, "that old, traditional feel is hard to find in dramas these days...Diyar-e-Dil was the last family drama on air so it is grateful for Mann Mayal and how it was presented!".[43] Writing for same publication Khan heavily praised the screenplay, direction and acting for third episode particularly raising Maya Ali's character saying, "Maya Ali delivered a performance that has now pit her against the best of the best in the industry."[44] And said, "A flawlessly written episode, with flawless acting and direction!."[44]

In a less enthusiastic review for The Express Tribune Kanza Riaz said that, "Mann Mayal is teaching our society some horrendously wrong things."[45] She heavily criticized the serial saying, "the director and producer chose to tell a story of a weak woman who falls in love with her neighbour/friend's brother for no apparent reason. She then employs every cheap trick in the book to attract him and convinces him to ask her parents for her hand in marriage."[45] She further evaluate the role of women in society being "powerful" not "weak" and condemn "love marriage" concept in Pakistani culture. She praised the previous women oriented dramas such as Daam, Durr-e-Shehwar, Zindagi Gulzar Hai and Alpha Bravo Charlie.[45] She concluded by saying "our entertainment media has become extremely commercialised and rating-oriented."[45] Ayesha Siddique of The Nation opposes the idea of spreading "wrong message" to the nation and said, "Mann Mayal is attempting to make girls more expressive and bolder,"[46] and explained that, "If a girl likes someone she should express her feelings. It is not against the dignity of a woman. It is not against anyone’s dignity at all. The taboo over a woman proposing to a man should be revisited."[46]

See also

References

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  44. 1 2 "Episode 3 of 'Mann Mayal' was completely owned by Maya Ali!". HIP. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
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