Jackson Heights 2014
3 stories of Pakistani's family living in New York.
3 stories of Pakistani's family living in New York.
A school teacher was left by her husband with her 3 daughters and marries another women for the sake of getting a male child. The story focuses on gender biasness and the difference between the classes in terms of the affluence level.
This story revolves around the lives of Mr Rashid, his wife, Amna, and his two daughters, Falak and Sitara. Rashid is a narrow minded man, not in favor of educating women. However Falak’s determination forces him to give in and he allows her to complete intermediate education privately. She goes to her neighbor, who is also the principal of a college, for tuition. There she meets Haroon and falls madly in love with him.
Ali and Alizeh are very close friends and have a common friend named Neha. One day Ali's mother suggests Ali that he should get married to Alizeh to which he happily agrees. Ali shares this with Neha but doesn't reveal it to her whom his mother has suggested him to marry.
Story revolves around two individuals, Aunn and Zara. Both are equally spoiled by their families but are poles apart. Both get married (to avoid the problems faced due to their families) and find twists in each turn.
Zohab is blindfolded and is forced to marry Nayab. The story takes new twists and turns on a speedy pace. While on the search they bump into one another. They are together for a long time and to make the situation even more dramatic start developing feelings, not knowing that they are lawfully wedded.
Khushi's parents decide to marry her off -for a large sum of money- to a wealthy man as his second wife, just so that she can produce the family heir. The deal is that the marriage will only be for a year, after which Khushi will be sent back to her parents.
A story about a woman who was wrongfully accused of adultery and her daughter from the second marriage, who later finds the truth about her mother's past as she herself gets married into the same family.
Bilqees Kaur is the story of Balwant Kaur and Iqbal Bhatti, a Pakistani-origin couple with a conservative lifestyle that has been living in New York for 30 years. To maintain their traditional ways, the couple gets their son and daughter married into Pakistani families.
Sila's rejects a proposal to marry her step-mother's nephew. Eventually, she runs away from her house when her parents try to force her into a marriage.
Laiba is in love with her cousin, Saad Hamdani, who is her father’s business assistant. Aiza’s intellect draws both Saad and Sheharyar towards her.
A simple story of our society which revolves around a lively girl, Kiran. Kiran is a fun and loving girl, yet she values herself a lot. Kiran’s parents accept the proposal of Sikander, who is in love with Kiran after meeting her for the first time in a marriage ceremony. After they both get married, Kiran falls madly in love with Sikander, but very soon she discovers a very strange and sudden change in her husband’s behavior.
Bano and her fiance face the trials and tribulations caused by the 1947 Indian partition.
The story of Daagh drama serial completely revolves around the life of a house wife named Umama, who has four daughters.
It is loosely based on the marriage ceremonies took place in a family of Punjabi's in Punjab.
Bari Aapa is the central character of the telenovela who possesses a rigid and dictatorial nature and her husband, likes to stay out of her way.
A reclusive 76-year-old, who runs a resort in a remote valley, invites his estranged children and grandchildren over to celebrate his life’s grand finale – a wedding with the ghost of his first true love.
The story revolves around the family of Hassan Munir. Munir and Asmat Aara have been married for 15 years and are childless.
Gunehgaar is the story of a successful businessman Zakaria, his kind and cancer-stricken wife Aisha, their kids and two adopted children. Zakaria’s adopted son Ramal Ali is in love with Malaika and on Malaika’s father’s insistence, the couple secretly gets married. Owing to her deteriorating condition, Aisha takes some decisions for her children which bring major upheavals in their lives.