Inkaar (TV series)


Inkaar is a Pakistani television series, produced by Momina Duraid under their banner MD Productions. The series airs weekly on Hum TV every Monday replacing Aatish. It stars Yumna Zaidi, Imran Ashraf and Sami Khan.
It stars Noor Ul Hassan and Kinza Malik on fourth on-screen appearance together on TV after Sammi, Alif Allah Aur Insaan and Darr si jaati hai Sila.

Plot

Inkaar is about a story of a girl Hajra who comes from a middle class background and studies in a university. She wants to fulfill her dreams and Her father Haji Ilyas fully supports her. Hajra falls in love with Rehan Chaudhary. Rehan was a friend of Shayan. One day, Rehan Chaudhary calls Hajra to Shayan house and try to rape her. Shayan reaches there and saves Hajra.The whole matter closes there because things come on Hajra's honor. Hajra leaves the university without telling anyone anything. Shayan tells his parents that he loves Hajra, his university fellow, and wants to marry her. Firstly, Shayan's father disagrees due to class difference but further on he agrees. Hajra resists to the proposal as she is mentally disturbed due to the incident with Rehan. The story unfolds and she tells Shayan about wjat happened with her. Rehan tells her he has no problem with her past and that he still loves her and wants to marry her. They both get engaged. On the other side when Rehan comes to know about their engagement, he goes angry and he wanted Hajra because he is obsessed with her. He tries to blackmail Hajra and forces her to break the engagement but she rejects him repeatedly. He finally tells her the house he called her and tried to rape her belongs to Shayan and not Rehan. And that Shayan is Rehan's childhood friend and he knew everything about them already. Furious and shocked Hajra goes to Shayan's house just to realize that this is the same house. She believes what Rehan said and breaks her engagement. Shayan after many efforts convince her to listen to her part of the story in Rehan's presence to clear his position. She agrees to meet him. In the presence of Rehan, Shayan tells Hajra that he has been madly in love with her since he first saw her. He was shy by nature so he asked Rehan to help him and tell her about his feelings. Rehan, however, trapped Hajra pretending to be in love with her and tried to get the advantage of her. All that time, he lied to Shayan that he has befriended Hajra to convince her for Shayan's proposal. In the end, Rehan told Shayan that Hajra is not a girl with good character and to prove that to him he called Hajra at Shayan's home, pretending to be ill and tried to rape her. Shayan saves her by stopping Rehan and Hajra escaped without knowing who saved her from Rehan. After telling the whole story he asks Hajra to take whatever decision she wants and that he will stand with her every decision. Hajra decides to be with Shayan and they are set to get married. On Shayan and Hajra's marriage day, Rehan arrives in beauty salon where Hajra was getting ready. He tries that Hajra runs away with him, but Hajra rejects him by saying No Means No. This makes Rehan furious and he stabs her with scissors 25 times. Hajra is saved but the case gets to the court and then starts the war of honor between Hajra and Rehan, where Rehan and his mother using all their influences and power try to prove Hajra to be a characterless girl.
The story has very strong messages and is a great lesson for the modern generation, especially girls who trust anyone blindly. The drama gives an important message that when a woman rejects you or says 'No' she actually means it. It is her life and she has the right to choose whether she needs a man in her life or not.

Cast

Inkaar is considered as one of the best Pakistani dramas of 2019. Imran Ashraf's performance was highly acclaimed in whole drama. Despite being low on ratings, Inkaar received critical acclaim and highly positive reviews from critics due to its realistic portrayal and brilliant performances. Zahra Mirza of reviewit.pk praised everyone performance and said Yumna Zaidi, Imran Ashraf, Sami Khan, Munazzah Arif and Rehan Sheikh’s performances in this drama gave it the edge it needed to stand out. The makers of Inkaar kept everything real and to the point without compromising on showing details which were important to make the viewers understand the characters and relate to the story. Inkaar was meaningful as well as engaging, definitely one of the best Pakistani dramas this year.

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