Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai

Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai
Genre	Romance Thriller Quest
Written by	Asma Nabeel
Directed by	Wajahat Rauf
Starring	Bushra Ansari Farhan Saeed Hania Aamir Kinza Hashmi
Theme music composer	Nabeel Shaukat Ali
Composer(s)	Hassan Badshah
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language(s)	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer(s)	Shazia Wajahat
Producer(s)	Sheikh Amjad Rasheed
Production location(s)	Karachi, Pakistan
Running time	~35 minutes
Production company(s)	Distribution Club and Mastermind Production
Release
Original network	Express Entertainment

Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai is a 2024 Pakistani television serial released on Express Entertainment network. The drama was originally shot in the year 2021 before the death of the writer Asma Nabeel as revealed by the people close to or aware about the project, but was released for the viewers in 2024. It stars Bushra Ansari, Farhan Saeed, Hania Aamir, Kinza Hashmi, Munazza Arif, Noor ul Hassan, Laiba Khan, Faizan Sheikh and others The story revolves around the life of Shaila, her son Baris and daughter-in-law Aileen.

Plot

The plot of the serial is divided in 2 timelines:

Plot 1: Year 1979 to 1982
This story is about Shaila, an educated lady and a professor at a college. She falls in love with a taxi driver named Shehzaad Saleem. They marry each other against their family's willingness and Shaila's mother cut all her ties with her. Shehzaad's mother dislikes Shaila and is always finding ways to kick Shaila out of their home. Shehzaad's sister - Zareen is already married, but spends most of her time at her maternal home because her husband is abusive and she is tortured. Soon after the wedding Shehzaad moves to Dubai for getting a better job to secure the future of his family and promises Shaila to call here there in a few days. Shaila gets to know that she is pregnant, but she wants to share this news with Shehzaad once she will settle in Dubai with him. One day Zareen accidently kills her husband during an altercation with him and Shehzaad's mother asks Shaila to accept the blame with a promise that she will get her out of the jail very soon. Shaila falls in the trap and accepts the blame, but no one comes to rescue her.

Plot 2: Year 2021
Baris - who was adopted by Arifa and Bilal (Shaila's sister and brother-in-law respectively) gets to know about his adoption and begins the quest for the events that lead his mother - Shaila ending up in jail. Baris is married to Aileen and has a 3 months old daughter; but during his search for his true identity, he starts ignoring his family. Arbaaz - a mutual friend of Aileen and Baris has always been obsessed with Aileen. Baris loses his job as a college professor and his terms with Aileen and his adoptive parents also start deteriorating. Aileen, is a lawyer by profession and is teaching in a school now, gets frustrated with Baris' ignorance and walks out from his home one day. Baris tries to find Aileen but Arbaaz finds her first, where he takes advantage of the situation and successfully plants the doubt in the minds of Aileen and Baris for separation.

Cast

• Bushra Ansari as Shaila: Arifa's sister; Baris' mother.
  • Kinza Hashmi as younger Shaila.
• Farhan Saeed as Baris: Shaila and Shehzaad's son adopted by Arifa and Bilal.
• Hania Aamir as Aileen: Baris's wife; Arbaaz's love interest.
• Sajid Shah as Bilal: Arifa's husband and Ayesha's brother.
• Nabeela Khan as Arifa: Shaila's younger sister; Ayesha's sister-in-law.
• Tahir Jatoi as Jalal: Aileen's father.
• Farah Nadim as Ayesha: Aileen's mother; Bilal's sister.
• Osama Tahir as Arbaaz: Aileen and Baris's friend.
• Fouzia Mushtaq as Arbaaz's grandmother.
• Laiba Khan as Tania: Aileen's friend; school teacher working with Aileen.
• Farah Nadir as Shehzaad's mother; Shaila's mother-in-law.
• Kanwal Khan as Zareen: Shehzaad's sister.
• Noor ul Hassan as Shehzaad Saleem: Shaila and Ruqaiya's husband; now a politician.
  • Faizan Sheikh as younger Shehzaad Saleem: Shaila's husband.
• Munazza Arif as Ruqaiya: Shehzaad's second wife; daughter of a politician.
• Mehboob Sultan as Ruqaiya's father: Dubai's businessman who gives job to Shehzaad and later becomes a politician in Pakistan.

Themes

The story line depicts:

• How misunderstandings created by a person close to you can lead to regrets for a lifetime.
• Not every person who claims to be your well-wisher is actually one. Trust is fragile, once broken, even a lifetime is not enough to mend it.
• Not all the people in the prison are the actual culprits of a crime. Sometimes, the life of an innocent person is spoilt because of suspicion, lack of evidences or pseudo testimonies.

Reception

In spite of a gripping story line, the serial couldn't garner much views and keep viewers engaged citing it's poor direction where the camera angles in the initial half of the drama serial seems to be messed. Critic's cited issues with dubbing, sound quality of the drama and things transitioning quickly or coming to an abrupt end without giving much context of the scenes before or after. The serial gets intense after every episode and the camera angles also improve almost in the midway and after, but the star studded drama could not make a place in the viewer's heart even after this being released years later of it being shot. The drama was also criticised for showing some scenes between the lead pair that Pakistani spectators found too bold.

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