Ishqiya

Ishqiya is a 2020 Pakistani television series that aired from 3 February 2020 to 10 August 2020 on ARY Digital. Produced by Fahad Mustafa and Dr. Ali Kazmi under Big Bang Entertainment, it follows a story of love, trust and betrayal which revolves around the main characters, Hamza, Rumaisa and Hamna, played by Feroze Khan, Hania Aamir and Ramsha Khan respectively. At the ARY People Choice Awards 2020, the series won eight out of eighteen nominations including: Favorite Drama Serial- Regular Format, Favorite Director for Badar Mehmood and Favorite Actor for Feroze Khan. The series also aired on MBC Bollywood in Arab World, during Ramadan 2021. Plot Hamna (Ramsha Khan) and Rumaisa (Hania Amir) are sisters raised by protective parents. Hamna is quiet, calm and reserved while Rumi is carefree, outgoing and talkative, but both love their father dearly. Hamna and her college classmate, Hamza have been dating for four years and are madly in love with each other. Hamza is rather possessive about her as well, violently so. Hamna is hesitant to tell her father about him as he doesn't believe in love marriages. Due to her father's sickness and fear of him losing his respect, Hamna gets married to her father's friend's son Azeem on his insistence. She hides this from Hamza and avoids him for a while. When Hamza finally finds out, he screams at Hamna in front of everyone in their university. Heartbroken and betrayed, Hamza meets with a car accident and is severely injured. Hamna prays for his recovery and he survives. After regaining consciousness, Hamza vows to take revenge. He soon reaches Hamna's house with his parents to ask for Rumi's hand in marriage. Hamna is shocked by this and is strictly against this marriage. She tries to stop everyone but fails as Hamza blackmails using all her messages and videos in which she is expressing her love for him. Hamza manages to marry Rumi, and the couples have a common reception. On the side, Alishba, Hamza's mother's partner's daughter who was in love with him, is extremely heartbroken and jealous. Rumi finds Hamza cute and is happy with the marriage.