Chauraha: Introduction
Hailing from a middle-class family, Zoya is a young and naive girl who after the death of her father lives with her mother and aunt. Zoya’s mother, Shireen longs for her daughter to complete her studies and become independent. On the contrary, Zoya’s young and immature mind begins to be polluted under peer pressure and social media. Embarrassed about her lifestyle, Zoya tries to create a fake online persona that marks the beginning of countless troubles that await in her life.
Through social media, Zoya comes across Junaid who hails from a respectable family however little does anyone is aware of his dark side. Zoya’s naive and inane nature becomes an easy target for Junaid as he eventually succeeds in trapping her with his web of lies and deceit. Despite all the mishaps and troubles that Zoya encounters, will she be able to realize the gravity of the situation? Will Junaid ever pay the price of his wrongdoings?
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Credits
Written by: Edison Idrees Masih
Directed by: Aehsun Talish
Produced by: Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi
Production house: 7th Sky Entertainment
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Chauraha Episode 6 Written Update & Review
Shireen and phupho are worried about missing Zoya and contemplating whether they should seek help.
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Junaid calls Shireen and asks for 10 lakh rupees as ransom. As the poor mother can’t arrange for the money, they go to the police station to file an FIR. The police behaves in the typical way. While the first officer refuses to wake up the SHO, the SHO hits on Shireen and asks her to “coordinate” with him. Tch… Can’t we show the police in food light for once?
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Junaid and his gang is torturing Zoya. She tries to escape once, tries to kill herself once, Junaid shoots Zoya once, but both of them survive magically. Many scenes seem disjointed and are unexplained. I still don’t understand why Junaid shot Zoya and why nothing happened to her. Anywho!
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Review
Saba Hameed and Bushra Ansari are two veterans and seasoned actors who can never go wrong. They do justice to their roles of grieving, helpless women with a missing daughter.
Mikal Zulfiqar doesn’t seem intimidating enough, and even his voice sounds different. But he is putting a lot of effort, we can see.
Asad Siddiqui and Ayesha Gul have very little screen presence but they never disappoint. Asad has always been a sweetheart, and Ayesha Gul is perfect as a hyper protective bete ki maan.
Madiha Imam is the only weakling in this cast. She can’t cry, she can’t emote pain, she can’t emote disgust. She can’t act. Period. She was still tolerable in Dil e Momin but Zoya in Chauraaha is just insufferable.
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Shabana Mukhtar
