Set in the beautiful, green mountains, Zanjeerain is a powerful story about love, greed, and the secrets we keep. In this world, everyone has something to hide—some are stuck following old rules, others are hungry for power, and some are just trying to protect the people they love. It is a big, exciting drama where every choice matters and every character is struggling to find their way. Enter the world of Zanjeerain, a rare and emotional journey where hearts and empires are put to test.
🎬 Director: Shahzad Kashmiri
✍️ Writer: Farhat Ishtiaq
🎥 Producer: Momina Duraid Productions
[Source: Hum TV’s Official website]
Cast and Characters
Roughly in the order of appearance
Sahar Hashmi as Sher Bano
Engaged to Sar Buland, obsessed with him, not my fav thing in a female character.
I don’t like Sahar Hashmi in general. I’ll rant about it in a separate post, but we will not let our dislike for Sahar become a problem.
Danyal Zafar as Sar Buland Hayat Khan
Simi Raheel as Sarkar
Woman who reads “life”, I named her Sarkar…
Mazhar Suleman Noorani as Gul Zaman
Sar Buland’s Henchmen #1
Sajal Aly as Rabiya
Hasan Noman
Biya’s mama
Ameer Gilani as Muddasir
Ahsan Khan as Sherdil Hayat Khan
Saad Ali as Jawwad
Arham Khan as Saad
Raza Ali Abid as Sohrab Khan
Fatiq Mansroor as Omar Daraz
Momal Sheikh as Mahgul
Samiya Mumtaz as Bibi Jaan
Anum Hussain as Noor
Sohrab’s Wife Shahnoor / Noor Bano. Doesn’t she look like a doll?
Anaya Shahid as Shirin
Abdullah Abbasi as Tayyab
Usman Javed as Torsam aka Tarzan aka Tharki Guy
Sherdil’s step brother
Zarsanga
Zafran Khan’s sister. Alif Khan’s second wife, came in his nikaah as khoon-baha. Torsam’s mother, passed away when giving birth. She be like: aise auchhe ladke ki amma banne se achha chali chalti hoon.
Hassan Shah as Zumard
Let’s call him Jameel for now. He was Jameel, Karamat’s right-hand man in Neem. Here, he’s Torsam’s right-hand man.
P.S. Neem was also Shahzad Kashmiri’s direction. I’m seeing some connection here. Also, just checked his work, and I’ve seen a lot of it, more than I had realized. Mental note to post about it later. This post hardly seems like the right place for it.
Adnan Siddiqui as Zafran Khan
Mehrmaan Khan as Gul Mehr
Torsam’s Cousin, Zafran’s bhatiji, likes Torsam, obviously. Looks a lot like Sohrab’s wife.
The OST is terrible. The “zanjeerain, zanjeerain” didn’t impress me at all. I find it quite annoying , to be honest. Thoda melodious hona thha.
Hakimullah Khan
Jirga head, he has enough attitude to be the jirga head.
Saifi Hassan (Saifi bhaiiiii) as Laala
Zafran Khan’s older step-brother, Gul Mehr’s father
Young Zafran Khan
He looks quite similar to Adnan Siddiqui, the now-Zafran Khan. Good job by casting and constume team.
Young Hayat Khan
Mahnoor Malik as Young Bibi Jaan
Isn’t she Zara from Muamma? Zeeshan’s wife. I know it’s just a cameo but I’m happy that she’s getting more work. She seems talented.
Alamdar Khan
Sar Buland’s henchman #2
Anywho, I will update the list when I watch the episodes and more characters enter the scene. Episode 1 review is coming soon, stay tuned.
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Shabana Mukhtar