Zanjeerain | Cast and Characters - The Other Me Unfolded

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

The mangetar. Interesting expression on him, don’t you think. I think he’s just as confused IRL.

Simi Raheel

Woman who reads “life”

Henchmen #1

Sajal Aly as Rabiya

Runs a small tea and snacks kitchen, good with marketing, zabardasti guests ko order karne pe majboor kar deti hai.

Side note: Sajal looks like a turkish drama heroine, right? Scarf, but still showing hair, jacket, apron. I know, she’s probably living in a cold location and all but the looks seems inspired.

Hasan Noman

Biya’s mama

Ameer Gilani as Muddasir

Sar Buland’s tadoo dost, marries Biya

On side note, I generally don’t like men with clean shave, look like chhila hua chicken, and Ameer is one of those people who just can’t be without facial hair. Dadi ugaa bhai.

Ahsan Khan as Sherdil Hayat Khan

Saad

Mudassir and Sar Buland’s lukkha friend #1

Not sure if this face is Jawad or Saad.

Jawwad

Mudassir and Sar Buland’s lukkha friend #2

Sohrab Lala

Sher Bano’s brother

Omar Daraz

Sohrab’s son. Is this Ahsan Khan’s son or something? Uski jhalak hai bacche mein.

Momal Sheikh as Magul

Sherdil’s wife

Samiya Mumtaz as Bibi Jaan

Sherdil’s mother

Sohrab’s Wife

Shirin

Haveli help

Tayyab

Rabiya’s brother

Usman Javed as Torsam aka Tarzan aka Tharki Guy

Sherdil’s step brother

He has a thing for Rabiya and doesn’t hesitate from harassing her.

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 Zumarth

~~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

Rival of Alif Khan’s family. Zarsanga’s brother

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.

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

The Other Me Unfolded

Zanjeerain | Cast and Characters