Kabuli Pulao

Kabuli Pulao follows the story of Haji Mushtaq, an upright man from Lahore, and Barbeena, an Afghan girl in need. Haji Mushtaq, a 51-year-old muslim punjabi bachelor, leads a simple and straightforward life until he meets Barbeena. He goes to Mardan for a religious tour where he meets her during his stay in a masjid, when her brother asks him to protect her by marrying her, as she is a widow and the brother of her deceased husband wants to marry her forcefully. Despite all ways to help her normally, Haji Mushtaq has to marry Barbeena meanwhile his childhood lover Shamim who has a crush on him since has sacrificed all for him and is awaiting to marry him. He returns to his house with Barbeena on the insistence of his niece Ayesha who refuses to attend her engagement without him. He reaches his house where he lives with his younger brother Chaudhry Qayyum and his family and introduces Barbeena as a maid, who was eager to serve him in his house in return of the help that he has done for her brother's treatment. Within a few days, Barbeen gets attached to Qayyum's sisters and others family members begin to like her as well due to her taking care for the house.

Barbeena's elder brother comes to Lahore to meet her. Ilyas, the police inspector of Haji's hometown who has a past animosity with him comes to know that the Afghan girl living in his house is his wife. He tells it to his teacher Shamim and they both arrive there. They bring Khawaja sara with them to insult him for hiding his marriage and for his marriage with a girl much younger than him. Everyone including Qayyum gets disturb on the revealing of the marriage and starts disliking Shamim for her behaviour. Farzana, the elder sister of Haji saheb however stands by her brother and decides to announce the marriage with a grand Walima. Haji's younger sister Chammo has not a good relationship with her husband Ghaffar due to her inability to give birth due to which Ghaffar doesn't love her and turns negative. He eyes on Baebeena but on revealing the marriage he gets furious and throws Chammo out of his house. He agress to bring her back in front of Haji Saheb on the condition only if he goes away leaving the city with Barbeena. Haji Saheb does so by telling the family that they are going with Barbeena on her brother's funeral. He goes to Mardaan but on reaching there he comes to know that his friend Mawlawi, the person with which he had decided to live has been died. In a state of utter restlessness and trouble, Haji Saheb travels to Rawalpindi where he comes across Hayat, a hotelier who provides them with shelter in her daughter's house where she lives with her husband. Hayat's daughter Hajra and son-in-law Asad has an unpleasant relationship and keep fighting due to which Hayat decides to make them share the house with Haji Saheb so that their relationship could be better as they will value the presence of an elder in their house.

The show explores various themes such as love, sacrifice, cultural differences, and the power of human connection. It also sheds light on the challenges that people from different cultures face when they try to build relationships and understand each other.[4]

MAIN LEAD:

• Mohammed Ehteshamuddin as Haji Mushtaq.Barbeena's Husband
• Sabeena Farooq as Barbeena, Haji Mushtaq's wife
• Nadia Afgan as Shamim,Haji Mushtaq's Lover
• Abdullah Farhatullah as Baran Afghani,Barbeena's Ex Husband

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS:

• Adnan Shah Tipu as Chaudhry Qayyum
• Munazzah Arif as Zubaida
• Raima Khan as Chammo,Haji Mushtaq's Sister and Ghaffar Butt's Wife
• Farzana Taheem as Kulsoom
• Momina Aiela Chaudhry as Rimsha
• Saqib Sumeer as Ghaffar Butt,Chammo's Husband
• Fajjar Khan as Ayesha Qayyum
• Haseeb Khan as Zakir
• Umer Dar[5] as Inspector Ilyas
• Faiz Chauhan as Hayat
• Sikandar Nawaz as Asad

"Aankhein"
Song by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Language	Urdu
Released	23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)
Length	~ 4:18
Label	Green
Songwriter(s)	Imran Raza[7]
External media Audio Full OST on JioSaavn Video Video on YouTube

The original soundtrack ‘Aankhein’ was released in May 2023.[8] It was performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, music was composed by Sahir Ali Bagga and lyrics were penned by Imran Raza.[7] The OST gained 100 million views on digital platforms of the network within 2 weeks.[9]