• Source: Sona Chandi

Sona Chandi (Urdu: سونا چاندی) is a classic Pakistani comedy-drama television serial that produced 48 episodes but released only 32 episodes by PTV . The story of the drama, written by Munnu Bhai, revolves around a couple who comes to a city in search of work so that they can pay off their debts. The role of Sona is played by TV actors Hamid Rana and Chandi (Sheeba Hassan). This simple, innocent couple, while performing their domestic-help jobs in different homes, ends up helping many people in solve their problems.




Play's background and inspiration


The play was inspired by a real couple named Sona (male) and Chandi (female) from Kallurkot, a Tehsil city in the Bhakkar District of Punjab, Pakistan. Munnu Bhai (the writer of the play), who was educated in Kallurkot during his father's posting there as the railway station master of North Western Railway (British India) in the city before 1947, has mentioned his inspiration for these roles in his numerous interviews. Sona is still alive and lives in Kallurkot. During one of his visits to Kallurkot a few years back, Munnu Bhai got to meet the real Sona, who is portrayed in the 1983 film version of the same play, 'Sona Chandi' (1983).
The credit for its popularity goes to the whole team: Munnu Bhai's script, direction by Rashid Dar, and performances by the actors, especially the leading characters of this PTV drama. Sona and Chandi.




Cast






= Main cast

=
Sheeba Hassan as Chandi
Hamid Rana as Sona
Ghayyur Akhtar as Bhai Hameed
Ayub Khan as Mama Yaqoob
Tashfeen as Baji Rukhsana
Munir Zareef as Chacha karmoo
Atiya Sharaf as Massi Barkate
Munna Lahori as Diver of Nawab Farasat Ali Khan




= Supporting cast

=
Khursheed Shahid as Mehtab Begum
Asim Bukhari as Shams
Farooq Zameer as Abbas Ali Khan
Durdana Butt as Kako Dhoban
Arifa Siddiqui as Choti Bibi
Tauqeer Nasir as Popa
Neelofar Abbasi as Begum Akhtar
Aurangzeb Leghari as Bao Naseeb
Tamanna Begum as Ruqaya
Reena as Zaib
Jamil Fakhri as Munawar
Sajjad Kishwar as Tafazzal
Abid Kashmiri as Ghafoor
Yasmeen Tahir as Mrs. Tafazzul
Samina Khalid as Batool
Tani Begum as Basheera
Talat Siddiqui as Begum Abbas Ali
Shakila Qureshi as Pinky
Ismat Tahira as Hameeda
Masood Akhtar as Chaudhry Afzal
Najma Mehboob as Frasat Ali Khan's mother
Muhammad Sharif as Basheer




References






External links


Sona Chandi on IMDb website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Chandi Sona
• Bobby (film 1973)
• Hema Sardesai
• Dhruv Tara – Samay Sadi Se Pare
• Raj Kapoor
• Parveen Babi
• Daftar lagu yang direkam oleh Alka Yagnik
• Alka Yagnik
• Sona Chandi
• Chandi Sona
• Sheeba Hassan
• Sona
• Sanjay Khan
• Bobby (1973 film)
• Ghayyur Akhtar
• Shakila Qureshi
• List of Pakistani television series
• Arifa Siddiqui