Deewangi
Pakistani television series
Deewangi (Urdu: دیوانگی, lit. 'Madness') is a Pakistani romantic drama television series, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under 7th Sky Entertainment. It has Danish Taimoor and Hiba Bukhari in their second project together after Haara Dil (2018).
The sequel for the series Jaan Nisar (also known as Deewangi 2) premiered on 11 May 2024 on the same network.
Despite Ban in India and Gulf Countries, the drama achieved Blockbuster viewership on YouTube. The drama has generated over 2.387 billion views on YouTube. In terms of ratings, the drama opened with 10.4 TRP, achieved highest TRP of 18.8 and ended with 15.5 TRP. It also hit Peak ratings of 25.4. The last episode would have fetched TRP of more than 20+ but there was no light in Pakistan in most of the Pakistan cities when the last episode aired .
Plot
The story revolves around Nageen Fayaz (Hiba Bukhari), who hails from a lower-middle-class background, and Sultan Durrani (Danish Taimoor), a wealthy businessman who hails from a political background. Sultan lost his parents at a very young age and has lived with his grandmother Fazeelat (Ismat Zaidi) ever since. After the death of her mother and remarriage of her father, Nageen lives with her sister Nuzhat (Faiza Gillani), brother-in-law Rashid (Noor-ul-Hassan), their two children and Rashid's mother.
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