Marvi
television series
Marvi (Urdu: ماروی) is a Pakistani drama series broadcast on Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) in 1993.
It was a modern version of the Sindhi folktale, "Umar Marvi". It starred Ghazal Siddique as Marvi and Hassam Qazi as Umar. It was adapted by Noorul Huda Shah and directed by Sultana Siddiqui. Mahnoor Baloch debuted in the series in a supporting role. The series aired during Benazir Bhutto's second term as Prime Minister of Pakistan.
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The story is about a village girl named Marvi who goes to the city to study, with the aim to come back to her village and improve the living conditions for the people there. Things do not go according to plan, and she faces many hardships. Marvi's possessive lover, Umar, played by Hassam Qazi, becomes so obsessed with her that he changes into a different person. He asks his friend Akbar, a feudal lord, for help.
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