Andhera Ujala (Urdu: اندھیرا اجالا, English: Darkness, Brightness) was a popular Pakistani crime investigation television series aired on Pakistan Television (PTV) during the 1984–85 season, written by Younis Javed and directed by Rashid Dar.

It also had occasional touch of comic moments mainly centred upon the character of a police officer "Havaldar Karam Dad". The leading cast of the series included Irfan Khoosat, Jamil Fakhri, Qavi Khan and Abid Butt (Sub-Inspector).^[1] The main theme of this TV series was based on the 1983 drama Ragon mein Andhera that was to show a police team fighting crime in their locality in humorous situations. This TV drama serial later went on to become so popular among the public due to its re-runs that it became a 'cult classic'.^[2]

Cast

Main cast

• Qavi Khan as DSP Tahir Ali Khan^[1][2]
• Rahat Kazmi as ASP Asad-Ur-Rehman
• Jameel Fakhri as (SHO) Inspector Jaffar Hussain^[1][2]
• Abid Butt as Sub Inspector Mehmood
• Nazir Hussani as ASI Mian Khan
• Irfan Khoosat as Havaldar Karam Dad^[1][2]
• Sadia Jilani
• Zaib Rehman as Neeli
• Yasmeen Ismail as Begum
• Manoon Abbasi as Constable Aftab
• Talat Siddiqui as Tahir's mother
• Samina Ahmad as Anjum
• Afshan Qureshi as Jaffar Begum
• Ismat Tahira
• Rubina Ashraf as Humaira
• Shakila Qureshi as Sajida
• Atiya Sharaf as Amma
• Lalarukh Hameed as Rubina

Recurring cast

• Mehboob Alam as Police officer
• Aurangzeb Leghari as Raheel
• Khayam Sarhadi as Naeem
• Firdous Jamal as Arif
• Saba Hameed as Rubi
• Sehrish Khan as Saima
• Tahira Wasti as Nasir's mother
• Bindiya as Nasreen
• Faysal Quraishi as Taha
• Firdous Jamal as Arif
• Asim Bukhari as Nasreen's father
• Nighat Butt as Nasreen's mother
• Waseem Abbas as Nasir
• Faiza Hasan as Zubaida
• Khursheed Shahid as Zainab
• Sarwat Ateeq as Muneer Begum
• Khalid Moin Butt as Anwar
• Jazba Sultan as Begum Aziz

Accolades

Sequel

A sequel of Andhera Ujala was launched in 2019 with a new cast as well as the two old characters of Qavi Khan and Irfan Khoosat. The new members included Danish Taimoor, Rashid Farooqi. Khawaja Saleem, Hamza Firdous, Ayaz Sammo and Irfan Motiwala.^[4][5][6]