Maat
Title card
GenreRomance
Drama
Written byUmera Ahmad
Directed byAmna Nawaz Khan
Starring

(For entire cast see below)

Theme music composerLyrics
Sabir Zafar
Composer
Farrukh Abid
Shoaib Farrukh
Opening themeMaat by Muhammad Ali
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of episodes25
Production
Executive producerAsfar Sanjrani
ProducerMomina Duraid
CinematographyShehzad Kashmiri
EditorHusnain
Running timeApprox. 40 minutes
Production companyMD Productions
Original release
NetworkHum TV
Release9 September 2011 (2011-09-09) –
24 February 2012 (2012-02-24)

Maat (Urdu: مات, lit. 'Defeat') is a Pakistani drama serial broadcast on Hum TV, premiered on 9 September 2011. The drama is based on an Urdu novel of the same name by Umera Ahmad. Maat's last episode telecasted on 24 February 2012. It is one of the highest-rated Pakistani television series.[1]

Plot

Saman and Aiman are sisters who belong to a lower-middle-class family. Aiman, the elder sister is kind, polite, and deeply respects her elders; Saman, who is younger than Aiman, is overambitious and believes she can give maat (defeat) to anyone at any time. Their cousin Faisal becomes enchanted with Saman's beauty. Despite his engagement to Aiman, he proposes to Saman. She refuses, but his improving financial status changes her mind.

The marriage is uneasy due to Saman's demanding nature, but the couple have a son, whom they name Hadeed. Saman can barely handle her child, so Aiman takes on the role of caretaker. Saman begins an affair with Faisal's business partner, Azar, who is richer than her husband. After an incident where Saman's attitude towards her mother-in-law leads Faisal to slap her, Saman files for divorce.

Around the same time, Azar breaks his partnership with Faisal. Leaving her family heartbroken, Saman enjoys her wealthy life with her new husband. Meanwhile, Aiman's mother and aunt decide to get Faisal and Aiman married so that Hadeed will have a maternal figure in his life.

Twenty-five years later, Faisal has established a new factory and has become a wealthy and successful businessman. Hadid has now grown up to be a successful 27-year-old bachelor. Unknown to Aiman, Faisal has again begun an affair with Saman after Azar's death. Faisal decides to end his marriage to Aiman and offers her an apartment and monthly retainer so she won't need anything financially. He also lies to Aiman about Hadeed wanting Saman back which causes a heartbroken Aiman to leave. Saman remarries Faisal. Hadid discovers that Aiman has left and that Saman only returned because Azar has died. He outrages and accuses Saman of returning because her former life is gone. He disowns her as well as his father. Hadeed later brings Aiman home. She is resistant at first, but she realizes her adopted son was never at fault, and his refusal to be a part of Faisal's plan is what delayed it for so long.

Four years later, Hadid has a wife and son with Aiman living with them. She receives a call from Saman, who apologizes on her and Faisal's behalf, having grown tired of their isolation. Aiman forgives them but reminds Saman their misery was of her own making. With this, she hangs up, happy with the knowledge she finally gave maat to Saman, after all.

Cast

Broadcast and release

National and international broadcast

Maat was originally broadcast on Hum TV. It was rebroadcast by Hum TV due to its popularity and viewers' demand in September 2013. Also aired on Hum Sitaray and with Pashto dubbing on Hum Pashto 1.

It was also aired in Iran and Turkey under the same title, premiering on 19 July 2014. The show ended its run in Iran on 12 August 2014. It has again been shown three more times in Turkey due to its popularity. In UK and Ireland, the show was aired on Rishtey tv UK (now Colors Rishtey UK) and the first episode was aired on 10 August 2013.[4] In India, it was aired on Zindagi TV premiering on 19 July 2014 at 08:00 pm replacing the channel's most popular Zindagi Gulzar Hai.[5][6][7]

Digital release and availability

The show was made available to stream online on MX Player. Since mid-2020 it is also available on ZEE5 and Hum TV's official YouTube channel.

Accolades

Year Awards Category Recipient(s)/ nominee(s) Result Ref.
2013 Lux Style Awards Best Television Play - Satellite Maat Nominated [8]
Best Television Actress - Satellite Saba Qamar Nominated
Best Television Director Amna Nazwaz Khan Nominated
Best Television Writer Umera Ahmad Nominated

References

  1. ^ Khalid, Eefa (31 December 2012). "Pakistani dramas: highlights of 2012". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ DNA. "Aamina Sheikh's real life character". Bollywoodlife. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Happy Birthday Saba Qamar: 5 times the actor proved her mettle onscreen | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  4. ^ Baddhan, Raj (2 September 2013). "Overnights: 'Maat' leads Sunday night UK ratings". BizAsia. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Zindagi launches 'Maat' – The story of rivalry and jealousy between two sisters". dna. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ^ "'Maat' to replace 'Zindagi Gulzar Hai'". Zee News. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. ^ "When Aiman of 'Maat' felt trapped". Zee News. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. ^ "12th Annual LUX Style Awards nominations". nation.com.pk. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.

External links

Umera Ahmad
Current broadcasts on Hum TV
Programmes broadcast by Zindagi TV
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