| Siyaah | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Horror[1] |
| Directed by | Sabeeh Ahmad Zeeshan Ilyas |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Fasih ur Rehman |
| Producers | Imran Raza Hareem Farooq |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera setup |
| Original release | |
| Network | Green Entertainment |
| Release | 15 July 2023 – present |
Siyaah is a Pakistani horror anthology series that premiered on 15 July 2023 on Green Entertainment. The series consists of 25 stories and each have a different cast members.[2]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Roohdad" | Sabeeh Ahmad | Syed Ameer Hussain | 15 July 2023 | |
| Wasi Khan earns money by pretending himself as a parapsychologist connecting troubled people with their deceased relatives for a few minutes to solve their unsolved problems. He creates artificial voices of the respective dead persons and answers whatever his clients ask. However, he faces some accidents and the death of his helpers following a case where he accuses the nephew of his client, sitting beside the client at that time, as the murderer of his daughter. The spirit of the nephew returns to avenge his death from Wasi. | |||||
| 2 | "Khoat" | Sabeeh Ahmad | Syed Ameer Hussain | 15 July 2023 | |
| Sarim works as an assistant finance manager in a company and remains mentally disturbed due to Bashir who tortures him every time because Sarim is a coward and weak by heart. He however shares his problems with his neighbour, DSP Yawar whom he visits frequently. One day, Bashir breaks his laptop while in his house and cannot deliver his presentation. His boss insults him to which his colleague Ainne consoles him. He likes Ainne who is a kind person and also liked by Bashir. One day, she gets harassed by a person in the office and that evening Sarim finds that person dead in the parking area. He informs the police about the dead body and leaves for his house. On reaching the house, he tells Bashir that he will tell everyone that he has murdered him and replies in a laugh. After days, Sarim comes to know about Ainne's engagement with Daniyal and tells it to Bashir who in return informs him about his plan of killing his yet-to-be fiancée Daniyal. Sarim uses this opportunity and helps him in this murder so that they both can be removed from his path as after the murder Bashir will be arrested by the police. Eventually, Daniyal is killed and Sarim is shocked when he sees a video proving that he murdered Daniyal instead of Bashir. He rushes towards the graveyard near his house where he used to sit with DSP Yawar. Additionally, he learns DSP Yawar died years ago. He emerges from the graveyard, walking slowly on the road immersed deep in his thoughts as a helpless person with multiple personality disorder. | |||||
| 3 | "Haail" | Sabeeh Ahmad | Syed Ameer Hussain | 22 July 2023 | |
| 4 | "Haail" | Sabeeh Ahmad | Syed Ameer Hussain | 22 July 2023 | |
| 5 | "Lutrum Putrum" | Zeeshan Ilyas Sameer Hamdani | Zeeshan Ilyas | 5 August 2023 | |
| The dominant and horrific behaviour of Nabeel's wife Sidra disturbs him so much. The change comes after her recovery from corona. He goes to his friend Raja and tells him about his situation. Rahaj tells him that he also faced the same after her wife Tabinda's recovery from the corona but he then treated her with the help of a doctor and now it's all fine. On Nabeel's demand, he takes him to the same doctor who gives him a syringe of injection, a bangle and a flute for the treatment. | |||||
| 6 | "Lutrum Putrum" | Zeeshan Ilyas Sameer Hamdani | Zeeshan Ilyas | 5 August 2023 | |
| Further, he says that in case of any mishap the phrase "Lutrum Putrum" can be spoken which will nullify the situation. Nabeel comes to home with these things and somehow manages to inject the injection and wear the bangle. Sidra's behaviour changes, and she starts behaving like a lovely and careful wife. When Raja learns about this transformation, he demands a treat to Nabeel as his life has now become full of happiness. He in return invites him with his wife at dinner in his house. At dinner, when Sidra and Tabinda become close, their bangles spark and Tabinda comes out of the influence of the treatment and becomes normal. Everything begins to remember her and he takes Raja with her to the house. The same happens with Sidra but instead of being normal she starts behaving strangely. | |||||
| 7 | "Lutrum Putrum" | Zeeshan Ilyas Sameer Hamdani | Zeeshan Ilyas | 12 August 2023 | |
| 8 | "Raat Andheri" | Sabeeh Ahmad | Tayyab Hussain | 13 August 2023 | |
Producer Imran Raza Kazmi in December 2021 revealed that he is producing an anthology series consisting of 25 stories. He also revealed that stories may wrap in a single to triple episodes.[3] The show is co-produced by Kazmi and Hareem Farooq who collaborated on projects like Janaan, Parchi and Heer Maan Ja.[2]