Maat (TV series)

1
Maat (TV series)
Maat
Maat title screen
Genre Drama
Written by Umera Ahmed
Directed by Amna Nawaz Khan
Starring Aamina Sheikh
Saba Qamar
Adnan Siddiqui
Noor Hassan
Asad Malik
Theme music composer Farrukh Abid
Shoaib Farrukh
Opening theme Song
written by Sabir Zafar
performed by Muhammad Ali
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of episodes 25
Production
Executive producer(s) Asfar Sanjrani
Producer(s) Momina Duraid
Editor(s) Husnain
Cinematography Shehzad Kashmiri
Running time ~40 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Hum TV
Original run September9,2011 February24,2012
External links
Website
[1]
Maat (Defeat) (Urdu: ) is a Pakistani drama television series which premiered on Hum TV on September 9,
2011. It is an adaptation of an Urdu novel of the same name written by Umera Ahmed.
Maat (TV series)
2
Main cast
Aamina Sheikh as Aiman (Protagonist) Elder sister of Saman. Second wife of Faisal.
Saba Qamar as Saman (Antagonist) Younger sister of Aiman. First wife of Faisal
Adnan Siddiqui as Faisal, Saman and Aiman's cousin, and their husband (one after another)
Supporting cast
Shamim Hilaly as Faisal's mother
Rabia Noreen as Aiman & Saman's mother (Afia)
Asad Malik as Aazar, Saman's second husband.
Noor Hassan as Hadeed, Saman's son
Samina Ahmad as Servant
Synopsis
Saman (Saba Qamar) and Aiman (Aamina Sheikh) are shown as two sisters who belong to a lower-middle-class
family and live with their mother. Aiman believes in the fundamentals of contentment, sacrifice and, compassion and
always upholds them as her guiding force. She is very kind, polite and deeply respects her mother and elders. Saman,
who is younger than Aiman, is overambitious and has no scruples when it comes to making it big in life. She
believes she can give maat (defeat) to anyone at anytime. Faisal (Adnan Siddiqui), Aiman and Saman's cousin,
wishes to marry Saman, as he thinks she is more beautiful when compared to her older sister who he is engaged to.
He breaks the engagement and proposes to Saman. However, Saman refuses to marry her cousin and wishes to wed
someone who is rich. So, Faisal's mother decides to get him and Aiman engaged again. Soon, as Faisal progresses at
his standing in business and earns more salary. Financially improving, he renovates his house, buys a car, and so on.
Saman becomes very jealous as she sees her sister's fiance become more and more like the "perfect husband" that she
dreamed of having. She demands that Aiman and Faisal's engagement be broken as Faisal first meant to marry her,
not Aiman. Faisal happily breaks his engagement and is even more eager to marry Saman. Aiman does not reveal
that she has feelings for Faisal as she watches him and Saman get married.
After marriage, Saman becomes more snobby and as she expected, Faisal follows her every command. The couple
have a son (whom they name Hadid) a year later. Saman can barely handle her child, and constantly gives Hadid to
Aiman, who takes very good care of him. Many times, after Faisal scolds her for treating her mother-in-law poorly,
Saman leaves the house and flees to her friend Munazah's house. She soon starts an affair with Faisal's business
partner, Azar (Asad Malik) (who is already married and has two children), and finds him to be more rich than her
husband. When Saman leaves home after Faisal slaps her for yelling at his mother, everyone thinks that she will just
come back again after a few days. However, Saman files for divorce from Faisal and plans to get married to Azar.
On the other hand, Azar supposedly divorces his wife and buys a grand house for him and Saman to live in. Shocked
and hurt, Faisal does not want to separate from his wife and at first refuses to sign the legal divorce papers. His
mother later convinces him to give Saman divorce. Leaving her family heartbroken and speechless, Saman enjoys
her life with her new husband. She spends a ton of money shopping, shows off to the friends who don't know about
her previous marriage, and thinks that has literally given maat to Faisal. Meanwhile, Aiman's mother and aunt decide
to get Faisal and Aiman married so that Hadid has a proper family and mother. Aiman agrees to do whatever her
mother says, and Faisal is left with no choice (however at first he is afraid of dealing with another wife). The two
cousins get married, but Faisal gives Aiman a warning, saying that he cannot tolerate any harm to Hadid and does
not want to face a second spoiled wife. Azar then breaks his business deal with Saman's friend's husband and refuses
to give Munazah money to open her salon. The friendship between Saman and Munazah ends and Munazah starts
spreading rumors about Saman saying she is a husband thief. When calling to confront her, Saman finds out that
Azam never divorced his first wife.
Maat (TV series)
3
The timeline then fast forwards to 25 years later as Hadid (Noor Hasan), now a successful 27 year old bachelor, is
about to get married. By this time Faisal had established a new factory and his business had grown to be even more
successful than Azar's had been, even though they are still married, Faisal still did not truly given Aiman her full
rights as his wife and they lived in a relatively mundane lifestyle. However, they both love Hadid more than anything
else and Aiman and Hadid in particular are extremely close, even more so than being close to his father. Hadid had
grown up thinking that Saman had died after he had been born instead of the actual reason. Aiman was content with
this way of living until one day she finds a picture of Saman in Faisal's mobile, it is soon revealed that Azar had died
recently and after his death Saman and Faisal had begun an affair. Unknown to Aiman, Faisal planned to divorce her
and re-marry Saman. He attempted to convince Hadid to go through with this plan but they end up failing so he lies
to him that it was Aiman who had brought rifts between Faisal and Saman and it was because of her that they had
divorced. Confused by these chain of events Hadid began questioning Aiman's ways and became cold towards her.
Faisal soon signs on divorce papers and reveals to Aiman about his plans to marry Saman the next day, he tells her
along with the papers there are documents for Aiman to be given an apartment and a monthly retainer so that she
wouldn't need anything financially.
Aiman tries to reason with Faisal by reminding him about everything Saman had done and how miserable she had
made him but Faisal simply replies that he has forgiven her and lies that Hadid wants the same as him. Heartbroken
at Hadid's betrayal, Aiman becomes hysterical and tears up the apartment documents and throws them at Faisal
telling him that he and Saman are a perfect match because they're both selfish and heartless and leaves the house.
After about a day or so of walking around the city Aiman comes across a kind security guard who takes her to his
home and tells her to consider him as her new son while at Faisal's house Saman enters as his new wife. Saman again
shows glimpses of her old self and tells Faisal about her plans for their lives from now on which Faisal dutifully
agrees signalling the resumption of Saman's control over him. Meanwhile, Hadid gets worried when Aiman doesn't
answer his calls he returns home to find his father and his actual mother waiting for him. Faisal and Saman try to
reason with him by telling them they are an actual family now but Hadid tells them that they are just being selfish as
they had always been. He tells Saman that she was never his mother as she returned only when there was nothing
else left for her in her old life while his father was the most unappreciative person ever. He tells his parents that he
was going to look for his real mother, the one who had been with him his whole life, and never wants to look at
Faisal and Saman ever again. The security guard and his family with whom Aiman had been staying with see her
picture in the newspaper which Hadid had sent to look for her and contact him. Hadid arrives to take Aiman back
who although angry and resistant at first realizes her son was never at fault. Later on the two of them discuss
everything that happened where Hadid reveals that Faisal had been planning everything for months now and it was
his contradiction that had delayed this all the time.
The story flashes forward for the last time, this time 4 years later showing Aiman living with Hadid and his wife now
with a son of their own. She receives a call from Saman who apologizes repeatedly from herself and from Faisal
telling her that they were living alone like zombies and that Faisal kept on saying he was happier in his old life.
Aiman tells her that she and Hadid have forgiven them but will never see them again and tells her that all of her and
Faisal's decisions were leading up to the inevitable, which had now happened. She wishes them to be together as they
are perfect for each other and deserve to suffer in the unhappiness in which they were living. With this she hangs up
and resumes the story which she had been telling her grandson, happy with the feeling that she had finally given
Maat to Saman after all.
Maat (TV series)
4
Broadcast History
Country Title Network Note
Pakistan
Maat Hum TV Second-Highest Drama
Pakistan
Maat Hum 2 Repeat Telecasting
India
Maat Zee Zindagi Critical Acclaim
United States Maat Hum TV Warm Reception
Canada Maat Hum TV Warm Reception
Europe
Maat Rishtey ( 28 January 2014 Present, Critically acclaimed, after receiving high TRP Ratings.
United Arab Emirates Maat MBC Bollywood Acclaim
References
[1] http:/ / www. hum. tv/ index. php?option=com_content& view=article& id=184
External links
Official Soundtrack (https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=ZvFcmuIzVhA) on YouTube
Article Sources and Contributors
5
Article Sources and Contributors
Maat (TV series) Source: [Link] Contributors: Abcdqwerty3698, Akshayrajput 23, Aspects, Captain Assassin!, Cowlibob, GabrielF, Khazar2,
LilHelpa, Missmalinda, Rzafar, Saimcheeda, Shariq r82, Shiny23451, Shiva767, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Syed Riz, Wavelength, Woohookitty, 35 anonymous edits
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors
File:Flag of [Link] Source: [Link] License: Public Domain Contributors: User:Zscout370
File:Flag of [Link] Source: [Link] License: Public Domain Contributors: Anomie, Mifter
File:Flag of the United [Link] Source: [Link] License: Public Domain Contributors: Anomie
File:Flag of [Link] Source: [Link] License: Public Domain Contributors: Anomie
File:Flag of [Link] Source: [Link] License: Public Domain Contributors: User:Verdy p, User:-xfi-, User:Paddu,
User:Nightstallion, User:Funakoshi, User:Jeltz, User:Dbenbenn, User:Zscout370
File:Flag of the United Arab [Link] Source: [Link] License: Public Domain Contributors: Anime
Addict AA, Avala, Dbenbenn, Duduziq, F l a n k e r, Fry1989, Fukaumi, Gryffindor, Guanaco, Homo lupus, Kacir, Klemen Kocjancic, Krun, Ludger1961, Madden, Neq00, Nightstallion,
Piccadilly Circus, Pmsyyz, RamzyAbueita, Ricordisamoa, Zscout370, 5 anonymous edits
License
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
//[Link]/licenses/by-sa/3.0/