The latest episode of Bakhtawar had a powerful scene that brought the audience to tears. In the second episode, audience see Yumna Zaidi‘s character get a job as a bus hostess. On the job, she manages to make a friend in fellow bus hostess Parveen.
Audience see that the girls’ employer is a bit of creep. He makes multiple attempts to flirt with Parveen and evening asking her to marry him. However, Parveen refuses and the man shoots her dead on her way back home. Here is the scene.
This incident is based on real-life events. Mahwish Arshad was a bus hostess from Faisalabad. She was killed after refusing a marriage proposal from Umar Daraz, a security guard working for the same company. The incident is a harrowing example and look into the patriarchal mindset of our society.
Netizen took to social media to applaud the showrunners for tackling such an issue as people were emotionally devastated by the scene.
Actress Yumna Zaidi is back with a bang in drama serial Bakhtawar by Shahid Shafaat. Written by Nadia Akhtar, Bakhtawar takes audiences on an emotional rollercoaster, packed with suspense and entertainment.
Yumna Zaidi plays the titular character of Bakhtawar, who lives in a small house with her mother. The story is about a young girl changing her identity to fight the evils of society. The show tackles sensitive societal issues and delivers a strong message.
Aside from Yumna, the cast includes Nauman Ijaz’s son Zaviyar and others like Saqib Sameer, Mizna Waqas, Noreen Gulwani, Shamoon Abbasi, Sunil Shankar, Huma Nawab and Adnan Shah.
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