“Abdullahpur Ka Devdas” is a story about coming of age that takes place in a tiny village all over the world. On the other hand, the fancies of Gulbano have been caught by a poet under the name Devdas who remains unidentified. As the story develops, Kashif confesses that he is actually Devdas, and he becomes the object of Gulbano’s passion.
Release Date
On February 26, the Zindagi series will release this TV series 2024.
Cast
Arjumand Rahim, Saad Ali Qureshi, Anamta Qureshi, Noor Ul Hassan, Fazal Hussain, Zuhab Khan, Nida Hussain, Adnan Shah Tipu, Kashif Hussain, Sarah Khan, Noman Ejaz, Savera Nadeem, Raza Talish, Ali Ansari, Shahzad Nawaz, Anushay Abbasi, Arjumand Rahim
- Author: Dogar, Shahid
- Man in charge: Anjum Shahzad
- Producers: Anjum Shahzad and Shailja Kejriwal
How many episodes of Abdullahpur Ka Devdas are there?
The Zindagi channel will premiere “Abdullahpur Ka Devdas” on February 26. The show is described as an engrossing blend of love, friendship, and poetic drama. Starring Bilal Abbas, Raza Talish, and Sarah Khan, the 13-episode series is directed by Anjum Shahzad and written by Shahid Dogar.
Review
‘Abdullahpur Ka Devdas’ is a 13-episode Pakistani drama series that has recently premiered on Zee Zindagi and will stream on YouTube twice weekly for Pakistani audiences. The show follows the story of poet Fakhar (Bilal Abbas) and his girlfriend Gulbano (Sarah Khan), who fall in love without seeing their faces. The series is directed by Anjum Shahzad and is set in a fictional small town of Abdullahpur.
Writer Shahid Dogar has made the leads, Fakhar and Gulbano, orphans to simplify their backstories. The show features numerous characters from both sides of her family, including her uncle (Shazad Nawaz), her mother’s sister (Savera Nadeem), and her son (Saad Qureshi). Sarah Khan delivers an effortless performance as the caged, ethereal human fairy, Gulbano.
However, the makers of ‘Abdullahpur Ka Devdas’ have adapted the script to cater to Indian TV sensibilities, making the characters seem to belong to that space. The show is filled with talking down to the audience, cutting down on dialogue and allowing no scene to breathe. This treatment bleaches the story of emotion, which is ironic as it promises to be an intense lyrical love story that should provoke emotion.
The setting is bereft of any sense of time and place, with no trace of phones or social media. The show’s characters talk like screenplay plots talking rather than regular people, and the show lacks any effort given to detailing when the memo is all vibe and no substance.
‘Abdullahpur Ka Devdas’ takes the best of what Pakistani drama has to offer – soulful music, vintage romance, realistic acting, and pure emotion – and blends it with an over-active, over-stylized, and hyper-emotional Indian soap aesthetic. The result is a noxious cocktail that only a drunk Devdaas would gulp before embracing an artistic death.