The actual distinction comes from its writing (Mustafa Afridi, who wrote Superstar’s dialogues and the screenplays of Sang-i-Mar Mar and Ehd-i-Wafa), the execution (Saife Hasan), the all-star casting (Sania Saeed, Samiya Mumtaz, Noman Ijaz, his son Zaviyar Noman Ijaz, Omair Rana, Hania Aamir and Kubra Khan), and of course, the quality of production. Now that I think about it, Sang-i-Mah doesn’t sound all that different - we’ve seen shows with similar elements before. The title’s uniqueness suits the tale, for this show is a welcome departure from the norms of television: a tale of familial intrigue and conflict in the shadow of a pertinent social and cultural issue, set in a picturesque location in the hills and valleys of northern Pakistan. The words refer to ‘stone’ and ‘moon’ - or rather, moonstone its closest Arabic equivalent being hijr-i-qamar. Sang-i-Mah is a make-believe term whose meaning was clarified by director Saife Hasan during a late night phone call. The cat being Atif Aslam in his television acting debut, worthy of his stature as a pop icon, and the bag, the Momina and Duraid Qureshi-produced epic drama Sang-i-Mah, which debuted last Sunday on Hum TV, and whose second episode you will likely see on television (or maybe YouTube) today. By the time you’re reading this, the cat will already have sprung out of the bag.
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