Barzakh: Fawad Khan-Sanam Saeed’s Series is The Only South Asian Show to be Premiered at France’s Series Mania Festival

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Barzakh, which interprets as ‘impediment’ or ‘purgatory’, will likely be screened as a part of the International Panorama line-up, a 12-title aggressive part, and can be nominated in a number of classes reminiscent of Best Series, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor in addition to the Student Jury award and the Audience award.

Published: February 9, 2023 7:32 AM IST

By PTI

Barzakh Fawad Khan-Sanam Saeed’s Series is The Only South Asian Show to be Premiered at France’s Series Mania Festival

Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed, the lead pair of the favored Pakistani drama Zindagi Gulzar Hai, are reuniting for Churails director Asim Abbasi’s subsequent Barzakh, which may have its international premiere on the Series Mania competition in France. A Zindagi Original, the Pakistani present is produced by Shailja Kejriwal and can see Fawad, some of the fashionable actors within the sub-continent, within the position of a single mother or father battling guilt and loss.

Sanam performs the central feminine character who’s mysterious in addition to compassionate within the present which blends collectively magical realism and supernatural fantasy inside a household reunion setting and offers with themes of affection, loss, and reconciliation. Barzakh, which interprets as ‘obstacle’ or ‘purgatory’, will likely be screened as a part of the International Panorama line-up, a 12-title aggressive part, and can be nominated in a number of classes reminiscent of Best Series, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor in addition to the Student Jury award and the Audience award.

“At its core, Barzakh is a household drama framed inside a world of supernatural beings and otherworldly occasions. The genesis of the story stemmed from a private loss and the fears that got here with it, making me realise that love is certainly everlasting and nudging me to put in writing a narrative about it.

“The selection of Barzakh at the Series Mania is such a momentous yet humbling occasion for all of us, not only because it’s a show that’s so close to my heart but also because the selection is such a strong validation of our belief in this story which is now finding its way amongst the best in the world,” Abbasi stated in an announcement.

Held yearly at Lille in France, the Series Mania competition, since its inception in 2010, has been instrumental in recognizing and curating the most effective collection internationally. Producer Kejriwal stated the collection was conceptualised in the course of the pandemic “when all pre-defined notions of love, life, death and beyond” went by means of a seismic shift. “Set in the Hunza valley with its myths and legends, Asim Abbasi’s quirky, funny, deeply philosophical, and layered writing, a dollop of magic realism, and bringing Fawad Khan back…all added up to a show that needed to be made.

“I’m very thrilled as Barzakh not only finds its title but also becomes the only series from our region to make it to the Series Mania Festival. We feel its selection at the festival is the perfect first step on the global journey the series is set to embark on”, she stated.

Zindagi Gulzar Hai launched Fawad and Sanam to Indian audiences and continues to be some of the cherished Pakistani dramas within the nation, adopted by Fawad and Mahira Khan’s “Humsafar”.

Abbasi shot to international fame along with his Netflix movie Cake and gained additional acclaim with Zindagi’s present Churails, a present that instructed tales of girls from totally different strata of Karachi and the way they arrive collectively to battle social evils by means of a secret detective company.

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Published Date: February 9, 2023 7:32 AM IST