| Yunhi | |
|---|---|
 Title Card | |
| Urdu | یونہی |
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Written by | Sarwat Nazir |
| Directed by | Mohammed Ehteshamuddin |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Yunhi" by Sami Khan &Shae Gill |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| Original language | Urdu |
| No. of episodes | 34 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Momina Duraid |
| Producer | Momina Duraid |
| Cinematography | Khizer Gul |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 40 min |
| Production company | MD Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hum TV |
| Release | 5 February (2023-02-05) – 1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) |
Yunhi (Urdu:یونہی,lit. 'Just so') is a 2023 Pakistanifamily drama television series, directed byMohammed Ehteshamuddin, written bySarwat Nazir, and produced byMomina Duraid under the bannerMD Productions.[1] It featuresMaya Ali andBilal Ashraf in leading roles. The first episode of the series originally aired onHum TV on 5 February 2023.[2] The story ofYunhi revolves around a typical urban Pakistani family whose norms and outdated traditions are questioned by a USA returnee relative.[3]
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Haji Karamat is the patriarch of the house where he lives with the family of his son Basharat and a divorced daughter Iqbal. His other child, Firdous lives with her family near the house. Khursheed, another daughter, died years ago due totuberculosis after her cousin Naveed had denied marrying her. Naveed, who has now become a surgeon in the USA, returns to Pakistan to marry his daughter Kim who wanted to marry there with a non-Muslim boy.
Naveed returns to Karamat, his uncle, and asks for forgiveness. Her daughter Kaneez Fatima a.k.a. Kim experiences unfamiliar situations there such as Daniyal's concern for Suraiya'spurdah and not for hers and certain other hypocritical actions. However, she gets intrigued by Basharat's elder son Dawood's getup who is a pious man and a doctor by profession. His introduction to Kim creates a rift between them. On Naveed's wish, Dawood's grandfather decides on his marriage with Kim. But he conditions that after his return he will marry Iqbal. Naveed agrees to it and Kim also agrees to marry him, taking it as an experiment. Daniyal gets sad about his brother's marriage as he wants to marry her to get American nationality. But, not only his this wish remain incomplete but his ex-beloved Husna, Fridous's daughter also starts to ignore him completely.
After marriage, Kim is attracted to Dawood who keeps trying to fulfill this relationship with his heart. But, she constantly keeps going to meet with his father's friend Zulfi, who later becomes her friend as well, knowing that the Grandfather doesn't like him. She learns that her father has taken all of her documents including the passport with him in the USA so that she couldn't return. In the USA, he has acardiac arrest.
Kim deals with Dawood that she will not leave him if she is influenced by him. Dawood agrees with it and learns of her horrific past and how her teacher had abused her in her childhood. After days, she takes a stand for Suraiya when her elders decide to marry her with Firdous and Mudassir's son, Hamid without her consent. Kim learns of Suraiya's fellow Owais with whom she wants to marry, and fully supports her. She denies marrying Hamid and everyone in the house blames Kim for it. On a dark night before the day of her forcednikkah, Suraiya tries to elope from the house but Daniyal catches her.
Suraiya accuses Kim of advising her to elope, in front of everyone. Everyone blames Kim but Dawood supports her. He confirms it by unintentionally hearing Suraiya's discussion with Iqbal. She complains that marriage by choice is the basic right of every girl. After offering hisFajr prayer, Dawood is astonished to see Kim who starts offering her prayer. Suraiya realises her mistake and apologizes to her. Kim appreciates and morally supports her and makes it realize to Dawood that it is not justified at all to marry her without her consent. She and Dawood go to Owais' house where they realise that he is not a good match for her as his family members don't respect them at all. Suraiya also decides to not marry him. Dawood and Kim convince the grandfather to call off her nikkah with Hamid.
The original soundtrack was composed by Sami Khan, and sung by Sami Khan andShae Gill (ofPasoori fame).
| "Yunhi" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song byShae Gill and Sami Khan | |||||
| Language | Urdu | ||||
| Released | 24 January 2023 (2023-1-24) | ||||
| Length | 4:11 | ||||
| Label | Hum | ||||
| Producer(s) | MD Production | ||||
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On 28 August 2022,Hum TV announced that the network's upcoming seriesYunhi will starBilal Ashraf in his television series debut, oppositeMaya Ali who will return to the channel after six years, sinceSanam (2016).[6][7][8] The principal photography wrapped on 10 June 2022.[9]
| Ep# | Date | TRP(s) | Rank# | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 February 2023 | 8 | 1 | [10] |
| 2 | 12 February 2023 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| 3 | 19 February 2023 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 26 February 2023 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 5 March 2023 | 5 | 1 | |
| 6 | 12 March 2023 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| 12 | 30 April 2023 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| 13 | 7 May 2023 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| 15 | 21 May 2023 | 8.6 | 1 | |
| 20 | 25 June 2023 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 21 | 2 July 2023 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 22 | 9 July 2023 | 7.6 | 1 |
A reviewer fromThe News International stated that the series started off on a promising note but found the climax as "little too unbelievable".[11]
