Chalawa (Urdu: چھلاوا, lit. 'Nightfire/A type of Jinn') is a Pakistani supernatural horror drama series directed by Najaf Bilgrami and Shamoon Abbasi and premiered on Hum TV on 8 November 2020. It is produced by M. Nadeem J. and Umer Mukhtar under MD Productions and NJ Films. The drama stars Noor Zafar, Ali Ansari and Naveen Waqar in the lead.
Plot
Chalawa is supernatural story of a young girl named Sawera who is possessed by birth by a Chalawa (a type of supernatural demon) having the ability of betrayal and illusion. Her father Aamir had died before her birth but little did she know that Professor Hamdani was behind the betrayal who on the other hand seemed to be a savior to her mother Mahnoor earlier in her childhood after he "helped" get rid of the Chalawa named Sarnash from Sawera.
Cast
Main
- Noor Zafar Khan as Sawera Ahmed Turk
- Naveen Waqar as Mahnoor; Sawera's mother
- Ali Ansari as Harib Khanzada / Sarnash (when possessed by him)
- Adnan Jaffar as Professor Faraz Hamdani
- Usama Khan as Sarosh / Kaafur (when possessed by the Chalawa Kaafur)
Recurring
- Tahir Jatoi as Azlaan; a Jinn who was made a well-wisher to Mahnoor and later helped Sawera
- Fawad Jalal as Amir Ahmed Turk; Sawera's father
- Samina Ahmed as Khala / Dadi
- Naveed Raza as Fawaad
- Emmad Butt as Sarosh's father
- Unknown as Mehak; Sarosh's mother
- Tabbasum Arif as Tehmina, Harib's mother
- Sohail Masood as Sarfarz, School's principal
- Zain Ullah as Zayn
- Hina Sheikh as the wife of Principal
- Anoushey Rania Khan as Sawera (Young)
- Ashir Ali Khan as Sarnash/Chalawa (Young)
References
External links
- Official Website
- Chalawa at IMDb
