Name: Ankahi
Genre: Comedy, Family, Drama
Released: 1982-03-01
Rating: 10
Cast: Faisal Bilal, Shehnaz Sheikh, Shakeel Yousuf, Javed Sheikh, Badar Khalil

A hungry girl in 80s Karachi wants MORE—and she's not sorry about it.

Mini Series

100

hungry protagonist energyfound family chaosclass consciousness with laughs

Latest Episode

50 min

Season 1 • Episode 31

Latest

Episode 31

Sep 27, 1982

Overview

Comedy Family Drama

The story revolves around a young ambitious girl . Due to her father's early death, her family is not so well-off and she dreams of being rich and prosperous like her friend.

PK Urdu

ambitious girl

economic aspiration vs. moral compromisefemale ambition in patriarchal spacesperformance of respectability

Standout Aspects

Writing

Hasina Moin's razor-sharp Urdu dialogue—witty, wounded, real.

Acting

Shehnaz Sheikh's Sana: desperate, dazzling, impossible to look away from.

Best for:Solo·Binge

Creator

Hasina Moin

First AiredMar 1, 1982

StatusEnded

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Seasons1·Episodes31

Top Cast

Shehnaz Sheikh

Sana Murad

Shakeel Yousuf

Taimoor

Javed Sheikh

Faraz

Qazi Wajid

Siddiqui

Behroze Sabzwari

Moby

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Ankahi pioneered the 'ambitious working woman' archetype in Pakistani television, years before it became trendy globally. Sana wasn't a saint—she was hungry.

Trivia

Shehnaz Sheikh was so synonymous with Sana that viewers reportedly wrote to her asking for financial advice. She had to clarify: 'I'm not actually rich, I just play desperate very convincingly.'

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