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Maat
Title card
Genre	Romance Drama
Written by	Umera Ahmad
Directed by	Amna Nawaz Khan
Starring	Saba Qamar Adnan Siddiqui Aamina Sheikh (For entire cast see below)
Theme music composer	Lyrics Sabir Zafar Composer Farrukh Abid Shoaib Farrukh
Opening theme	Maat by Muhammad Ali
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer	Asfar Sanjrani
Producer	Momina Duraid
Cinematography	Shehzad Kashmiri
Editor	Husnain
Running time	Approx. 40 minutes
Production company	MD Productions
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	9 September 2011 (2011-09-09) – 24 February 2012 (2012-02-24)

Maat (Urdu: مات, lit. 'Defeat') is a Pakistani drama serial broadcast on Hum TV, premiered on 9 September 2011. The drama is based on an Urdu novel of the same name by Umera Ahmad. Maat's last episode telecasted on 24 February 2012. It is one of the highest-rated Pakistani television series.

Plot

Saman and Aiman are sisters who belong to a lower-middle-class family. Aiman, the elder sister is kind, polite, and deeply respects her elders; Saman, who is younger than Aiman, is overambitious and believes she can give maat (defeat) to anyone at any time. Their cousin Faisal becomes enchanted with Saman's beauty. Despite his engagement to Aiman, he proposes to Saman. She refuses, but his improving financial status changes her mind.

The marriage is uneasy due to Saman's demanding nature, but the couple have a son, whom they name Hadeed. Saman can barely handle her child, so Aiman takes on the role of caretaker. Saman begins an affair with Faisal's business partner, Azar, who is richer than her husband. After an incident where Saman's attitude towards her mother-in-law leads Faisal to slap her, Saman files for divorce.

Around the same time, Azar breaks his partnership with Faisal. Leaving her family heartbroken, Saman enjoys her wealthy life with her new husband. Meanwhile, Aiman's mother and aunt decide to get Faisal and Aiman married so that Hadeed will have a maternal figure in his life.

Twenty-five years later, Faisal has established a new factory and has become a wealthy and successful businessman. Hadid has now grown up to be a successful 27-year-old bachelor. Unknown to Aiman, Faisal has again begun an affair with Saman after Azar's death. Faisal decides to end his marriage to Aiman and offers her an apartment and monthly retainer so she won't need anything financially. He also lies to Aiman about Hadeed wanting Saman back which causes a heartbroken Aiman to leave. Saman remarries Faisal. Hadid discovers that Aiman has left and that Saman only returned because Azar has died. He is outraged and accuses Saman of only returning because her former life is gone. He disowns her as well as his father for there selfishness. Hadeed later finds Aiman and brings her to his home. She is resistant at first, but she realizes her adopted son was never at fault, and his refusal to be a part of Faisal's plan is what delayed it for so long.

Four years later, Hadid has a wife and son with Aiman living with them. She receives a call from Saman, who apologizes on her and Faisal's behalf, having grown tired of their isolation. Aiman forgives them but reminds Saman their misery was of her own making. With this, she hangs up, happy with the knowledge she finally gave maat to Saman, after all.

Cast

• Aamina Sheikh as Aiman
• Saba Qamar as Saman
• Adnan Siddiqui as Faisal
• Noor Hassan Rizvi as Hadeed
• Shamim Hilaly as Faisal's mother
• Rabia Noreen as Afia
• Asad Malik as Aazar
• Samina Ahmad as servant
• Maheen Rizvi as Shaila
• Sadia Ghaffar as Munazzah

Broadcast and release

National and international broadcast

Maat was originally broadcast on Hum TV. It was rebroadcast by Hum TV due to its popularity and viewers' demand in September 2013. Also aired on Hum Sitaray and with Pashto dubbing on Hum Pashto 1.

It was also aired in Iran and Turkey under the same title, premiering on 19 July 2014. The show ended its run in Iran on 12 August 2014. It has again been shown three more times in Turkey due to its popularity. In UK and Ireland, the show was aired on Rishtey tv UK (now Colors Rishtey UK) and the first episode was aired on 10 August 2013. In India, it was aired on Zindagi TV premiering on 19 July 2014 at 08:00 pm replacing the channel's most popular Zindagi Gulzar Hai.

Digital release and availability

The show was made available to stream online on MX Player. Since mid-2020 it is also available on ZEE5 and Hum TV's official YouTube channel.

Accolades

References

1. Khalid, Eefa (31 December 2012). "Pakistani dramas: highlights of 2012". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
2. DNA. "Aamina Sheikh's real life character". Bollywoodlife. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
3. "Happy Birthday Saba Qamar: 5 times the actor proved her mettle onscreen | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
4. Baddhan, Raj (2 September 2013). "Overnights: 'Maat' leads Sunday night UK ratings". BizAsia. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. "Zindagi launches 'Maat' – The story of rivalry and jealousy between two sisters". dna. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
6. "'Maat' to replace 'Zindagi Gulzar Hai'". Zee News. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
7. "When Aiman of 'Maat' felt trapped". Zee News. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
8. "12th Annual LUX Style Awards nominations". nation.com.pk. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.
9. "12th Annual LUX Style Awards nominations". 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012.
10. "12th Annual LUX Style Awards nominations". 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012.

External links

• Official Website
• Maat on MX Player
• Maat on ZEE5

• 2011 Pakistani television series debuts
• Pakistani drama television series
• Hum TV original programming
• 2012 Pakistani television series endings
• Urdu-language telenovelas
• Pakistani telenovelas
• Zee Zindagi original programming