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Shaheen
Genre	Drama
Created by	Arvishi Cine Vision
Written by	Pravesh Bhardwaj Shruti Nagar
Directed by	Pravesh Bhardwaj
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	Amitabh Varma
Opening theme	Vishwajeet
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Ajay Shah
Camera setup	Mahendra Pradhan
Running time	20 Minutes
Production company	Arvishi Cine Vision
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	2000 (2000)

Shaheen (transl. Falcon) is an Indian television series which aired on Sony TV in 2000. It was produced by Arvishi Cine Vision's production house and stars Juhi Parmar in the lead role.

Plot

Shaheen is a young Muslim girl who lives in Mumbai and dreams of doing something in life. Her father's only dream is to get her married into a rich royal family of Nawabs. Shaheen's dreams are shattered when she gets to know that her father has fixed her marriage with a Lucknow-based widower Nawab Junaid. There is a significant age difference between Shaheen and Junaid but she surrenders to her father's wishes and marries Junaid.

Shaheen shifts to Lucknow with Junaid and gradually starts adjusting to a very different city and culture. However, she is soon shocked to discover that Junaid has a son from his previous marriage, a fact her father hid from her. Junaid then tells her that he can never give her the place of his first wife. Shaheen decides to carry on and joins a college with Junaid's support. There she meets a young poet named Rafee and falls in love with him.

The story then revolves around Shaheen's relationship with Junaid and how she must decide to choose between him and Rafee.

Cast

• Juhi Parmar as Shaheen
• Bhaveen Gossain as Nawab Junaid
• Sushma Seth as Begum Sahiba
• Amit Behl
• Tara Mehta
• Naved Aslam
• Abha Dhulia
• Vandana Sajnani
• Manasi Upadhyay
• Ravikiran Shastry
• Neena Cheema
• Abhay Puniani
• Rutuja Shah
• Mahesh Kanwal
• Lopa Bhatt
• Manav Kaushik

References

1. "Old Sony Entertainment Television Serials". oldsonytvserials.blogspot.com.
2. "Juhi Parmar". Tellychakkar.com.
3. "SET India serial Shaheen". nettv4u.com.
4. "Shaheen Sony TV". youtube.com. 21 December 2010.
5. "Muslim based Indian Serials". www.fuzionproductions.com.

External links

• Indian television soap operas
• Sony Entertainment Television original programming
• 2002 Indian television series debuts