Sona Chandi

About This Drama

Sona Chandi (1983) was Anwar Maqsood's affectionate but unsparing examination of the Pakistani middle class — its aspirations, its anxieties, and the domestic comedy that arises when two people with strong and opposing personalities are required to share a life. The drama revolved around a married couple whose relationship was a battleground of wit and will, giving Bushra Ansari and Shakeel the material to produce performances of sustained comic excellence. Maqsood's writing was at its most precisely observed here: the arguments, the reconciliations, and the fundamental tenderness underlying the surface friction were all rendered with the kind of specificity that only comes from a writer who has paid close attention to how people actually speak and behave. Sona Chandi was warmly received and remains a touchstone of the domestic comedy genre in Pakistani television.