Chalawa (TV series)

*Chalawa*
Chalawa
Genre	Supernatural; Mystery;
Written by	Shahid Nizami
Directed by	Najaf Bilgrami; Shamoon Abbasi (episode 1-8);
Starring	Noor Zafar Khan; Ali Ansari; Naveen Waqar;
Theme music composer	Syed Adeel Ali
Opening theme	"Ek Chalawa" by Alycia Dias; Lyrics by S.K. Khalish
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producers	M. Nadeem J. ; Umer Mukhtar
Production location	Pakistan
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	37-38 Minutes
Production companies	MD Productions; NJ Productions;
Original release
Network	Hum TV
Release	8 November 2020 –; 4 April 2021

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.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Chalawa is a 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. Later on, she gets to know that she's not a normal human being but a Psychic Medium by birth who can see and feel paranormal entities; these powers were inherently transferred from her father. ^[3]

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)