Urdu Tv Serial Mannchalay - Cast & Crew

Eshita Mehboob, born as Eshita Mehboob Syed in year 1985, is a Pakistani model and television actress. She is a pure Bengali and her parents were from Dacca, where she was also born. Her family moved to Pakistan when she was three years old, due to the nature of her father’s business. She was raised up in Karachi and studied at Saint Patrick’s High School for Girls and later graduated Bachelors in Psychology, Library Science and Islamic History in DHA College for Women. Eshita admits that she was never a good student as she always gets in trouble with her teachers for several reasons and one of it is the many piercings she has, which is not allowed on her school, but Eshita was fond on doing extracurricular activities like basketball, karate (she is a green-belter) and acting in school plays. 

Her first break was from the music video of the song Suno Ke Main Hun Jawan by the band called Noori, followed by the titular role in Geo TV’s telefilm entitled Babli Ghar Se Kyun Bhagi. After this, she started to receive several offers and casting calls, but she credits her success to her friend, photographer and stylish Akef Iiyas. Akef made her believe in her own talent and made her very first portfolio and photographs. Eshita got rebellious when during her teenage years and she said that this is because of the passing of her elder sister while giving birth. This caused her depression as she was not close to her parents. But her friends helped her in regaining the energy and the strength to stand up and move on with her life. Now, she is more confident with a positive outlook towards life. 

She got married to Ahmer Nawaz, a banker. They shared 11-years of boyfriend-girlfriend relationship before they finally decided to tie the knot. The actress believes that it is a mistaken belief that an actress will soon end her career after getting married; in fact, she feels that better projects came her way only after her marriage. Two of her favorite serials were Naija and Meri Jaan where she played a villain role. 

She also donned plays on Hum TV entitled Bazaar, where she played as an actress and another one, which is a Ramadan play. 

In between 2009 to 2010, she played as Naiza in the Pakistani comedy series Mannchalay. She was seen on Hum TV’s comedy drama Khatti Meethi Zindagi opposite Fahad Mustafa. Eshita is also part of the anthology series, Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain, which also aired on Hum TV and Sanjha from the same channel. In year 2012, Eshita played as Zaini in the Pakistani drama soap Aik Nayee Cinderella and Omar Dadi Aur Gharwalay on ARY Digital. She played as Samina in a popular Pakistani soap Mar Jain Bhi To Kya. Eshita played as a wife to Noor Hassan Rizvi’s character in the drama serial, Aseer Zadi in year 2013. She also appeared in the third season of Kis Din Mera Viah Hoeyga and in the fourth episode of the anthology series, Shareek-e-Hayat. Eshita’s other television appearances were from the serials Bharday Jholi, Kissey Apna Kahein, Mere Khuda and Dayar-e-Dil. 

This year, Eshita took part in the comedy road film, Karachi Se Lahore as Ayesha. This is the first ever Pakistani film to have its premiere in Hollywood. She played as Arzo in the Pakistani drama entitled Moor, which was released last August.

Sanam Baloch is a Pakistani television host, actress and telefilm actor. She has appeared in several noted Pakistani television programs. She is best known for her roles in the television programs such as ‘Dastaan’ (2010), ‘Daam’ (2010), ‘Kankar’ (2013) & talk shows such as ‘Morning with Hum’ & ‘Subha Saveray Samaa Ke Saath’. She is a Karachi girl, who has done all her schooling from Pakistan.

Seemi Raheel is a senior Pakistani actress who has worked in Urdu television and film for many years. She was born on 26 February 1957 in Sialkot, Pakistan. She is a Harvard Medical graduate who is recognized for playing lively and emotional mother characters. In real life, she is the mother of actor Daniyal Raheen and supermodel- cum-actress, Mehreen Raheel. Seemi started in the television industry with a drama sitcom, "Family Front," in 1997. After that, in 2002, she appeared in Prime Entertainment's "Landa Bazar," where she had played the role of 'Surraya Batool.'

Hasan Ahmed (Born: April 14, 1982) is a Pakistani model and TV actor. He has worked in many TV series and commercials for different television channels. Ahmed was born in a Muslim family on in Karachi. Hasan is married to a famous model and actress Sunita Marshall. They have a son named Raakin Ahmed. Kidnappers blocked Hasan's vehicle on March 21, 2012, when they used an ATM near 'Khayaban-e-Shahbaz'.

Danish Taimoor is a Pakistani model and TV actor. He was born in Karachi on February 16, 1983 and started acting at a quite young age as an amateur artist. After completing his education he took up the profession of modeling before entering into the world of TV. His television career started with a small role in Dil, Diya, Dehleez in 2009. His performance was highly lauded and many offers started coming his way. His some of the most famous series were Haseena Moin's Meri Behen Maya and Mehreen Jabbar's Rehai which brought him much fame and name. Other television serials which were noted for his performance were Manchaley in which he played the role of Jibran Khwaja, Masi Aur Malika, Chemistry on Geo TV ( one of the most famous serial in Pakistan), Larkiyan Muhalle Ki, Perfume Chowk and Raju Rocket on Hum TV, Kuchh Ankahi Baatein, Lamha Lamha Zindagi and Mere Sanwariya Ka Naam on Ary Digital and many others on different channels. 

Qavi Khan aka Mohammad Qavi Khan is a Pakistani movies and TV star, a radio artist and director as well. He was born on 13 Nov, 1932 in Lahore, Pakistan. He married in year 1968 and has four children all settled abroad but he didn’t leave his motherland. He started his career in 1960s at the age of five from Radio Pakistan and then after getting fame he shifted to PTC. He was one of the primary actors of PTV. He started his film actor journey in 1965 and has been part of 200 films. He did remarkable roles in movies such as Durr-e-Shehwar based on husband wife relationships and FBI Operation Pakistan based on military released in 1971.

Shehryar Zaidi is a well-known, senior Pakistani actor. He predominantly acts in TV serials and shows. He is known to play the current age dramatic roles of a father on screen. Also, many of his family members too happen to be related to the showbiz and media. Sheharyar Zaidi’s family hails from Uttar Pradesh, India. But they had migrated to Pakistan after the partition in 1947. Sheharyar has completed his graduation from National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore. After completing his degree, he indulged actively into acting and singing and this marked as the very beginning of his media career. During the 1970’s he continued to appear as a singer on PTV and also was providing vocals for famous television program “Such Gupp” along with his wife Nayyara Noor; who was a famous singer then. Although, Shehryar was active in the media industry from the 1970’s he eventually started appearing as an actor only during his forties; only after private satellite channels were launched in 2000.He went on to demonstrate eminent performance in various roles like Chaudhary Saab in the famous TV series “Kis Ki Aayegi Baraat”. Now and then,