Parsa (drama)
Encyclopedia
Parsa is a Pakistani
drama serial dramatized by Tahira Wasti, and is based on the novel of the same name "Parsa", by Bushra Rehman. It explores the permissibility of inter-faith marriages, and cultural and societal issues regarding the topic. The drama depicts the story of Parsa, a Muslim
girl who falls in love with David, a family friend and Christian
.
girl whose family is good friends with next-door neighbors and old friends, Tina and Joseph and their son David, who are all devout Christians. Paari and David are good friends, and are often shown to be hanging out with each other. Paari's parents are adamant about her getting engaged to her cousin, Salman, who is quiet and shy, the complete opposite of loud and rambunctious Parsa. Paari doesn't have any interest in Salman, but accepts him as the choice of her parents, and realizes that he needs her after his mother's death. But things start to unravel when Parsa and David begin to fall in love. David confesses his love for her, and Parsa realizes that she too has feelings for him. Parsa at first refuses his proposal to her, using religion as an excuse, but David agrees to convert
to Islam
for her, and soon Parsa and the newly Muslim "Dawood" are married. Here begins the ultimate story, as Parsa and David struggle to gain forgiveness from their parents, and attempt to make a life for themselves despite their different religious backgrounds.
as Paro
Ahsan Khan
as David
Adnan Siddiqui
as Salman
Anita Fatima Camphor as Tina
Khayyam Sarhadi as parsa's father
Asif Raza Mir
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
drama serial dramatized by Tahira Wasti, and is based on the novel of the same name "Parsa", by Bushra Rehman. It explores the permissibility of inter-faith marriages, and cultural and societal issues regarding the topic. The drama depicts the story of Parsa, a Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
girl who falls in love with David, a family friend and Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
.
Plot
Parsa (Ayesha Khan), or Paari, is a MuslimMuslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
girl whose family is good friends with next-door neighbors and old friends, Tina and Joseph and their son David, who are all devout Christians. Paari and David are good friends, and are often shown to be hanging out with each other. Paari's parents are adamant about her getting engaged to her cousin, Salman, who is quiet and shy, the complete opposite of loud and rambunctious Parsa. Paari doesn't have any interest in Salman, but accepts him as the choice of her parents, and realizes that he needs her after his mother's death. But things start to unravel when Parsa and David begin to fall in love. David confesses his love for her, and Parsa realizes that she too has feelings for him. Parsa at first refuses his proposal to her, using religion as an excuse, but David agrees to convert
Convert
The convert or try, in American football known as "point after", and Canadian football "Point after touchdown", is a one-scrimmage down played immediately after a touchdown during which the scoring team is allowed to attempt to score an extra one point by kicking the ball through the uprights , or...
to Islam
Islam
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for her, and soon Parsa and the newly Muslim "Dawood" are married. Here begins the ultimate story, as Parsa and David struggle to gain forgiveness from their parents, and attempt to make a life for themselves despite their different religious backgrounds.
Cast
Ayesha KhanAyesha Khan
Ayesha Khan, also spelled Aisha Khan, is a Pakistani television actress.- Career :After completing her graduation, she was discovered and given a break on PTV drama serials, but then immediately after Mehndi, she quit to go back and finish her higher education in Toronto, Canada.Ayesha Khan has...
as Paro
Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Khan
Ahsan Mohomed Khan was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played one match as a halfback....
as David
Adnan Siddiqui
Adnan Siddiqui
Adnan Siddiqui is a Pakistan model and television actor who has appeared in many commercials and drama serials, including Mehndi, Meri Zaat Zara-e-Benishan, Doraha, Hawa Rait Aur Aangan and Parsa. Siddiqui first started his filming career in the 1990's; he became notable for being casted in one of...
as Salman
Anita Fatima Camphor as Tina
Khayyam Sarhadi as parsa's father
Asif Raza Mir