Tanha was an Indian television drama which aired on Star Plus from 1997-1999.It was a joint presentation of India and Pakistan and it included top Pakistani actors such as Sajid Hasan

Sajid Hasan

Sajid Hasan Urdu: ساجد حسن is a well known actor from Pakistan. He started off as a theater personality and then moved to television. Sajid Hasan's first major drama series was Khalij. He became more recognized from his involvement in the play Dhoop Kinare in which he played a comedic role. He has...

 and
Marina Khan

Marina Khan

For the lawn bowler see Marina Khan Marina Khan is an actress born in Peshawar, Pakistan. She has appeared in drama serials, such as Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare and Nijaat...

.The lyrics for the title song were composed by Javed Akhtar and set to tune by Raju Singh. It was written by Haseena Moin

Haseena Moin

Haseena Moin is a notable Pakistani dramatist, playwright and writer for radio and television.A native of Kanpur, the most populous city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Hassena Moin received her early education in her ancestral region and, after the partition of India, migrated...

, the writer of popular Pakistani television series like Dhoop Kinare

Dhoop Kinare

Dhoop Kinare meaning at the edge of the sunshine in Urdu was a Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network. The show centers around a team of doctors in a hospital in Karachi and revolves around their routines at the hospital and private lives at home...

, Tanhaiyaan

Tanhaiyaan

Tanhaiyaan is a Pakistani drama series which is considered a classic. It is the story of two sisters who lose their parents and go to live with their aunt. In one of the sisters efforts to buy back her parents' house, she realizes what makes a house a home...

 and Ankahi

Ankahi

Ankahi was a popular Urdu drama serial broadcast by Pakistan Television Corporation in 1982. The drama was written by renowned Haseena Moin and superbly directed by Shoaib Mansoor and Mohsin Ali. The play was yet another feather Haseena Moin's as well as PTV's cap...

.Tanha set a was a very popular drama and it received huge ratings.It was a Indo-Pak Drama and was enjoyed by the people of the Sub-Continent.

Sypnosis

Tanha is a poignant family drama. Sushma Seth plays the role of a contemporary Muslim woman, Shakeela Begum, a widow running a prosperous garment export industry. She is the dynamic and an inspiration, who strives to keep her family together.

The series opens with the family getting together to celebrate Eid. The story then unfolds the interesting and colourful characters and the intimacy and filial love between them. The series has been shot on location in Lucknow, Aligarh and other important cities in India.

Plot

A poignant family drama, Tanha is based on a widow (Sushma Seth), who strives to keep her family together.After facing a bunch of problems and difficulties in the end she succeeds to keep her whole family together.

Cast

• Sushma Seth
  Sushma Seth
  Sushma Seth is an Indian film, television, and stage actress. She started her career in the late 1970s, and has been known for playing the mother and the grandmother in movies and television. She is most known as the role of Dadi in pioneering TV soap Hum Log . She is also a theatre actor and...
  
   as Shakeela Begum
• Aashif Sheikh
  Aashif Sheikh
  Aashif Sheikh in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is an Indian film actor.He has acted alongside Shilpa Shetty in a number of films including Chhote Sarkar , Auzaar , Pardesi Babu and Shah Rukh Khan in Army , Karan Arjun and Zamaana Deewana and Divya Dutta in Ishq Mein Jeena Ishq Mein...
  
  
• Atul Agnihotri
  Atul Agnihotri
  Atul Agnihotri is a Hindi actor and director.-Career:Agnihorti's career stretches back to 1983 when he made a brief appearance as a child artist in Pasand Apni Apni. He started his film career as an adult in 1993 with Mahesh Bhatt's Sir...
  
  
• Sarvat Sanjar
• Sajid Hasan
  Sajid Hasan
  Sajid Hasan Urdu: ساجد حسن is a well known actor from Pakistan. He started off as a theater personality and then moved to television. Sajid Hasan's first major drama series was Khalij. He became more recognized from his involvement in the play Dhoop Kinare in which he played a comedic role. He has...
  
  
• Marina Khan
  Marina Khan
  For the lawn bowler see Marina Khan Marina Khan is an actress born in Peshawar, Pakistan. She has appeared in drama serials, such as Tanhaiyaan, Dhoop Kinare and Nijaat...
  
  
• Minha Zameer
• Parikshit Sahani
• Iravati Harshe
• Vivek Mushran
  Vivek Mushran
  Vivek Mushran is an Indian actor. He studied at Sherwood College, Nainital. He started his career in 1991 with blockbuster Hindi movie Saudagar. He acted in many movies including Ram Jaane, First Love Letter, and Anjaane...
  
  
• Tanaaz Currim
  Tanaaz Currim
  Tanaaz Irani is an Indian actress. She has acted in Bollywood films and Hindi television serials. She has also been credited as Tanaaz Lal, her maiden name, and Tanaaz Currim .-Career:...
  
  
• Krutika Desai
• Sulbha Deshpande
• Varsha Usgaonkar
  Varsha Usgaonkar
  Varsha Usgaonkar , is an Indian film actress from Goa, who has worked in various Bollywood and Marathi movies as the leading lady...
  
  
• Anang Desai
• Vijayendra Ghatge
  Vijayendra Ghatge
  Vijayendra Ghatge is an actor from Indian TV and movie industry. He has acted in Buniyaad among other serials and several of movies such as Prem Rog and Devdas. He is descendant of Holkars family,the ex-royal family of Indore thru his mother Sita Raje Ghatge. He is the father of Chak De India...
  
  
• Firdous Dadi
• Nishigandha
• Miral
  Miral
  Miral is a 2010 biographical political film directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay was written by Rula Jebreal, based on her novel. The film was released on 3 September at the 2010 Venice Film Festival and on 15 September 2010 in France. The film was set for release on 3 December 2010 in the...