An adoptation of Razia Butt's novel Bano
Writer: Razia Butt
Dramatized by: Sameera Fazal
Producer: Momina Duraid
Director: Hissam Hussain
Cast:Sanam Baloch, Ahsan Khan, Mohammed Qavi Khan, Fawad Khan, Mehreen Raheel
Plot:Based on the novel "Bano", Dastaan begins with the wedding of Suraiya (Saba Qamar), Hassan's aunt and Bano's soon-to-be sister-in-law. She is engaged to Saleem (Ahsan Khan), Bano's eldest brother. Hassan (Fawad Khan) and Bano (Sanam Baloch) had not seen each other since they were children, and had no relationship whatsoever prior to Suraiya and Saleem's wedding. They slowly begin to develop feelings for each other, with Hassan visiting Ludhiana every now and then. Hassan is a final year engineering student at the Islamia College. He is an active supporter of the All-India Muslim League, and the leader of the Ludhiana Branch. He strongly believes in the establishment of Pakistan, and is an avid follower of Qaid-E-Azam, leader of the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. Meanwhile, Bano's brother and Suraiya's husband, Saleem, is an active supporter of the Indian Congress, what with all his friends being Hindu, and believes that the establishment of Pakistan will not help, but rather lessen the position of Muslims in India. The political debate between Saleem and Hassan begins as friendly competition, but intensifies as conditions worsen throughout India for Muslims. Saleem, hot-tempered and rash, begins to bring political debates into family life, and eventually forbids Suraiya to visit Hassan or his mother Rasheeda, her only sister. But Hassan is not dissuaded. He continues to spread the message of Pakistan throughout Saleem's family, causing Saleem's anger to explode on many occasions.
Hassan and Bano eventually become engaged, and Saleem decides to leave behind his rivalry with Hassan for Bano's sake. Soon, Hassan gets a job in Rawalpindi and has to leave immediately. He and Rasheeda leave Ludhiana, with the promise that they will be back 5 months later for the wedding.
During this time tensions between Hindus and Muslims rise, violence outbreaks all throughout India. Hate crimes against Muslims become common, and the fighting spreads all across India states, getting threateningly closer to Ludhiana every day. As the fighting becomes more pronounced, Muslims retaliate, leaving nobody safe. A rift begins to form between Saleem and his friends, and soon the entire family has to be locked in their home, unable to go out into the dangerous streets for fear of being killed or, in the women's case, losing their virtue.
On a fateful night, a group of Sikhs and Hindus attack the family's home, and Saleem and all men of the family are brutally murdered in a terrible massacre. The men and elder women of the home are killed, and the younger ones are either murdered or are carried away, presumably to be raped before killed.
Bano survives this ordeal and travels throughout India on her quest to reach Pakistan. She comes across a Sikh man (Bilal Khan) who helps nurse her back to health after her first rape and the death of her mother. She also comes across Basant Singh (Babrik Shah), a Sikh man, and his mother (Sangeeta) who kidnap her from the train she is taking to Lahore, and keep her in their home for 5 years. At first, Bano refuses to even tell Basant Singh her name, saying instead that he "doesn't deserve to say" her name. Basanta names her Sundar Kaur, or "beautiful princess," in Punjabi. He tells Bano that he will take her to Pakistan one day. Bano, mentally exhausted and with no options left, believes him. Nearly a year later, Basanta has not lived up to his promise, claiming that the roadways are still blocked and that traveling to Pakistan is too dangerous of a venture. Bano soon learns of his plan to convert her to Sikhism and marry her, and attempts to run away again. This time though, when Basanta catches her, he doesn't treat her gently as with the first time. He tries whatever method he can to break her; beating her, raping her, forcing her to become a Sikhni (in vain), marrying her, and in the end, having her give birth to his child.
After many years, Bano manages to escape and finally make it to her beloved and Pakistan and back to Hassan, but her worries don't end here as she sees how radically different Pakistan is to the dreams she had seen about it.
Bano turns Mental because of everything shes been through, hassan marries rabia who very growned up now, but they always come to meet her in the hospital.
Plot:Based on the novel "Bano", Dastaan begins with the wedding of Suraiya (Saba Qamar), Hassan's aunt and Bano's soon-to-be sister-in-law. She is engaged to Saleem (Ahsan Khan), Bano's eldest brother. Hassan (Fawad Khan) and Bano (Sanam Baloch) had not seen each other since they were children, and had no relationship whatsoever prior to Suraiya and Saleem's wedding. They slowly begin to develop feelings for each other, with Hassan visiting Ludhiana every now and then. Hassan is a final year engineering student at the Islamia College. He is an active supporter of the All-India Muslim League, and the leader of the Ludhiana Branch. He strongly believes in the establishment of Pakistan, and is an avid follower of Qaid-E-Azam, leader of the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. Meanwhile, Bano's brother and Suraiya's husband, Saleem, is an active supporter of the Indian Congress, what with all his friends being Hindu, and believes that the establishment of Pakistan will not help, but rather lessen the position of Muslims in India. The political debate between Saleem and Hassan begins as friendly competition, but intensifies as conditions worsen throughout India for Muslims. Saleem, hot-tempered and rash, begins to bring political debates into family life, and eventually forbids Suraiya to visit Hassan or his mother Rasheeda, her only sister. But Hassan is not dissuaded. He continues to spread the message of Pakistan throughout Saleem's family, causing Saleem's anger to explode on many occasions.
Hassan and Bano eventually become engaged, and Saleem decides to leave behind his rivalry with Hassan for Bano's sake. Soon, Hassan gets a job in Rawalpindi and has to leave immediately. He and Rasheeda leave Ludhiana, with the promise that they will be back 5 months later for the wedding.
During this time tensions between Hindus and Muslims rise, violence outbreaks all throughout India. Hate crimes against Muslims become common, and the fighting spreads all across India states, getting threateningly closer to Ludhiana every day. As the fighting becomes more pronounced, Muslims retaliate, leaving nobody safe. A rift begins to form between Saleem and his friends, and soon the entire family has to be locked in their home, unable to go out into the dangerous streets for fear of being killed or, in the women's case, losing their virtue.
On a fateful night, a group of Sikhs and Hindus attack the family's home, and Saleem and all men of the family are brutally murdered in a terrible massacre. The men and elder women of the home are killed, and the younger ones are either murdered or are carried away, presumably to be raped before killed.
Bano survives this ordeal and travels throughout India on her quest to reach Pakistan. She comes across a Sikh man (Bilal Khan) who helps nurse her back to health after her first rape and the death of her mother. She also comes across Basant Singh (Babrik Shah), a Sikh man, and his mother (Sangeeta) who kidnap her from the train she is taking to Lahore, and keep her in their home for 5 years. At first, Bano refuses to even tell Basant Singh her name, saying instead that he "doesn't deserve to say" her name. Basanta names her Sundar Kaur, or "beautiful princess," in Punjabi. He tells Bano that he will take her to Pakistan one day. Bano, mentally exhausted and with no options left, believes him. Nearly a year later, Basanta has not lived up to his promise, claiming that the roadways are still blocked and that traveling to Pakistan is too dangerous of a venture. Bano soon learns of his plan to convert her to Sikhism and marry her, and attempts to run away again. This time though, when Basanta catches her, he doesn't treat her gently as with the first time. He tries whatever method he can to break her; beating her, raping her, forcing her to become a Sikhni (in vain), marrying her, and in the end, having her give birth to his child.
After many years, Bano manages to escape and finally make it to her beloved and Pakistan and back to Hassan, but her worries don't end here as she sees how radically different Pakistan is to the dreams she had seen about it.
Bano turns Mental because of everything shes been through, hassan marries rabia who very growned up now, but they always come to meet her in the hospital.
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