Baraat Series
# Baraat Series

Kis Ki Aayegi Baraat or Baraat Series is a Pakistani comedy television series developed by Marina Khan and Nadeem Baig for Geo Entertainment. It is loosely based on the marriage ceremonies that take place in Punjabi families in Punjab, and stars Bushra Ansari as a comical woman named Saima Chaudhry along with Saba Hameed, Jawed Sheikh, and Shehryar Zaidi. The series received generally positive reviews from critics.

The comedy series started with its first serial Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat which premiered on 30 November 2009. It was followed by Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat in 2010, Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat in 2011, and Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat in 2012. After that, the series was stopped.

The series was also telecast on the Indian channel Zindagi starting in 2015.

## Cast and characters

Despite the addition of some new characters in every new season, some of the actors along with characters appeared in all seasons of the series, which include:

* Bushra Ansari as Saima Chaudhry
* Jawed Sheikh as Faraz Ahmed
* Saba Hameed as Rabia Ahmed
* Samina Ahmad as Mehrunnisa
* Shehryar Zaidi as Chaudhry Nazeer Ahmed
* Natasha Ali as Dolly
* Uroosa Siddiqui as Sukaina (Sukhi)
* Raheel Butt as Nabeel
* Sana Askari as Laila Chaudhry
* Asad Siddiqui as Vicky Chaudhry

### Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat

* Hassan Niazi as Azar
* Sarwat Gilani as Sila Chaudhry

### Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat

* Ayesha Omar as Sila Chaudhry
* Ali Safina as Mustaq (Takkay)

### Takkay Ki Ayegi Baraat

* Alishba Yousuf as Sila Chaudhry
* Ali Safina as Mustaq (Takkay)
* Azra Mohyeddin as Mehr's friend
* Ahsan Khan as Azar
* Bindiya as Sukaina's mother
* Huma Hameed as Arfa

### Annie Ki Ayegi Baraat

* Naveen Waqar as Annie
* Shahzad Sheikh as Mikaal
* Alishba Yousuf as Sila Chaudhry
* Ali Safina as Mushtaq (Takkay)
* Ahsan Khan as Azar
* Hina Dilpazeer as Billo Farry Dharalla
* Vasay Chaudhry as Bobby D
* Huma Hameed as Arfa

## Development and production

After the success of Azar Ki Ayegi Baraat, Evernew Productions produced its sequel Dolly Ki Ayegi Baraat. This time Vasay Chaudhry was the co-writer with Bushra Ansari. It was the first time that Vasay had written a script for any series. The character of Sila was replaced by Ayesha Omar in this series.

In August 2018, news came out that Bushra Ansari had offered to write the script of the next season of the series.

Mrs. Chaudhary ka Tarka, a cooking show inspired by Baraat Series, was released in Ramadan 2021.

## Spinoff

### Mrs. Chaudhary Ka Tarka

In Ramadan 2021, the channel launched a cooking show featuring the character of Saima Chaudhry as a host, inviting the characters from the series as guests in each episode. The show was produced by Humayun Saeed, Hassaan Azhar, and Shehzad Nasib and was directed by Nadeem Baig. The executive producers of the show are Nadeem Baig and Irfan Malik. It was aired in the afternoon having 20-minute episodes.

