Sajal Aly to play role of Fatima Jinnah in upcoming partition series
In an upcoming partition series, Sajal Aly alongside Samiya Mumtaz and Sundus Farhan will be playing the role of Fatima Jinnah from different eras of her life. The series will represent each phase of Mader-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah’s life during the independence movement.
The writer and director of the upcoming partition series Danial K Afzal revealed that the prologue of the series will release on August 14. “The prologue teaser has three scenes, one of Bombay, one of the ’47 train carrying the beheaded corpses and the third when she [Fatima Jinnah] stood for the elections”, He said.
The writer further explained, “It will be a series with three seasons and 15 episodes per season. The first season is going to be pre-independence, the second is going to be during the independence and the third will be post-independence. This will entirely be from the perspective of Fatima Jinnah and we’ve only shot the prologue in which Sundus Farhan will play the pre-independence Fatima Jinnah, then the main chunk that is independence will be played by Sajal Aly and post-independence, the whole ’65 era, will be played by Samiya Mumtaz”.
“Sajal is an international icon, with her film with Jemima coming in and there’s a lot of big projects she’s doing”, Danial said while talking about casting Sajal Aly in the series.
The director also revealed that it is an OTT-centered program but will also go on air on television.
