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{{Short description|2011-12 Pakistani television series}}
{{About|the television series|the novel of the same name|Humsafar (novel){{!}}Humsafar|other uses|Humsafar (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Humsafar.png
| caption = Title Card
| image_size = 270
| alt_name = Rafeeq Al Ruh
| genre = {{plainlist|
*[[Family drama]]
*[[Romance film|Romance]]
}}
| creator = [[Momina Duraid]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Humsafar (novel)|Humsafar]]''|[[Farhat Ishtiaq]]}}
| writer = [[Farhat Ishtiaq]]
| screenplay = Farhat Ishtiaq
| director = [[Sarmad Sultan Khoosat]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Fawad Khan]]
*[[Mahira Khan]]
*[[Naveen Waqar]]
*''([[#Cast|See all Cast]])''
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Waqar Ali]]
| opentheme = ''[[Woh Humsafar Tha]]'' by [[Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch]]
| end_theme = ''Woh Humsafar Tha'' by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch
| composer = Waqar Ali
| country = Pakistan
| language = Urdu
| num_episodes = 23
| list_episodes =
| producer = {{plainlist|
*[[Momina Duraid]]
*Nina Kashif
}}
| camera = [[Multi-camera setup]]
| location = [[Karachi]]<br>[[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]]
| runtime = 38-42 minutes
| company = {{ubl|Momina Duraid Productions}}
| network = [[Hum TV]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2011|09|24}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2012|03|03}}
| related =
}}

'''''Humsafar''''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|ہم سفر}}|lit=Companion or Life Partner}})<ref name=reaches/> is a 2011 Pakistani television series based on the [[Humsafar (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Farhat Ishtiaq]] (who also wrote the screenplay) and directed by [[Sarmad Sultan Khoosat]]. It stars [[Fawad Khan]], [[Mahira Khan]], and [[Naveen Waqar]] in lead roles and [[Atiqa Odho]], [[Hina Khawaja Bayat]], [[Behroze Sabzwari]] and [[Noor Hassan Rizvi]] in supporting roles. The series was first broadcast on 24 September 2011 on [[Hum TV]].

''Humsafar'' became the most successful program on the channel at the time, earning it widespread acclaim and international recognition.<ref name=noise/><ref name=odho/><ref name=reaches/> Due to its success, critics referred to this era of [[Pakistani dramas|Pakistani television]] as a "Golden Age".<ref>{{cite news|title=Drama Serials:Golden Age?|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/699862/drama-serials-golden-age |first=Sbahat |last=Zakariya|work=DAWN.COM|date=29 November 2015|access-date= 3 March 2012}}</ref> It was claimed as the highest-rated serial of its time in Pakistan, with the [[Target rating point|TRPs]] of 10.71, peaking at 13.9 TRPs.

==Plot==
Khirad Ahsaan belongs to a lower-middle-class community in [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] and lives with her widowed mother, Maimoona, in a small apartment. As the series begins, she has recently completed her [[Bachelor of Science]] and is very strong in [[Mathematics]] as her father was a maths teacher. Maimoona's brother, Baseerat Hussain, is a self-made millionaire, who lives in [[Karachi]]. He is married to Farida, a social worker who runs a human rights [[NGO]]. They have one son, Ashar, who has an MBA from [[Yale University|Yale]] and runs the family's high-powered firm with his father.

After Maimoona receives a cancer diagnosis, Baseerat brings her and Khirad to his large home in [[Karachi]] for treatment. When she realizes there is no cure, Maimoona asks Baseerat to arrange a marriage for Khirad. Feeling guilty for not taking better care of Maimoona, Baseerat compensates by promising that [[Cousin marriage#Pakistan|Ashar will marry Khirad]], unbeknownst to Farida, Khirad, or Ashar. Farida opposes the match until Baseerat threatens to throw her out of the house if she does not accept it. While initially opposed, Ashar is emotionally manipulated by his father for the marriage, as well as Khirad by her mother. Sara, who is Ashar’s maternal cousin and childhood best friend who is in love with him, attempts suicide after both learning about the match and hearing from Ashar that he only sees her as a friend. After he rescues her, she promises to move on. Despite being against the idea, Ashar and Khirad get married in a simple nikkah ceremony. Within a short period, Maimoona dies, and Farida appears to have had a change of heart, treating Khirad as a daughter.

After an initial period of complications, Ashar and Khirad eventually find themselves deeply in love with each other. After Baseerat's sudden death, and encouraged by Ashar to follow her dreams, Khirad enrolls in a master's program in [[applied mathematics]]. Shortly after joining the program, she discovers that one of her classmates named Khizar, is Sara's paternal first cousin. Ashar becomes secretly jealous of their friendship. Khirad's involvement in college and her achievements also bother him. She and Farida also learn that Khirad is pregnant but decide to keep it as a surprise for Ashar.

However, Khirad never has the opportunity to tell him the news because she has been framed by Khizar, Farida, and Zarina who is Sara’s mother. Khirad learns that the love and attention from Farida, Zarina, and Khizar was a facade that hid a complex conspiracy. Farida feels that because Khirad had a lower-class upbringing, she is beneath Ashar. Zarina hopes that Sara will stop obsessing over Ashar's marriage to Khirad. Farida made a deal with Khizar to pay for his graduate studies in the United States and a marriage to Sara, unbeknownst to Sara and Zarina. With Baseerat gone, Farida, who never forgave him for threatening to throw her out, convinces Ashar that Khirad and Khizar had an affair, despite Khirad’s pleas of innocence. Unable to bear the idea and unwilling to hear Khirad's side of the story, Ashar leaves the house for a while. Farida uses his absence to further fabricate and throws Khirad out of the house in the middle of the night as an act of revenge against Baseerat. Khirad quickly writes a note to Ashar proclaiming her innocence and leaves it with one of the house helpers. She is then taken to Hyderabad by a [[Parable of the Good Samaritan#As a metaphor and name|good samaritan]] and finds a home with her former neighbour, Batool Bano. As Farida told Ashar that Khirad had run away with Khizar, Ashar declines Khirad's multiple calls. Thus, she realises that she will never be able to convince him of her innocence and gives up on their marriage. She gives birth alone to a premature baby and decides she would raise Hareem herself, working as a math teacher.

Four years later, driven by Hareem's need for open heart surgery, Khirad confronts Ashar. Her youthful innocence and fear of the world have now been both replaced by a firm and courageous persona that allows her to stand up to Ashar. She has also learned how to protect herself with documentation, evidence that forces Ashar to accept the reality that Hareem, whom he did not know existed, is his daughter. He brings them back home during the medical procedures. Khirad is then forced to confront both Sara and Farida, but the strength, independence, and confidence born of her hardships prevent them from bullying her.

Sara confesses her love to Ashar again, but he informs her that he cannot love anyone and that she should stop pursuing him. Khizar returns from America and starts to blackmail Farida by threatening to reveal Khirad's innocence to Ashar if Sara does not marry him. Under pressure, Farida visits Sara and urges her to marry Khizar, but Sara and her mother refuse. Distraught, Sara attempts suicide again, and this time she succeeds.

After Hareem's successful operation, Khirad secretly returns to Hyderabad and leaves Hareem with Ashar, telling him through a letter that he has full custody because she is not financially capable of taking care of her. However, the period with Khirad rekindled Ashar's feelings for her. While looking through a box of albums, Ashar finds Khirad's letter from four years earlier and finally reads it for the first time. The truth of the letter overwhelms him as he realizes he committed a terrible mistake in believing the scene from four years before. He then overhears a phone call between Farida and Khizar, which confirms that what he saw was a fabrication and that Farida deliberately threw Khirad out in order to disavow the unborn child.

Horrified by the reality of his unintentional complicity with the conspiracy against Khirad, he flees to Hyderabad to beg her for forgiveness. He manages to convince Khirad to return home, where they face Farida. In his absence, Farida had found the letter, and thus upon seeing them both, begins to repeat her series of lies. However, Ashar stands up to her, perhaps for the first time. He rejects Farida's narrative, proclaims Khirad's innocence, and states that she belongs in this home with their daughter. Farida becomes so frightened by Ashar's decision to support Khirad that she has a nervous breakdown and loses all connection with reality. Ashar takes full responsibility for all the events and begs Khirad to stay with him. Khirad is hesitant, stating that she is a different person now and that she isn't certain she can love him as she used to. She also wonders how Ashar could have imagined she was capable of the narrative fabricated about her and how he could have abandoned her if he genuinely loved her. Deeply ashamed, Ashar agrees and states that it was entirely his fault and that he has no right to expect she can ever forgive him. However, he hopes she will stay so they can raise Hareem together.

Khirad reluctantly consents to the arrangement, and a few months later, the three are shown enjoying in the rain as a happy family.

==Cast==
===Main===
* [[Fawad Khan]] as Ashar Hussain : Khirad's husband; Baseerat and Farida's son; Hareem's father
* [[Mahira Khan]] as Khirad Ahsaan : Ashar's wife; Ahsaan and Maimoona's daughter; Hareem's mother
* [[Naveen Waqar]] as Sara Ajmal : Zareena's daughter; Farida's niece; Ashar's cousin & bestfriend
* [[Atiqa Odho]] as Farida Hussain : Baseerat's widow; Ashar's mother
* [[Behroze Sabzwari]] as Baseerat Hussain : Maimoona's brother; Farida's husband; Ashar's father
* [[Hina Khawaja Bayat]] as Zarina Ajmal : Farida's sister; Sara's mother
* [[Noor Hassan Rizvi]] as Khizar Alam : Sara's cousin
* [[Saba Faisal]] as Maimoona Ahsaan : Ahsaan's widow; Khirad's mother; Baseerat's sister
*[[Salma Zafar]] as Sherish
*Shahbaz Rajput as Ali
*[[Qaiser Naqvi]] as Batool Bano : Maimoona's friend and neighbour
* Sara Kashif as Hareem Hussain : Khirad and Ashar's daughter

===Guest appearances===
* [[Khalid Anam]] as Ahsaan : Khirad's father
* [[Mansha Pasha]] as the wife of Ashar's friend
* [[Kanwar Arsalan]] as Raza, Ashar's colleague
* Kanwar Atiq ur Rehman as Umar, Ashar's colleague
* [[Sarmad Khoosat]] as Dr. Idrees, Khirad's Professor

==Deviations from the novel==
{{main|Humsafar (novel)}}
Although author [[Farhat Ishtiaq]] adapted the screenplay from her novel, [[Humsafar (novel)|''Humsafar'']], there are differences between the two. While the novel is narrated from Hareem's perspective, the serial focuses on Khirad and Asher.

In the novel, Ashar is the brother of two sisters, while in the serial he has no siblings. In the novel, Sara is a minor character who is never close to Asher, becomes mentally ill and is hospitalised. In the serial, Sara is the main character who loves Ashar, is the love interest of Khizar, and dies at the end. In the novel, Khizar loves a girl named Mehreen and never returns from [[United States]].

Khirad and Maimoona reside in [[Nawabshah]] in the novel, while the serial's location is in [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]].

While the drama ends with Farida's nervous breakdown and Ashar and Khirad's slow reconciliation, the novel ends with Asher begging Khirad to take him back and Khirad falling into his arms.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = [[Woh Humsafar Tha]]
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2011
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Theme song]]
| length = 3:45
| language = [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| label = [[Hum TV]]
| producer = [[Momina Duraid]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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The show's theme song, ''[[Woh Humsafar Tha]],'' was sung by [[Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch]] and composed by [[Waqar Ali]]. It serves both as the song for the title sequence and as background music during each episode.<ref name=nasha>{{cite web
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/humsafar-is-a-good-nasha-to-have-fawad-khan-mahira-khan/articleshow/44802218.cms?
|title=Humsafar is a good nasha to have: Fawad Khan-Mahira Khan
|access-date=2021-03-13
|last=Olivera
|first=Roshni
|date=2014-12-04
|publisher=Times of India
}}</ref>

This song is inspired by a [[ghazal]] written by [[Naseer Turabi]], which he composed to convey his sorrow following the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Fall of Dhaka]] in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Read full ghazal by Naseer Turabi |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ghazals/vo-ham-safar-thaa-magar-us-se-ham-navaaii-na-thii-naseer-turabi-ghazals |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Rekhta |language=en}}</ref> It also incorporates verses from [[Khalid Ahmad]]'s ghazal ''<nowiki/>'Tark-e-Talluqat'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Read full ghazal by Khalid Ahmad |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ghazals/tark-e-taalluqaat-pe-royaa-na-tuu-na-main-khalid-ahmad-ghazals |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Rekhta |language=en}}</ref>

==Production==
===Development===
''Humsafar’''s producer [[Momina Duraid]], notes that its development was somewhat serendipitous. Duraid was working with author [[Farhat Ishtiaq]] on another of her works when she suggested ''Humsafar'' as a potential project (because Duraid had just read “and thoroughly enjoyed” the novel). Ishtiaq then told her that ''Humsafar'' “had already been declined by two production houses,” to which Duraid responded: “If I can feel it," then the "public can feel it as well".<ref name=nasha/>

Ishtiaq states that when she started working on the novel, she "wanted to understand if the idea of love is complete without trust." Although she wrote the screenplay for ''Humsafar'', she states that the novel differs from the television series, as "the former is more about the child, while the show concentrates on the parents as lovers".<ref name=nasha/>

== Reception==
===Release===
''Humsafar'' greatly impacted Pakistan's television industry (which had previously been dominated by Indian Television).<ref name=conv>{{cite web
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/play/big-hit-2/
|title=In conversation with 'Humsafar' couple – Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan
|access-date=2020-06-15
|last=Singh
|first=Harneet
|date=2014-10-10
|publisher=The Indian Express
}}</ref> It was an enormously popular show during its national television run,<ref name=close>{{cite web
|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/344534/woh-humsafar-tha
|title=Woh humsafar tha...
|access-date=2020-09-26
|last=Zubair
|first=Hamna
|date=2012-03-02
|publisher=The Express Tribune
}}</ref><ref name=khirad/> was extensively discussed on social media,<ref name=reaches/><ref name=iconic>{{cite web
|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1176410
|title=10 iconic Pakistani TV dramas you should binge-watch this weekend
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Haider
|first=Sadaf
|date=2017-07-09
|publisher=Dawn
}}</ref><ref name=rejected>{{cite web
|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1164419
|title=Humsafar was rejected by two production houses: Momina Duraid
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Anwer
|first=Zoya
|date=2015-02-18
|publisher=Dawn
}}</ref><ref name=golden/><ref name=fans>{{cite web
|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/326968/10-things-i-hate-about-humsafar-fans/
|title=10 things I hate about Humsafar fans
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Ilyas
|first=Ferya
|date=2012-01-29
|publisher=The Express Tribune
}}</ref><ref name=noise>{{cite web
|url=https://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/9343/humsafar-heres-what-the-noise-is-about/
|title=Humsafar: Here's what the noise is about
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Tejani
|first=Quratulain
|date=2011-12-14
|publisher=The Express Tribune
}}</ref> and by 2014 was the highest-rated Pakistani series to date.<ref name=nasha/> The series also had a large global audience.<ref name=reaches/><ref name=frenzy>{{cite web
|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/698347/double-click-the-drama-frenzy
|title=Double click: The drama frenzy
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=InPaper Mag
|date=2012-02-25
|publisher=Dawn
}}</ref> Star reported that the ''Humsafar'' page on [[Facebook]] had thousands of Pakistani-origin European and North American fans and viewers. Many said that although they had never watched a Pakistani drama, they are now completely hooked on ''Humsafar''.<ref name=reaches>{{cite news |title= Popular Pakistani television drama Humsafar reaches Toronto fans via web| url =https://www.thestar.com/living/article/1132592--popular-pakistani-television-drama-humsafar-reaches-toronto-fans-in-via-web// |access-date= 29 February 2012 | work=The Star |date=16 February 2012}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
Many stated that the series led to a new phase in [[Urdu literature#Drama|Urdu drama]].<ref name=rejected/><ref name=noise/><ref name=odho>{{cite web
|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/341284/humsafar--mohabbaton-ka-safar/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=9a700961c0c09ec81e7753a467b34b5611aa5c04-1592150745-0-AZwp6h-DjnlrXaUrxogWtQhJDLMrIVKHIB2kMKZmXer7mUMefQ5D_Dco0y-jrylL5dm7924xBRtzE_pAZc9fuUaLx0o_8uD6h_scH9es7JdpH-Jr04YS0X-QT96FZPEgMbK7cS522EXZevr6I-4sIsKCocQg8uK3wmSH4h96xNoCkS78LGIxX_fgGoH-ofJxYXCEEDMQxv85iU6GBg5W4m48ziHk7Wx1N4rGJUIft7I_hX01K-I6FDUpX7tSJkbaMxGrQwvhY3KnOXSfd4lwatJVcQJfOQqCRSAmt7cz6SEUA1JNVJLPIy1mXf3ALESA-zKWNy91ATM9lF24r9qZdP4
|title=Humsafar — Mohabbaton ka safar
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Odho
|first=Atiqa
|date=2012-02-24
|publisher=The Express Tribune
}}</ref> Others argued that the series upheld [[misogyny]] and was regressive in its tendency to fall into stereotypes.<ref name=golden>{{cite web
|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/699862/drama-serials-golden-age
|title=Drama serials: Golden Age?
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Zakariya
|first=Sabahat
|date=2012-03-03
|publisher=Dawn
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=10 things I hate about Humsafar Finale|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/346242/10-things-i-hate-about-the-humsafar-finale/ |access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> Finally, some critics offered a middle ground, suggesting that the popularity of the series was due to a narrative that was both entrenched in [[patriarchy]] but also a critical response to it, offering characters and plot lines that reflected a degree of reality.<ref name=terribleappeal>{{cite web
|url=https://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/10138/the-terrible-appeal-of-humsafar/
|title=The terrible appeal of Humsafar
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Ashfaq
|first=Abira
|date=2012-02-07
|publisher=The Express Tribune
}}</ref> Human rights activist Abira Ashfaq notes that “the terrible appeal of ''Humsafar'' is that it confirms characters and stories set in deeply patriarchal frameworks. It is sexist justice that soothes the hearts of patriarchal vigilantes and keeps us on because we want to see the mother-in-law shamed, humiliated and thrust out, and moral purity rise to the top in the reunion of Khirad and Ashar. It is a modern-day fairy tale, better than ''[[Cinderella]]'', worse than ''[[Shrek]]''; the born-again revival of TV drama in a tweeting world.”<ref name=terribleappeal/> Kanika Rajani of ''The Indian Express'' argues that the series is unique in its decision to portray its protagonists as flawed, particularly "Asher’s frustration at his initial failed attempts to communicate with his wife."<ref name=not>{{cite web
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/humsafarnot-your-regular-romance/
|title=Humsafar/Not your regular romance
|access-date=2020-06-14
|last=Rajani
|first=Kanika
|date=2014-10-31
|publisher=The Indian Express
}}</ref> In a conversation with ''[[The Express Tribune]]'' in March 2021 , screenwriter [[Bee Gul]] found the series as "regressive", saying it didn't showcase a strong or positive narrative, and she further felt the show's depiction of abuse could normalize it in viewers' eyes, and that the protagonist should have stood up for herself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2290760/why-the-bad-woman-is-so-good-for-the-tv-industry |title=Why the bad woman is so good for the TV industry |work=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=22 March 2021 |author=Rida Lodhi }}</ref>

===Response to Khirad===

[[Mahira Khan]]'s portrayal of "Khirad" received positive feedback from critics and was popular with viewers when the serial debuted.<ref name=khirad>{{cite web
|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/336863/the-real-mahira
|title=The real Mahira
|access-date=2020-09-26
|date=2012-02-19
|publisher=[[The Express Tribune]]
}}</ref> To those who called Khirad a "downtrodden woman," Khan argued, "No, she was not. Go back and look at it, and there is a reason why she was not because the slap was removed from it, there were things that were removed and there were things that were brought in just to show that she had a spine."<ref name=spine>{{cite web
|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/582909-mahira-khan-on-humsafars-downtrodden-image-of-khirad-there-were-things-brought-in-to-show-she-had-a-spine
|title=The real Mahira
|access-date=2021-03-13
|date=2019-12-13
|publisher=[[The News International]]
}}</ref> Khan further states that "Khirad is closest to my heart. We have a lot of crying women in serials. But despite going through so much hardship, Khirad is so dignified."<ref name=heart>{{cite web
|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/mahira-khan-on-being-khirad-in-humsafar-working-with-fawad-and-gaping-at-madhuri/cid/1557027
|title=Mahira Khan on being Khirad in Humsafar, working with Fawad and gaping at Madhuri
|access-date=2021-03-13
|date=2014-10-31
|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]
}}</ref> Later, in September 2020, Khan reflected on ''Humsafar,'' stating that "Khirad is by far my most special character. She loved fiercely, she gave wholeheartedly and when it came to her self-respect she held that closest to her heart. What a woman."<ref name=special>{{cite web
|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/719976-mahira-khan-on-why-humsafars-khirad-remains-the-closest-to-her-heart
|title=Mahira Khan on why Humsafar's Khirad remains close to her heart
|access-date=2020-09-26
|date=2020-09-25
|publisher=[[The News International]]
}}</ref><ref name=special2>{{cite web
|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2265612/khirad-is-by-far-my-most-special-character-mahira-khan
|title=Khirad is by far my most special character: Mahira Khan
|access-date=2020-09-26
|date=2020-09-25
|publisher=[[The Express Tribune]]
}}</ref>

=== Promotion===
Hum TV gave the show its [[Hum Honorary Phenomenal Serial Award]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hum Honorary TV Award|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/792549/awards-celebrate-showbiz-achievements|publisher=[[Dawn News]]|date= 16 March 2013|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref>

=== Broadcast ===
*Pakistan originally Broadcast in 2011 on Hum TV.
*Pakistan OTT Digital Broadcast in on Hum Tv Official Youtube Channel.
*India broadcast in 2014 on Zee Zindagi.
* India OTT Digital Broadcast in on Broadcast in on ZEE5.
* International (Global) Broadcast in on Netflix

==Stage adaptation==
It was adapted as an Indian stage play and will directed by Imran Zahid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1192690/indian-stage-adaptation-of-humsafar-underway-to-promote-indo-pak-peace|title=Indian stage adaptation of Humsafar underway to 'promote Indo-Pak peace'|date=4 September 2024 |publisher=Dawn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/fawad-khan-and-mahira-khan-starrer-pakistani-show-humsafar-to-get-a-stage-adaption-in-india-9038599.html|title=Fawad Khan And Mahira Khan Starrer Pakistani Show Humsafar To Get A Stage Adaption In India|publisher=NEWS18}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Date of ceremony
!Award
!Category
!Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[11th Lux Style Awards|2012]]
! scope="row" rowspan="6" |[[Lux Style Awards]]
| Best Original Soundtrack
| [[Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch]]
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2021-01-25|publisher=fashioncentral|url=https://www.fashioncentral.pk/celebrity_stories/the-winners-of-lux-style-awards-2012-are/|title=The Winners of Lux Style Awards 2012 Are|date=2017-02-20}}</ref>
|-
| Best Song Of The Year
| Woh Humsafar Tha - [[Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[12th Lux Style Awards|2013]]
|Best Television Serial - Satellite
|''Momina Duraid and Nina Kashif''
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2021-01-25|publisher=desiblitz|url=https://www.desiblitz.com/content/winners-of-the-lux-style-awards-2013|title=Winners of the Lux Style Awards 2013 |date=29 July 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|Best Television Director
|[[Sarmad Khoosat]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Best Television Actor - Satellite
| [[Fawad Khan]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Television Actress - Satellite
| [[Mahira Khan]]
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |2013
! scope="row" rowspan="7" |[[Pakistan Media Awards]]
|Best Drama Serial
|''Humsafar'' – Momina Duraid and Nina Kashif
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="4" |
|-
|Best Drama Director
|[[Sarmad Khoosat]]
| {{Won}}
|-
|Best Drama Actor
|[[Fawad Khan]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
|Best Drama Actress
| [[Mahira Khan]]
| {{Won}}
|-
|Best Drama Supporting Actor
|[[Noor Hassan]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
|Best Drama Supporting Actress
|[[Naveen Waqar]]
| {{Won}}
|-
|Best Drama Producer
|[[Momina Duraid]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1st Hum Awards|2013]]
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Hum Awards]]
| Hum TV Phenomenal Drama Serial Award
|''Humsafar''
| {{Won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2021-01-25|publisher=dikhawa.pk|url=https://dikhawa.pk/blogs/pakistani-dramas-online-in-hd/1st-hum-tv-awards-winners-result-out|title=1st HUM TV AWARDS WINNERS! RESULT OUT!}}</ref>
|-
|Best On-Screen Couple
|[[Mahira Khan]] and [[Fawad Khan]]
| {{Won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt2403201}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQYGN1_4p08&list=PLbVdwtmx18suCuPDLce5slcf8uCyJREBp&index=24 Humsafar - Full playlist] at [[Hum TV]] Official [[YouTube]] Channel

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Humsafar - Revision history

RaeHutto281756 at 03:39, 30 April 2026