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Query: What is a TV serial drama?
In television and radio programming, a serial has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from traditional episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes. Worldwide, the soap opera is the most prominent form of serial dramatic programming.
It is a half-hour soap drama, airing from Monday to Saturday at 12:00pm. The drama stars popular television stars such as Sreeja Chandran, Sanjeev, Nirmala and Shakthi Siva among others. The drama unfolds with the events that occur in three different households in a neighbourhood, and how they are interconnected with one another.It has praising Higher TRP Ratings .This serial is only aired on Monday to Saturday.But other serials aired on Monday to Friday. This is a Special serial to Sun TV.
In 2010, "The Guardian" ranked the serial at number 8 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".
"The Promise" was nominated for both the British Academy Television Awards 2011 and the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2011 in the category of best drama serial, but was beaten by two other productions broadcast on Channel 4, the TV adaptation of William Boyd's "Any Human Heart" and the drama serial "Top Boy" respectively. Interviewed in "The Jewish Chronicle", "Any Human Heart's" director, Michael Samuels, said about "The Promise", "I respect it for having a point of view. You have to have that, otherwise you are not writing".
He is best known for his role of Villain Protagonist Khizer in the Pakistani TV serial "Humsafar" and the savior Hadeed in drama serial "Maat". He's also been given 1st Hum Awards for drama serial "Humsafar".
Rehman made his debut TV in the Hum TV drama serial "Rishtay Kuch Adhooray Se". He then starred in the 2014 drama serial "Muhabbat Ab Nahi Hugi". He played Suhaib Bakhtiyar Khan in his third drama serial "Diyar-e-Dil" which was premiered on 17 March 2015 along with Hareem Farooq, Meekal Zulfiqar and Sanam Saeed.
Khan's film credits include "Slackistan" and the comedy-drama "Gol Chakkar". Both films are still unreleased; "Slackistan" was banned by Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC), Pakistan due to strong language and dialogue. "Gol Chakkar" was approved and was screened in October 2012. He was cast in the romantic-comedy film "Janaan" with fellow television actors Bilal Ashraf and Armeena Khan. The film is set to be released on 13 September 2016.
The other drama serials also nominated for Best Drama Serial with Mightiest Mother In Law, When Duty Calls , While We Are Young & My Friends from Afar.
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Logie Awards 
1993 Most Popular Actor | Gary Sweet 
1993 Most Outstanding Actor | Gary Sweet 
1994 Most Outstanding Drama 
1994 Most Popular Actor | Gary Sweet 
1994 Most Popular Actress | Sonia Todd 
1996 Most Outstanding Drama 
AFI Awards 
1989 Best Director (Pilot) | Peter Fisk 
1991 Best Screenplay in a TV Drama | Peter Schreck 
1991 Best Actress in a Leading Role in TV Drama | Sonia Todd 
1991 Best Actor in a Leading Role in TV Drama | Gary Sweet 
1992 Best Actor in a Leading Role in TV Drama | Gary Sweet 
1993 Best Direction in a TV Drama | Michael Carson 
People's Choice Awards 
1993 Favourite TV Drama or Serial 
1993 Favourite Male Star in TV Drama or Serial | Gary Sweet 
1994 Favourite Australian Movie Star | Gary Sweet 
1994 Favourite Australian Film (Police Rescue – The Movie)
1994 Favourite Male Star in TV Drama | Gary Sweet
1995 Favourite TV Drama/Serial 
Umbriafiction (Italy)
1992 Best Non-European Drama Serial 
New York Festivals/Worldmedal 
1995 International TV Programming 
""'Baaghi (; lit: Rebel) is a drama serial that premiered on Urdu 1 on 27 July 2017. It is a biographical based TV show on the famous, controversial Pakistani figure Qandeel Baloch who was murdered by her brother in the name of honor in July 2016. The screenplay of this drama has been done by Umera Ahmed. Saba Qamar is playing the lead character of Fauzia/Qandeel in the series. Within a week of its launch, "Baaghi" became the most watched serial being viewed by Pakistanis on YouTube and has also been the limelight of controversies, as expected. The drama is one of the most hyped TV serials ever produced in Pakistan.
Razia Sultan is a historical drama serial which airs Monday through Friday evenings on &TV from 6 March 2015. The main role of Razia Sultan is played by Pankhuri Awasthy. The serial is about Razia Sultan (Razia Sultana), the first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. The serial was introduced by Shah Rukh Khan as sutradhar.In Indonesia, the drama premiered on 8 June 2015 dubbed into Indonesian on MNCTV. In Thailand, the drama airs on Zee Nung. Razia Sultan also airs in Pakistan on Geo Kahani. The drama premiered on Malaysian television through TV3 on 31 August 2016 and two episodes is shown per day. It is TV3's first Hindi drama.
Maan ( ; lit. "Proud") is a Pakistani family drama series that premiered on Hum TV on 19 October 2015, airing a weekly episode on Mondays. Due to drama serial Mann Mayal, Maan is airing on Fridays instead of Mondays from 29 January 2016. It is directed by Amin Iqbal and written by Shehla Shakoor. This drama serial is produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi of 7th Sky Productions and Meekal Zulfiqar who also served as the head of the project and Hira Anwar of Hum TV.
"Diyar-e-Dil" has received critical acclaim and won twelve awards at 4th Hum Awards the most for the ceremony including, Best Drama Serial - Jury and Best Drama Serial - Popular for Momina Duraid, Best Director Drama Serial for Haseeb Hassan, Best Actress - Popular for Maya Ali, Best Actor - Jury for Meekal Zulfiqar, Best Actor - Popular for Osman Khalid Butt, Best Writer Drama Serial for Farhat Ishtiaq and Best Original Soundtrack for Shani Arshad. At 15th Lux Style Awards, it won two awards including Best TV Play and Best Original Soundtrack for Duraid and was nominated for Best TV Actor, Best TV Actress, Best TV Writer, and Best TV Director.
"Udaari" has received critical acclaim and won awards at 5th Hum Awards the most for the ceremony including, Best Drama Serial - Jury and Best Drama Serial - Popular for Momina Duraid, Best Director Drama Serial for Mohammed Ehteshamuddin, Best Actor - Jury for Ahsan Khan and Best Writer Drama Serial for Farhat Ishtiaq. At 15th Lux Style Awards, it won three awards including Best TV Writer and Best TV Director for Ishtiaq and Duraid and was nominated for Best TV Actor, Best TV Actress and Best Original Soundtrack.
Barkat Siddiqui is a veteran Pakistani television director, producer and actor. He is best known for his directing drama serial "Ahsaas" on PTV in 2001 and "Mujhe Khuda Pe Yaqeen Hai" on Hum TV in 2013 for which he earned nominations as Best Director Drama Serial and Best Drama Serial at 2nd Hum Awards.
Since 1962, TTV began some of the milestones that changed the landscape of TTV presenting the very first Taiwanese-language TV serial as well as the first Mandarin drama anthology series. TTV presented the first costume drama serial "Zheng Chengong" (1963) starring Tsao Chien (Cao Jian) as the title role. On September 7, 1969, after airing what would be one of its final major coverages, that of the Apollo XI landing in July, in monochrome, TTV transitioned to color.
Aditi Vasudev is an Indian film actress, known for her roles in the comedy-drama film "Do Dooni Chaar" (2010) and the comedy film "Sulemani Keeda" (2014). She has made her TV debut in the serial "Meri Aawaaz Hi Pehchaan Hain" in February 2016, with her role as the young Ketaki, along with Amrita Rao, who also made her TV debut in the same serial playing the role of Kalyani, the elder sister of Ketaki. The TV serial is telecast on &TV channel.
The Hum Awards for Best Drama Serial and Best Director Drama Serial have been very closely linked throughout their inception. Of the 22 drama serials that have been nominated for Best Drama Serial, 21 have also nominated for Best Director Drama Serial. Only "Zindagi Gulzar Hai" won both Best Director and Best Drama award, at 2nd Hum Awards in 2014. Only "Shehr-e-Zaat" and "Bunty I Love You" won the Best Drama Serials awards for their producers without winning Directing awards. Presently only four drama serials have nominated for Best Director without their producers being nominated: "Sanjha", "Durr-e-Shahwar", "Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu" and "Bilqees Kaur", while "Sanjha" is the only serial who won Best Director award without being nominated as Best Drama Serial. Drama Serial "Mausam" and "Ahista Ahista" are the only serials that alternatively received Best Drama and Best Director nominations respectively. 
Serial TV Drama (stylized as serial TV drama) （シリアル・ティーヴィー・ドラマ）is a Japanese band that was formed in 2004, managed by Sony Music Records Inc. and under Steezlab Music. The group consists of five members Hiroki Arai (新井 弘毅 Arai Hiroki), Shotaro Okada (岡田 翔太朗 Okada Shōtarō), Satoshi Tokizaki (鴇崎 智史 Tokizaki Satoshi), Goh Inamasu (稲増 五生 Inamasu Goh), and Futoshi Kondo (近藤 太 Kondō Futoshi).
Saife Hassan (born October 4, 1969) is a Pakistani TV director and actor. He is best known for the drama serial "Dil ki Madham Boliyan" (2005) for which he won the TV One Global Award for Best Director. He then directed the drama serial "Bari Aapa" for which he was nominated for the Hum Award for Best Director Drama Serial at 1st Hum Awards ceremony and "Ru Baru". He later won the Best Director award for his directed drama serial Sange Mar Mar in 17th Lux Style Awards (2018).
Marzi was a Pakistani drama serial that first aired on Geo Tv on 14 July 2016. It was produced by Babar Javed and written by Ali Moeen. It was on aired every Thursday at 8pm on Geo Tv. Rabab Hashim and Junaid Khan played the lead in serial.
Most popular serial highest rating 6.5 TRP. This serial lifted Geo tv perception among local and international audience. Slot leading serial and treasure for Geo archives .It was nominated for all major categories of 13th Lux Style Awards that includes Best TV Play, Best TV Actress, Best TV Writer, Best TV Director and won one award out of four for Best TV Director and it was also nominated for 2 categories for 4th Pakistan Media Awards that includes Best Drama Actress and Best Supporting Actor.
Khan appeared in drama serial "Jaise Jante Nai". Since then she has appeared on PTV, Indus TV, Hum TV, ARY TV, TV One, Geo TV serials. Khan has also appeared as a VJ on Play TV, and hosts her own talk show. She made her film debut in the 2013 political film "Chambaili" by Shehzad Nawaz and Ismail Jilani. Her character stands up for what's right and is the epitome of the strength of a woman.
She next appeared in the Sarmad Khoosat-directed drama serial "Humsafar" which marked Khan's debut in the world of television. Following "Humsafar", Khan became an overnight star and a household name as the drama serial established her as a leading actress of Pakistan. Both the drama and Khan received positive reviews from critics. The drama series was also aired on Zindagi (TV channel) and was successful in India. It earned her a Lux Style Award for Satellite Best TV Actress and a Hum Award for Best Onscreen Couple.
Guitarists Arai and Inamasu were students of the same year in university. Besides that, guitarist Inamasu and bassist Kondo studied in the same highschool and shared a junior-senior relationship, whereas drummer Okada and vocalist Tokizaki were in a band which had collaborated with Serial TV Drama in the past. Bands that are in good relationships with Serial TV Drama include 竹内電気 (takeuchidenki), the telephones, and Totalfat
On the 9 April, their official site has been officially renewed, and the release of their new major debut was announced on their website.
On March 24, 2012, Serial TV Drama will disband after their last live
Extras (The Mango People) is a 2011 Pakistani sitcom drama serial. The drama serial is directed by "Danish Nawaz" and production by "Anila Danish". Drama serial is broadcasting on Hum TV every Saturday at 7:30 PM starring "Danish Nawaz" and Fatima Effendi. It was released on 11 June 2011.