Cheekh (Urdu: چیخ; lit: 'Scream') was a 2019 Pakistani crime-drama television series created and produced by Fahad Mustafa and Dr. Ali Kazmi under their production house, Big Bang Entertainment.
[1][2] It features Saba Qamar and Bilal Abbas in leads and Aijaz Aslam, Maira Khan, Emmad Irfani and Azekah Daniel in supportive roles.
[3][4][5][6][7] Mannat (Saba Qamar), Haya (Azekah Daniel), and Nayab (Ushna Shah) are all close friends.
Wajih (Bilal Abbas Khan), Yawer (Aijaz Aslam), Shayaan (Emmad Irfani), and Haya are siblings.
Her mother died and she lives with her father Ramzaan (Noor-ul-Hassan), greedy step-mother (Saima Qureshi) and her two step-sisters.
Nayab gets murdered after a rape attempt and physical violence on the night of her friend Haya's engagement.
As Nayab breathes her last, she indicates in her testimony before Mannat and the police the identity of her assailant by calling him 'Raja' (a nickname which the women in the family jokingly use for Wajih).
Her fiancé, seeing her having no trust in him nor her best friend, breaks off the engagement and parts his way from Haya forever, telling Shayan that Mannat is innocent and he should take her far away from all this.
Yawer, who is infertile and sees Wajih as his son, forgets his sins and promises to protect him no matter what.
She runs and falls on the ground, crying in pain while Wajih sadly stares her helpless body and leaves.
As wajih sees her back on track and his efforts failing, he starts blackmailing mannat's widow mother who lives alone.
Shayan and yawer's divorced wife who overheard wajih threatening mannat before and believes her, comfort her.
Wajih losing control over his actions as usual, pushes shayan so hard that he falls on a glass table, causing intense bleeding mannat yelling for help.
He refuses to help him saying that his brother's money was the reason why wajih used to brag and walk carelessly after committing such crimes.
Mannat is seen smiling and is telling herself that whatever loss she had gone through just to see this day (wajih being hanged) were tests of Allah and if she would've kept quiet like everyone else, she would've lost dignity for herself in her eyes, and is satisfied supporting the oppressed!
[17] Bilal Abbas Khan was chosen for playing the antagonist, along with Azekah Daniel, Aijaz Aslam, Emmad Irfani as supporting cast, while Ushna Shah came in as an extended cameo role.
The first teaser of the drama, which was a narration, features some of the renowned actors and personalities, including Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Sanam Baloch, Sarwat Gilani, Maria Wasti, Sania Saeed, Shaista Lodhi, and Marina Khan.