'Sweet-smelling flower') is a Pakistani drama serial based on a novel by Samra Bukhari titled Hasti Ke Ahang.

[1][2][3] Written by Samra Bukhari, it was directed by Farooq Rind and produced by Momina Duraid along with Humayun Saeed and Shehzad Naseeb.

It stars Sajal Aly and Feroze Khan with a supporting cast of Mehmood Akhtar, Rubina Ashraf, and Jinaan Hussain.

Gul-e-Rana (Sajal Aly) tries her best to transform Adeel's mentality about women and faces many problems.

Gul-e-Rana's father dies in a car accident, and consequently her rich uncle, takes Rana, her sister, and her mother under his wings.

Meanwhile, Maria and Laila, daughters of Gul-e-Rana's aunts, are willing to do anything to marry Adeel who is the only son of Raana's uncle.

Gul-e-Rana is very different from her cousins, as Rana exhibits the traits of a well-groomed and modest girl.

He considers Gul-e-Rana perfect to marry as she wouldn’t have a say in his personal life and tries every way to trick her but she pays no heed.

Adeel knits a sinister plan i.e. the very next morning he apologises to Rana and asks for her forgiveness for his last night's misbehaviour.

He takes Raana to a faraway deserted house, arranges for a Maulvi and his friends help to organize a Nikaah, leaving her with a choice to choose between him and her honour.

Gul-e-Rana hears Mona's protests and walks into the room, Adeel runs out embarrassed and guilty at being caught.

The next morning Kamal asks Rana to compromise and to make sacrifices for the sake of her marriage with Adeel.

In the end, Adeel becomes a humble and kind guy who often sees Gul-e-Rana in his imaginations and anxiously waits for her to come back.

Producers hired Farooq Rind[7] for direction, who was the director of channel's famous series Laa.

The screenplay for the serial was written by Samra Bukhari, and the series is based on her novel Hasti ke Ahang.

The series was given the 20:00 (PST) time slot and aired on saturday evenings as a part of Duraid's night programming.

Producers mutually chose the cast which includes Sajal Aly, Feroz Khan, Behroze Sabzwari, Mehmood Akhtar, Sundas Tariq and Farah Shah.

Samina Ahmad finalised to portray a negative role along with Saleem Mairaj and Jinaan Hussain.

Six Sigma Plus Productions chose scenic areas for posters, teasers and drop back scenes to make the serial more attractive and unique.

In early October, Hum TV released promos for the serial which were heavily praised for their shooting locations and cast.

Furthermore, it was also released on the Indian OTT platform Eros Now and in August 2019, it was uploaded on Starzplay to stream online.

The title song of Gul-e-Rana was composed by musician Waqar Ali who also did the background music.

All lyrics are written by Sabir Zafar; all music is composed by Waqar AliIt gathered mostly negative reviews due to its misogynistic, regressive and sexist approach but praised for acting performances of the lead cast.

[8] The Nation criticised the misogynistic approach including a scene when Aly's character blamed a victim of sexual abuse because of her sense of dressing.

[11] Reviewers from Express Tribune also criticised the series' regressive and misogynistic plotline elements.

Coincidentally, Chup Raho, the first show of Sajal Aly and Feroze Khan, achieved its highest rating of 7.3 TRPs.

[14] Once again, Gul-e-Rana achieved exceptional ratings as its 10th episode aired on 9 January 2016, grabbed 6.7 TRPs (over the 10-minute time slot of 8:50–9:00 pm).

[15] Gul-e-Rana achieved exceptional ratings as its 11th episode aired on 16 January 2016, grabbed 5.2 TRPs (over the 15-minute time slot of 8:45–9:00 pm).