Umeed
امید
Genre	Soap Opera
Written by	Mehrunnisa Mustaqeem Khan
Directed by	Zahid Mehmood
Starring	Erum Akhtar Kashif Mehmood Farhan Ally Agha Sara Saif Sidra Batool Esha Noor
Composer	Naved Nashad
Country of origin	Pakistan
Original language	Urdu
No. of episodes	75
Production
Producers	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Production company	7th Sky Entertainment
Original release
Network	Geo Entertainment
Release	31 August (2020-08-31) – 13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)

Umeed is a Pakistani social soap opera television series, produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi under their production banner 7th Sky Entertainment. It features Erum Akhtar, Kashif Mehmood, Farhan Ally Agha, Sara Saif and Sidra Batool as lead along with Sajid Shah, Asim Mehmood, Afshan Qureshi, Humaira Bano, Esha Noor and Farah Nadir in pivotal roles.^[1][2]

The serial marks comeback of Sidra Batool to television as she was last seen in Shikwa Nahin Kisi Se, three years back, in 2017.^[3][4]

Plot

Hailing from a lower middle-class family, Umeed is a young and innocent girl who shares a strong and loving bond with her mother, Zainab. Things come crashing down for the family when Saleem (Umeed's father) falls into the trap of stereotyping his own family due to financial hardships. With her marriage at stake and a daughter to take care of, Zainab stands up for herself and struggles to ward off the stigma around divorce. However, society's cruel remarks hold her back. The story follows struggle of Zainab and her daughter, Umeed as they face hardships in their lives.

Cast

Main

• Erum Akhtar as Zainab
• Kashif Mehmood as Saleem Akram
• Farhan Ally Agha as Yasir
• Sidra Batool as Umeed
  • Sara Saif as Young Umeed
• Humaira Bano as Tamanna Aapa, sister of Saleem
• Asim Mehmood as Rameez

Recurring

• Sajeer Uddin as Aftab, husband of Tamanna
• Sajid Shah as Parvez, brother of Zainab
• Seema Khan as Naila, wife of Parvez
• Tasneem Ansari as Memoona Tariq, mother of Yasir.
• Afshan Qureshi as mother of Naila
• Saba Khan as Rabia, sister of Naila
• Imran Patel as Amjad, elder son of Tamanna
• Kausar Siddiqui as Shazia, Amjad's wife
• Zill E Huma as Shaheena, aka Guriya
• Inayat Khan as Fawad
• Syed Hamza as Jamal, second son of Tamanna
  • Owais Khan as Young Jamal
• Hina Rizvi as Mrs Bilgrami, Fawad's mother
• Hira Sheikh as Tehmina Begum, Rameez's mother
• Naeem Malik as Rabia's husband
• Zahid Mehmood as Aleem
• Esha Noor as Shela
• Farah Nadir as Shela's mother
• Khwaja Saleem as Shela's stepfather
• Tipu Sharif as Asad

Guest

• Mehboob Sultan as Aijaz, a local bandit
• Vasia Fatima as Surraiya, niece of Aftab
• Faheem Tejani, Saleem's lawyer
• Anees Alam as Akhtar, senior employee of Yasir
• Naeem Shaikh as Mr Jawad