{{Short description|Pakistani drama serial}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{More plot|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox television | native_name = {{lang|ur|{{nq|بے خودی}}}} | image = Baykhudi.jpg | caption = Title screen | genre = Drama | writer = Seema Munaf | director = Aabis Raza | starring = Noor Hassan Rizvi<br/>Sara Khan | opentheme = "Bay Khudi Besabab Nahi" by Sana Zulfiqar and Adnan Dhool | composer = Soch Band | country = Pakistan | language = Urdu | num_episodes = 24 | producer = Humayun Saeed<br/>Shahzad Nasib | company = Six Sigma Plus and Next Level Entertainment | runtime = approx. 45 minutes | first_aired = {{Start date|2016|11|17|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2017|5|4|df=yes}} | channel = ARY Digital }}
'''''Bay Khudi''''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|بے خودی}}}}) is a Pakistani Urdu-language television drama serial that aired on ARY Digital from 17 November 2016 to 4 May 2017, running for 24 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bay Khudi (TV Series 2016–2017) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21815498/ |website=IMDb |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref> Written by Seema Munaf and directed by Aabis Raza, the serial was produced by Humayun Saeed and Shahzad Nasib under the banners of Six Sigma Plus and Next Level Entertainment. It stars Noor Hassan Rizvi and Indian actress Sara Khan in the lead roles, with the latter making her Pakistani television debut.
The serial's working title was ''Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat Hai''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}} It aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bay Khudi ARY Digital Drama, Cast, Timings, And Schedule |url=https://pakistani.pk/bay-khudi/ |website=Pakistani.pk |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref>
==Plot== Following the death of her father, Fiza moves with her mother into the home of her maternal aunt, where she is raised alongside her cousin Saad. Saad's mother regards Fiza as a daughter, and Fiza forms a close friendship with Saad, unaware that he harbours romantic feelings for her. When Fiza becomes engaged to Ashar, a man she loves, Saad is unable to reconcile himself to the match, and his attachment develops into an obsession with destructive consequences for both families.
==Cast== * Sara Khan as Fiza * Noor Hassan Rizvi as Saad * Bilal Abbas as Arsam * Komal Aziz Khan as Mariam * Laila Zuberi as Saabra * Hajra Khan as Faiza * Arsalan Faisal as Ashar * Fahad Ahmad as Faruq * Rahma Khan as Wania * Fazila Qazi as Rukhsana
==Reception== Writing for ''Dawn'', Sadaf Haider criticised the serial as part of a broader trend in Pakistani television of treating sexual violence as a romantic plot device, arguing that the narrative softened the gravity of the central character's actions by presenting him sympathetically.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haider |first=Sadaf |date=27 December 2016 |title=Romanticising rape is not okay. So why do Pakistani dramas do it anyway? |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1176816 |website=Images |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref> In a 2017 end-of-year review, Haider again cited the drama as an example of problematic storytelling choices on Pakistani television.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haider |first=Sadaf |date=22 December 2017 |title=The good, the bad and the inexplicable of Pakistani TV in 2017 |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1179094 |website=Images |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref>
During production, lead actress Sara Khan was the subject of press reports, later denied, regarding her legal status in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Indian actor Sara Khan arrested in Pakistan? |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1377040/indian-actor-sara-khan-arrested-pakistan/ |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref>
==Accolades== {{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Recipients ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2018 | Lux Style Awards | Best Original Soundtrack | Adnan Dhool and Sana Zulfiqar | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=Images |date=13 January 2018 |title=LSA 2018 entertainment nominations are out now |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1179241 |work=Images |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Haider |first=Sadaf |date=15 January 2018 |title=What this year's Lux Style Awards nominations got right – and wrong |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1179255 |work=Images |access-date=22 April 2026}}</ref> |}
==Soundtrack== The original soundtrack, "Bay Khudi Besabab Nahi", was composed by Soch Band and performed by Sana Zulfiqar and Adnan Dhool.
===Track listing=== {{Track listing | all_lyrics = Soch Band | all_music = Soch Band | extra_column = Artist(s) | title1 = Bay Khudi Besabab Nahi | length1 = 4:16 | extra1 = Sana Zulfiqar and Adnan Dhool }} <ref>{{Cite AV media |people=ARY Digital |date=18 January 2017 |title=Bay Khudi OST {{!}} Title Song By Adnan Dhool and Sana Zulfiqar {{!}} With Lyrics |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1edK0JgQ1w |access-date=22 April 2026 |publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|tt21815498|Bay Khudi}}
Category:Pakistani drama television series Category:2016 Pakistani television series debuts Category:2017 Pakistani television series endings Category:Urdu-language television shows Category:ARY Digital original programming
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