Mental health in Pakistani dramas: Behroopia, Ishq Zahe Naseeb, and the bold new era

What happens when a prime-time drama dives headfirst into mental illness, trauma, and taboo?

Nukta’s Sibte Hassan and Tayaba Shalwani dissect Green Entertainment’s drama Behroopia, starring Faysal Quraishi as a man unraveling under the weight of dissociative identity disorder — a splintered psyche born of childhood trauma.

They don’t just applaud the bold step; they ask why it took so long. Pakistani dramas have tiptoed around mental health for decades. That era might be ending.

Dramas like Behroopia, Raja Rani, and Ishq Zahe Naseeb prove it: viewers are ready for characters with real psychological scars. Why should the rest of TV play it safe?