About Shanaas

On the day Aneesa (Hajra Yameen) expects her engagement to Ramis (Syed Arez) to seal a happy future, an ugly prejudice tears through the celebration: she learns that the parents who raised her adopted her as a baby. The revelation pushes Aneesa into a search for her biological family and a clearer sense of who she is. Mahrukh (Sania Saeed), the fiercely protective mother who raised her, remains the emotional anchor as decades-old secrets, a mysterious crash and long-buried betrayals begin to disturb the family's carefully managed calm. Written by Adarsh Ayaz and directed by Yasra Rizvi, Shanaas turns an identity quest into an intimate family thriller, asking what truly makes a parent and how class and social prejudice can poison love. Its world is tense but humane, filled with wounded people reaching for truth, belonging and the chance to repair bonds without knowing what the next revelation may cost.

Editor’s Take

Yasra Rizvi directs with a sharp eye for revealing detail, but the real pulse is the mother-daughter bond between Sania Saeed and Hajra Yameen. Their scenes carry both shelter and strain, exactly what this adoption mystery needs. Our one gripe? The young romance starts a touch stiff, so its early emotional beats do not land as cleanly. Still, the brisk suspense and vivid family dynamics keep pulling us forward. Come for the secret, stay for the women holding its fallout together.

— PakMediaTrendz Editorial