There is no slowing down for our nation’s desi dramas, leaving no stone unturn to win hearts of their fans in India. Now witnessing the rise in their popularity, Star Plus is next in line after Colors and Zee Zindagi to air a Pakistani drama, the Imran Abbas starrer “Mera Naam Yousuf Hai”.

BizAsia reveals that Star Plus UK will be marking its debut of broadcasting Pakistani plays with Mehreen Jabbar’s directorial entertainment and will kick start from October 18th.


Apart from the chocolate boy Imran Abbas, ATV’s romantic serial also featured the starlets Maya Ali and Hina Bayat. Both the ladies reaped a lot of love from across the border when Aun Zara ruled the airwaves in the neighboring nation.

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Mera Naam Yousuf Hai has quite a filmy storyline, with Abbas and Maya falling in love with each other as they meet on a train. To get the love of his life, the hero of the tale makes all possible efforts  to make Maya his wife.  Surely, the plot will suit the taste buds of the Pakistani drama aficionados in India.

The drama will be shown weekly on Star Plus UK at 21:30.