Makafaat (TV series)

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Makafaat
Title screen
مکافات
Genre	Anthology Family drama Social drama
Created by	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi
Developed by	Abdullah Kadwani Asad Qureshi
Written by	List Sameena Ejaz Mehrunnisa.M.Khan Ghazala Naqvi Huma Hina Nafees Saqlain Abbas Wajiha Warsi Rehan Zaheer Siddiqui Anwar Gilani Umar Qazi Ramia Salma Farzana Imran
Directed by	Saleem Ghanchi Mohsin Mirza
Starring	Various Artists
Theme music composer	Sahir Ali Bagga
Country of origin	Pakistan
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	142 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Production company	7th Sky Entertainment
Original release
Network	Geo Entertainment
Release	30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) – 1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)
Related
Dikhawa

Makafaat (Urdu: مکافات, lit. 'Result of Deed') is a Pakistani anthology drama series, that airs on Geo TV and was created by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi. It premiered on 28 September 2019. It featured different short stories in each episode focusing on social issues.^[1][2]

The anthology follows different stories and characters depicting the theme of Karma and Huqooq-ul-Ibaad. The Drama series tells stories of fate’s connection with our deeds, showing how people are often held accountable for their willful actions even before the afterlife and reflects on negative virtues such as greed, envy, heedlessness, pride, malice, covetousness, and hatred in its standalone episodes.

Makafaat was a segment for Ramadan special transmission "Ehsaas Ramzan" in May 2019 and was broadcast throughout the Ramzan daily. However, later on in late September 2019, it was revamped as a separate series airing two episodes from Monday to Friday and became more popular as a separate series. On 31 December, the first season of the series released for streaming on Amazon Prime.^{[citation needed]}

It gained much popularity during its rerun and was renewed for Season 2. The 2nd season was released in two parts. The first part premiered in the month of Ramadan (April and May). The second part of season 2 premiered on 6 August 2020, ending on 17 August.^[3]

In January 2021, it was revealed that season 3 was in development and was slated to air in Ramadan 2021. The first promo of the third season featuring various artists was released on 8 April 2021. The season premiered on 12 April airing episodes daily at 7:00 P.M PST. Later in June, the third season of the series was launched again featuring a mix of new and old episodes from the third season, airing daily at 7:00 PM.^{[citation needed]}

The teaser for the fourth season released on 15 March 2022, featuring various artists. The season premiered on 25 March 2020, airing episodes daily at 7:00 P.M.^{[citation needed]}

Due to the success of Makafaat, Abdullah and Asad developed another morality-based anthology series under the title "Dikhawa", released in Ramadan 2020. Like Makafaat, it was popular during its run and was renewed for a second season and aired in Ramadan 2021.^[4]