Over four years after she starred alongside Shah Rukh Khan in Raees (2017), Pakistani star Mahira Khan has a date with the Indian audience again. The actor will feature in the opening episode of Yaar Julahay, a series of dramatic readings that pays tribute to celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent. Through the 12-episode Zee Theatre offering, art lovers will be reacquainted with the timeless stories of progressive Urdu and Hindi writers, including Gulzar, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Munshi Premchand, Amrita Pritam, Qurratulain Hyder, Balwant Singh and Ghulam Abbas.

The show offers a retelling of Gulzar's short stories