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Alpha Bravo Charlie is an action and thriller drama series, produced by ISPR and directed by acclaimed Pakistani drama and film director Shoaib Mansoor. It was hugely popular and set a record for TRPs (Television Rating Points) in Pakistan. It is a sequel to drama series Sunehre Din (Golden Days) with some of the same cast. The series ran on PTV during the first half of 1998. The events in the drama involve romance and comedy, while reflecting the Pakistan Army's military operational involvement in the Bosnian War, Siachen conflict, and mild anti-terror operations as part of Pakistan's role in the War on Terror.

Major characters
The script involves 4 characters, three of them army officers, and the only female who is an educator in a public school.

• Faraz Ahmed (Faraz Inam): A Major in the army, and a son of a rich landlord of Fatehkot in Punjab, Faraz graduated from the 80th PMA Long Course with a Sword of Honor— Imtiazi Sanad. He belongs to the 32nd Cavalry Lahore of the Armoured Corps. He is a confident, ambitious man - a Mr. Perfect who is well-built, good looking and wealthy to go along with his excellent academic record. He owns his own Mercedes, a Black C180. Ahmad, unlike his friends, was not assigned to any of the combat actions. Ahmad led only a small scale military operation against an unknown terror organization and captured its leader. Ahmad was later made staff officer in the army, after this operation. As time passes, Ahmad was made a general officer (3-star rank) in the army.
• Kashif Kirmani (Captain Abdullah Mahmood): An active duty army captain and son of a senior Army officer, a two star Major-General, Kashif graduated from the 80th PMA Long Course and belongs to the 10th Mountaineering Division of Pakistan Army. He is a 3rd generation army officer who initially dislikes being in the Army, but later proves himself. He is the main character responsible for providing humor through his funny mischief. He is a first cousin to Shahnaaz, the series' leading female character. A mountaineer by training, Captain Kashif Kirmani was stationed in the high-altitude mountains of Siachen Glacier and commanded a mountaineering unit there. Captain Kashif Kirmani observed an Indian Army's troop rotation further along Pakistan's border via an army helicopter, belonging to Pakistan Army Corps of Aviation. Captain Kashif Kirmani was selected for the operation to divert the military movement made by the Indian Army, was and thoroughly briefed with the dangerous mission. Captain Kashif Kirmani and his small 10-man team was dropped off at a cold, unknown area, covered with heavy snow, where the team performs the mountaineering climb and stunts on a high-altitude cliff. Soon, after picking up their position, Captain Kashif Kirmani and and his team make contact with the Indian Army, and a bloody battle ensued. Both sides beat off assault after assault, and Captain Kashif Kirmani lost all of his assigned soldiers. However, an Indian Army soldier, the only one left during battle, succeeded in climbing to the top of the mountain but was intercepted by Captain Kashif Kirmani . After inquiring about his unit, Captain Kashif Kirmani decides to let the Indian army soldier go. Captain Kashif Kirmani tried to contact his commanding base but the communication is disabled due to a heavy snow storm. Captain Kashif Kirmani is eventually picked up by the Pakistan Army, after three days of being exposed in the snow storm, and was taken to a military hospital. There his shins and arms were amputated. Captain Kashif Kirmani received an honorary discharge but at his insistence to stay in the army, he was transferred to the Science and Technology Division of Pakistan Army. Captain Kashif Kirmani later learned about the fate of Captain Gulsher Khan, who went MIA in Bosnia. He also visited Bosnia with Khan's wife where he was unable to find Khan, and returned to his country in 1999.
• Gulsher Khan (Captain M. Qasim Khan): a Captain in the army and son of a JCO, he graduated from the 80th PMA Long Course and belonged to the 9th FF Battalion, Lahore of the FF Regiment. Mild mannered, modest and humble, he married Shahnaz Sher and settled in a luxurious apartment. A few days after his marriage, Khan was sent to Bosnia on a U.N. peacekeeping mission. While a commanding officer of his company, Khan harbored and launched a number of rescue operations to protect Bosnian Muslims, held by the Serbian forces. There, he was among those who received a respectful reputation within the Bosnian community. He befriended a Bosnian woman who fell in love with him and asked him to marry her, which he refused. Khan witnessed the Serb forces' mass murder campaign while protecting the Bosnian Muslims, a mission that he was assigned to lead. In a reconnaissance military operation at an unknown place in Serbia, Khan and his unit was ambushed by the Serb forces. Both sides made contact and Khan's team tried to evade the battle which, however, was unsuccessful. Khan then tried to launch a counter-operation against the Serb forces. The long battle ended when his unit was brutally murdered by the Serbian forces. Khan was taken by the Serbs as POW. He was the only officer to be captured by the Serb forces and was given treatment. The Commanding base and the United Nations assumed that Khan' was also dead during this mission. Meanwhile, Khan tried to contact the UN Headquarters, proving the that he was still alive. After days of being captured and held, Khan attempted an escape from the hidden camp where he was held. The team of Serbs followed Khan, and quickly intercepted him before he reached a forest. After receiving orders, the Serbs opened fired on him and shot him in the head. Khan was buried in an unknown place, and was searched by the Serbs before being buried. One soldier found a torn 500 rupees and examined it. While they departed, the soldier put the 500 rupee note on Khan's grave and gave it a final look while leaving with his unit.
• Shahnaaz Sher (Shahnaaz Khawaja): Sher is a niece of a retired Lieutenant-General and a Corps Commander of IV Corps. An educated woman, Sher is a Cambridge educated elementary school teacher and has a very straightforward personality with her own philosophy of life. Bold and confident she is the love interest of Faraz,and is also first cousin of Kashif. She later married Captain Gulsher Khan. Sher visited Bosnia, with Kirmani and Faraz, to find Khan as he sent a letter to her proving he's still alive. She interviewed many of the Bosnian Muslims who were rescued by Khan. Sher also interviewed Khan's Bosnian friend who had once asked him to marry her. Unable to find Khan, Sher returned to Pakistan with Khan's friends. In the end, Sher's only son is also seen becoming an army officer, who graduates from Kakul Academy.

Story:
As the name indicates, the drama is based on the life and times of the same three characters- Faraz, Kashif, and Gulsher also known as Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie respectively- and their friendship . These three passionate young men wish to start their careers in the Pakistan army. In the initial episodes, ample footage is used to detail the background of every individual and the circumstances under which they enroll for the armed forces. Faraz is Mr Perfect, the guy who does everything right while Gulsher is a polite, simple minded, shy person. Kashif is originally the funny man responsible for providing most of the comic relief through his antics, pranks and mischief. Eventually the series morphs into a coming of age story where the lead characters realize that there is more to life than their present happy-go-lucky lifestyle as they experience reality in all its fragility and extremities - jealousy, heartbreaks, trauma and death. Another important character is Shahnaaz, a confident, educated and well-mannered young lady, who plays an important role in the lives of these friends. Her involvement with them in the role of friend, wife and confidante adds reality to the series that is poignant and touching on a personal level. The main theme of the drama is that every person should lead a purposeful existence and that if one has the will and the passion, they can achieve anything.

Popularity
This drama series became extremely popular in Pakistan soon after it went on air on PTV. Although the main cast consisted of New Actors, the drama sent a virtual-life massage to the masses. Being informative, entertaining and thought-provoking with apt use of humour, the series is regarded as one of the most well-scripted and famous drama series ever produced in Pakistan.

Format Military miniseries
Created by ISPR
Written By Shoaib Mansoor

Starring:

• Qasim Khan
• Abdullah Mahmood
• Faraz Inam
• Shahnaaz Khwaja
• Wiqar Ahmed
• Hashmat Shaikh
• Rafar Moeen

No. of episodes: 14
Production Running time: approx 40 min.
Broadcast Original by: PTV
Original run: May 1998 - July 1998

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