Chammi
Aangan character
Created byKhadija Mastoor
Portrayed bySajal Aly
In-universe information
RaceIndian people
GenderFemale
SpouseJameel
ReligionMuslim

Chammi is a fictional character and parallel protagonist of the 1960 novel Aangan by Khadija Mastoor and Ehteshamuddin's 2018 TV series.

Sajal Aly portrayed the character in the TV series and earned widespread critical acclaim.[1][2][3]

Biography of the fictional character

Chammi lives in a small house of her grandmother in British India where her father has left her after her mother's death. Chammi shares a strong bond with Aaliya, the protagonist of the novel and loves Jameel, son of her great uncle. She is a diehard supporter of All India Muslim League. She first marries a peasant on the insistence of the family, when Jameel rejects her. At the time of partition, she refused her husband to go to Pakistan.[4][5]

References

  1. "Chammi is a little fractured from within: Sajal". Daily Times.
  2. Mahwah Ajaz (12 March 2019). "Sajal Ali's 'Chammi' is The Heroine Television Needed". masala.com.
  3. Maria Kari (15 January 2020). "6 actors that ruled television in 2019". Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. Prakash, Bodh (2009). Writing Partition: Aesthetics and Ideology in Hindi and Urdu Literature. ISBN 9788131719329.
  5. Khan, Nighat Said; Saigol, Rubina; Zia, Afiya Shehrbano (1994). Locating the Self: Perspectives on Women and Multiple Identities. ISBN 9789698217228.
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