With an increase in private television channels, and an exponential rise in the time slots devoted to drama serials, sifting through the diverse content on air is a gargantuan task.

There are cause-oriented serials which aim to send out positive messages. There are light-hearted love stories, which you can watch in order to relax. And of course, there are some which are infused with humour – their sole purpose is to compel you to subdue your grey matter, and have a good laugh.

With the good, the bad, and the ugly out there, which serials are the ones to raise some important issues? Lost beneath poor marketing and the mega serials on air in the same time slot, following are five drama serials which were well-thought-out, and aimed to make their audiences ‘dare to be different’:

Muhabbat Rooth Jaye Tou (Hum TV)