For a daughter her father has always been her super hero – she sees the world through his eyes and it’s his immense confidence on her that she crosses odd obstacles of life with ease. The affectionate father-daughter bond has been shown in thousands of movies and dramas but the charm of this beautiful tale will never come to an end.
ARY Digital’s new drama ‘Khuda Na Kare’ is about a single father Zaheer Ahmed (Salman Shahid) and his darling daughters Aabi (Myra Sajid) and Abrish(Sonia Hussain). Written by Samina Nadeem this play is a joint production of Fahad Mustafa and Ali Kazmi whereas Badar Mehmood has directed it.
After watching promos I was expecting it to be a tale of rebellious daughter who will stand against her father’s decision to marry a man of his choice – it may be possible that the story will flow in that direction later on but the mood writer has set in the very first episode is high on emotions.
In the first few scenes I was impressed more with the writer than performers as she introduces the three main characters of the play very innovatively – girls are shown watering the plants in the garden and when father walks in they start pulling him towards their favorite plants. Their choice of plants actually reflects their personality – Aabi like non-flowering plants which shows that her life is devoid of any excitement and thrill whereas Abrish is lively and vibrant and her collection includes flowers in beautiful hues.
Zaheer sb’s best friend Hashmi Uncle (Tunio Salahuddin) often makes entry in the drama and gives precious advice on the matter of concern to his friend.
Up till this point it appears to be a happy family without any worries and stress. So what’s the twist in the story?
Well, the younger daughter loves her university fellow, Farhad (Junaid Khan) and the rest of the family is totally unaware of it. Once she goes out with him and doesn’t come home on time – the anxiety and worriedness reflecting from Zaheer’s gestures is something which could melt away any daughters’ heart. When Aabrish reaches home Zaheer sb said, “Tum se baat nahin ho rahe thi tu mujhe lag raha tha kay jaise ka mai mar gaya hon. Khatam hogaya hon.” His touching dialogues have power to make my eyes wet with tears.
We all have father like Zaheer sb but living as an independent girls we never give ear to their words especially when they ask us to come home early and don’t trust strangers. Being elder in experience and age they are making an effort to aware and prepare us before the storm knock at our doors and ruin everything.
The drama take a turn when Zaheer sb friend from abroad come and send proposal for Aabrish(as Aabi was already engaged to someone else). Initially, the father is a bit reluctant in accepting it but with Hashmi’s advice he gives his approval to it. The drama ends when he tells Aabi about it and the colour of her face pale down.
I agree that Khuda Na Kare’ story is not unusual but the way it is projecting on-screen has given it an edge. All the artists have done pretty decent jobs in essaying their characters – we have seen Hussain playing a similar kind of role in ‘Shikwa’ but here too she is impressive as a middle class young girl. Myra Sajid has a fresh appearance on the screen and from none of his performance it appears that she is relatively new in the filed – in fact she looks quite comfortable in her role. Shahid is as usual brilliant and Khan doesn’t much air time in this episode so I really can’t comment about him right now.
For me the high point of the play is its beautifully sung OST Dil Dharkane Ka Sabab Yaad aya – beautifully sung and right placed in between the scenes going perfectly well with the story.
Written by ~Jiya Noman
