Today I came across a review from my fellow reviewer Omair about an old play called Ghanti… which talked about the sufferings of an old man whose family member starts treating him as a burden when he gets old…. And that was the instant moment when I remembered a very old play that was very close to my heart when I was 11 or 12 years of age Called Dur E Junoon.
When we are young, there are certain things that hits you right in the heart and remains there with you for your entire life. It could be an incident, it could be a story, it could be a movie (I still remember mard tangay wala :) ) or it could be a drama. And this is the one that has been in my heart for so many years.
This post of mine isn’t going be the regular ones I write. I also don’t care if anyone of our readers find it worthy of a comment. However I will still write about it. Back in the days when I had watched this drama I never had a clue that I would actually own a drama website where the voice of our reviews would be heard by many. So I am just taking this platform to introduce you guys to this heart touching long play called Daur E Junoon.
Most of our readers comprise of age group from 15-40 or may be a bit more… we hardly have any senior citizen reading our blog. And that’s precisely the reason why this drama is for you to watch.
Let me start of by asking a question. What is Love? Can someone claim that they love their wife to the fullest? Or Can they love their husband to the fullest? Do we really know when love is really tested? Do we know when love actually begins in it true essence? Call me naive because I still haven’t experienced all the emotions of life. I am not married, I have loved someone to the fullest which could not be successful and that made me realize what true love really is ,when it actually starts ,which ,I will disclose later or maybe you will agree with me when I write more about this play.
Daur Junoon is about 2 Characters Sami (played by Qavi Khan) and Zainab (played by Naved Shehzad.) They are an elderly couple whose 4 sons have moved to America for obvious reasons leaving their old parents behind. The Drama starts off showing Sami dropping off his youngest son to the airport after which their entire children have moved abroad. And this is where the story starts.
The Dramas unfolds showing the life of this elderly couple whose entire entertainment is talking to the pictures of their children and more primarily their grandson’s picture whose name is Amir( pictures of young Faisal Qureshi have been used to portray him).
The drama gives us an entire picture of what happens when children leave their parents behind in an elderly age.
However don’t get mistaken. The lives of elderly couple haven’t shown miserable. They aren’t shown as crying and weeping instead they become best of friends to each other. They confine in themselves and share every pain, sorrow every happiness together.. Let it be the extra cup of tea, playing cards together or going out in the parks to which Zainab calls “Budhapay kay chonchlay”. The old husband indulges himself in taking pictures of his old wife. He keeps on insisting her to dress up and wear choriyan so that he can take pictures of her. But deep beneath, they both log for the love of their children, the children who have left them abroad for the sake of a better life. Every time they are together they console each other. Give hope to each other however when alone, all they do is stare at the pictures of their sons who have slowly stopped sending them letters , calling them and above all stopped sending any money as well. The father who has spent his entire life bringing them up, ends up writing an application to the bank manager for a loan,however hides it from his wife. And never discloses that his sons are not sending any remittance what so ever…
It’s heart quenching to see that when the husband thinks of selling the house due to financial issues and the wife says “per jab bachay wapis ayen gay to phir woh kidher rahin gain?”
They never give up.The wife starts stitching clothes to overcome the financial issues since the husband starts loosing health. The only person that visits them to give company is the neighborhood lady doctor. To which sometimes they say to themselves that “kay agar 4 beto kay sath koi Ek beti hi hoti tou shayed humara khayal rakhti shyaed zindagi mukhtilf hoti”
And amidst this situation Sami gets paralyzed. And this is where the real test of love begins! even at this stage Zainab says “please don’t tell this to my sons abroad “woh pershan hojaein gay” and they never even call to check up on their old parents …..Such is the love of this world!
However there is hope. There is courage… The wife stands tall and starts taking care of his husband. She sells all her jewellery so that she can get her husband treated. Even When the doctor says that there is just 1 percent chance and that too without any time limit.. She says I will get him right! Such is the bond of love , Such care is shown between them at this age that made me realize that this is true love. Love, that doesn’t require any material gain. In which you love for the sake of love. That’s beyond par any human logic. That’s the age where essence of real love begins.
I won’t be commenting anything about how great was the acting of Qavi Khan and Naved Shehzad only because I don’t find myself worthy and matured enough to express the class they portrayed.
What happens to Sami later? Does he get back to life or remains paralyzed forever? Should I disclose it? I want to… However at the same time I want you to watch this. I want you guys to feel what I felt when I was young. When I made an oath to myself that no matter what happens I will never ever leave my parents. I will take care of them. When they will get old I will take care of them like they took care of me. They ignored my mistakes, my stupid repeated questions no matter how much it annoyed them. I will love them like anything. This play impacted my life and may be it will impact yours as well.
Do your self a favor… watch this play and understand what goes through our parents life when they get old, when their entire world squeezes down to us. How much joy it gives them when we speak to them. Don’t get upset when they do something (according to you silly) just to seek your attention. It’s the age when they need you the most…
Written By Faraz
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