This was the fifteenth episode and Wali has yet to grow up, so I think it’s safe say either stick to the motto “saber ka phul meeth hai” or I bang my head against a wall. As I need my head to find the remote and watch dramas let’s go for option number 1. This week dealt with the fallout from Behroz’s death and involved much wailing and weeping. I do feel for Bakhtiyar Khan, I doubt if there is anything more painful than a father burying his own sons. To add to his woes he now has to deal with an angry, hostile daughter in law Roohi, blaming him for the whole situation.

Forget about Faraa /Wali, Wali and Agha Jaan have some serious chemistry working in most of this episode. Abid Ali and Osman Khalid Butt make quite a duo and it is nice to see such a friendly, loving Dada /Pota relationship on screen. In another review of Dayar e Dil I wrote that Farhat Ishtiaq never shies of adding a touch of nobility or straight out goodness in her heroes and Wali has more than his fair share. Wali’s character makes a refreshing counterpoint to all the abusive betrayers that pass for men in the majority of dramas

I think the psychological term for Roohi’s’ behavior is displacement; she simply cannot face the fact that she let Behroz down and so she fixes the entire blame on Agha Jan because he is an easy target. Neither her daughter Faraa nor brother Tajamul’s family know anything about Agha Jan except what Roohi has shared with them and it is quite obvious that Agha Jan is not about to retaliate and break the already fragile bond with his granddaughter .Roohi’s reaction might have been tempered by some good advice from her brother but strangely he seems to be silent.

Meanwhile his wife Zuhra has a lot to say and none of it good. Zuhra is a mean-spirited, small minded woman. but just like the proverbial broken clock she is right twice a day. It was almost funny when she said exactly what the audience was thinking and what was echoing in Roohi’s guilt ridden mind.  Sanam Saeed has done a masterful job this episode showing us that the same woman who is a fire spitting antagonist for her in laws can be a vulnerable, desperately grieving wife riddled with self-doubt too. Roohi and Zuhra are so far from any self-awareness, it’s painful to watch. Roohi’s behavior towards her in laws mirrors Zuhra’s behavior towards Roohi; similarly just as Agha Jan values his relationship with his Bahu too much to retaliate, Roohi sits in silence as Zuhra tears her psyche to shreds.

We saw a lot more of Faraa, Wali and Moiz in this episode too. I would really like to praise Maya Ali for what is for the most part a good portrayal but she keeps slipping into a slow way of talking and heavy lisping that a four year old might use but not an intelligent teenager aiming to be a doctor. It looks even worse when Zarminey is on screen because Maryam Nafees manages to make it look effortlessly natural. I just loved it when Zarminey managed to warn her father about his Batameez Bahu despite her brother and mother’s attempts at whitewashing. So in this Faraa inevitably picks up on her mother’s negativity and begins to blame her grandfather for her father’s death and her mother’s breakdown. At one level it is understandable, she had a normal, happy family life that has suddenly disappeared the minute she meets her father’s family. Her feelings towards Wali, her newly minted husband are complete indifference but from next Week’s promo it seems as if that too will change for the worse.

This episode showed us both Wali and Faraa caring for their family, while Faraa is helpless and seems to have little to no closeness with her mother; Wali is the heart and soul of his family to a fault. Just like his father Suhaib he always puts his family first, whether it is his ailing grandfather or his newly widowed mother or even his younger sister; he is like a mother hen with his chicks.  Osman Khalid Butt all but stole the show this week when Wali broke down with his father’s friend Feroz Khan.  The scene was especially touching because Wali is always putting everyone first and carrying some responsibility, this was one of the rare times when he simply couldn’t take any more and OKB played it perfectly. Who wanted to give Wali a hug and tell him it would all be ok in the end?

Talking of hugs … errr is it just me or is Moiz super creepy? I have yet to meet such a …ahem …touchy/ feely cousin .The man should be renamed octopus his hands are always reaching out to grip Faraa’s shoulders , or touch her face in a way that is quite frankly nauseating and negates any good he is supposedly doing. I really don’t understand why he didn’t call his parents to tell them he was spending the night at Roohi’s house. Faraa used to think of him as a friendly older cousin but she is beginning to lean on his support more and more simply because she has no one else. I may be mistaken but I think Moiz’s behavior is deliberate. I have no idea who the actor is but if he is meant to make a subtly negative impression he has succeeded. Roohi and Faraa must have a really distant relationship for Roohi to ignore her own daughter like that and listen to her nephew or perhaps she is just angry at her daughter for saying  “qabool hai “?

Before I wrap up the “magical” person in charge of promos has done it again. We were promised a confrontation between Roohi and Agha Jaan where Roohi demands a divorce in the promos and again nothing of the sort was shown. Now from next week’s promos this scene might happen next week, it may happen two weeks down or perhaps next year or maybe never .I guess this is all part of the “special magic” that has now taken hold of Hum TV .. Oh and who caught Wali’s look of complete outrage when Roohi said divorce? It was kind of sweet really: Wali is already taking his newly formed relationship seriously.

Written by Sadaf

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