Dramas

Bas Tera Saath Ho Reinvents Desi Cinderfella

ARY’s new drama serial Bas Tera Saath Ho turns the damsel-in-distress trope on its head. Farhan Saeed plays Anas, an oppressed...

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Accept the Slap but Censor the Hug: TV Outrage

In the world of social psychology, there is a concept known as the “threshold of tolerance.” It’s the invisible line that...

The Many Heroines Who Powered Aik Aur Pakeezah

At a time when conversations around online privacy, consent, and victim blaming are louder than ever, Aik Aur Pakeezah brings...

Dr Bahu: A Perfect Life of Polite Patriarchy

I expected Mehreen Jabbar’s Dr Bahu to examine the marriage market demand for a daughter-in-law who is a medical doctor,...

Bas Tera Saath Ho Reinvents Desi Cinderfella

ARY’s new drama serial Bas Tera Saath Ho turns the damsel-in-distress trope on its head. Farhan Saeed plays Anas, an oppressed orphan who dutifully obeys his wealthy uncle and aunt, with only his ailing grandfather seemingly offering any real sympathy. In true Cinderfella fashion, Anas has been reduced to a

Green TV

Imtiaz has a TV show. Is It Good?

Green TV is airing a local version of Superstore sponsored by Imtiaz – is it any good? “Fasaana Mart Ka” is well-intentioned, occasionally touching but still fundamentally dull. The Ramazan comedy starts off bumpy and then steadily goes downhill. A strong cast of likeable characters...

Streaming Platforms

Bad Breath and Bigger Anxieties: A Short Film on Conformity

Elaichi, Loung aur Saunf is a short film on Meem Kahani about bad breath, conformity and the marriage market. Nuzhat (Sana Askari) is a woman undone by a single, mortifying flaw: chronic bad breath. She is at her wits’ end. Her halitosis isn’t just a hygiene issue; it’s a social curse. Relationships...

Geo TV

Purity, Class, and the Politics of Aik Aur Pakeezah

Fear, isolation, and terror are not emotions we usually seek out in a primetime viewing slot. Aik Aur Pakeezah is the exception. It does not promise relief or escape. Instead, it places us inside the aftermath of a brutal crime. This is a drama less interested in shock than in what fear does to people...

Green TV

Ghulam Bashah Sundri Is Feudal Melodrama at Full Volume

Green TV’s unabashed masala action drama opens to a world where power is inherited and consequences are optional. At the center of all the madness, is the bromance between Bashah and Ghulam. This relationship might seem cute. They shoot guns together. Drive giant SUVs together. Evade laws together. But...

Geo TV

What Case No. 9 Gets Right About Courts, Power, and Women’s Pain

Justice for women is rarely loud, swift, or uncomplicated and Case No. 9 refuses to pretend otherwise. After 32 episodes on Geo Entertainment, the drama, produced by 7th Sky Entertainment and written by Shahzeb Khanzada and directed by Syed Wajahat Hussain, concludes as an unflinching indictment of how...

Opinions

The Mother: A devastating family drama about being unseen

There are no villains in Usama Khan’s “The Mother”, only a slow suffocating absence. Absence of attention, of purpose, of being seen. An ordinary seeming day in an ordinary family reveals the cracks beneath the surface. A woman waits, a husband comes, a son does not call, a daughter is ignored. In these...

ARY

Was 2025 the Year Pakistani Dramas Stopped Hating Women?

The most radical thing Pakistani dramas did in 2025 was stop blaming women. For decades, Pakistani dramas have relied on the familiar, lazy idea that “a woman is a woman’s worst enemy.” Stories were built around the “good woman” versus the “evil woman,” with validation ultimately hinging on male approval....

ARY

Kafeel: Judging Zeba Is Easy. Understanding Her Is Harder

You could easily hate Zeba for being this foolish in Kafeel. What kind of woman falls in love after a two-minute conversation? Who leaves a scandalous love note lying around? Who agrees to getting married without even finding out who the groom is? The bumpy storytelling sets up the audience to dismiss...

Hum TV

Dreams Turn to Disaster in Cliché-Riddled Khwabon Mein Mili

What happens when two spoiled rich kids fall in love but their parents turn out to be enemies? That is the central question driving Khwabon Mein Mili, the new HUM TV drama written by Kifayat Rodani and directed by Ali Masud Saeed. The high-budget drama, complete with song and dance sequences, young stars...

Opinions Streaming Platforms

Beyond the Call: How to Kill Your Dreams

Beyond the Call is an anti-motivational tale about choosing a steady pay-check over passion. Teeli’s four-part corporate coming of age story reminds you that middle-class Pakistanis can’t afford dreams. In the first episode, Raeed (Hunaen Shahid) breaks the fourth wall to explain he’s joining...

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