Dramas

Bargad [NAPA Theatre Play]
Raqaas [GREEN TV]
shaheryar munawwar
Momina Duraid Productions

Raqaas Has Some Terrible Parents

There are no slammed doors in Dilawar’s house. No loud music. No carefree laughter. Not even the simple pleasure of standing outside when it rains. Instead, everyone tiptoes. In Raqaas, Green TV’s latest exploration of honour, misogyny and domestic control, fear has become so thoroughly embedded in a family that

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Firaaq Episode 3
Yeh main hoon: bejaan, berang… Freedom. That ever elusive thing that even the freest amongst us never truly achieve. For the lucky, though, it is – on that rare occasion – a feat made possible by fate, but I wonder at what cost? Firaaq, I find, is not just about relationships and moments,...
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Jackson Heights - Episode 1
laiyan laiyan mein tere naal dholna ve laiyaaan laiyaaan main tere naal dholna Eik dil si ve rea mere kolna ve main lutti gayi, dholna ve main lutti gayi With this beautiful OST, we finally got to see the debut of Jackson Heights tonight. The first episode starts with a beautifully penned epilogue in...
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Firaaq Episode 2
Maa-jee say darti ho. Nahi, unki umr say darti hoon. Betay kay baad agar beti bhi apni manmaani karnay lagi to woh nahi sahe paayen gi.  Moments – beautiful, everlasting, painful, striking, filled with love, and maybe even anger. We all have them. Firaaq’s second episode gave me quite a few...
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Mere Humdum Mere Dost- Last Episode Review
Three words- Nicely wrapped up! Khushiyan aisi hi milti hain; bilkul achanak… What better way to sum up this finale than such sweet yet simple words! Another journey came to an end and this time around, I was more than pleased with the ending. Farhat Ishtiaq did not disappoint and gave us a memorable...
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Firaaq Episode 1
Cast: ✓ Sets and Art Direction: ✓ Location: ✓ Costumes: ✓ Background Score and OST: ✓ Director: ✓ Producer: ✓ Just the other day, Sadaf emailed me about an interview with Firaaq’s director Aabis Raza, asking if I had any questions for him. After pondering for a while, I sent Sadaf a somewhat long...
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Mere Humdum Mere Dost- Episode 21
Mein tumse mohabbat toh kya, tumharey saath nafrat karna bhi apni tauheen samajhta houn… Kisi mard Ki zindagi ke saath mat khelna warna iss se barey dhokay khaougi…  And with that, Haider laid all of Sajeela’s khushfehmiyaan to rest. I think Sajeela needed the reality-check and once...
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Pehchan Finale
All good things must unfortunately come to an end, and our well thought out narrative had little room for any other maneuver. There was some very meta dialogue about no tomorrows and happy endings not being very convincing, but the question really is, was this finale convincing enough? Mansoor made a...
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Koi Nahi Apna - Episodes 15 - Last
So finally Koi Nahi Apna ends and it ends exactly the way we all predicted…Alvira finds out the truth and comes home. Surprise Surprise!! Ok now that I have that out of my system, on a serious note, even though the ending was completely predictable, I still liked it as I’m a sucker for happy...
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Jackson Heights - Preview
So after months of waiting, looking at Behind-the-scene pictures of the cast and crew, and trying to get as much information as possible from the Jackson Heights’ Facebook page, the serial is (almost) finally here…it starts Friday, September 19th on Urdu1! Directed by the brilliant Mehreen...
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Mere Humdum Mere Dost- Episode 20 Review
Apni chahat ka mein inkaar bataa kaise karoun… Haider is afraid to acknowledge his feelings for Aiman out of fear of being labelled. Labels- we all use them, live with them. Some of them suit us, others not so much. How easily we choose to use them dictates how we steer our lives. Haider panicked...
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