Ittela dainay aayee hoo ya ijazaat lainay?
Before I venture any further, I have one burning question: Maa-jee ka dialogue kaun likhta hai? Jo bhi likhta hai, janab, bahut khoob. BAHUT KHOOB!
If last week was a hiccup, then, this week Firaaq comes back on surer footing. Finally, we know that Rumi is not in cahoots with Sara, that Sara is manipulating Paiman and Shams, that there is a deep, dark secret to Maa-jee’s bitterness, and that Shams is not free of blame. These different plot lines are finally resolved and back on track. Even though I find the story tends to favour Paiman, this week I was happy to see more of Sara, Shams, and Maa-jee. Aapki tarhan mein bhi yahi sooch raha hoon ki Rumi ka kya role? Khair…
I started on Sara’s side, so it only makes sense to clarify why I gave her the benefit of the doubt, hoping against hope, contradicting every naysayer that she would not be the manipulating bhabhi. Alas, all my hopes were scattered down a drain when it dawned on me that Sara was playing “Tell-tale Tallulah”! Woh kya hai? Sara’s antics of kahani bunoo-ing from one person to another make sense at one level; she doesn’t want Shams to find out about her relationship the Imroze. Okay, understood. But why the shenanigans? Couldn’t a simple, “Paiman, mein tumse ek bast karma chahati hoon” suffice? At another, perhaps, deeper level, I wonder, if there’s more to Imroze and Sara than meets the eye.
Cybil’s presence and confidence as Sara pulls this role through every week. She needs to work on her accent among other things, but I can see her doing well in a role that demands a strong female character. As for Sara, well, for a character that started out being likeable, in fact, I thought hers was the most genuine character out of the lot, the sudden twisting of the plot makes me wonder who’s really looking out for Paiman. Kaun?
Is it Rumi? For he seemed to be all hands at cleaning up Sara’s mess. He even went as far as confronting her by going: “Mein Shams ko phone karoon?“. Kudos, Noor Hassan, seeing you play a character that might be selfless is indeed refreshing. After Humsafar’s Khizer and Garr Maan Reh Jaye’s Farrukh, I can see why you’d want to spice things up a bit. Let’s hope I didn’t jinx it!
What about Imroze? I still think he’s too quick, too fast, and too smooth, which makes the present fun and games but the future might not be. Not surprisingly, of all the people to parkho Imroze and do it well was Maa-jee. Uzma, Uzma, Uzma, aap nay parda par aag laga di. Not only can you hold down the entire show by yourself, even your chemistry with Syed Mazhar Ali is simply perfect. His shy and subservient Haider plays off beautifully with your controlling and decisive Tabassum! Add to this mix a discredited daughter and her beau and we have fireworks!
Could it get any better than this:
Paagaloon ka daktar dhoonda hai tumnay. Good. Shams ka bhi ilaaj karwa daina issay.
Yeh jo pasand ki shaadiyan hoti hain na, yeh aksar nakaam hoti hain.
Farmabardaari bol rahee hai. Jin mardon ki farmabardaari bolnay lagay samjho woh dhokho dain gay. Aur ek baat aur farmabardaari bolti nahi nazar aati hai jo mujhe yahan nazar nahi aa rahee.
Even if I tried, I couldn’t do justice to Maa-jee, her anger, and how Imroze had to live through it. What we did find out from that rather awkward meeting is that there’s a reason to Maa-jee’s craziness. Let’s hope we hear, and I would say see, more of it! Don’t you all want to see the gore aurat? I DO! If she’s half as pretty as Imroze’s clients…
All in all a decent episode, I predict more fireworks next week. As the plot thickens, I bid you adieu.
Till next week,
Rab Rakha
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