Kabhi Kabhi’s an offering from Six Sigma Plus, it has been directed by Anjum Shahzad and written by the very talented Samira Fazal. The story revolves around Ariz and Ishal and their respective families. Ariz hails from a lower middle class background and is the sole breadwinner of his family whereas Ishal comes from an upper class family who is currently studying abroad and is trying ways to escape from her superficial life as her father is a filthy rich businessman. In the first episode, we got a sneak peek into Ariz and Ishal’s lives. Ariz is a matured individual with a good sense of humour whereas on the other hand Ishal is carefree and a bindaas girl. Ariz and Ishal’s paths first cross through an accident where both the parties have to attend the same party. Coincidentally, mulaakaton ka silsila doesn’t end here.
Ishal’s cigar smoking filthy rich businessman father played by Javed Sheikh wants her to marry this rich guy called Shahraiz (whose party Ariz and her had attended) but she is not too keen. Her dominating brother-in-law Rehbar, played by the Indian actor Aly Khan (it was nice to see him on a tv serial after a long time) and sister Iva are trying their best to coax her into marriage with Shahraiz. Coincidentally, Ishal and Ariz’s mulaakaton ka silsila doesn’t end at the party, since Ariz is one of Shahbar’s employee, Ishal bumps into him at his office later when she agrees to redecorate his office, Ariz is given the charge of showing her around and helping her with the shopping. The scene where both of them go to a restaurant to eat and Ariz unknowingly orders a dish that he is not aware of was pretty hilarious and nicely done.
Ishal’s brother-in-law Rehbar’s character is pretty interesting, I do not know yet if he holds any grudge against his sister-in-law Ishal, but I was surprised to see him bribing his driver and asking him to keep an eye on her movements and inform him from time to time. His wife Iva is more like his ghulam. Maybe he wants his father-in-law to transfer the entire property in his name (including Ishal’s share) and hence he cannot stand Ishal because as long as she is in his way, this may not happen at all.
Ahsan Khan was pretty good as Ariz but I am definitely expecting more from him and this is my first serial of Mehwish Hayat so I am not familiar with her previous body of work. Anyhow, I think she is the perfect candidate to play Ishal. It was nice to see Bushra Ansari (she is playing Ariz’s mother) in a tv serial, even though she didn’t have too much screen time, but I liked whatever little I saw of her. The first episode was neither too good nor too bad and since the writer of the serial is the very famous Samira Fazal, therefore viewers’ expectations are too much. By the time the episode came to an end we all knew that Ariz and Ishal will get married and it will be interesting to see how their married life goes and how both the families take it.
Written by Deepika
