Story is slowly yet steadily building up though it may not be something extraordinary but it isn’t bad either. Ishal and Araiz were gradually falling in love with each other without even realising and by the end of fourth episode they both confess their feelings to each other because it gets difficult to hold back.
Ishal’s father is an interesting character played effortlessly by Javed Sheikh. He not only controls his two daughters’ but also his son-in-law Rehbar’s life. His ways of finding suitable son-in-laws for his daughters had me impressed in a creepy way, I mean I know what he is doing is absolutely not right but then he is so smart and conniving. And I finally learnt why Rehbar is so against the family, I felt sorry for him. Poor guy’s business collapsed which he later learns was his father-in-law’s chaal to make him depend on him and become his ghar jamai. I like how the casting director chose the actress who plays Iva because Rehbar and Iva are not supposed to have any chemistry and I don’t think they really love each other.
I always knew things were never going to be easy for Araiz and Ishal. Their family backgrounds are completely opposite of each other, their financial and social status are stark. But I am glad they realised their feelings for each other soon without dragging the story any further. Overall, I find Ishal’s character with no depth, there’s more that I expect from her character, the dialogues aren’t too good either… not only hers but everyone’s. Also, I understand the kind of background Araiz hails from but never understood why his sister and mother are so darn chaalaak? He is not a child and can take his own decisions, they must stop spying on him and nagging him for everything, don’t they realise he is the sole breadwinner of the family and if he will not be there who will feed these three mouths? Anyhow, now that Ishal has told her decision to her father who is hell-bent on marrying her to Shahbar, it will be interesting to see how he agrees to marry her to a man who is not of their social and financial status. And not to mention, I am totally expecting something more from the writer and director of the serial.
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Written by Deepika
