So we’re now on episode 8, and the story has finally started to progress. However, I’m still forwarding through all of the Daneez (Ayesha Khan) and/or Shimraiz (Mikaal Zulfiqar) scenes, simply because they’re boring and I don’t think that they contribute to the story very much. In the previous episodes, all of the scenes involving Daneez were centered around her plotting against Tanya or Mujju. In this episode, they were all of her crying and feeling guilty about what she did to Tanya. Call me heartless, but Daneez’s rona-dhona scenes aren’t what I want to be seeing in this show, no matter how guilty she feels. And as far scenes involving Shimraiz go, Mikaal Zulfiqar’s poor acting is just too much to handle.

But the Kiran and Mujtaba scenes this episode had me laughing out loud, not only because of the dialogues but, of course, because of Fawad and Sanam’s completely natural acting. Mujtaba’s “hero” emotions coming out after hearing Kiran’s family talk about her, Kiran telling him that he needn’t worry about her, and Mujju finally realizing that he should stop being so rude to her were all beautifully portrayed by Fawad and Sanam. And of course the scene when Kiran finally finds out that Mujju has been telling the truth about his rich uncle was hilarious. “Ab toh saala pitte ga,” says Kiran when Mujju is about to get in the car. The expression on her face when she sees that this really is Mujju’s uncles car, and Mujju’s dialogue when he hands her his coke “Peeyo aur thandi ho jao,” all had me dying for laughter.

One thing that I fail to understand though, is how the direction can be so weak despite this being a Haissam Hussain drama. Samira Fazal has proven that this is yet another well-written drama, but HH’s directing seems to fall short. All the scenes are too long, and I find myself wanting to forward through almost half the episode. The scene where Mujtaba tells Daneez the story about his friend is just one example of the overly lengthened way of directing. I’m really hoping that we’ll see an increase in tempo as the story moves forward.

So it was implied today that Mujtaba and Daneez will start bonding as Mujju helps her get over her shock about Tanya. But there’s one other detail that I can’t help but mention. I just can’t imagine Fawad and Ayesha as a couple together. I mean, she looks like an aunty compared to him!

-Sarah AKA Noorie