Oh gosh, what a depressing episode. Till last week, I was watching and appreciating this drama serial for its comic relief. This week, however, there seemed to be more ‘rona dhona’ than anything else. Even the Kiran-Mujtaba banters did not help.
Daniez, it seems, finally realized the extent of her jealousy when Tania committed suicide and left her a letter, saying she loved her and wanted to be like her. Something tells me we will see a different Daniez from now on. Shimraiz, although shocked, seems to be in a denial and thinks ‘forgetting all about it’ is the best solution. The fact that he feels only Daniez is the guilty party is rather obvious.
On the other side of the city (figuratively), we see an extremist family of Kiran. OK, what is it with showing hypocritical religiosity? I mean, we already have seen so many of such characters/families in Umera Ahmed’s dramas – PLEASE Samira ji, give us a break now.
And if this is America, how come the brothers can beat their sister up so easily? Why did she not call the police? This is something almost all American parents I know complain about – that they cannot lay their finger on their kids because they know they can summon the police. Kiran’s status is legal and she can easily hold that over her family – so why isn’t she doing so? OK, I should be patient – maybe we will find that out later.
Overall, I was really depressed today with most of the scenes. I had rather thought we’d see a more fun-filled episode with Mujtaba living in Kiran’s house, but that didn’t happen. Sigh! OK, I do hope the next episode is lighter.
Written (morosely) by HA
Addendum: I remember the first drama I watched written by Samira Fazal. It was Meray Pass Pass. And when I would see a lonely Nadia Jamil, with no one to turn to except Moammar Rana, I would angrily utter to myself: “Hasn’t this writer heard of babycenter.com?” In this episode, I have finally seen what I have been generally complaining about: the absence of technology from our drama serials. Abuse of photographs, photoshopping images, abusive groups on Facebook and offensive videos on YouTube, all have the potential to destroy lives. I am really glad to see this highlighted, and hats off to Samira Fazal and the production team for this. I hope the young people watching this will realize technology should not be used for such abusive purposes.
