“Yeh koi kapre hain?!!” “Uff, itne tacky kapre?!!” Just for affirming that Kiran indeed has the lousiest taste in clothes, Shimraiz, you won my heart today. And, because of him, again, I got an answer to the most important question that had me staying up nights: where in the world was Kiran getting her lousy wardrobe. Answer: Flea market and Walmart!! Way to go Shimraiz!!!
From Kiran, to Daneez, to Mujtaba, everybody seemed to be dancing to Shimraiz’s tune today. Amongst the whole sorry group, I felt the most for Mujtaba, brilliantly played by Fawad Khan. Now repenting his hasty marriage, Mujtaba finally acknowledged that his relationship with Daneez was not working out. He also came clean that the expectations he had brought with him from Pakistan had not been met. His frustration at the way things had played out was evident, as was his feeling of being totally alone in having to deal with the mess he had of his life. The scene where Mujtaba called his parents was very well done, and the continuity in Fawad’s expressions from that phone call to the next one, from Kiran, was excellent. Similarly, the scene in the park, where he opened up to Kiran, was also very well executed.
As Shimraiz, the pied piper himself, Mikaal Zulfiqar keeps going from strength to strength with every episode. His scenes today with Sanam were crisply done. His outraged response at the sight of his bruised face – ab main parties pe kaise jaaonga – was hilarious (and for the umpteenth time, I do wish that we were able to see the office/confrontation scenes between Fawad and Mikaal). Sanam had all the witty dialogues and she did well. It’s just that to me she has never seemed like a Kiran, so no matter how well she does (thank god all the shrieking has now been toned down) she just never aces it as far as I’m concerned. Similarly Aisha Khan as Daneez, we didn’t see much of her today, but even in the few scenes that she did, she was very good. But again, accepting her as an unsure wife, who is trying her level best, albeit clunkily, to win her man, is very hard.
Samirajis dialogues were the real heroes of today’s episode. The repartee between Kiran and Shimraiz was funny, while the exchange between Mujtaba and Kiran was tender and honest. The story has now come together, but I wonder again how it’ll be wrapped up. So far, plans are still being hatched. Some progress has been made, but still not enough for the couples to sort everything out in the next 2 or 3 episodes. Mujtaba has shown where he stands while Daneez is still trying to sort herself out. Shimraiz’s motivation and goals are very clear whereas Kiran seems to be not only punishing Mujtaba, but also egging on Shimraiz for reasons known only to her.
Overall this was a very good episode. All ingredients, the acting, the dialogues, the story, direction, sound, everything came together just perfectly. My only peeve, and a huge one at that, is with the promo editors: Why show us Daneez slapping Mujtaba when that was not be included in the episode??? Is this a new trend that we are witnessing? First Humsafar, and now Kuch Pyar ka Pagalpan???
Written by S Z ~
