Khalil-U-Rehman Qamar, the love factory of our country is back again with a very strong plot i.e Mera Naam yousaf hai on A –plus which was one of the most anticipated drama of this year. The team of this play is quite strong and talented so I am pretty sure that if handled properly, this play would be a huge hit. As it is Qamar Sahib’s story so it is not difficult to guess that this is a story about love between soul mates that transcends the physical world and keeping in view his past record, it would surely be tragic. For me, the strength of Qamar sahib’s dramas is never his story but his dialogues. It is only for his dialogues that I keep on watching his plays till the end, no matter how much the story is dragged on.
In the first episode, we meet Zulekha who is born and bred in a very strict, lower middle class household. It is during the train journey that Yousaf, Imran Abbas catches a glimpse of Zulekha and falls in love with her instantly. As soon as he hears her name, he is mesmerized by her and is quite sure that they are meant to be together. Zulekha’s parents are bent upon getting her married in their respective families out of their own selfish interests; however, Zulekha is completely disinterested in getting married to anyone on either side. Yousaf is a struggling musician who is waiting for a break through. His family is quite supportive of him except his mother who is highly critical of him and his father’s care free attitude. Yousaf somehow manages to find Zulekha in Karachi and arrive at her door step to tell her “Main aap ko sirf yahi bataaney aaya thaa, kay mera naam yousaf hai”. This dialogue surely marks the onset of their tragic love story with many twists and turns in the coming episodes.
The acting of all the leading actors was quite impressive in the first episode except Hina Bayyat’s whose crisp Urdu dialect is kind of hard to digest but I am hoping that it will improve in the coming episodes. I do have few issues with Maya Ali’s dialogue delivery but it is however tolerable. For me the scenes shot in the train were the highlight of this episode. It is always a treat to watch such real, close to life situations. It is surely a very different project for Mehreen Jabbar who has mostly done her previous plays abroad and in the broader settings but this play is entirely shot in Pakistan and that too in the interiors, depicting the life of the people belonging to the lower middle class of our country.
I am completely in love with the sound track of this play. OST, The soulful lyrics and a touching music transports you to a different world altogether. Syed Sultan has undoubtedly done a brilliant job with it. I really hope that this play proves to be a huge success for our television industry.
Written by Falak
