Something I’ve been noticing about Hum TV dramas is that they all seem to have nice fast-paced stories. Mera Naseeb’s episode 5 was no exception, everything happened quickly, but not too fast either. I haven’t mentioned the directing at all yet, but that’s just because I haven’t seen anything special. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it’s bad, but it’s not out of the ordinary in any way. The director is good, but he’s not super good.
So Nazia (Syra Yousuf) is officialy engaged to Fahad. Obviously, she doesn’t like this occurence. Shehbaz (Adeel Hussain) is a nice guy, he loves her, he has money, what more does her mother (Samina Peerzada) need? As Shazia (Sanam Saeed) said, “Aap log pata nahin har baat ko ana ka masla kyun bana dete hain.” Nazia finally agrees to run away with Shehbaz, something he’s thrilled about.
While that’s going on, Shazia’s mother Sajidah (Rubina Ashraf) finds a rishta for Shazia from America for some guy named Moiz. Shazia isn’t thrilled about this, but she doesn’t want anything to happen to her mother again. While at the library, she meets Moiz (Imran Abbas) and decides that she likes him. They come with the rishta next day, Moiz sees beautiful, gorgeous Nazia, and everything goes wrong. He decides that she’s super beautiful and that he wants to marry her instead.
I feel bad for Samira Fazal, the writer, right now. This is a great drama, but unfortunately, the casting is screwed up. Like I said in my last post, Syra Yousuf was the best pick, in my opinion for Nazia, and Sanam Saeed for Shazia, out of all the actresses Pakistan has to offer. However, it’s not good enough. Nazia is supposed to be drop-dead gorgeous. While Syra Yousuf is really pretty, she’s not so haseen that whoever sets eyes on her falls in love. And while Sanam Saeed isn’t all that pretty, she’s not so ugly that nobody would want to marry her. Out of all the actresses the drama makers had available to them, I think they made a good choice with the casting. However, to somebody unaware of the fact that there weren’t a lot of choices for characters like Nazia and Shazia, it’s going to seem like bad casting.
The day of the maiyon, Nazia gets ready to run away with Shehbaz. However, they get caught by Phoppo Ammi (Sakina Sammo) while Shazia is trying to sneak her out. Phoppo Ammi gets really angry and goes off on Nazia about how she always knew that her mother Salima’s influence would fall on her, and that this was all her mother’s fault. Nazia replies by saying that Phoppo Ammi has never liked her mother, and that she has nothing to do with Nazia’s own decisions. But Phoppo Ammi is so mad right now that she just can’t keep her anger towards Salima in any longer and just comes out with the real story about her animosity towards her.
Except just then, the clock strikes midnight and the spell is broken! :P
The episode ends at a cliff-hanger, and the audience is more pulled in towards this drama than ever.
—Noorie
