Today’s episode of Meri Behan Maya turned out to be very interesting and it seems like the story may finally be moving forward. Attiya’s latest plan worked like a charm and Maya is finally out of the house and with Rashid, whether she likes it or not. Pari Gul’s sister (real or not) Noori Gul assures Maya that she really is Pari Gul’s daughter. She obviously did so because Attiya must have bribed her so that she would help her add to Maya’s confusion. Devastated by the news Maya decides to leave the house in early hours of morning and meets Rashid on the way. Rashid sedates her and takes her to his farm house. I could not help but wonder why Rashid had that intoxicating powder in his pocket. Well, he was headed towards Shahzib’s house so maybe he had some other evil plan in mind. Maya is fully convinced that she does not belong in that house with those people and would much rather take refuge in the convent but Rashid insists that she can stay at his farm house. Maya is very naïve and she would much rather not stay at Rashid’s house but she needs some time to figure things out.
Zarmina and Shahzib did not do much to find Maya in today’s episode, all they did was shout at Attiya. Zarmina did guess though that Rashid may have something to do with the whole affair.
This was an engaging episode and it definitely left me wondering what was going to happen next. But I must add here that Meri Behan Maya is not the kind of play which I would personally take very seriously. It is more of a fairytale to me, which is not bad for a Monday night. The evil characters are darker than dark and the victim is extremely innocent and due to that she keeps on falling into their traps. Shahzib is simply helpless and all he can do is to shout at Attiya. Had he not known anything things would have made more sense but now that he knows everything, there is no reason for him to allow Attiya to live in his house anymore. Maya would be so much safer with the servants. The solution to all the troubles Maya faces seems very easy. All she has to do is to move in with Zarmina and her life would be trouble free.
Overall, this latest episode was very well directed and all the actors performed well too. The flashbacks scenes were all nicely done and I am looking forward to where the story goes from here.
Fatima Awan.
