Today’s episode was a tribute to some of Bollywood’s iconic moments- Arifa’s “Hamarey paas maa Afzal hai”; Afzal’s retort to the hiring manager who suggested he could work as a security guard and my personal favorite- Babu Hameed’s revenge saga. Watch out people, there’s a killer on the loose. The story didn’t really move forward but we got to see snippets of just about every character.
I don’t know about you, but I have to agree with Sheikh Sahab- Mere demaagh ka alu bana diya hai! So Farah continues obsessing over Afzal and thinks of ways to bring him back. Her ingenious idea of running an ad on TV was shot down by Lubna who told her Arifa felt she didn’t even deserve Afzal’s photograph! Nahinnnnn. Speaking of obsessing, how can we forget Arifa? Andddd, as if they didn’t have enough competition already, enter the newest contender for the title “Who’s the most obsessed of them all?”- Yasmeen! This self-proclaimed beauty/ khoonkhaar billi has more to her than meets the eye. She and her mother have secrets- maybe even worse than *gasp* Babu Hameed!
Lubna has consistently been Farah’s voice of reason and Farah has done nothing except belittle her. But no matter how many times Lubna shows her the mirror, Farah refuses to change! Driven by a sense of guilt (I can only venture to guess) Farah felt the need to go over to Arifa and discuss Afzal (unpredictable, eh?). Their pointless conversation did nothing except cause my interest to plummet.
This episode was much better than its predecessor but I’m afraid of jinxing it further. Molvi SubhanaAllah and his wife always manage to bring a smile to my face but Sheikh Sahab is proving to be hilarious. His dialogue delivery is effortless and he breathes life into the show. Whether he’s trying to reason with his daughters- Apni baat ko iss tarhan kaho jaise kisi gaawaar aur jahil admi se baat kar rahi ho or curbing his enthusiasm, Apney baap ko khaulte huwey teil mein daldo gi uska pakora bana do gi aur phir kahogi, “Abb mein jaoun?”, Shehreyaar Zaidi is par excellence as the exasperating Sheikh Ibrahim.
Even though nothing is working to his advantage, Afzal continues to dream big. His Third Division BA isn’t exactly an asset but this guy isn’t calling it quits. Siblings are known to take on the traits of one another- Afzal has turned into a busybody much like Arifa. He makes his way to confront the other tenants- a married couple with trust issues. According to Babu Hameed (sab ki khabar rakhta houn), the wife had an affair before her marriage and was stupid enough to tell her husband. He can’t seem to forgive her and resorts to domestic violence. From the conversation Afzal had with the victim of abuse, she seems to be the girl who his friend Saajid was in love with. Will Afzal rescue this damsel in distress? Will Afzal invest in a new cap? Will Afzal succeed in becoming a bara aadmi? More importantly, will we be watching till the end?
Kanwal Murtaza
