So it’s clear now that Bollywood is here to stay! Last week we had a tryst with 80s flavour and this week we were treated to Legen — wait for it… …Dary action sequences à la Dabangg. After all, what better way to get the audience to wake up and take notice than some good ol’ dishum dishum! Maut zindagi ki hifazat karti hai, ussey mat darna, zindagi se darna…The only thing missing was Afzal tearing his shirt- now THAT would be paisa vasool!
How did all this make it’s way into a simple love story you ask? Well, it so happens that the shareef zadis– Yasmeen and her mommy dearest have a not-so-shareef rishtedaar– Wali. Wali has his eyes set on marrying Yasmeen but according to Google Chacha- aka Babu Hameed, Wali is a characterless womanizer who marries and discards women casually *rolling eyes*.
Farah has finally succumbed to the reality that she might truly be going cuckoo. It’s about freakin’ time! She’s been nothing but trouble from the get go. Lubna, her trusted sidekick has agreed to do the deed- find her the best shrink in H’town! There are other ways, Lubna- a good whack across her face should knock some sense into her. While we’re on the subject, how creepy does Arifa seem? The poor girl clearly needs therapy- any takers?
I suffered a mild stroke when I mistook the Ayat-e-Kareema khatam to be a mayyat scene. I missed Sheikh Sahab today- he has some of the best dialogues. Even Molvi Saheb’s scenes were restricted to a mere guest appearance. Wali hogged most of the footage and the rest of it were random repetitive scenes between Farah and Lubna/ Farah and her Ammi/ Farah and her wooden furniture.
Yasmeen seems to be falling for our Dabangg Afzal and Farah has yet another theory about Afzal- he eloped with the mystery girl who wrote to him! Lagta hai Karachi se wapas baap banke ayega, k@****a. All this drama needs now is an item number and we’re golden. For those of you that watched this episode, here’s a little pop quiz: Will Afzal ever wear a fresh, clean T-shirt? Will the womenfolk ever discuss anything like the prices of alu and bhindi instead of Afzal? Will Yasmeen and Farah have a dance-off for Afzal?
Kanwal Murtaza
