I know I haven’t had a lot of good things to say about this drama. I usually just went into analysis of it because I didn’t want to spend a whole review criticizing it. However, I really loved the ending. Pakistani dramas have a habit of being stupendous, and then having, excuse my language, really retarted endings. Point in case, Haal-E-Dil and its abrupt ending.
However, Qaid-E-Tanhai does not fall into that category. The ending was great; it wrapped everything up quite nicely. A nice happy ending, with Moiz (Faisal Qureshi) finally achieving what seemed to be impossible for him; a nice, happy family.
A conversation that really stood out to me was way in flashback-land between Anila (Sunita Marshall) and Moiz.
Moiz: Sub kuch ghar bethey huwey hora ha tha uske liye. Kis cheez ki kami thi usko?
Anila: Shayad companionship ki.
Moiz: Yeh sab cheezain yahan ki aurton ke mazay hain. Hamari aurton ko inn cheezon ki zarurat nahi hai.
Anila: Kyun? Kya woh insaan nahin hain? Kya unki feelings nahin hai?
“Bahaar ki aurton ko in cheezon ki zarurat hoti hai.” I’ve heard this line so many times. Only bahar ki aurtein need things like love and companionship, because they’re spoiled and don’t have any respect for their parents or some crap like that. That’s a great excuse for getting women to sit at home all day and stomp on their human craving for love. But when it comes to men, they need some sort of love in their life, so it’s perfectly reasonable for them to get a 2nd wife when there 1st wife can’t satisfy that need. Of course, this doesn’t apply in Moiz’s case because he never intended to be anything more than friends with Anila, but it’s just a general statement. Human desires are universal, and yet many women in Pakistan are living without them because rules set down by an unfair, objective society.
My second favorite scene would have to be when Ayesha (Sawera Nadeem) lays her head on Moiz’s shoulder as if to seal the deal, and the camera flips to Furhan (Zorain Nizamani) and Noor (Neelam Muneer) standing opposite watching them. “Yeh log kya romance kar rahe hain?”
And when Furhan says “Ammi kehti hain mein samajh daar hoon,” Noor says “Kaunsi ammi?” and Furhan points at Ayesha and says “Woh waali,” caused a huge smile to form on my face. I forgot for a second that I was watching a drama written by Umera Ahmed, and that it could never turn out bad.
It wasn’t a cheesy ending. It was perfect for the situation. After 18 years, after everything was said and done, Moiz and Ayesha finally reconciled. It wasn’t either of their faults; it was just life pulling them forward. And now they finally get to start their lives together.
Umera Ahmed and Baber Javed, you’ve redeemed yourselves for all of the mistakes made earlier in the drama. The ending was perfect, the directing was perfect, and it was overall a perfect wrap-up to this drama. The only thing I would criticize on is that Amma (Saba Hameed) was left all alone, but I suppose that she had already ruined Moiz’s and Ayesha’s life because of her own needs. She would just have to deal with whatever was left.
I’ll have to admit that I will miss Qaid-E-Tanhai. It was actually a very good drama, no matter how slow the tempo was. I salute Baber Javed and Asif Raza Mir productions, and I hope you give us many wonderful dramas in the future.
-Noorie
