In episode 8, we see Rabia, a childhood friend of Zafar but also Sania who comes to visit them. Rabia tells Sania that she has gotten a modeling offer and again, we see Sania motivating her to achieve a high quality profession rather than going in a profession that requires no effort. “This is just objectifying women, yeh nahi istamal karte woh log”  – referring to one’s mind. Very good lesson for today’s both male and female models, isn’t it?

It was really nice to hear Sania praise Zafar: “He’s an amazing father…he’s a good husband… but still thinks – “Har cheez kay liye mujhe ussey push karne parta”. 

The scene between Zafar and another employee was really funny: “Kya hai yaar, tum roz yeh files leke aate ho, tum thakte nahi ho” Imran Aslam nails the thakan wala expression:)

I finally figured out who plays Dr. Ashraf who is Sania’s dad, his name is Mohammed Ehteshamuddin. What a brilliant actor he is. His love and support for his wife and his sweet tidbits of advice for his daughter are a delight to watch. As Dr. Ashraf and Bajjo are talking, he sees how tired Zafar is when he comes from work due to not only his job but also because he takes care of Abeer. He decides to talk to Sania about giving more attention to her home and family life: ” Usney apne aap ko kaam mein masruf kardiya hai”. However, in Rung, unlike other dramas, in which there’s a conniving saas, we see a loving mother-in-law who tells Dr. Ashraf that since Sania is really busy, she’s unable to give her family enough time. Bajjo doesn’t instigate or taunt Zafar by saying that Sania doesn’t do any house work and neither does she says these things to Dr. Ashraf. Sania, atleast for now should give as much attention to her family life and take some days off from the hospital.

As Rabia and her husband meet up with Sania-Zafar in a dinner, Sania tells Rabia and Shamil that Zafar is really irresponsible in taking care of Abeer and her house chores, after which Zafar still doesn’t get angry at Sania. How sweeet:) The scene after is a wonderful one in which she realizes that she misbehaved with Zafar and shouldn’t have said those things.

Sania then comes home to see her father and there Dr. Ashraf is lying in his couch to which Sania calls him a couch potato. After Maimoona’s death, Dr. Ashraf decides to resign from the hospital, also resigning from his active life. He gives Sania a wonderful advice: ” Balance – apni ghareloo zindagi mein aur professional life main”. Surely Sania needs to set that balance because how much will she test Zafar’s sweetness and his patience.

Time goes by and we see not only Abeer but also another child, Aman, added to the beautiful family. Zafar is busy spending great quality time with them. I must commend how beautifully Ali Tahir and his team have displayed the elapsing of time. The sweet moments Zafar is shown spending with his two kids was brilliantly shown as few years pass by.

What’s brilliant about Rung as you guys read in my reviews is that there are a small but very cute and with natural touched moments such as the scene in the office between Zafar and his employee which happen to make my day. Another scene was when we see Dr. Ashraf lying in his couch but he looks like the cutest father with him wrapped in his comforter.

For episode 9, here were the highlights:

– Sania comes home from a very bad day at the hospital as a patient dies, takes out her  frustration on her family but the kids are super sweet and make a very cute “We are sorry Mama” poster.

– We see a scared Abeer who unlike her confident mother, is afraid to take part of a school play. I feel that only if Sania, instead of pressurizing her kids to be at the top should encourage them. It’s interesting to see that Sania is doing what her mother used to do – just like Maimoona used to pressurize her Sania, Sania is doing the same and this is not having a good effect on Abeer.

– Rabia gets divorced after finding out that Shamil, her husband is involved with another woman. On finding out, Zafar is really hurt as Rabia is his childhood friend. The discussion here between Zafar and Sania is an interesting one. Zafar says: “Mujhe aik baat samajh nahi aati – shaadi kay baad yeh jo couples hote hai, are they really happy or they pretend?” We see so many forced marital relationships in our dramas today and Zafar questions this. Why marry into a family where either spouse or both spouses are not happy together? He also questions:

Imran Aslam flawlessly portrays the feelings one feels when a dear friend gets hurt.

– Rabia pulls up another interesting point: “Bachey hotey to Shamil ik baar zuroor sochta” after which Zafar tells her: ” Mein aik jeeti jagti missal hoon, mein bhot chota tha jab mere baap ne mujhe aur meri maa ko chor diya tha, unho ne aik bhaar bhi mera bare main socha nahi”.

– Sania has decided to have her own hospital and tells Rabia to move on.

Ok, so there we go, I hope more and more people tune into Rung as it is truly a heart-warming and hatkey drama. All actors have done complete justice to their roles, Rabia for one was very good.  Wonderful job Team Rung:)