After watching another beautiful episode of Sadkey Tumharey , I am more and more willing to believe that after it’s run of one mediocre series after another Hum Tv is back to setting the high standards it once raised for the whole Pakistani drama industry. Each detail of this well-crafted episode was a delight; from Amin Khaloo’s broken down ,dhakka start Volkswagen and Dr Maqsood’s ever handy bicycle to the coach and tanga Khalil and his mother use to get to the village of Thutti Chakk. The teasing, the genuine affection and all the little gestures families make for each other were so genuine and unforced, that it made me a little teary eyed for the weddings of childhood. Those wonderful, exciting occasions when distant ties were renewed, friendships refreshed and opportunities for fun were so much more important than the overt displays of wealth which have now become the norm.
There is no doubt “Khali” has come to meet Shanno , but being the ever entitled Pakistani male he won’t admit to it . His mother and Dr Maqsood know he won’t like the food (quite frankly I am on Khalil’s side not being a fan of Wada gosht i.e Beef) myself) but despite their best efforts to keep his nakhras to the minimum, our munda from Lahore cannot be subdued for long. Khalil doesn’t recognize Shanno and her family but they recognize him. They immediately take offence to his lack of greeting because they already want to break of the engagement made long ago. Times have moved on but in those days such engagements were taken seriously and we can see the hesitance to be open about their change of heart in Shanno’s parent’s eyes.
Adnan Malik is excellent in many scenes but like the director a little shaky in others: the ‘mujhay bhook lagee hai” waley scene could have been done with a little more imagination and control.I can imagine more seasoned actors such as Mikaal or Fawad or even hamarey Hamza bhai wearing that laad and entitlement like a second skin. This seems like a lot of criticism for very handsome Adnan even as I write, because for the most part he is a delight to watch. He and Mahirah have this perfect chemistry and I cannot wait to see more of their interaction.
Mahirah Khan may not be the most organic actress for some but here she was the perfect heroine Beautiful and majboor , who could fail to love her ? Poor Shanno, excited to meet her fiance but tied to her parents’ wishes like any dutiful daughter. She simply lights up the screen and I loved her “singing”. Actually whoever did the playback was very talented. and it was nice to hear some Pakistani melodies at a wedding.
The rest of the cast has yet to have much of a role but Dr Maqsood seems like a sweetheart, hopefully we will see more of him. It is nice to see positive male bonding .I hope we see some positive female relationships too.
Ehtashamuddin and Khalil Ur Rahman Qamar have given us a wonderful vision of Pakistani culture and I want to congratulate them for what they left out. So far no over chatty aunties bobbing their heads in a chalaq manner, no bholi larkiya who don’t know how the sun rises and most of all no one has made the slightest effort to be cute. So Far Sadkey tumharey has been a cold ,sweet, sticky Kulfa /kulfi eaten of a stickas it melted in your fingers at some mela , but now I am hoping the t director will be able to manage the more serious side of the story with equal finesse.
Written By Sadaf
