Three words – dog, tail, chase. In the tried and tested tradition of a dog chasing its tail, this tale is also running around in circles. Although, truth be told watching the former is far more entertaining.
From fighting about chai, coffee, dinners and bedroom hopping the fight is now for two minutes of ‘Sham’s time with Ammi joining in. Character assassination for each of them is becoming slow and poisonous with the added benefit of them yo-yoing from subterfuge, to annoyance, then apology and also guilt. All of that leading them back to square one, rather episode 20 and as yet, no resolution.
Other than totally being absurd, the conversations are becoming so repetitive, that even in my half distracted state I had to wonder if my internet connection was stuck and just skipping to the same beat. Actually, scratch that, skipping is way too energetic and generous for this thinly stretched TRP tripe.
Along with boring the audience, the actors look bored too. I think Adeel has even reverted to trimming his full beard to a more five o’clock shadow to keep himself amused. Sania looks like she’s sleepwalking and Aisha too seems like she would be elsewhere and Shamim Hilali actually is going elsewhere. Lucky duck. Yasir Nawaz is merely going through the motions and Samira Fazal’s writing is overextended.
Question – have they partnered with a pharmaceutical company for ads during the breaks because the only thing that has increased thus far is my headache. Also, I hope this family of four has some great health insurance for the number of times they end up in the hospital.
After the farce of the pregnancy explained away with the tired line of all being fair in love and war, there is Ammi’s subliminal ‘please chali jao’ messaging to Sania. Though there has been some character growth – after all her hollow dialogue about “Mein Chali Jaongi” she actually began packing…
But wait – were you expecting her to go anyway? Tut, tut….I’ve said earlier, Sania appne pyaro pe khadi nahin ho sakti, – quite literally now. Am I a polishing up my Peer Baba skills or what? I’m still sticking to this one too.
So now with Ammi’s exit stage right, I suspect the sacrificial kurbani ki biwi charm will enter stage left. Now we have to suffer through what a happy two wife family looks like. What happened to my looking forward to Saturday mornings? Now, I am just struggling to keep up and have nothing new to report. Over and out.
MM (aka A musing Muslim)
