This entire episode I felt as if I had been dropped in a vat of chocolate and was having to eat my way out. The entire time Zaroon and Kashaf are shown in various romantic tableaux, at the beach, in a garden and then again a moonlit night in Rafia’s back yard (couldn’t really call it a garden, there did not seem to be any plants).Though each scene was perfectly acted and fitted in with every expectation I might have had of the Zaroon /Kashaf romance, after a while I just wanted these two to move on. I know everyone will probably disagree but the best scene for me was when Zaroon lays all his well-worn romantic patter to one side and gives Kashaf some money before leaving .This one simple act reduces her to tears where so far all the moonlight and roses do not seem to have touched her. There lies the crux of the matter, Kashaf has no idea what a normal relationship between husband and wife is. She is so surprised and moved by this easy ritual between man and wife.  Of course Zaroon thought it was because she was going to miss him … well maybe it was.

All her life Kashaf has had to fend for herself. She has never seen that normal interaction even once between her own parents. Zaroon is the romantic husband most young girls dream of: handsome and charming, he puts up with the lack of air conditioning, the mosquitos and is more than polite to Kashaf’s family. His unending declarations of love and compliments don’t quite convince Kashaf but in one very telling line right at the beginning of the episode she says she is listening to the sound of silence. Anyone can be romantic on a moonlit night but it is those small quiet acts of caring and consideration which are the true measure of love.

Last week I think one of our commentators suggested Rafia might be Zaroon’s ideal women and I am beginning to agree, sadly she just wasn’t Murtaza’s. Kashaf however is not Rafia and is very afraid of trusting Zaroon.  Her fear of being hurt holds her back at every point. Fawad and Sanam were great throughout and made every seen look easy. The only complaint I have is the soaring background music was competing with the dialogues… HUM TV in particular is guilty of this; I had just as much trouble trying to catch the dialogues in Sheher e Zaat.

Something that I found a little strange was the fact that while Zaroon is subliminally being tested at every moment by Kashaf through his interaction with her family, Kashaf has no interaction with Zaroon’s family .Even the great paragon of middle class virtues Rafia does not mention them. She is full of advice for Kashaf on how to cook, clean and sew for Zaroon but nothing about trying to make a relationship with his family. Apart from the few scenes at the breakfast table where Kashaf politely ignored them, I see no effort on her part to build any kind of relationship with them and the way Zaroon acts; he might well be an orphan. From the hints we are getting the interaction will be negative, so I guess no great revelations there. I had expected Kashaf to at least spend a little time with Sara since Zaroon was close to her but perhaps that will happen later.

One thing I have to say is , is it me or do a lot of the conversation in this drama happen around beds , with people sitting on them eating on them , cleaning them up etc….? It could be just me. There were a lot of cute, romantic scenes in this episode, so please share your favourite one.

I am covering for Misty; she will be back next week :)

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Written by Sadaf