Zindagi Gulzar Hai – Episode 4 (Hall of Fame version)

I was waiting for this moment since last week’s episode and thankfully it came in the very first scene. The much discussed, the much seen, the ultimate, the most comfortable, lehrati gunganati howi infamous “Mommy Night gown” made its fourth guest appearance in a HumTv drama once again.

According to recent news, the Mommy Nightgown is being exhibited at HumTV’s hall of fame as the most abused production prop in Pakistan’s TV history. Previous repeated wardrobes have included the overused sherwani’s, Suriya khala and Bano’s wedding dresses. It is also being reported that now on 360 runway walk models will wear various versions and sizes of the same gown!

Abb app kay liye paysh kartain hain: i zindagi gulzar hai ki episode 4 kay barain main kuch gaap shupp!

Today’s episode didn’t cover much ground in terms of narrative and there was not much character development either but the episode itself gave us plentiful enough to reflect on. “Who humsafar tha magar us say humnawai na thi…” clearly applies to Zaroon’s family relationships. They live together, have plentiful family dinners together yet they are unable to get acquainted with each other’s likenesses and thoughts, especially the parents themselves. The daughter has no disdain for her father’s disapproval; the mother has not an ounce of clue that her son’s interests lie far from her perception. Har aik apni duniya main gum hai… Last week Zaroon challenged his mother and this week, Sara was under Zaroon’s gun but unlike the curt conversation with his mother, Zaroon doesn’t lets go of Sara very easily until he gets his point across. Zaroon’s conversation with Sara reveals the workings of our culture and society especially the double standards between boys and girls. Why is it all right for Zaroon to stay late yet why can Sara not stay as late? Because the nookar will talk? Seriously Zaroon? What did you guys think of this particular scene? I can go on about it but I would really like to hear some of your thoughts on it as well.

“Aba Fazool Nahi Hain Un ki sooch fazool hai-“the best line of the episode said by Sidra explained a lot of questions for me about Afia. Some of us wondered last week what compelled her not to hate her husband despite all his shortcomings and his attitude towards his daughter. I think she knows that he is culturally and societally manipulated by all the people that surround him. Critical thinking is not his forte. Is his attitude entirely his fault? The clear winner of today’s episode once again was Samina Peerzada’s potrayl of Rafia and of course our dear Kashaf. One of my best friends is the most blunt, upfront, straightforward and honest person on this planet, including an attitude that could mirror that of Kashafs. Yet my friend never sees that some people have a hard time getting along with her due to her restrictive personality. It was funny because she arrived back home last night from her first term in grad school and her exact words to me were, dude we have less then 20 people in my class and you have to let go of little differences and live with other peoples wishes, warna zindagi boohat hard ho jati hai and I was gob smacked for a while and let this change sink in. Kashaf like my friend really needs to learn to sink in and crack the hard core shell she has built around her, because well you are spending almost 2 years with same people, you better find good friends.

I was most excited about university scenes before ZGH aired but now I find them ridiculous. The cake cutting scene and Maria’s reaction was hard to swallow. It looked like the narrative was taking place in an American high school with the queen bee cutting her cake, surrounded by her crew. It’s funny how Asmara was bothered so much that Kashaf didn’t wish her happy birthday but lady grow up. You guys are in grad school, not in first year of high school. Agar app ko koi birthday wish nahi karta to koi baat nahi hai… The friendships also look quiet fake too. Agar Kashaf itni weird hai, then why does Maria hang around so much with her?

Also, apparently got to love the fact that Zaroon thinks about Kashaf a lot yet in the past three episodes they had one face to face conversation! Seriously we need more Kashaf/ Zaroon scenes soon and move the story forward already…please cut down all of Kashaf’s dad’s scenes and Asmara ko bhi door karoo bahi…

I am team Kashaf today just because I want to support the girls :D

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P.S. I do apologize for the delay in review, i was too busy setting up the exhibition for “mummy night gowns.” here is a better more closer look at it. i was trying to mimic Aunty Farida/ Zakiya Aunty’s/ Ghazala aunty’s etc night gown but i realized how frustrating it is not to have your photoshop working :(