Ohkay so, I enjoyed watching this episode of Mor Mahal a lot because a lot has started to happen & unfold, which has made things quite interesting. Slowly & steadily all the tracks are being elaborated & the background stories of all the characters are being brought forward, which is a good thing because we are not left wondering or imagining things on our own & by doing that, they are helping us understand the situations & the characters better.
Farrukh Zaad is worried that the chances of her son Taimur becoming a ruler are getting quite slim, because Asif Jahan is now far more interested in Surraya & is eagerly awaiting the new arrival. Farrukh Zaad’s son Taimur has been kept away from his parents & the reason hasn’t been told yet but I am definitely looking forward to find why things are like that. Farrukh Zaad should thank Shahista that she is not only a servant to her but ends up brainstorming on her behalf too because even though Farrukh Zaad herself is quite far sighted & calm, Shahista’s say in her personal affairs matters a lot & opens up a new dimension for her to ponder & work upon.
I am still not sure if Akhtari has some supernatural powers or she is just making the most of her unusual aura to fool Badshah Begum. She did however feel something when she passed by the area where Meher Bano was hiding. All this while, nothing actually sparked an interest of mine in Meher Bano’s story but this episode changed that for sure. The way Meher Bano’s character is being linked to many things & how everyone is one way or the other dependent on her definitely makes her a central character for now. Asif Jahan is getting pressurized by Meher Bano’s brother to extend his family with Meher Bano. Farrukh Zaad is depending on Meher Bano’s bridal shawl to get back at Badshah Begum. Badshah Begum is also concerned about Meher Bano & seems like Asif Jahan also feels he should give Meher Bano a status of his wife. Even though Akhtari doesn’t know who she was talking to but even her paths have crossed with Meher Bano & now even Shujat Jahan is being associated with her too. I am sure this puzzle of connections will become harder & harder to solve & I am for sure interested to see that happening.
Looks like Asif Jahan has invited the wrath of quite a few people around him & things are going to get tough for him as well. The appearance of Suleman Shah brought an element of surprise & shock with his arrival. Looks like Asif Jahan is incapable of taking well-thought decisions & he lacks farsightedness too because the way he won Surraya from Suleman like a barter bargain was quite immature of him. Just because Suleman Shah didn’t show up all these years, Asif Jahan assumed that he was dead but now he should fulfill his promise because if he will back out on his word, he will not only lose his credibility but will give an uprise to a lot of personal problems.
Badshah Begum as per Akhtari’s orders wants Shujat to gang up with her as she wants Shujat to take over the throne after Asif Jahan, which again is an attempt to crush Farrukh Zaad’s dream of seeing her son Taimur as a ruler. If Taimur becomes a ruler, for Badshah Begum it would mean that Farrukh Zaad will have an upper hand & just because she doesn’t want it to happen, she is forcing her son Shujat to do the heavy-lifting. It was amusing that she chose to use a random girl as a treat or reward in order to attain what she wanted from her son. Badshah Begum knows that there’s a clash of egos between her sons & she wants eradicate that, that’s why she is using Meher Bano as a pawn to bring Shujat & Asif Jahan closer. Shujat’s ego is bigger in comparison to the power he holds, that is why he found it quite insulting seeing his wish not being granted by Asif Jahan, which once again is an invitation of some sort of trouble in Asif Jahan’s way.
Overall, it was quite an interesting episode & I loved the direction & also the acting of Umair Jaswal throughout the episode. He surely has captured the attitude required to play the character of a ruler like Asif Jahan & it is interesting to see him switching his dialogue delivery & the entire attitude in different scenes & situations. It was interesting to see him acting as a commanding ruler who yelled at Suleman Shah & then in the flashback scene, as someone giving in to the temptations of getting something that was of the most value to his rival. I must say the graveyard scene was scary & it was uncomfortable for me to watch, which shows how it was a result of a powerful direction, I actually felt some shivers, haha! I am glad that no coverage was given to Shola Jaan & yes, all this while when I heard Farrukh Zaad talk about her son Taimur, i thought he must be a 10 y/o boy who has a long way to go to attain the thone but to know that Taimur is 19 years old make me feel that both Asif Jahan & Farrukh Zaad look too young to be the parents of a teenager. I know I have said it before & I will say that again, I love the strong screen presence of Jana Malik in this drama, even though she has a very limited number of scenes in each episode but she catches my eye more than Meesha Shafi. Jana Malik for sure is flawless as Shahista. I’m definitely looking forward to the next episode. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Mor Mahal.
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Zahra Mirza.
