Ohkay so, the writing of Adeel Razzaq, direction of Ahsan Talish & the production of Moomal Productions; ‘Deewana” hit our TV screens this week on Wednesday & Thursday at 9PM. This is going to be a soap opera & I think we are in for quite a ride similar to HUM TV’s Muqaddas that was aired last year. This drama has a mystery & fantasy feel to it & I must say I enjoyed watching the first two episodes & they introduced all the characters in a great detail.
The story is about the families of two brother Subhan & Tabrez (Waseem Abbas). Subhan’s family includes his wife Shama (Saba Hameed), his son Shayaan & his daughter Meher Sultana (Iqra Aziz). Tabrez’s family includes his son Haris (Junaid Akhtar) & daughter Rabeea. Shayaan & Rabeea were married & similarly, Haris & Mehru were engaged to be married too. Rabeea & Shayaan were never in love nor they both shared a great relationship with each other.
Rabeea obviously wanted more from life but just because her father Tabrez had bigger goals in life, he married her off to Shayaan without her consent as he had his sights on the family wealth & property. Unlike Rabeea & Shayaan, Haris & Mehru were totally in love & they had great plans for their future that they dreamed of achieving together. Mehru did feel that Rabeea & Shayaan’s rift can cause harm to their relationship but Haris assured her that he wouldn’t let anything come in between & pull them apart as his only concern was leading a peaceful life with his lady love Mehru.
Rabeea & Shayaan had a tiff once again which went out of hands. Rabeea ended up shooting her husband to death & then she committed suicide too as she was done with her life. In the bewilderment, Mehru ends up holding the gun due to which Tabrez puts a blame on her that she was the one who shot Rabeea to avenge her brother Shayaan’s death. Things get nasty & Tabrez along with his son Haris decides to wreck Subhan’s life. Shayaan’s death takes a toll on Subhan’s family & Tabrez also leaves no stone unturned in punishing them for the crime they didn’t commit. Subhan has lost his voice & Shama is still finding it hard to come to terms with the fact that her daughter in law Rabeea killed her only son.
One fine day, Tabrez decides to show up at Subhan’s door step all apologetic for how wrong he was & what he did to them. It wasn’t shown but it was conveyed through the dialogues that Tabrez filed a case against Subhan’s family but couldn’t prove that it was Mehru who killed Rabeea. Tabrez & Haris apologize to Subhan time & again but Shama makes a point that she will never forgive this father & son duo because of what they put their family up with. Mehru does say that she will never forgive Haris but deep inside she loves him till date & thinks that both Haris & she are not guilty of anything so they shouldn’t face the brunt for what Shayaan & Rabeea went through. Shama & Subhan give in to the pressure of Mehru & they allow Mehru to get married to Haris & as expected, Tabrez’s apology turns out to be nothing but a farce as looks like he still hasn’t forgiven Subhan’s family & now wants to torture their daughter to avenge the death of Rabeea which he still blames them for.
I must say the direction of the first two episodes was amazing. The camera work was brilliant & I liked a lot of shots & angles, especially the way they put the window to good use in one of the scenes in the 2nd episode. Mehru’s character is good but has a lot going on for her. She hallucinates & only the maid Chanda Bee (Anita Campher) has seen Mehru speaking to herself time & again. Mehru hasn’t realized that she has a problem going on because she has so much of emotional trauma to deal with that may be her mind never allowed her to pick up on this fact. I most definitely liked Shama’s character too & feel for her because Saba Hameed did justice to Shama’s role & gave that character such a personality which elaborated the pain & sufferings of a heart-broken mother perfectly. Shama still hasn’t come to terms with the fact that her son is no more & now her daughter is going to get married to Tabrez’s son. Shama is quite skeptical but she knows that she can not win against Mehru as even Subhan is on Mehru’s side. Well yes, let me inform you guys that there was a lot of screaming & yelling in the first two episodes & the initial part of the 2nd episode especially was only dedicated to the noisiness, so brace yourselves. I wish Waseem Abbas & Iqra Aziz give their vocal cords some rest because to hear them screaming on top of their lungs was quite hard to tolerate.
I feel the director succeeded in giving this drama quite a mysterious & fantasy feel which actually seemed aesthetically appeasing, however a few of the scenes seemed a little too long & stretched like Tabrez’s apology & Mehru’s depression pangs & screaming sprees but other than that, both the episodes were quite interesting. The dialogues were written decently too & all the actors did a wonderful job. I also liked the OST & more importantly the way it was used to add more depth to the scenes. I feel acting comes naturally to Iqra Aziz so she should let the natural talent take its course as she ends up trying too hard at times. Also, I think she should go easy on the hair-extensions because they were all over the place & didn’t really add more ‘beauty’ to her personality which she perhaps was aiming for. I am actually looking forward to Shehroz Sabzwari’s character because that was the only thing that actually sparked my interest in the drama. The preview of the next episode was a déjà vu of Muqaddas where Iqra Aziz gets kidnapped at the night of her wedding, so looks like Haris will do something of that sort too but Mehru will escape from his trap to make things different. Anyways, let’s see what do they have in store for us. Please share your thoughts about these two introductory episodes of Deewana.
Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza
