So you know how on Facebook there is this relationship status ‘It’s complicated’ ? Well, I would wonder what that really means and wrote it off as an ‘attention seeking’ status. But nahin, this drama has enlightened me! Zainy loves Ahmer, then wants him dead and then pines for him, then hits him, then screams I hate you, then gets engaged to another, then remembers Ahmer loves mithai so must deliver mithai ! Ahmer – seemed to love Zainy, is in love with Beena, thinks about Zainy, chases after Beena. He does not give Zainy any ghaas and Beena does not give Ahmer any ghaas. Moral: got to be a bit more generous about giving ghaas and life would be less complicated! Uggh!
Mehtaab is happy that her daughter will finally be ‘apnay ghar ki’. That line has been used in many a script but never has it been more apt than in this case for Zainy really will end up in her very own home again. Nigaar Apa has returned for the wedding celebrations and seems to be genuinely happy over this rishta. I suppose for her, Sherry’s happiness is the most important and if this is what he wants then Nigaar is happy for him. I did begin to get that claustrophobic feeling again that I got in the earlier episodes with Nigaar referring to Baji as Sherry’s saas and then Zainy being Abba’s bahu now instead of daughter. Oh well!
Anyways, whether Zainy did feel like she did not truly belong to Abba’s family or not is one matter but her friend Novera sure as hell does keep harping on about how yeh laug are so great, so generous to accept Zainy ‘despite everything’. The yeh laug keeps coming up as if they are separate from Zainy and not her family. It appears that Nigaar knows nothing of Zainy’s love for Ahmer and her suicide attempt and probably Novera will end up blurting it out which she almost did.
So our conspiracy theory over Phuppo’s motives fell flat. She genuinely does care for Zainy and wanted to connect with her dead brother’s child. We learn from Taayi and Phuppo’s conversation that Ahmer not only resembles Zainy’s father but also has his nature, specifically the trait of making sure he does what he wants and then not being happy about it. Makes me wonder if he married Mehtaab against his family’s wishes or that he genuinely wanted to marry her and then later was not faithful to her or happy with her. Wish Mehtaab would spill the beans already. All that emphasis on how she has given her all to build this new life for herself and Zainy may have more of an impact if she gave a bit more insight into her past – or maybe not.
Zainy seemed to be happy about her engagement to Sherry. But I did feel a bit sympathetic when she voices her uncertainties to Mehtaab about how she is being unfair to Sherry and Mehtaab shushes her. Zainy has been bullied into this rishta and true Mehtaab, Naani and Abba think they are doing what is best for her but Zainy is clearly still in love with Ahmer and for now is going along with this marriage for her mother’s sake. Having said that though, I am disgusted with her behaviour when she goes to Ahmer’s house with the mithai and the ‘Ahmer ko zaroor khilaye ga, ussay meetha boht pasand hai’. If she has accepted to marry Sherry then why not do everyone and mostly herself a favour and stay away from Ahmer and Co.
Seems like that is not going to happen. Despite her plea to Novera to pray that ‘Ahmer ka naam meray dil se mitt jaye’ (yawn, puke!), seems like the name was tattooed rather than just written for Ahmer’s accident clearly distresses Zainy. She lies to Sherry about why she is upset which he finds out later when he sees Mina at the hospital. He does confront Zainy but lets her off with this being the first and last lie between them. Ah Sherry, I fear there is a lot more than little white lies coming your way and most of it not nice!
As with the previous episodes, all the actors and actresses played out their characters flawlessly. Erum Akhtar as Nigaar is brilliant and even though she seems to mean well at this point, she does seem like a bomb ticking and waiting to explode. Next week’s episode preview shows that Novera and her mum have jinxed everything with Ahmer regaining consciousness and maybe the same tattoo artist got to his heart too for he has now decided Zainy is his and he loves her. All I can say is marry these two confused brats off to each other already and Sherry, my condolences!
How many of you are beginning to get exasperated with Zainy and Ahmer? Would love to hear your thoughts.
Kunwal Javid
