My Dear Cinderella is a new Ramadan drama that started airing on Hum TV. The Rmadan show has a family story with the ever present rom-com themes. The show is lead by Khaqan Shahnawaz and Zara Peerzada. Other cast members include Juggan Kazim, Tara Mehmood and Seemi Pasha who are playing the other main characters. The drama is written by Hassan Imam and directed by Mohsin Talat.
The drama started as a typical loud story with Zara Peerzada playing the titular Cinderella in the show. Zara Peerzada is playing the main lead but her expressions looked frozen in each frame. Her presence was robotic. This is her first show and she is otherwise a supermodel thus the change in camera was felt. Khaqan Shahnawaz did not get much screen time but he looked like he does in his social media content. He is playing a Pashtoon character and things may change with more episodes.
My Dear Cinderella once again failed in what most Pakistani comedy shows fail. The jokes were once again stereotyping both Punjabis and Pashtoons. Pashtoons with their lightly spiced food while a Punjabi was shown sleeping in red lipstick. The jokes were loud but not impactful and the writing of the script could have been better.
Viewers also felt that casting for the lead actress could have been changed as Zara looked very robotic in all the scenes. Others felt that this is another miss for Ramadan shows. This is what they had to say:
