Dayan is a popular prime time drama serial on Geo TV, written by Fatima Faizan and Amber Azhar. It has been directed by Tere Bin fame director Siraj Ul Haq. The drama is produced by 7th Sky Entertainment and is considered one of the grand productions of Geo Entertainment. The cast includes Ahsan Khan, Hira Mani, Mehwish Hayat, Osama Tahir, Shamil Khan, Sohail Sameer, Zainab Qayyum, Afsheen Hayat, Nayyar Ejaz, and Nida Mumtaz. Dayan is among the top viewed Pakistani dramas, boasting high TRPs and viewership.
So far, 29 episodes of Dayan have aired on Geo TV. In recent episodes, Nihal undergoes plastic surgery and a complete transformation and returns to Zawar Shah’s house as the nanny of her own child, Hunain. Surprisingly, no one in the household recognizes her. In the latest episode, even her mother fails to recognize her which sparks debate among Dayan viewers, who feel the creative liberties taken by the makers have become excessive and unrealistic.
Dayan viewers are quite angry at the makers for fooling the audience with obvious execution flaws. Many didn’t even buy Nihal’s mother’s blind reaction upon meeting her daughter. A social media user wrote, “Have they all gone blind? Are they suffering from black cataract that they’re unable to recognize Nihal?” Another commented, “A mother should be able to recognize her daughter immediately. She didn’t even know she had died — and they live in the same house. A daughter’s look can change, but not that much.” One viewer remarked, “She is easily recognizable, yet the mother doesn’t even recognize her own daughter. It’s a slow and poorly written story.” Another fan added, “Does makeup and a hairstyle change make a person look so different that even their real mother can’t recognize her own child? There’s a limit to absurdity.” Read the comments:
