Ohkay so, honestly speaking this episode of Mor Mahal was quite interesting. I really like how they are taking things forward by slowly unveiling the important details & aspects. It is good to know that they don’t have to go into the past to show us how things were shaped up because of what has happened before as their conversations are more than enough & have been written intelligently for us to figure out what brought them all to this stage.
Dilawar Khan suggested that Asif Jahan should kill Meher Bano’s brother because if he’ll ever be unable to give Meher Bano her due rights, it will cause trouble for Asif Jana. I found it quite interesting how Dilawar Khan made Asif Jahan realize that his nurturing relationship with Meher Bano could cause quite a stir in Mor Mahal because where Badshah Begum wants Asif Jahan to have a stronger relationship with Meher Bano & give her an equal status to that of Wazeer Begum’s, Wazeer Begum will never let that happen & if she will see Meher Bano being given much importance, she will make sure to put Meher Bano’s life in danger. Dilawar Khan thinks that it’s about time where Surraya should be used as a deception & as a deviation where Badshah Begum & Wazeer Begum will make her a new target & it will assure Meher Bano’s safety.
As far as I could deduce, Surraya is not Asif Jahan’s wife but she is only carrying his child, that is why she always has kept a low profile & didn’t seem like a threat to Badshah Begum & Wazeer Begum till the latest announcement of Asif Jahan where he decided to elevate her status, which left them both in shock & forced them to do some brainstorming. As far as I can see, Farrukh Zaad is far more calm, far-sighted & wise in comparison to Badshah Begum because without working herself up at these matters, she believes in analyzing the situations first & then comes up with a solution, whereas Badshah Begum is quite impulsive & often resorts to taking extreme measures without thinking things through that is why she immediately assumed that Asif Jahan’s judgment was clouded by the brain-feeding done by Farrukh Zaad & she decided to call her second son Shujat Jahan despite knowing that he is of no use. Farrukh Zaad on the other hand hits the bulls eye by thinking that this was a suggestion given by Dilawar Khan. It is at times amusing that both; Badshah Begum & Farrukh Zaad don’t see Asif Jahan as an intelligent man, that is why where at one hand his mother thinks that his son is under his wife’s influence, his wife on the other, believes that Asif Jahan is incapable of making such decisions on his own & always relies on someone else’s assistance. I like the confidence Farrukh Zaad has because she has analyzed pretty much everyone & knows her husband in & out, that is why she know that no matter what he does, he will always come back to her!
Well, even though Meher Bano rescued herself from that dungeon, she landed herself in a deep trouble because looks like Shujat Jahan won’t let go of her so easily. She is lucky that he didn’t see her properly but I am sure he will find a way to get to her. It was actually quite amusing that Badshah Begum’s frustration led her to rely on such an emotionally & morally weak person like Shujat Jahan. She thinks she can defeat Farrukh Zaad by ganging up against her, even if her entire team doesn’t have much brains or strategy. Shujat Jahan can hardly put his head together, so how does his mother think that she can rely on him to strengthen her backbone? Badshah Begum relies on Akhtari a bit too much, that is why the moment Akhtari shared her perspective that it could be Farrukh Zaad’s suggestion that Asif Jahan was materializing, Badshah Begum became impatient & followed what Akhtari ordered.
I liked the scene where Banki did some thinking. Obviously, who doesn’t like power & assurance? She has lived her life as a servant & now all of a sudden she has found this man who has fallen in love with her completely, also, Meher Bano herself has handed her over to her husband, so I am sure it won’t take Banki to forget where she comes from & she will get swayed by the attention she will get from Asif Jahan. Meher Bano for the time being may believe that she can safe herself but she has no idea how many conspiracies are happening around & against her.
Overall, this episode was quite interesting & the conversations kept me attentive throughout the episode. Once again, I was blown away by the perfection with which this drama has been shot. All the frames are visually appeasing & complete in literal sense. The acting of all the actors was top-notch as well & I found Misha Shafi’s acting & dialogue delivery quite impressive in this episode in particular. The preview is making me look forward to the next episode because looks like things are going to get a lot more interesting. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Mor Mahal.
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Zahra Mirza.
