Ohkay so, probably after a long time I liked this episode of Mana Ka Gharana because seems like the story of Maalik & Zarri is going to progress in the episodes to come & that’s the only thing that I look forward to in this entire drama.

As expected, Saleha now wants Maalik to reconcile his differences with Gul Bahar & start afresh. It is actually quite amusing that Saleha is doing everything she can that in her opinion, will guarantee Mana’s happiness. Saleha is leaving no stone unturned to do even achieve the unachievable, like bringing Maalik & Gul Bahar together so that no one from her side of the family stays in bad books of Shehryaar. Everything that Saleha on her own is doing for Mana is understandable because parents do these things for their children but the way Saleha is now expecting everyone else around her to make sacrifices for Mana is a bit hard to digest. Saleha herself has seen how hard things were on Maalik & how he isolated himself so it is actually quite selfish of her to ignore this entire episode of Maalik’s life & expect him to get back with Gul Bahar just to make her happy so that she doesn’t make things awkward for Mana. I wish for once Saleha will analyze the situation & understand that a relation that requires so much of effort & so much of sacrifices from a girl’s side is definitely not worth it.

After Ghaalib gave Saleha a shut up call twice, I really thought he redeemed himself but nope, this uncle is hopeless because ohkay, his wife Saleha can show some level of inconsideration towards Maalik but to hear Ghaalib convey the message of his wife Saleha to his brother like a minion was ridiculous. I really think as much as Saleha, Ghaalib is also responsible for what his family is going through because just like his wife, his brains have stopped working too & that is why he is saying such things which he definitely shouldn’t. Saleha must’ve lost all her senses, sensibility & sanity because of Mana & Shehryaar’s marriage but Ghaalib is not unaware of what his younger brother went through because of Gul Bahar, so he should be the last person telling his brother to give this marriage another chance. It was good to know that Maalik openly told Ghaalib how he thinks Gul Bahar has an ulterior motive, to which Ghaalib’s response was shocking as usual. He can already sense & foresee that things can go wrong but he is choosing to stay quiet till something actually happens, because guess what, even in that state he knows what he’ll be doing, yes you all guessed it right, hiding in his room probably under his blanket & crying buckets over his daughter’s phooti kismat!!!

I must say Gul Bahar has the bones & body of steel because even after hearing so many negative things about herself from her potential ex-husband, she still thinks she has a chance in his life & is doing everything to make things difficult for him & punish him. I really like the admiration Maalik has for Zarri & how he finds her respectable enough to feel that she should become his wife. Maalik has a plan in his mind & he is only waiting for Mana & Shehryaar to get married so that he can finally bid Gul Bahar good bye because he knows if he will divorce her before Mana’s marriage, then things will become rocky between her & her fiancé & then Saleha will get a chance to blame him & Zarri, so in order to avoid that, Maalik is being patient. I liked that in this episode, for the first time Zarri showed some care & affection towards Maalik too by asking if he has had his meal. I know it was quite typical & cheesy but I think it was the most subtle expression of affection Zarri could extend towards him.

Gul Bahar really meant something when she told Zarri to pack her stuff before she left Murree. It was obvious that she must’ve called Zarri’s brother Javed & told him to pick his little sister up. Does Gul Bahar really think that by creating a distance between Maalik & Zarri she’ll be able to draw them apart? Also, I am not sure if Saleha was involved in this plan or not because it can’t be a coincidence that a friend whom Saleha wasn’t even in contact with came to her mind & she thought of inviting her to Mana’s wedding especially when the cards haven’t been printed just as yet? I won’t be surprised if later we’ll get to know about Saleha’s involvement too because she is capable of anything nasty for the sake of her good-for-nothing daughter Mana!!!

I was surprised to see Sara Khan’s picture in Laila’s home & looks like Laila & her father have a sad story attached to them. Just like Laila, Laila’s father has become a fan of Khizer too & that seems genuine because usually uncles like him have quite an experience & they can judge a personality just in few interactions. More than Laila, I find her father’s inclination towards Khizer more relate-able probably because he takes him as his own son & feels for him because he knows that Khizer is going through a hard time.

Overall, this episode was good. I think there’s nothing more to show in Shehryaar & Mana’s track that’s why all of their conversations begin & end with the exact same dialogue uttered by Shehryaar which states ‘hamari shadi ke baad ye hoga, hamari shadi ke baad wo hoga’ & every single time, I roll my eyes because of the newness of their conversations!!! Anyways, I caan’t wait to see the next episode only to find out what Maalik’s reaction at Zarri’s departure would be. I am sure Maalik knows Gul Bahar too well to join the dots & figure out that she must be the mastermind behind all this. Even though Erum Akhtar looks amazing in the smoked out & thick eyeliner sort of eye-makeup but in the few scenes where she wasn’t wearing much eye-makeup, she looked approximately 10 years younger & fresh but having said that I believe she can rock both the makeup looks perfectly. Shamil Khan has never looked so good before & the subtlety in his expressions is making his acting seem more natural & effortless. Honestly speaking, even though I should be feeling bad, I sort of enjoyed seeing Shehryaar putting Saleha down, lol, because she deserves it. Anyways, please share your thoughts about this episode of Mana Ka Gharana.

Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza.

Ohkay so, this episode of Tere Mere Beech was torturous to say the least but I think the note at which it ended saved the day & stopped this drama from getting ruined for me. This episode was torturous not because of Hareem but because of Zahida, Nadia, Sadia & also the ghost appearance of Nighat which obviously did the trick & left a bad taste in the mouth but then can you expect anything good or positive from the ghosts who only show up to haunt people?

Nighat’s self-pity is continuing in her grave as well, that is why she decided to show up again & taunt Hareem. Why does late Nighat & now her current ghost always insist on the fact that Hareem should understand how hard it must’ve been on Nighat to give her daughter away? Why can’t Nighat The Ghost understand that no, she can not expect an infant to understand the crime her mother committed by handing the child over to someone else without giving her a fair bit of a justification. Just because Nighat felt that Hareem could have ‘packet ka doodh’ she thought she was eligible to be given away? It is absolutely ridiculous. I feel like smacking Nighat every single time she says that Hareem should understand whereas she should be the one doing ALL the understanding & forcing her good-for-nothing, filled-with-venom daughters to understand their sister Hareem too because she lead a disturbed life by juggling between two failed & confused to the core mothers!!!

Oh well, I so wish when Qadeer attacked Shabbir’s car, Zahida had gone for a ride with her husband too because honestly speaking, her character is useless, like legit useless because she has no contribution, nor in the story neither in anyone’s life. Also, if Zahida got lucky before, I wish that now Nighat pulls Zahida into the limbo where she herself resides because the amount of screaming, yelling, crying, caterwauling & moaning this woman does is absolutely annoying.

I really wish in stead of coming out of her grave to taunt Hareem, Nighat had contacted her ‘phor’ daughter Sadia & taught her a thing or two about managing household chores. I am glad that Nighat’s khush fehmi must have gone down the drain by seeing that her perfect daughter wasn’t so perfect after all because she couldn’t do anything on her own. Also, I wish someone would pull the annoying curled flick of Zahida & pin it up at the back of her scalp because seems like nothing survived in this drama but the curls of her hair. Everything about Zahida is so OTT that it is not even funny. I think it would’ve been better if she had pinned up her curls & decided to become a mother to Sadia & Hareem in stead of just crying in an annoying voice, demanding a cup of tea from Hareem like she was a guest & then putting all the blame on Hareem for everything that went wrong.

If Zahida is OTT then Nadia & Sadia are competing in that pageant too because looks like when Nighat passed away, she passed on her annoyance as an inheritance to both Nadia & Sadia. I hated the way they kept on blaming Hareem for everything possible. Why didn’t Nadia tell Sadia that she must’ve been irresponsible herself to burn her hand so badly? Why were they dragging Hareem into everything? Also, the way Zahida lost sight of Hareem & then started blaming her made me dislike her even more. Hareem is suffering from depression because no one is understanding what she is going through, no one understands the love-hate relationship she had with Nighat & how deeply she is hurt by Fahad’s absence, they think it is ohkay to taunt her & question her as to why she cries while remembering her mother? Hareem must be suffering from a mere depression, but they all have become psychos themselves & psychopathy is lailaaj!

It was funny to see Ali’s mother & brother popping out of nowhere after I guess a decade? I guess the director must’ve called them to show up in order to welcome the VVIP guest Sadia who Nadia brought into her house without even notifying her mother in law. I guess Nadia was quite conscious of the likes & dislikes of her MIL but the way she is doing everything independetly is quite unconvincing. Also, how old is Asad? 12 years or may be 10? He doesn’t have anything productive to do? I am sure now Nadia won’t mind the blooming chemistry between Asad & Sadia & she’d be rooting for their marriage too. I am so tired of seeing the furrowed brows of Sadia & augmented lips of Nadia but sadly, all their conversations are unnecessarily long & intolerable. They are just as useless as Zahida!!!

I guess Hareem will get 3rd time lucky because now she will come across a woman who will actually become a mother to her, guide & counsel her the best way possible. Hina Bayat’s addition to this drama at this stage seems promising & refreshing. The preview of the next episode suggested that the clan of psychopaths will assume that Hareem is officially out of their lives & I am thanking the writer for this twist because it means they won’t be able to play the blame-game anymore & will be gone from Hareem’s life for good. I can’t wait to see what positive influence Hina Bayat’s character will have on Hareem’s life & what changes will her counselling bring in Hareem’s personality. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Tere Mere Beech!

Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza.

Ohkay so, this episode of Aabro was all about more sufferings that Ali & Aabro had to endure because of Ali’s parents & I think it’s about time that their pain should lessen because there’s a limit to everything & they have filled enough episodes with their misfortune already. Time to show something positive at least.

Abid & Fauzia got married & both Ali & Aabro were treated like strangers because it has been made very clear that Ali’s parents are not going to forgive Ali & Aabro anytime soon. I really thought that may be Fauzia will try to make Zubaida understand that she shouldn’t get so worked up at Ali & Aabro’s presence but seems like she herself is following the footsteps of her mother & her aunt. I was kind of disappointed to see Fauzia’s behavior. She made one of those brides who can become the talk of the town because of their never-ending frown. Like itna gham kyun hai Fauzia ko bhai??? Can someone please explain??? Ali & her chapter should be a water under the bridge for Fauzia but seems like she is fooling Abid by still being stuck in the past & being heart-broken at her failed engagement with Ali.

Abid is a really nice guy. He not only tried to bring some harmony among his family members but he proved that he will stand by Ali’s side no matter what everyone else says. He invited Ali for the dinner & even treated Aabro with respect too. I think Fauzia should follow her husband’s footsteps because they are going towards a right & a better direction, at least better than where her mother & her aunt’s footsteps will take her!!!

Aabro & Ali had a baby girl & things got difficult for them even more because they found no help from anyone in Ali’s family. I really really like Sakina’s character, I think Sakina & Abid’s characters are the most rational ones in the lot of all these people who are suffering from hormonal imbalances of some sort. I really liked the scene where Sakina calculated how she had to pay back some of her loans but the moment she heard about her granddaughter, she forgot about everything. Sakina proves that it really doesn’t matter how much money you have or what your financial status is, you have everything if you have humanity. Yes, Sakina is going out of the way for Aabro because she happens to be her daughter but Sakina also suffered the same pain that Zubaida went through, so why can’t Zubaida forgive Ali that too at a stage where he himself has become a father & needs her blessings the most? Fauzia is expecting a baby too & I am sure, she will be milking it more in order to gain sympathies & khidmaat of everyone around her, because she knows that Zubaida will do everything for her. I wish someone had told Fauzia to wear a longer trouser because the length of those black trousers was quite odd!!!

Sadly Ali & Aabro didn’t get any forgiveness & things won’t be easy for them because the preview suggested that Shahida’s evil mind will come up with a suggestion of using Aabro as a substitute of a maid. I really think they are pushing it a bit too far by showing this level of inconsideration & it was actually quite bizarre to see everyone’s cold reaction at the news of Aabro’s new born too. At least, I am glad that Ali decided to put some sense into his mother’s empty head that she should forgive Aabro & Ali because they have suffered a lot already but I am sure it would take a lot for a stone-hearted woman like Zubaida to change her attitude. What I really find annoying is that even Zafar doesn’t tell his wife to cut Ali & Aabro some slack, like seriously, fathers are a bit easy-going & Zafar actually knows that it was Zubaida’s insistence that forced Ali to go to such extremes, so at least he can show some consideration & tell his wife off but he adds more fuel to the fire which is annoying!

I think this drama is now taking things a bit too far & it is no fun to watch Ali’s family’s tyranny. Also, I think if there’s one thing this drama teaches, it is that everyone should cherish the food they get to eat every single day because they really never know when a woman like Zubaida might start snatching things away & starts taunting for using a bit too much salan, doodh, dabal roti etc, yeah I said dabal roti deliberately to show how hideous does it seem to see them fighting like puppies (who didn’t get their fair share of bones) over the food. Anyways, I think in this episode both Noor Hassan & Maheen Fayyaz really convinced me with their acting, they really conveyed the sufferings of Ali & Aabro to perfection & I really felt for them. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Aabro!!!

Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza.

Ohkay so, what am I supposed to say about these two episodes of Sehra Mein Safar. I feel all the events that took place & all the things based on which the story is being taken forward are forced & unconvincing to be honest. The other day I read a quote which said “never underestimate a woman’s intuition because she can recognize your game even before you play it”, & here we have our dear writers who are bent on showing us such women who have nothing to do with a sense of intuition because they are either stupid or downright dumb or they become stupid & downright dumb the moment they meet their imperfect prince charming!!!

Iqra got married but yes, the conversation her parents had with her before they sent her off was emotional & done really well. All the girls go through that phase when their parents tell them about how special their daughters are for them & the daughters might misunderstand their parents but they can never evaluate the love their parents have for them. Iqra’s father told her about the savings her mother did for her & it was the first reality check that Iqra received which marked the downfall of her life hence forth!

Well, Iqra got married & was on cloud 9 because she got the man of her dreams only to find out that he was a man of her nightmares. Shehryaar didn’t take too long to leave an honest impression on her that he wants to have a smooth life filled with material & he wouldn’t mind getting a financial help from his wife. Like always, there’s this other woman involved in Shehryaar’s life too & as much as they showed they both aren’t married yet but Ainee (Anoushay) isn’t worried about the fact that Shehryaar has gotten married because it seems they both have a proper planning in their minds regarding their future & Ainee is ready to help Shehryaar in any way possible.

As far as I could deduce, Ainee doesn’t have a sound background too & she works in a parlor herself. Ainee believes that she can live with Shehryaar no matter what his financial status must be but Shehryaar tells her to wait for a little longer because he already has started working on the plan her has for their secure future, which I’m sure revolves around mooching off of his wife Iqra. Shehryaar doesn’t mind shamelessly stealing his wife’s phone & gifting it to his girlfriend Ainee to which she reacts like she has hit a jackpot. It is ridiculous that Shehryaar says to Iqra that he doesn’t believe in living a life of slaves where the husband has to do the heavy lifting & a wife gets to stay indoors & lead a comfortable life but can’t Shehryaar already see that his life will be exactly the same if he will get married to Ainee because she doesn’t seem educate enough to support Sherhyaar equally when they will get married.

Iqra gets another reality check when she finds out that Shehryaar doesn’t own the apartment where they live & has to pay installments for both the house & the car too. Iqra doesn’t want to continue with her job for which Shehryaar pressurizes her & Iqra comes up with a brilliant plan of selling her gold to help ease Shehryaar’s frustrations & not only that, she tells him about the savings her parents have done for her too, which again I found totally unreasonable & unconvincing. Iqra has worked in an office environment for a considerable amount of time & she has dealt with a lot of people too, so I find it immature of her to not being able to see where Shehryaar is headed with all the portrayal of himself as a halaat ka mara who is finding it hard to earn a decent living for himself & his wife? Iqra already has understood that Shehryaar kept her in the dark about a lot of things so how can she trust him with her jewelry & money that too so soon? Yes, she is acting like a good wife who believes in transparency between herself & her husband but then, why do the writers turn our female leads into dumb zombies who lose their brains & logic the moment they get engaged or married?

When Iqra cried & realized what she has done to herself, I really thought she will plan on helping Shehryaar by resuming her job because that’s what he was asking her to do but to see her coming up with such a ridiculous idea of helping him with her jewelry & money was totally absurd & unconvincing. How long does Iqra think this money of hers will last? How many installments would her jewelry & savings cover? Shehryaar has flipped immediately & everything about him has changed where he is telling her openly about how stingy he is when it comes to money, so why can’t Iqra see that there’s a major problem rather than trusting in him blindly? It was good to see that Iqra found out about another one of Shehryaar’s lies through Shazia that he hasn’t joined the office yet & I want to see if Iqra will continue to believe in him or not? The preview however did suggest that Iqra will find out more about Shehryaar & may be Ayaaz will pop out of nowhere to seep through the idea in Iqra’s mind that he is still available & is still an option that is left for her. Let’s see what more do they have to show us!

Well, I believe the story has gone from average to worse in these two episodes because the way the writer is ‘punishing’ Iqra for getting married to the man she loved against her parent’s wishes is so not justified. Iqra was an ideal daughter who helped her mother throughout her life where she never demanded anything unreasonable from her parents as she wasn’t indifferent to their financial status & then Iqra extended even more help to her father when his life hit the rock bottom, so I really find it bizarre that just because the writer wants to show that the best & the only suitable partner for a girl ever would be her pupho ka beta, she is punishing Iqra for going against the norms & choosing to marry a guy she loves who doesn’t happen to be her pupho ka beta unfortunately. I want the writer to know that not every working woman’s life is so messed up, not every working woman chooses the worst guy for herself & not every working woman has such low IQ where she blindly trust the wrong people. This drama sadly is so full of clichés that’s it is not even funny. Another great example of a clichéd punishment that the writer has picked up for Iqra is to show that her husband already has a girlfriend & he isn’t loyal to her…like seriously, all this is being showed just to make a point that Iqra is a transgressor who didn’t go with what her parents chose for her & sinned by choosing a husband for herself whom she fell in love with before marriage? I can already see that Iqra’s life will continue to get worse where she will be forced to divorce Shehryaar & marry the ideal Pupho ka Beta Ayaaz!!! Please share your thoughts about these two episodes of Sehra Main Safar.

Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza.

So, these two episodes were about Hamza-Mareena and Ameer-Mehru with a bit too much of Shakra (Hamza’s mother) in one episode doing her gasping,weeping bit. Hamza and Mareena are back from their honeymoon and Hamza comes to visit his mother. I am the sort who tears up when contestants are kicked out in programmes such as The Voice but Hamza’s ‘emotional’ scene with his mother was anything but. All I could think was keh bhayee, all is right with the world again. It had appeared in the earlier episodes that Shaheen Khan had finally landed a role where she was not the silly, weeping woman she is in every other drama and I felt odd, like the world had moved on and I had missed something. Apparently not. She was her usual senseless, weeping self today. True, Shakra had not anticipated that her husband would die so soon but she had really pushed Hamza to marry Mareena and when she said how can you leave your mother alone now, I could only shake my head.

When Hamza and Mareena leave his house, they run into Mehru and Ameer outside. I found Mareena’s initial interest in Mehru a bit misplaced and strange how she was so  eager to be introduced to her. Since Ameer knows all, Mehru has nothing to hide and she also does not really care what he thinks so says what she pleases. However, Hamza has been cagey about his past and Mehru’s double edged comments make Mareena suspicious.

I sat with such a silly smile on my face and so engrossed during the whole ‘Ameer getting beaten up and Mehru taking care of him’ scenario that I just about managed to connect back with the real world in time to rescue the chicken tikkas I had on the stove from turning into halwa! I loved how Ameer gets annoyed by the men ogling Mehru and the way he says Mehru Ji and his voice raises a notch when she argues and he confronts the men and then Mehru takes care of him and and and…you get the  idea!

Like Ameer, I had begun to think Mehru was, if not falling in love just yet but at least beginning to accept her marriage and make an effort but just like Ameer, I too was snapped rudely out of that bubble. Mehru makes it clear that since she can not (does not) want to go back to her father’s house and Hamza is not an option anymore then she wants to stay with Ameer but only until she can finally support herself and then she will take her leave from Ameer too. She makes it clear she is not asking for his permission and that if he were to stand in her way then she would just leave him now.

I feel for Ameer, I do and I admit Mehru is a bit too harsh with him especially when she slapped him in the earlier episodes but if I am to be fair, I can not blame Mehru for thinking the way she is right now. Well, sort of. Her father played with her emotions and pretty much bullied her into marrying Ameer. Hamza was hardly a pillar of support before her nikkah to Ameer and although she was silly and rash and well it was wrong to tell Hamza that nothing had changed and she was going to get a divorce from Ameer and marry Hamza but when he married Mareena, Mehru felt that Hamza had let her down. I am in no way endorsing her actions but I can see how Mehru would believe that she has been wronged. That is why we do not see Mehru thinking about him whereas Hamza is running around like a headless chicken trying to retrieve the shirts Mehru had gifted him and hanging onto her memories.

To be honest I did think it was a bit too sudden how Mehru would suddenly change and accept Ameer as her husband and everything would be hunky dory. I can relate more easily to her accepting her circumstances for now and trying to keep things as pleasant as possible with Ameer without giving him any false hopes for the time that she is staying with him.

I also do not understand Mehru’s father. At times he gives the impression of a father who is doing what he truly believes is right for his daughter and he seems concerned when she does not visit him and asks how she is. But then his conversations with Ameer about her are strange. I know he believes Ameer is a gem of a person but purposely saying things to sort of make him behave less nicely towards Mehru is a bit weird.

Watching Mareena is well, exhausting. There is definitely some split/multiple personality disorder scene going on here. I could digest the rich, spoilt brat but the way she switches from smiling Mareena to scary screeching Mareena is doing my head in. I do not even know what to write about Hamza and Mareena because it was just the same scene playing out over and over again. In short: Bubbly smiling Mareena – Hamza says something (read: puts foot in his mouth) – Mareena’s eyes narrow or widen, doesn’t matter which one as both actions imply she is angry – Mareena yells, pushes,hits,flounces or all rolled into one – Hamza manaofying Mareena. And replay. Waisay, I have often seen the ‘lipstick rubbing all over your face’ scene in quite a few dramas and for the life of me have never understood it and the philosophy behind it. I am sure it is something very deep (dripping sarcasm) but I do not care to know.

Anyhow, so either Hamza will be able to ‘change’ Mareena or Mareena will finally take the plunge from borderline mental to full time mental or- and this seems to be the least likely possibility – both will find each other midway and live happily ever after.

Whatever Hamza and Mareena end up doing I do not care for much, as my interest lies in Ameer. Well, I mean Ameer and Mehru, of course. I think! I can not praise Ali Abbas enough for how he has really made us feel for Ameer. Sonia Hussain is perfect as Mehru especially as there were no crying scenes in these two episodes.  Overall, I find the pace at which the story is moving to be good. I know Mehru finally falling in love with Ameer would be a predictable end but I really would not want it any other way. As I have said before, the story does not seem to offer anything new but the direction and cast has really made it stand out.

Right! Time to do a ‘jee’ detox! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these two episodes!

Kunwal Javid

Ohkay so, this episode was an absolute filler. I so wish that Mana Ka Gharana team learns from the team of Preet Na Kariyo Koi about how they can curb their greed of ratings & how they can end the drama before the elasticity of the chewing gum runs out. This episode literally gave us nothing to talk about. All the conversations & all the things that they showed have been seen before if not thousand, but a hundreds of times at least!!!

Saleha is stooping to new lows every single day. She didn’t allow Khizer to meet Ghaalib, obviously because she feared that Khizer might get her busted for being the one who forced him to demand the money. The way Saleha is pampering Gul Bahar & treating her like a Queen is no fun. I believe that may be because Saleha does her cooking preps in an open air, some venomous bug might’ve jumped into her food because the venom she has started to spew recently is getting out of control & there’s no other justification to the 180 degree flip she has made. She has become a chalti phirti nagin & I am actually afraid of her!

I think both Saleha & Ghaalib are such a couple who have perfect understanding of each other & that is why they both have comfortably switched their roles so that Mana doesn’t feel she that she is missing out on one of her parent. Saleha has become Mana’s father who is acting like a head of the family & taking the major decisions concerning everyone’s lives & Ghaalib has become Mana’s mother, who is doing all the crying that usually the women in our dramas do. I think apart from arranging a wheelchair for Ghaalib, the producers of Mana Ka Gharana must’ve invested a lot in the glycerin bottles required by him!

Honestly speaking, Laila kya kam thin jo unke Walid Sahab bhi Khizer ki khidmat ko hazir ho gaye? I really want to enjoy the entry of Laila in this drama but every time I remind myself that she is just a tourist, all the convincing goes down the drain because I can’t bring myself to understand why a tourist would spend her days & nights serving a localite & not exploring the town she’s visiting? I really think Murree is more than just the highways & curvy roads. They really could’ve shown some residential areas because they are always on a highway when all of them bump into each other. Mana was walking on a highway too when she saw Laila & Khizer & later Ghaalib & Maalik met Khizer at one of those canopies that have been installed for the tourists to take a pause during their journey, but having said that I must admit, I am amazed by their navigation skills & advanced technology of the GPS they use because no matter where someone is, everyone spots them just at the right place at a wrong time!!!

Mana’s character is getting cringe-worthy now. She obviously misses Khizer but doesn’t want to admit & I believe she should leave it at that because she is going to get married to her ill-mannered prince charming anyways so she should just let Khizer be. Yes, the writer is trying to tell that Mana is unable to move on because she has some sort of attachment to Khizer & if so, then her conversations should be a bit more elaborate & they should show more than Mana just being mad & angry at Khizer all the time.

I loved the conversation between Maalik & Zarri. He has clearly told her that he won’t let go of her to which Zarri didn’t respond obviously but I like how she stands up for herself in front of Gul Bahar. I really like how dignified Zarri is because all that she says to Gul Bahar is only based on what she thinks & feels & not because she knows that she has Maalik’s support. I like Zarri & Maalik’s characters a lot more than anyone else & look forward to their scenes the most too!

Finally, it was good to see that a house helper was making more sense than everybody else. She could see that everyone turned against Khizer ever since Shehryaar & Gul Bahar came into their lives. I hope that this does the trick & force Mana to do some thinking. I think it’s a high time that either one of them puts two & two together & figures out what actually Shehryaar & Gul Bahar did to their family.

Anyways, the episode was a filler & didn’t give us anything new. The preview unfortunately suggested that the next episode is going to be a filler too. They really need to move the story forward by showing that either Maalik, Zarri or Khizer tried to knock some sense into their family members about what Shehryaar’s true colors are because till that happens, the story is going to go around in circles & every episode will be like a filler! Please share your thoughts about this episode of Mana Ka Rondu Gharana!

Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza.

Ohkay so, my favorite drama of the recent times came to an end tonight. I am so glad that without dragging things further & without wasting much time, they wrapped the drama nicely. I am glad to know that there are still such drama-makers who do not believe in stretching the drama to a point where they can attain the most profits through the ratings & do not care about the viewers losing interest in the drama. They showed us everything that we wanted to see & just when we felt that the story should reach its conclusion, it did & for that I thank the team of Preet Na Kariyo Koi with all my heart.

So, Noori decided to go ahead with what Roomi planned for her but little did she know that even if she hadn’t taken such extreme measures, everyone else would still be favoring her because they supported her. Noori was anxious because her mother didn’t give her a chance to share what she wanted to. I loved the scene between Shagufta & Noori where Shagufta deliberately walked out of the room because she felt weak & didn’t have any courage left to face Noori. I loved how at this stage, after so much of suffering they showed that Shagufta learnt her lesson & regretted loving Shams because she didn’t get anything in return. Like now when Shagufta complained, it seemed genuine & didn’t make her look like an ungrateful person because it took a lot for her to feel that way. Like I have said before, the concerns Shagufta had & the objection she raised against Roomi were understandable because she never got the life she imagined & she was forced to face the reality. Shagufta suffered a lot & that is why, she was pushed to a limit where she started looking like a cruel mother who didn’t believe in her daughter’s choices. It was only Shagufta’s inhibition that forced her to not see how suitable Roomi was for Noori. Shagufta was too afraid because of her own experiences that she didn’t even consider it a possibility that Roomi can be heaps better than Shams. I felt for Shagufta that being someone who lived for the sake of love, the idea of a love marriage became so daunting that it put a kibosh on her thinking capacity & made her do things she never would’ve done if she had gotten the love she herself dreamed of.

I really really liked how each & everyone gathered in order to help Noori. It was like they all could see the reality that Shagufta was skeptical & her bitter personal experience with Shams forced her to act irrationally. The way Zareena tried to help Noori was sweet too. It was good too see that at least Noori got someone whom she could confide in & Zareena ended up being that person who gave Noori the confidence that her decision was right & she made the right choice. I loved when Zareena told Noori that she should marry someone who loves her & not the one whom she loves. I so wish Shagufta could’ve seen that too but her fear & regret got the best of her.

Bhola’s twist was interesting but it could’ve stopped at a point where he wanted to help Roomi & Noori because he wanted to get a revenge for his father’s death from his sister. In one way Bhola tried to get back at Shagufta & teach her a lesson but on the other he ended up helping her indirectly by making Noori feel guilty about her decision. I felt that Bhola will get his closure after helping Roomi & Noori but his half-way-there approach seemed unconvincing. Yes, I am glad that Roomi & Noori didn’t get nikkaofied at that point because that way the last scene wouldn’t have been this perfect but I feel he didn’t get his closure. Also, I think they should’ve shown a scene or two between Shagufta & Bhola where Bhola gave Shagufta a chance to say what she feels or even apologize & Shagufta should’ve found out how her younger brother stopped her daughter from hurting her. Bhola wasn’t filled with so much fury after all, which was just alright because throughout the drama we got an impression that he hated his sister but looks like he came to terms with it or learned it the hard way but I would’ve been happy if they had shown a few scenes of Bhola convincing himself in the previous episodes.

Finally, Shagufta got to meet her Chachi & the rest of her family after such a long time but then there wasn’t anything more to it. No conversation nothing at all. When I saw the preview I was actually looking forward to Shagufta’s meeting with her Chachi & Chachi’s mention of Roomi’s rishta for Noori the most but there was no conversation at all. It is like Shagufta never learned the truth about Roomi being Ilyas’s relative. Also, the episode ended & Shams was nowhere to be seen. He ended up looking like a paid audience in the background. I think he needed a scene as well where they had shown him regretting the fact that he put Shagufta through so much & acknowledging the fact that she did a lot all her life for their family because in the end when he held Shagufta’s hand, it didn’t seem complete & convincing. I think a lot of the scenes like the flashback of Ilyas in the initial part of the episode, then the maid & Zareena’s unnecessarily long conversation, also Zareena & Suleri’s meeting should’ve been cut down in order to give the coverage to the things that were actually important like Bhola & Shams’s thoughts & Chachi & Shagufta’s detailed conversation. Those scenes didn’t really seem important because they didn’t really fit in & if they had replaced it with the situations that actually needed attention, then this entire episode would’ve been perfect. My only complain is with this episode & these few scenes because considering the fact that it was the last episode, I wanted a perfect perfect perfect ending, but having said that, if I look back at the entire journey, it is beyond perfect. :)

I loved the things Suleri said to Shagufta in the end because I wanted someone to tell the exact same thing to her that she had an obedient daughter & she should’ve at least given consideration to Roomi’s proposal for the fact that he longed for her too, which Shams never really did. Shagufta got a bit too tangled in the thoughts of comparing Roomi & Noori’s scenario with the state of her relation that it hindered her from thinking things through. Shagufta did a lot to attain her love that too for the wrong guy but Roomi loved Noori as much as she loved him, which changes the state of their love completely & differentiates Roomi from Shams. It was good to see that Suleri intervened & took the right decision for this family.

Overall, this episode was good but it could’ve been way better but but but, the whole journey of Preet Na Kariyo Koi was like a roller-coaster ride of emotions. I loveddd the way the writer Amna Mufti wrote Shagufta’s character which had so much depth & detail. In fact, all the characters were brilliant but Shagufta Shehzadi takes the crown for being unique & different. Shagufta was the one whom you could detest & feel for at the same time & I really am glad that the writer made her problems very understandable & relate-able. She was forced to do things she would’ve never thought of doing but she never gave up no matter how tough the circumstances got & honestly speaking, in the market where all the shops sell roti dhoti dukhyaris these days, Shagufta Shehzadi came as a breath of fresh air. I thank the director Ehtashamuddin for directing this play to perfection & for making it a visual treat. The way he brought the essence of Lahore to life in this drama was amazing & also, the way he extracted the best acting out of all these actors was brilliant too. I am definitely signing a petition of Amna Mufti & Ehtashaamuddin’s collaboration once again because they gave us something absolutely brilliant & memorable.

Speaking about the actors who made Preet Na Kariyo Koi a treat with their perfect performances I will thank Hira Salman for doing justice to Shagufta Shehzadi’s character which I am sure no one else could’ve done. She was outstanding as Shagufta & I believe it was only because of her powerful acting & minute expressions that we all could understand Shagufta’s journey. It was good to see Ahsan Khan in a role other than a naqaam ashiq & he did a great job too. Rehan Sheikh was convincing as Suleri, it is like a done deal that no matter what character it must be, if Rehan Sheikh will embrace it, he will add life into it, we have seen it before & I am glad he gave it all to Suleri’s character this time around as well. All the supporting characters were written with a lot of detail & the actors did a beautiful job at bringing those characters to life too. Irfan Khoosat, Naghma Begum, Hassan Noman, Adnan Shah Tipu, Saman Ansari, Farhana Maqsood, Noor Khan & the actor playing the character of Roomi, all of them made this drama complete with their presence & yes, last but not the least, I will thank the writer for writing such meaningful dialogues & with such a beautiful usage of Urdu, all this while I loved listening to the conversation in Preet Na Kariyo Koi & was reminded time & again about what was missing from the rest of our dramas. I am so glad I gave Preet Na Kariyo Koi a chance & thoroughly enjoyed it, so thank you team of Preet Na Kariyo Koi once again. Please share your thoughts about this episode & the entire drama too guys & thank you for keeping the discussions alive. :)

Keep Supporting,
Cheers,
Zahra Mirza.