Umer Sharif was a famous and talented Pakistani television actor, host and comedian. He passed away in October 2021 after suffering from various illnesses. His fans were sad on his death. Lately, Umer Sharif’s second wife Zareen Umer has been making appearances on different talk shows. She has been sharing unknown details about the tragic reason behind Umer Sharif’s death. She is also talking about his daughter Hira Umer.
Today, Zareen appeared on Shaista Lodhi’s podcast where she discussed the tragic death of Umer Sharif’s daughter, Hira. Zareen shared inner details, she said, “Hira suffered from kidney failure, and we were sad and shocked after hearing this news. After the newly passed law, we could only consider family members as donors, but when Omer approached them, they all refused. Hira’s elder brother, Jawad, had a matching kidney, but he declined due to his own fears. We started exploring various other options. Umer sought help from everyone, he went to Sri Lanka. He was reluctant to take help from India because he was a known figure there and at that time he didn’t want to share this news to anyone. During this time, we were introduced to a Christian guy, Nabeel, according to Umer’s family, he was supposed to marry Hira. He eventually converted to Islam and agreed to donate his kidney. However, when Hira’s AV fistula was damaged, the doctors suggested doing dialysis through neck. Umer got worried, he angrily demanded from Nabeel to donate his kidney. Hira’s mother opposed this and suggested searching for other donors. Umer was worried, however, he gave 2 crores to Hira for her treatment which was noticed by her brother as well. Umer was shattered in his last days because of his family’s treatment with him.”
Zareen Umer also said that Umer Sharif used to love his daughter Hira a lot and he didn’t want to live after her death. She further said, “Umer used to cry while watching emotional dramas or commercials especially Mahira’s commercial of Molty Foam”
Umer Sharif was a brilliant Pakistani television actor, host and comedian who passed away in October 2021. His fans were quite upset on his death. Umer Sharif was suffering from heart disease. Lately, Umer Sharif’s second wife Zareen Umer has appeared on Samaa TV where she talked about the tragic reason behind Umer Sharif’s death. She also revealed the reason behind his daughter Hira Umer’s death.
Talking about Hira Umer’s death, Zareen Umer and Samaa Tv Bureau Chief Naeem Hanif revealed that, reportedly, Umar Sharif’s son Jawad was responsible for his sister Hira’s death. The Samaa Tv’s Bureau Chief reported that the doctors suggested blood relations to donate the kidney but Jawad didn’t donate a kidney to his sister and switched to the options options including arranging a donor. Zareen Umer and Naeem Hanif further revealed that Jawad opted an illegal transplant in the absence of Umer Sharif to save the money given by Umer Sharif for his daughter’s treatment. Zareen Umer also revealed that Umer Sharif was quite sad and unhappy with Jawad and he knew that Jawad was responsible for his sister’s untimely and tragic death. The bureau chief also stated that Hira could have been alive, if she wasn’t sent for an illegal transplant. Here is what is said by Samaa Tv’s Bureau Chief Naeem Hanif:
Samaa Tv’s Bureau Chief Naeem Hanif also reported that Jawad took money from the doctor who did an illegal transplant for not recognizing him as the culprit:
Also listen to Zareen Umer’s statement:
Talking about legendary artist Umer Sharif’s death, Zareen Umer said, “Umer Sharif became extremely sick and the doctors suggested that I should take him abroad but according to the doctors, five days were already wasted by Jawad Umer, he also got angry when I suggested that we should go to India, when I was applying for the USA visa, Jawad said, ‘our family would also go’, I was striving for Umer’s life and he was coming up with such demands”. Here is the link to the video:
Omar Sharif was a brilliant Pakistani comedian, host and actor. He was an internationally famous and well to do Pakistani celebrity. Besides this, Omar Sharif was a humble and practicing Muslim. According to his friends and family, Omar Sharif was a gem of a person who used to help poor people with a big heart.
Lately, his wife Zareen Omar appeared in Aaj Tv’s Ramadan transmission where she talked about Omar Sharif’s God fearing nature and his religious side.
Talking about his closeness to Islam, she said, “Omar Sharif was once offered Ramadan transmission which he was reluctant to do, he was fearing if public won’t accept him in the religious programme. I said to him, ‘listen Omar, if you would be doing this transmission, you would be doing it for real, because you are an extremely kind, religious and God fearing person. You should definitely do it’. You know! he first observed Aitkaf when he was ten years old. He used to offer prayers, I know it should be done by all as per duty but besides this, he used to offer, Ashrak prayer,Chasht prayer and other Nawafils too. The staff members at the channel must have heard his long prayers (Duas) , he used to do ten minutes long ‘Dua’ in which he used to mention all the Prophets and their respected wives. His dua used to be so fulfilling”. Here is the link to the video where Zareen Omar shared the details about Omar Sharif’s religious side:
Besides this, Zareen Omar told that Omar Sharif was an extremely kind-hearted person especially when someone used to come to him to seek help for his/her daughter’s wedding and dowry. She said, “Omar married off multiple poor girls, those girls met with Omar Sharif as well, once we were doing shopping and a girl came to us, she said, ‘You helped me in my marriage, because of you, I am living a happily married life’. Once a woman came to our house, gave the list of daughter’s wedding expenses and said, ‘these things should be done by tomorrow’, and Omar arranged each and everything”. Here is the link to the video:
Shahid Khan Afridi has always been popular among ladies so this doesn’t come as a shock that Bollywood actress Zareen Khan has a huge crush on him.
Zareen Khan attended the event held by T10 Cricket League in UAE as celebrity ambassador of the team Pakhtoons. When there’s cricket there’s Shahid Khan Afridi and he was representing no other team but Pakhtoons hence both of them were meant to meet and as they did the pictures of the event went viral.
Zareen Khan revealed in her interview that she is a huge Shahid Khan Afridi fan and not just a fan she has had a huge crush on him since forever. The Bollywood actress further said that it wasn’t just his cricket-skills but also the way he looked and his hair, she admired all of it.
Talking about Shahid she said “I have been a fan of Afridi from the very first day he had played his match, I think he was 16 and scored 100 runs on 32 or 35 balls.” Zareen further said that meeting with Afridi is a dream come true. Meanwhile, Shahid Khan Afridi said that “When (Pakhtoons franchise owner Habib Khan) came to me and told about this, I said ‘Please, let me play in this format’.”
Zareen Khan also said that she was born in India but belongs to a Pakhtoon family. She said that it’s the best thing people of India and Pakistan could do to revive peace by showing that there is no animosity between them.
Let’s hope the love and admiration that our celebrities share for each other can be reciprocated by the politicians of the two neighboring countries too.
Javed Sheikh is a legendary star of the entertainment industry who has earned fame and recognition around the globe. From Lollywood to Bollywood, he is recognized for his brilliant acting skills.
Javed Sheikh recently appeared in an interview where he shared his struggle and achievements. He also shared about the acting career of former president Asif Ali Zardari’s appearance in Shamim Ara and Waheed Murad’s film named Salgirah.
Javed Sheikh revealed, “I have really good terms with Asif Ali Zardari. At that time, the making of film Salgirah was going on and he (Asif Ali Zardari) also had interest too so he played the role of a child version of Waheed Murad’s character.”
He further shared how they both share a close bond and said, “When I was doing Dhamaka film, the producer of the movie was from North Nazimabad and Asif Ali Zardari used to sit in his gathering. One day I was crossing by, so I noticed Asif Ali Zardari was sitting with his few friends and he called me with the name of ‘hero’ and introduced me in his gathering.”
Salgirah film was released in 1969 it featured talented stars like Tariq Aziz, Santosh Rissal, Nirala, Nighat Sultana and Talish.
Benazir Bhutto is a name that is immortalized in our history. She is the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan. She made examples for many and is nothing short of a role model for women who want to make a mark in the world. She was assassinated in 2007 and from there began the political careers of her family who came into politics to carry on her legacy.
Her children Bilawal Zardari who is also the chairperson of PPP and daughters Bakhtawar Zardari and Asifa Zardari are very active socially and politically. Where the brother is busy with the political work as he is also an MNA now, the sisters look into the social work and also support their brother in their capacities. Aside from all the professional stuff, the Zardari siblings love to spend time together and it is evident from the pictures they take together. Here is the proof of how much closer they are to each other:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a big new drama starting on HUM TV with a big star cast and a team everyone believes in. The Sang e Mah director and writer duo Mustafa Afridi and Saif e Hassan who earlier gave us a classic hit are now back with Zard Patton Ka Bunn. The drama has stars like Sajal Aly, Hamza Sohail, Samiya Mumtaz, Rehan Sheikh and others carrying the story forward. Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a collaboration between Momina Duraid and Kashf Foundation and promises a great script to the audience.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn Cast:
Sajal Aly
Hamza Sohail
Samiya Mumtaz
Rehan Sheikh
Ali Tahir
Adnan Shah Tipu
Saad Azhar
Syed Tanveer Hussain
Usman Ali Chaudhary
Mubashir Mehmood
Adeel Afzal
Najma Bibi
Zaryab Haider
Sajal Aly:
Sajal Aly is a Tamgha e Imtiaz winning starlet and she has given her best in her career. She has worked in countless hits and she is known not just for her beauty but also her talent. Sajal has dramas like O Rangreza, Kuch Ankahi, Chup Raho and Gul e Rana to her credit. She has also worked internationally and she is now all set to mesmerize people opposite Hamza Sohail in Zard Patton Ka Bunn.
Hamza Sohail:
Hamza Sohail is an up and coming star in Pakistan and he has managed to carve a place for himself after Fairy Tale became a hit. He has done shows like Raqeeb Se, Breaking News, Fairy Tale two seasons, Burns Road Ke Romeo Juliet and now he will be starring with Sajal Aly in Zard Patton Ka Bunn.
Samiya Mumtaz:
Samiya Mumtaz started from theatre and later on transitioned towards dramas. She became an overnight sensation with Meri Zaat Zara e Benishan. She has later done dramas like Sadqay Tumharay, Sang e Mah among others and now she will star in Zard Patton Ka Bunn and as expected, she will be once again winning hearts.
Rehan Sheikh:
Rehan Sheikh is another star who is synonymous with a great choice of scripts and some strong acting chops. He is always a great treat to watch on screen and he has done some great projects in his career. Rehan Sheikh has featured in dramas like Udaari, Sammi, Pukaar, Qurban and Meray Humnasheen. Now he will be seen in Zard Patton Ka Bunn.
Ali Tahir:
Ali Tahir is a star who has equal parts talent and intellect. He has a creative bent just like his talented father and brother. Ali Has been a part of dramas like Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay, Chambaili, Jaisay Aapki Marzi and Rah e Junoon while he will now be a part of Zard Patton Ka Bunn.
Adnan Shah Tipu:
Adnan Shah Tipu is a versatile actor who is also making waves in the film world as well. He can do all sorts of characters from comedy to negative with perfection. He has projects like Dil Na Umeed To Nahin, Kabli Pulao, Parizaad and Standup Girl. He is always a great addition to any drama that he signs up for.
Saad Azhar:
Saad Azhar is a star who just impressed everyone with his great performance in the drama Standup Girl. He is a versatile actor and he can get into the skin of any character. He has done dramas like Parizaad, Jhok Sarkar and Standup Girl. He will now feature in Zard Patton Ka Bunn.
Usman Ali Chaudhary:
Usman Ali Chaudhary has just been seen in dramas like Guru and Jeevan Nagar. The audience noticed him for his strong portrayal and his strong voice. He is now a part of Zard Patton Ka Bunn.
Sheikh Mubashir Mehmood:
Sheikh Mubashir Mehmood is a new entrant in the industry and is slowly making waves with his work. He was able to get noticed with his work in the drama Jeevan Nagar and now he is gearing up for a new character.
Adeel Afzal:
Adeel Afzal is known for his beautiful poetry and oration. He also appears on different shows and talks about social issues. He also just wrote a beautiful drama Standup Girl where he also acted. He chooses the best scripts to act in and has done dramas like Sang e Mah, Parizaad, Jhok Sarkar and now Standup Girl.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn Schedule:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a new drama that will be starting on Hum TV and it will air from 12th May and will be replacing Ishq Murshid on Sundays.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn:
This is a prime time drama and will be released on 8 p.m. slot.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn and Gentleman are two star-studded dramas that premiered on the same day and time but on different channels. After watching the opening episodes of both these serials it is clearer than ever that each one offers something different from the other one.
Here is looking at what these dramas offer and the different factors that will affect their viewership:
The Promotions
The producers and channel behind the drama serial Gentleman put in a lot of effort to promote it, using all means available to ensure it was the talk of the town before it even aired. On the other hand, the producers and channel behind Zard Patton Ka Bunn did not invest in promotions to the same extent. As a result, their drama did not receive as much attention before its airing.
The channel and social media team did not even do the bare minimum to promote Zard Patton Ka Bunn which was extremely disappointing especially because it has an ace team. Humayun Saeed and Green TV, on the other hand, were on a mission to capture public attention.
The Teams
Both the dramas have phenomenal teams; everyone involved has already made a name for themselves in the industry. The producers, directors, writers, and cast members are well-known for their phenomenal work.
However, Humayun Saeed rarely works in dramas therefore that is an added advantage for the Gentleman team. Yumna Zaidi is also at the peak of her popularity at the moment. On the other hand, Hamza Sohail does not have the same level of hype or popularity.
Sajal Aly is a talented actress who can hold the audience’s attention throughout an entire drama. She has a strong fan base and is known for her impactful performances. Although her previous project Kuch Ankahi did not receive as much popularity as Yumna Zaidi’s recent dramas, Sajal Aly’s talent and screen presence cannot be ignored. She brings a lot of value to any project she is a part of.
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar’s previous drama Mere Pass Tum Ho was a massive hit and Mustafa Afridi’s Sang-e-Mah although widely watched was not as ‘popular’. Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar is known for his dialogue writing and engagement value. Mustafa Afridi is widely recognized for his exceptional scriptwriting abilities, particularly due to his ability to capture unique stories and explore diverse cultures. Both of these writers possess individual strengths that make them stand out. It is clear which one has written more hit dramas.
The Channels
The channel on which a drama is aired is a crucial element that should not be overlooked. At times, it can make all the difference in how the show is received and perceived by the audience. Green TV is a new channel that has excelled in experimenting but is not a mainstream channel yet and does not have the same viewership as Hum. Even though Green TV has been the leader when it comes to innovation, the fact is that many of these experiments have failed as well. Till now, they have only had one major hit to their credit, which is Kabli Pulao. However, most of their dramas have a promising start but lose momentum, failing to gain popularity.
On the other hand, Hum TV, even with its limited promotions, has a solid audience. Apart from this, Kashf Foundation dramas on Hum have always offered quality and got the viewership.
It remains to be seen if Gentleman will be the next Kabli Pulao for Green TV! And we don’t know yet if Zard Patton Ka Bunn will get the same attention as Udaari.
First Impressions
The first episodes of both these dramas aired last night. Gentleman’s promotions promised an engaging watch therefore I tuned into Gentleman first. The issue with large-scale promotions is that they tend to create very high expectations among people. The first episode of Gentleman had many Bollywood references, which made me wonder if the producers were targeting the Indian audience. This audience plays a vital role in making or breaking Pakistani dramas nowadays. The episode was shot well and had a comical element. The characters’ dynamics were interesting. However, because of the detailed teasers and promos, there was nothing ‘new’ about this episode.
The viewers already got an elaborate introduction to these characters through the trailers and many of the scenes were already part of the trailer. This took the initial excitement away. This first episode also made it clear that Gentleman is yet another love story since that was the main theme of this episode. Khalil-ur-Rehman’s dramas usually grow on the viewers and get more interesting as the story progresses. I must admit that while this first episode did a fine job of introducing the viewers to the main characters, it did not blow me away. The Bollywood references and approach took away the newness from the characters too.
Zard Patton Ke Bunn’s first episode was written and executed brilliantly. It was ‘new’ and fast-paced. Since the teasers of the drama were not as elaborate as Gentleman, getting to meet the characters in this first episode was more exciting. Sajal Aly and Hamza Sohail were the stars of the show.
This first episode had strong supporting characters that stood out, was more ‘original’ than Gentleman’s first episode, and had quite a few refreshing elements to it. Both these dramas have strong leading ladies but the circumstances and personalities are poles apart. The father-daughter relationship in Zard Patton Ka Bunn was the most heartwarming element of the first episode. Each character’s relationship with each other stood out for all the right reasons and it was a great start to a drama which I am certain will have a great deal to offer.
In this first episode, the writer already touched upon many different aspects of the lives of these characters which came from totally different professions. As a viewer, I was instantly invested in every single track and found these stories relatable. Like every other Kashf Foundation drama, this one too must be based on true stories that will resonate with many. The fast pace of this episode and the variation in stories and characters make Zard Patton Ka Bunn a drama that deserves your time and attention. For those seeking both entertainment and substance, it’s a must-watch.
Substance over marketing
Promotional efforts heavily favored Gentleman, with extensive marketing and not to mention the OST. However, the first episode of Zard Patton Ka Bunn, so far has more views than Gentleman even though the hype surrounding Gentleman was way more! Also, Zard Patton Ka Bunn’s first episode had more substance. This indicates that, for a change, the viewers prioritized quality storytelling over appealing marketing tactics. Excessive marketing can sometimes backfire because it raises expectations and the initial episodes may not live up to these expectations.
Final Remarks
It is too early to make definitive predictions about which drama will hold public attention in the long run. Both, Zard Patton Ka Bunn and Gentleman have their strengths and distinct qualities as was apparent in their opening episodes, setting the stage for a compelling battle for viewership.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn has an edge of originality due to its fresh storytelling and relatable characters. If the upcoming episodes of the drama are as well-crafted as this one, the show might become an unexpected but clear winner.
Which one of these dramas has your undivided attention after watching these first episodes? Share your views.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a Hum TV and Kashf Foundation project that is concentrating on society’s ills including overpopulation, lack of education and health facilities in rural areas of Pakistan. Child labour and lack of justice for domestic violence have also been addressed in a digestible manner. Sajal Aly and Hamza Sohail are playing the leads Meenu and Nofil while the drama has a very talented supporting cast too.
The drama has a beautiful sound track and the second OST Uth Jind Meri written by Fatima Najeeb, composed by Sami Khan and sung by Roshaneh Zafar has finally been released. The song has a very melancholic sound to it and it will make you feel bad for all the social ills going on around us and motivate you to take a step.
Listen to the melodious Uth Jind Meri:
Here is how the public is reacting to it and they are also demanding Hum TV to release Faiz Sahab’s ghazal:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a popular Hum TV drama which garnered huge public praise and success. Zard Patton Ka Bunn is produced by Momina Duraid & Kashf Foundation and it has been directed by the brilliant director Saifee Hassan. The drama is written by Mustafa Afridi. Zard Patton Ka Bunn featured a stellar cast including Ali Tahir, Tanveer Syed, Muhammad Ahmed, Sajal Aly, Hamza Sohail, Samiya Mumtaz, Rehan Sheikh and others.
Today, the last episode of the drama serial Zard Patton Ka Bunn aired on Hum TV. Fans loved the happy ending of the drama serial. The drama fans praised the emotional conversation between Dr. Nofil and Meenu about their wedding. They also praised the heartwarming convocation scene where Meenu credited her family for her success.
Fans of Zard Patton Ka Bunn are praising the brilliant drama serial, which covered all the important aspects of women’s education. Viewers also appreciated Nofil for speaking up for Rani and started a trend to get her justice. Many fans are of the view that, in Meenu’s case, her father was a true hero who stood by his daughter. Sajal Aly is getting huge praise for her remarkable performance as Meenu.
Viewers are also commending the drama makers for producing an impactful and message-oriented drama that kept them hooked for weeks. A few fans expressed their wish to see more episodes featuring Meenu and Nofil. Many also wished to watch the wedding sequence of Nofil and Meenu. Fans are also praising the excellent acting performances of all the cast members.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is an important story that needed to be told to the audience. Starring big names like Sajal Aly, Samiya Mumtaz, Rehan Sheikh, Ali Tahir, Adnan Shah Tipu, Mohammad Ahmed, Hamza Sohail and others, the drama is about social issues like population explosion, girls education and lack of medical facilities in the rural areas. The story strikes close to home for many people and it is delivering important messages in a beautiful manner.
The latest episode of the drama captivated the audience and the performances were mind-blowing. Sajal Aly and Sheikh Mubashir Mehmood as Meenu and Roshan stole the show and their chemistry is great. Hamza Sohail and Rehan Sheikh are also performers who won hearts. Kaiser Kallan’s doctor is here and politics has started with episode 7.
Fans are loving the story and the pace of this drama. The pains of Pakistani villages were shown in a very light manner and important topics have been brought into light. Here is what viewers have to say about Zard Patton Ka Bunn episode 7:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a drama made with collaboration with Kashf Foundation. It stars Sajal Aly and Hamza Sohail in the lead and the drama is dealing with many issues of our society including overpopulation, lack of medical facilities and girls education. Sajal Aly is playing Meenu, a determind girl from Kesar Kallan who wants to become a doctor one day and she fights her brothers and patriarchy to pursue her dream. Zard Patton Ka Bunn is realistic and hard-hitting but at the same time easy to digest.
The latest episode showed how determined Meenu is. From getting a free cycle to making schemes for converting it into a motorcycle, she does everything. Meenu also tries to rescue her pregnant friend and that track shows how bad medical facilities are in our rural areas. Meenu’s determination was a motivating force for the viewers this week and everyone felt it deeply.
Here is how people reacted to the beauty of Meenu’s resolve in episode 5 of Zard Patton Ka Bunn:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is the latest collaboration between Hum TV and Kashf Foundation. It stars Sajal Aly and Hamza Sohail as the main leads and has Mustafa Afridi as the writer while Saife Hassan is the director of the show. The drama deals with realistic themes of medical neglect in Pakistan, problems young doctors face in the system as well as overpopulation and pressures women face when they want to pursue education.
The second episode of the drama showed how young professionals are pressured in their work environments when they try to do the right thing. In addition to that the problems faced by women in pursuit of higher education were also explored in a light manner while we saw fathers who are positive and support their children in both scenarios.
People are loving the realistic story shown in Zard Patton Ka Bunn while they also appreciated Sajal Aly’s performance:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a drama that has garnered attention from its very first episode. The show deals with a lot of societal issues ranging from lack of medical facilities in the country to overpopulation and child labour. Zard Patton ka Bunn has sensitively dealt with a lot of issues and now the lead pair is being brought together. Meenu and Nofil are slowly falling for each other and they will be confessing their feelings soon.
They both now know how they feel but society is not allowing them to express their admiration openly. The dads of both the leads as well as Afzal Chacha is the saving grace for this young couple. Zard Patton Ka Bunn’s romantic plot is out in the open now and it has started a debate.
Many people think that the plot should have avoided typical love story as this is a social issues based story and the love angle is unnecessary:
Many on the other hand are loving the chemistry between Meenu and Nofil and want to see more of it:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a popular Hum TV drama which is garnering huge public praise. Zard Patton Ka Bunn is produced by Momina Duraid & Kashf Foundation and it has been directed by Saifee Hassan. The drama is written by Mustafa Afridi. Zard Patton Ka Bunn features a stellar cast including Ali Tahir, Tanveer Syed, Muhammad Ahmed, Sajal Aly, Hamza Sohail and others.
This week, Episode 17 of Zard Patton Ka Bunn aired on Hum TV. The drama viewers loved the emotional bond between Dr. Nofil and Meenu and are also anticipating Nofil’s love confession for Meenu. Fans are also loving the chemistry between Dr. Nofil and Meenu. Some are remembering Hum TV’s previous show Yakeen Ka Safar especially after watching Sajal’s brilliant emotional performance in the last scene of the episode.
ZPKB fans got sentimental after seeing Meenu’s tearful eyes when she heard Nofil’s conversation with Chachi. The conversation of Chachi is also getting praise and a social media user wrote, “Maturity is realizing that Chachi is right”. A fan also wrote, ‘now Nofil will stop thinking about Meenu after Chachi’s reality check’. The highlight of the drama was Nofil’s telephonic conversation with his father, who won fans’ hearts with his positivity. A few fans want Meenu’s character to be focused on her education. Read the comments:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a project by Kashf Foundation that is dealing with many facets of rural life and how things are centuries behind in our villages. The drama is focusing on overpopulation, girls education and even child labour in a realistic manner. Zard Patton Ka Bunn is moving forward slowly but the impact of every episode is huge. This time the story was focused on how a good religious scholar can settle things instead of instigating people even more.
Adnan Shah Tipu as the Molvi controlled everyone in Panchayat and put out the fire that was being fed on by Malik Nadir and his lackey. The lead pair Dr Nofil and Meenu were also receiving a lot of love for the chemistry that is now coming alive in the drama. Zard Patton ka Bunn is paced differently from a typical show and it makes you think with every episode.
Viewers appreciated that the drama is showing a positive Molvi character and that is how Molvis should be in our communities:
Sajal Aly as Meenu and Hamza Sohail as Dr Nofil are also getting appreciated:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a drama with strong social messages. With Kashf Foundation’s backing and Saif e Hassan in the director’s chair, Zard Patton Ka Bunn is giving society a lot to think about and it is touching upon some very sensitive issues. With Meenu’s insistent behaviour and determination, the makers have shown that she draws this strength from her father’s support for her. This support comes rare in the area where she lives so she is using it to move forward in life.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn showed a beautiful bond etween Meenu and her father once again. Though Meenu chose violence and beat up the village kids, her father still stood by her and even broke his precious eggs while defending her honour. He also asked her never to worry as he is standing by her.
Check out the beautiful father-daughter bond shown in the drama:
People are loving Meenu and her father and this is what they had to say:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a social drama focusing on major themes of lack of education and facilities in rural areas, the health care in shambles and how justice never gets served in Pakistan with everyone an accomplice in the situation. Zard Patton Ka Bunn has shown some really great characters which are close to reality and fans are connected with the story. The main leads Meenu and Dr Nofil had a good equation that went sour in this episode and rightfully so.
Meenu accused Dr Nofil of Rani’s death and she did so in front of the whole village. The plot point has highlighted how deficiency of normal opportunities and resources affects a person mentally and they start exhibiting toxic behaviour towards others. Dr Nofil was horrified by the accusation and still decided to stick around for help.
People are disliking Meenu’s overreaction to Dr Nofil and many think her character is overdoing it at this point. Not many were impressed by the shouting tirade and this is what they had to say:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a drama that is not just entertaining and enjoyable but also an important watch. The drama is shedding light on many ills of our society in a detailed manner and without getting preachy. Zard Patton Ka Bunn combined comedy and light-hearted dialogues while showcasing the problems of overpopulation, women education, lack of reproductive health and autonomy for women and child labour.
The latest episode 10 aired last night and it finally showed the ugly side of lack of medical facilities in villages outside the big cities in Pakistan. It also showed the cases of child labour and violence that these children go through while they get zero support from parents and society alike. Even the law does not serve them and the system crushes them in multiple ways. Dr Nofil also represented the issues medial staff has to face in the remote areas of Pakistan.
Fans are heartbroken over Rani’s death and the reality of our society being depicted on the screens in such a stark and straightaway manner. Here is how they are reacting:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is a new offering from Hum TV and the drama has some big star power and actors who do justice to their roles. Sajal Aly and Hamza Sohail play the lead roles while the real power of the story is going to come from Saife Hassan as the director and Mustafa Afridi in the writer’s chair. The first episode of Zard Patton ka Bunn aired last night and people are loving it.
Zard Patton Ka Bunn is set in a fictional village Kesar Kallan and Sajal is playing the role of a strong girl who is really worried about her matric results. The village atmosphere, the Molvi sahab calling on speakers for donations and the “kukron ka dangal” will transport anyone to a rural atmosphere.
People are loving how realistic the rural atmosphere is and many were transported back to their childhoods. Here is what they thought:
Zard Patton Ka Bunn has brought entertainment and social messaging together again under the watchful eyes of Kashf Foundation, Saife Hassan and Mustafa Afridi. The show deals with themes of population explosion, women not having access to education as well as medical malpractices in a manner that will reach the hearts of the masses. The show has Sajal Aly and Hamza Sohail in the lead and with only three episodes in, it has managed to capture the attention of the audience.
The OST for the show is sung by Zaw Ali and Sohail Shehzad. It is written by Fatima Najeeb and composed by Sami Khan. The song is very folk while the video will transport you to the rural Punjab areas and it feels like a breath of fresh air.
Zarashahjahan’s latest silk collection just came out and is available at stores nation wide. One of the top models of Pakistan, Rabia Butt is the model for the collection shoot, Omayr Waqar is the makeup artist, while the photography has been done by Nadir Feroz Khan from nkfphotography.
“It draws from majestic heritage of Pakistan’s heart, Lahore. There is just so much to the city and there is always something new to be inspired from as we delve into its spectacular bygone days”. Says the designer about the collection.
Ohkay so, all you guys who’ve watched this episode, can you tell me if anything happened in this episode practically which contributed in the story in any way possible? This episode was a complete filler & I am so not understanding that what is it that is preventing the director from wrapping this drama up. Seriously, this past hour was the longest & the most boring hour of my life & I am so done with this drama that I am unable to pay attention to what the characters are saying & for this, I hold the writer & the director responsible completely!!!
Accha, to yani Haadi ka kaam sirf botiyan torna hi reh gaya hai, I mean the amount of food he has gulped down alone is equal to a month’s supply of food of any regular sized family in Pakistan. Looks like the only purpose of Haadi himself & everyone around him is to make sure he stays over-fed all the time. Haadi has once again proved a point that he has no brains of his own because he does what everyone around him tells him to do. For Haadi, Mahnoor is quite an immature person, so why did he take her gibberish so seriously that he ended up calling Uzma to tell her that she was doing a compromise in the name of marriage. I mean, talk about being stupid. Haadi knows that Uzma loves him & Haadi also knows that he can not reciprocate the love she has for him, so why did he turn himself into a ‘phappay kutni’ & ended up brain feeding Uzma that she was only compromising with Fahad which she definitely shouldn’t do. If Haadi was so concerned for Uzma, then he should’ve manned up a bit, should’ve thrown Mahnoor out of his life & should have gone to Uzma straight away & proposed to her because in anyway, she is more compatible to him than Mahnoor, his mental wavelength matches to Uzma more than Mahnoor’s & he also emotionally relies on Uzma more than he relies on Mahnoor, so what is stopping him? He knows that Uzma loves him, so he should love her back & get married to her & IF NOT, then there was absolutely NO point in telling her to not get married & move on in her life. Haadi can happily live a life of a dog stuck with a bone, but he definitely doesn’t have a right to stop Uzma from moving on!!!
Seriously, it seems like Gaiti ki puri family sirf English aur Urdu ki taangain torne ke liye hi bethi hui hai!!! The coverage that Gaiti’s family got was so out of the place & unnecessary that I found myself reaching out to my cell phone during their scenes. I guess the director should have known better because IF we were interested in seeing a ‘realistic portrayal’ of a political scenario, we could’ve easily switched to any Pakistani News Channel because that’s where we would’ve gotten an authentic dosage of politics but guess what Ms. Director, everything that you showed us through Gaiti’s track didn’t spark an interest because this drama was based on something entirely different & I am still having a hard time in developing in interest in Gaiti’s life as a politician because this has nothing to do with the original story & this track seems to be a part of an entirely different drama. I don’t really understand how the director will wrap this particular track up because it just isn’t related to the main theme of the drama. We all know that Gaiti is an honest person & she is striving to be an even better politician with values & morals, but then what’s the point of this entire political scenario which is nothing but just a filler, because like I said, is se behtar tha ke hum News Channels hi dekh lete aggar drama mai politics hi dekhni thin to.
Ufff Aneesa aur uska falsafa. I find it actually quite amusing that every time Aneesa blurts a falsafa, the director zooms in the frame of the person who happens to be her listener, as if her falsafa is making an impact in someone’s life, which most certainly is not the case because if her falsafa had an ounce of impact, it would’ve changed Mahnoor’s behavior. Alright, we already know that Mahnoor hasn’t changed & Haadi & Aneesa believe in helping her, so what’s next? What else? We watched this drama in a hope to see the consequences that Mahnoor will face but here, she seems dheet than ever & besharam than ever, so what’s the point???
Anoushay is mentally disturbed & her speech about how her father didn’t give her much time didn’t strike a chord because her story also wasn’t a part of the main plot of the drama & her late entry has only turned her into a drama-crasher, so nope, I am not interested in knowing what her back-story was & why she is so annoying. She is ready to get married to an uncle like Waqar, that’s pretty self-explanatory so we don’t need to see or know anything else!!!
Please guys, if you have any idea, do let me know when does this torture end because I have lost the last bit of patience I had with this drama & at this point, I am most certainly not interested to see how things will end between all these pathetic characters!!! Amna Nawaz Khan commented in the initial reviews that this story will become quite interesting, so it looks like I watched the entire drama in a ‘hope’ for something that wasn’t meant to be. I hope that she comments now & explains what is happening & why does it look like we’re watching a second season of this drama? We need an explanation because when they expect us to invest our time in their mindless dramas, then they owe us an explanation & to some extent an apology too!!! Please share your thoughts about this pathetic filler episode of Zara Yaad Kar & please say a prayer for my patience & for the ending of this drama as well!!!
Ohkay so, this episode made me roll my eyes so bad that they’re hurting now. Seriously, what has gone into the writer’s head to be doing this to us & to his characters too? It was just as ridiculous as being a Halala story that now the writer turned it into a patch-up-over-gol-gappa story, like seriously, break us free from this misery as we’re done with it!!!
It is actually quite bizarre seeing Aneesa rooting for Mahnoor & Haadi’s patch up. May I ask, where did that Aneesa go who was all about dignity & pride, who was all about preaching self-respect to Mahnoor? When did she become so ‘cool’ & ‘chilled’ about this entire Halala scenario that she has subtly started pressurizing Haadi & is trying to sweet-talk him into getting married to Mahnoor again using her boring falsafa?
I still don’t understand what changed in Mahnoor to feel that Haadi is the one & she can not live without him, because the way she is now, doesn’t show that she went through a phase of feeling remorse or regret over what she has done. She is still as beghairat & as dheet as she was before when she was flirting with a na-mehram while being married to Haadi, so what actually changed in her after her divorce? I still don’t get it. Chalo, if the writer was too busy in weaving the falsafa, the least he could’ve done is show some change in Mahnoor’s attitude where she was regretful & embarrassed for her mistakes, but she became far more dheet & ziddi after her divorce, so what’s the point of this entire situation? After dragging this drama for months, are they going to show us a split-second regret that Mahnoor will feel in the last minute of the last episode? Will that be enough of a redemption or will that be enough of a punishment for her? I feel Mahnoor has been pampered by her mother & her ex-husband so much that she has forgotten what she has done & what she put them through, that is why, in stead of feeling sorry for others or feeling ashamed for her actions, she is seen blaming Haadi for putting her through misery because he has been unable to find a beghairat for her to get married to her temporarily!!!
‘Meinne larki ho ke itni koshish kar li’, err correction, Mahnoor should’ve said ‘Meinne beghairat ho ke itni koshish kar li’ because the way she speaks about Halala so casually only sheds a light on her level of beghairti. Seriously, this drama is making me sick to a point where I feel like throwing up. Did the writer actually believe that we’ll have a smile on our face when we’ll be seeing Mahnoor & Haadi sharing a sweet Halala talk over a gol gappa session with a pleasant music playing in the background? Seriously, there’s a limit to every joke but this one has gone beyond that point. Also, I am not sure why the writer made every girl dump & every pathetic male character superior in this drama to a point where every other girl is drooling over a man or two. Anoushay herself caught Waqar red-handed but there she is, with no standard & no self-respect that despite finding out about Waqar’s reality, she is ready to get married to him & then we already have a self-explanatory character of Mahnoor who has taken beghairti to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL!!!
Seems like Haadi is pretty comfortable with this entire scenario that is why he was seen sharing a laugh with Mahnoor & looked at her with an affection in his eyes as if he scored a big win by having a girl like her fall in love with him. Mahnoor didn’t admit that she was in love with Haadi but he is so blind that he couldn’t see it. Also quite casually Haadi lied to Mahnoor that he has never met Uzma after he left her home, so what’s the point of getting married to Mahnoor & putting up with her nasty tantrums when he just can not be honest with her & when he knows that she will never understand him as she is so full of herself & her brain is a size of a peanut or may be smaller? After enjoying gol-gappas with Mahnoor, Haadi was seen thinking about Uzma & not only that he called her too. I don’t really understand why every single character in this drama is pretentious, like they are pretentious to a point where they come across as liars. Haadi pretends in front of Mahnoor that he is happy that she is back. Mahnoor is pretending in front of Haadi that she loves him & wants to get back with him because she can not live without him. Uzma is pretending that she is happy with the proposal of Fahad. Waqar is pretending to be a shareef tareen admi on the Earth, like seriously, they are a bunch of liars who are too afraid to admit their reality, even to themselves & that’s about it!!!
Uzma’s getting engaged & Gaiti has become a politician, taaliyan. Oh, I must say, that gol-gappa joint is quite famous because looks like every other couple in this drama comes across each other at the same spot, as previously it was Mahnoor & Waqar’s duo that met Haadi & Uzma, now it was Waqar & Anoushay’s duo that saw Mahnoor & Haadi. I still am not finding the involvement of Anoushay & her developing interest in this entire situation justified & rational. She is just an outsider so I don’t really understand why she is getting so affected by whatever Haadi’s doing. The only good few seconds of this episode belonged to Mr. Fayyaz, who in a very few words told Haadi that he was a beghairat to be arranging a Halala for his friend’s wife, I so wish Haadi had the spine to tell Fayyaz that he was the one who wanted a guy for his wife & not his friend, because I am sure he would’ve showed Haadi his right place!!!
Anyways, this episode was just a filler & I am actually furious that at this stage of the drama, in stead of wrapping it up, the director is dragging it & stretching it like a tasteless chewing gum which is played with in the last minutes before it is dumped into the dustbin. The preview of the next episode showed that Anoushay will be poking her unwanted nose in Haadi’s business too. I am not sure if her good acting would’ve made a difference but yes, the girl playing the character of Anoushay is simply annoying & her dialogue delivery is so bad that the attempt of the director to make her the integral part of the drama infuriates me even more!!! Please share your thoughts about this beghairti-filled episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, I am pretty sure that the drama has lost its purpose. There’s absolutely nothing that happened in this episode that contributed much to the story & everything at this point has started to look meaningless. Where Mahnoor should accept that she’s shameless, Haadi should also accept that he is gutless & a coward too!
I am amazed at Aneesa’s approach towards Mahnoor’s shamelessness, I actually thought that she would question her daughter because she returned home after 3-4 ‘nights’ & in a condition that would make anyone wonder what she went through but all Aneesa showed concerned about was whether Mahnoor got married or not. I don’t think Aneesa’s sarcastic one-liners are serving any purpose now & sadly, they now only look like an attempt by the writer to show how deep his own thinking is. Mahnoor has crossed all the limits so seeing Aneesa expecting that her one-liners will have any effect on dheeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Mahnoor makes her look like a bigger fool in this situation.
Haadi found out the truth that Mahnoor was now getting married to Waqar to which Mahnoor’s response was ‘shadi to karni hi thi, boss se karoon yan Waqar se’, making it sound so silly like she was out to buy a lawn suit so she’s like ‘suit to lena hi tha, Khaadi se loon yan Gul Ahmed se’, like seriously? This whole idea of switching partners is cringe worthy already & to see it being elaborated with the usage of such dialogues makes it puke-worthy actually. It is actually quite amusing that Mahnoor still hasn’t learned her lesson because she made it all about Haadi & tried to make him feel guilty that she endured the beating of her temporary potential sautan only because of him, like seriously, for how long is she going to put blame on others for her own faults & mistakes & what surprised me was Haadi’s reaction on that entire situation where he drank a gallon of water, left her place, drove the car & recalled everything that Mahnoor said on the road & then scurried to Uzma like a loser. I think in stead of going to Uzma’s place, Haadi should’ve gone to Nadra’s office to tell them that he needed to change his gender on his ID card, because he mistook himself for a ‘male’, which he clearly is not since he’s a mazloom aurat in reality!
Well, Uzma welcomed Haadi cordially & said everything to him which actually looked like a closure that she was looking for before her husband-to-be arrived. ‘Mohabbat uske liye bacha ke rakhni chahiye jo deserve karta ho’, finally, Uzma told Haadi the truth & more than telling it to him, she was feeding it to herself too because she knows that she has to come out of her past & snap out of her love for Haadi & move on. It is actually good that the character that started off as a weakling has emerged to be quite dignified & strong & probably the only good thing about this drama & guess what, Haadi didn’t drink a gallon of water though he demanded it, left her place, drove the car & recalled everything what Uzma said on the road & scurried to his house like a coward. I mean doesn’t Haadi get tired of being so lifeless & monotonous? I mean why couldn’t he tell Uzma straight away that she shouldn’t get married & that he was tired of Mahnoor & her adventures & wanted to get rid of it? I think Haadi is also responsible for what Mahnoor is doing because if he had ended everything with her gracefully, she wouldn’t have become so desperate to be searching for a tom, dick & harry to get married to him in order to get back with Haadi. Haadi gave Mahnoor a green signal, that is why she went on a temporary husband hunting spree, which makes Haadi look as selfish as Mahnoor is. When this drama began the writer tried to show that a male can be like Haadi too, who believes in giving freedom to his wife & who doesn’t believe in enforcing his own thought process (if any) on his partner, but after the drama progressed, that exact approach of the writer started making Haadi look like a loser & unmanly at that too!
I honestly am not feeling the entire Anoushay-Haadi-Waqar scenario. I am not really sure why things have started revolving around Anoushay as if she’s a main lead because everything looks like a forced attempt & unrealistic at that too as all of a sudden she has become a part of this entire mess & now Haadi is trying to be her savior. It is quite obvious that the writer wanted to establish a ground for Haadi & Anoushay’s union in the future, therefore he made Anoushay related to the people who have ruined Haadi’s past only for her to become sympathetic towards him. Also, where is Gaiti? Just when this question popped up in my mind, we got to see a split second ramp walk of Gaiti, which left me wondering what was the point of that entire shot? Was it only to inform us that Gaiti is alive & kickin’ or was it a mistake committed by the editor where he unconsciously added that second-long walk of her? We saw how clingy Gaiti was so it is actually quite unbelievable that she hasn’t tried to get in contact with Waqar or hasn’t sent her spies to track down where he is & why isn’t he returning her calls? Also, now that Anoushay has occupied the front seat in Waqar’s car ‘out of nowhere’, it makes me wonder why did the writer & the director put us up with the OTT & unrealistic family of Mehtab Deswali? Why did they put us up with Gaiti’s fake Urdu/English accent & those blood-boiling scenes where Gaiti would stammer like a toddler who’s learning how to talk? What was the point of adding that political dimension to the drama when it had no purpose to serve? I am not sure but may be after the drama went on-air, they must’ve decided to cut down on that political aspect of the story in order to save themselves from infuriating anyone!
Anyways, the preview of the next episode seemed boring too & once again, Anoushay will be getting the details of Haadi’s life which she should not be concerned about but the writer & the director are doing everything to push her character & her existence down our throats without any reason. Haadi is a loser & I guess he is so spineless that he is waiting for any girl to propose him, which he will ‘silently’ accept, since he has no thought process & no stand of his own & he wants people to take decisions for him so I am sure this is the reason why Anoushay is getting so much information about Haadi as in the end, she will sympathize with him & will end up proposing him & they will live silently ever after! Anyways, please share your thoughts about this boring episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Yaaaaaaaawwwwwnnnnnnnnn, oh sorry, for a second the sleep that this episode inflicted upon me made me forget that I always start my reviews with ohkay so. Ohkay so, I am sorry to say that this drama has turned into a joke. There is so much falsafa going on that it hardly pays off because the situations are so messed up that this amount of falsafa seems like a forced attempt of making this story & the situations look enticing, which they sadly are not.
While I couldn’t recover myself from the laughter fit seeing Mahnoor’s bruises that she got from her previous failed Nikkah, she made me laugh out loud even more because there she was preparing for a new adventure of her life, with a new man, on a new day, for a new Nikkah. Oh well, I have so much more to say about this character but I think I will have to cross the line of decency in order to explain her characterless-ness, so for now I will contain myself & just say that she is one of those mentally sick girls who have no purpose in life & who gel really well with the guys, no matter what shape & size they come in. I mean one actually has to be quite ‘besharam’ to be toing & froing between men like a shuttlecock. I think the writers of Besharam & Zara Yaad Kar switched the titles of these dramas by mistake because if there’s one drama that could endorse the title of Besharam flawlessly was actually this drama that we now know as Zara Yaad Kar!
Hmmm, not sure why the writer is trying to make us feel for the character of Anoushay that too after we’ve survived this journey for 19-20 weeks? Her candidness with Haadi was enough to put us off that the director assumed that her flat acting would help the situation. The entire conversation that Haadi & Anoushay had about ‘love’ served no purpose at all & looked like a forced attempt of filling in the 40 minutes of an episode. Haadi has always been quite a reserved & shy person, so to see him acting totally unlike him in front of Anoushay didn’t really make much sense. Since the beginning, we have seen Haadi as someone who would always think twice before speaking & would choose to stay silent on the things he doesn’t want to concern himself with or even at the things that do concern him like his divorce, but the way his body language & attitude changed in front of Anoushay made me feel like I was watching Haider of Besharam in stead of Haadi of Zara Yaad Kar. I say this because the way Haadi snapped at Anoushay & told her to shut up after hearing Waqar’s name was so unlike him, like he would listen to Mahnoor talk about her temporary honeymoon in London silently so how did he find it in him to tell Anoushay to shut up just at a slight mention of Waqar? This is not how this bhola bhala, dheela dhala Haadi is meant to be like!
Well, Mahnoor was so busy being a shuttlecock that she forgot to inform her mother that her temporary son-in-law would now be Waqar & not Mahnoor’s boss, lol. She was perfectly fine with what Umar Din told her about Waqar because this is exactly what she wants too. I am amazed that now when she is getting an opportunity to be with Waqar, she still has the divorce on her mind. I find it hard to understand that what did actually change in those couple of weeks after her divorce from Haadi that she realized that he was the one for her, she can’t be without him therefore she was ready to go to such lengths like temporary marriage(s) to get back with him? I don’t recall that they showed us Mahnoor thinking on those lines & reflecting upon on her mistake of leaving Haadi & regretting her decision too of getting a divorce from him? The sudden shift in her thinking is actually unjustified & now seeing her committing one mistake after another & getting beaten up by one woman after another has turned this entire situation in a joke to be honest.
Hmmm, I have always liked how they used the OST lyrics to match the emotional state of the characters, but this time around I actually had a good laugh because when Uzma sneaked through the smallest window in the world to catch a glimpse of Haadi’s car, the words that echoed in the background were ‘Ghutti Ghutti Si’, which actually enforced the feelings that I have had about Uzma, where I always find her ‘ghutti hui’, like where I have found her quite lifeless since the beginning, so no wonder why those lyrics actually hit home for me. The conversation she had with Ikhtiyaar Sahab about Haadi was so new right? (coughing sarcasm). I think this father-daughter duo needs to snap out of their fixation with Haadi because he is no more a part of their lives!
Well, I didn’t find the twist of Anoushay being associated with Waqar justified at all. For the last few months, he was with Gaiti in Umarkot & he was putting all the efforts in winning her over, so when did he get the time to have an affair with Anoushay as well? Yes, I can understand that Anoushay might’ve been a student at the university where Waqar was a teacher but to see a sudden development of this sort didn’t really sit well with me & not only that, the way everything got wrapped up in this episode actually made it look like a joke where Anoushay’s relationship began & ended with Waqar, Haadi got to know about it, he blurted the truth about Waqar, Anoushay’s grandmother got a heart-attack, she recovered & in the meanwhile, Anoushay raided Waqar’s home & threw Mahnoor out as well. LOL! In stead of wasting time on meaningless closeups of doors, windows, roads & cars, if they had taken a time to develop this angle, I am sure it wouldn’t have seemed so haphazard & out of the blue. I think Mahnoor must’ve had a first-hand & a thrilling experience of what déjà vu is like. I think Mahnoor should understand that temporary Nikkahs are not her thing, lol but I am glad that she got bistiofied twice, but may be 10 rounds of this amount of bezati are not enough for a dheet larki like her but anyways, something is better than nothing, eh!
Well, I guess this drama has come to a point where it is testing my patience now & I am losing it real quick & more than that, the situations & the characters have stopped making any sense & I don’t see the purpose of this drama anymore because I don’t see Mahnoor realizing her mistakes or Haadi realizing that Mahnoor is the wrong choice. I somehow feel the emotions & the purpose are getting lost in this meaningless stretching & there isn’t much substance in the writing to back the emotions that the characters must be feeling, like till date we’re left with our imagination to figure out what these characters are going through & even the biggest aspect, that is Mahnoor realizing Haadi’s importance & worth hasn’t been conveyed so far, so I guess it’s about time that they should wrap it up ASAP before it turns into a bigger joke. Anyways, please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
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PS: I thank ARY for choosing Tuesdays to air Besharam because while watching Zara Yaad Kar, the thought of watching Besharam after this torture keeps me awake & excited!
Ohkay so, this episode of Zara Yaad Kar was good. It showed some developments but I feel it’s about time that they should move the story forward at a good pace & reach to the conclusion soon because a few of the situations have started to seem repetitive & don’t really contribute in the progress of the story.
Uzma was definitely having a hard time after Haadi left because she has gotten used to the idea of having him around. When she entered his room, she got overwhelmed because everything in that room reminded her of him. Even Ikhtiyaar Sahab felt the void that came along Haadi’s departure. Ikhtiyaar Sahab actually knows the reason why Uzma took this decision & he respects that, which is actually good to see. A father like Ikhtiyaar is a rarity too because when he learned that Uzma liked Haadi, he gave her his consent but when he understood that the emotional havoc in Haadi’s life was affecting Uzma, he allowed her to do what she deemed fit. I like the confidence Ikhtiyaar Sahab has in his daughter because he trusts her & more than that, he has a complete faith in his wife’s upbringing.
I am not sure if I understood Aneesa this time around. She is well aware of how everything that Mahnoor is doing will haunt Haadi in the future, but she has decided to go with the flow & let Mahnoor take charge of the situation. I think for once, in stead of being a mother of Mahnoor, Aneesa should’ve thought about Haadi as his aunt. Yes, she did try to make him cautious of what he might feel in the future but the way she showed her Mahnoor’s jewelry & the wrist watch that she had bought for him made me feel that unwillingly & unconsciously, she was pressurizing Haadi to accept Mahnoor no matter what. I do like her character a lot & I like her profound thoughts & sayings, but I am not sure if her approach of becoming a mere spectator in this entire situation is right.
Just when I think that Mahnoor can’t surprise me more, she hits a new low & stoops to a lower level. Mahnoor’s candidness with her boss actually made me feel disgusted. For the first time, I strongly felt that Mahnoor was mentally sick because no girl can be so shameless & selfish. She was over the moon with the amount her boss paid for the things she bought in one go & even before getting married & divorced, she was concerned if she’ll have to return those gifts to him. The way Mahnoor seemed happy & content with everything that her boss had planned for them made me dislike her even more because more than him, she seemed to be in a hurry of getting married to him as she was definitely ecstatic about the flight that she had to catch. Seriously, I think I will run out of words while describing her character & I don’t think anything that she will go through will make me feel for her. Mahnoor’s character has started to irritate me I it will be harder to review her bits in the episodes to come!
Gaiti has won the elections & Mehtab has returned. His thoughts about education & power showed how our politicians only believe in ruling the people without empowering themselves with the education first. Gaiti is different but I am not sure if she’ll be able to abide by her principles under Mehtab’s supervision because obviously, Mehtab will treat Gaiti as just a face of his party but he will make sure that in the end, he is the one who does the decision making!
Haadi went to Uzma again like a loser. What was Haadi expecting? Everything will be fun & games & Mahnoor will come back to him & they will start living in some lala-land? Why was he so surprised that he was actually feeling a pain. I liked how just in one sentence Uzma told him what he should do. He claims to love Mahnoor with all his heart, so she told him to let his heart guide him the next time because it is his heart that is forcing him to put up with everything that Mahnoor is throwing at him & he doesn’t deserve any sympathy because he is responsible for putting himself in this situation. I must say, over the time I have developed a liking for Uzma’s character because she is a girl who has a character & more than that, has a control over her mind & heart.
Well, the episode ended at a perfect note. Mahnoor got what she deserved & I hope this is not the end of it. She needs a reality check & she needs a lot of it to wake up & smell the coffee that not everything revolves around her & she is not going to be the center of everyone’s universe. Haadi might be a loser but the others have some spine to save what belongs to them & not everyone is going to allow her to play with their lives. Waqar made the entry at the right time & I guess now Mahnoor will forget everything about Haadi & her love for him & will happily get married to Waqar, but I really hope it’s not the end of her sufferings!!! Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, this episode of Zara Yaad Kar was slow but the transition that it showed related to Haadi’s feelings made up for it. Everything that Haadi was going through was covered brilliantly & it actually took a few dialogues & a few expressions to elaborate, which sheds a light on the fact that it was a result of an intelligent writing, where the writer has a know-how of how to translate the emotions on-screen perfectly.
Haadi is in denial, that is why he is mistaking Mahnoor’s selfishness to be her love. In the initial part of the episode, where Mahnoor informed Haadi about the proposal she got for a temporary marriage, it disturbed Haadi & that is why he went straight to Uzma to tell her what he was feeling but I was actually taken aback with how Haadi defended Mahnoor in front of Uzma saying that she loves him a lot & has started to be considerate of his feelings. Haadi really needs to make up his mind & stop bothering Uzma. For the first time, I liked how Uzma stood firm on her decision & didn’t melt away after seeing Haadi in a predicament. Uzma has decided that he has to go & she is making sure to let him know that no matter what happens or no matter what he is going through, he has to leave & I think this is in the best interest of Uzma because Haadi has stopped being courteous to her, that is why he just shows up at her door step with his emotional luggage expecting her to console him, without even giving thinking for a second that of all that might make Uzma uncomfortable too.
Even though I loved seeing Waqar in that condition, I am not sure if the way everything that happened was established properly or not. Mehtab Deswali & his son fled & now when Gaiti’s brother has returned, he has thrown Waqar out of Gaiti’s life, so if he was so concerned, why wasn’t he in contact with his sister throughout & what has made him turn against Waqar so much? I don’t really understand how both the father & the brother gave Gaiti such a freehand to spend a lot of time with Waqar because in such families, they always have such servants whose families have been serving them for generations, so I guess it would’ve made much more sense if they had shown that along with Waqar, Mehtab made some more loyal & responsible servant of his in-charge of Gaiti’s activities too in order to protect her from landing herself in trouble, especially when it was the first time that she was going to be in Umarkot to contest in the elections.
Mahnoor has crossed all the boundaries of humility but I am not sure if she understands what this temporary marriage with her boss actually means because when she heard her boss hitting on her shamelessly, she became frazzled, so I am not sure if she actually understands the intentions of her boss because if she doesn’t, it wouldn’t make much sense because being immature is one thing, being stupid is another & I don’t think a girl who can gamble with her life so casually can be so stupid to not understand that her boss is not doing a favor on her for free & he is expecting her dignity in return. Well, it was good to know that at least Mahnoor understood that everything was going to be hard on Haadi, that is why she told him that she’ll get back in contact with him after she will get divorced.
Haadi was trying hard to control himself & he was holding onto the last bit of courage he had in him to grasp what Mahnoor was saying but then he just lost it & realized that all this was too hard on him but then again, I don’t really feel much for him because he himself is allowing Mahnoor to do this to him. I actually laughed when Uzma suggested him to take a sleeping pill & rest because even she could see that he wasn’t being himself & he wasn’t in his senses because all that Mahnoor said to him was so much for him to bear that he couldn’t cope up with it. I must say, the transition of Haadi’s feelings from someone who was trying hard to be strong to someone who couldn’t understand what was happening, was shown brilliantly.
Haadi has moved out of Uzma’s place & we saw a new entry too. Not sure if the new entry is going to play an important role or what because honestly speaking, she got introduced in the drama quite late so I really don’t want to see the focus of the story shifting to something that doesn’t hold much importance anyways because right now I am actually looking forward to the ending because the pace of the drama has become quite slow & it is becoming hard to keep my interest alive in the show.
The preview of the next episode didn’t promise much too, so I am dreading that it will be another one of those slow episodes too. I guess it’s a high time that this drama should be wrapped up because all the lessons have been conveyed & all there’s left in it to be seen is the ending that all the characters will get. I really hope that Mahnoor suffers & lives her life in a regret & I hope that Uzma finds her happy ending. I am not sure what to make of Haadi’s character because the way he is encouraging Mahnoor’s wrongdoing in a hope to win her back doesn’t allow me to sympathize with him but having said that, I will admit that Zahid Ahmed has acted brilliantly as Haadi & in this episode in particular, he conveyed his feelings perfectly. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, this episode of Zara Yaad Kar was slow & didn’t offer much except a few conversations that were written really well. I think it’s time to move the story forward as it’s been stagnant for quite a while now. We have seen & we understand everyone’s sufferings too but it’s time to move towards the conclusion because the slow pace is not helping the situation in anyway.
Haadi has decided to move out & he understands that this is what Mahnoor wants & this is what Uzma wants too. Mahnoor’s relaxation goes to show how comfortable she is with what she has done because she knows that she’s not the one picking up the pieces, it is Haadi who’s being forced to do that on her behalf.“Pata nahi tum ghalti kisay keh rahi ho, mohabbat ko yan bewafai ko”, Haadi is feeling quite burdened by Mahnoor’s display of indifference to this situation because he is unable to wrap his head around the fact that someone can be so incourteous. Mahnoor is a spoiled brat & Haadi should understand that by now because the way she is not taking a responsibility of the mess that she has created really calls for some serious conversation with her. Haadi’s subtle hints aren’t a slap enough on her face & she knows that Haadi being a softie will never bring their past up & the moment he tries, Mahnoor silences him up. “Bewafai kalank hoti hai, jo karta hai uske liye bhi aur jiss ke saath hoti hai uske liye bhi”, Haadi did try to make Mahnoor understand that her attitude was annoying Haadi but if only she’d understand.
Aneesa lost hope in Mahnoor & gave up on her long time ago but Haadi’s submissiveness is what has made her aloof to this entire situation completely because she never expected him to surrender so easily in front of Mahnoor. Aneesa believes that Haadi is blind that he is once again falling into this trap with his eyes & brains shut, that’s why she decided to help Mahnoor out as she wants to get over with this ordeal as soon as possible. “Larkiyon ki keemat unki haya hoti hai beta, behaya to koriyon mai hi bikti hain”, Aneesa said it all one more time. It is sad that she knows that her daughter has ruined her entire life, that’s why every step, every move that she will make from now on will only mean that she’s digging a deeper hole for herself, that’s why Aneesa has strengthened herself & has brought herself to a point where she is not concerned with how Mahnoor’s life will turn out to be.
Mahnoor’s boss finally made the move & proposed to her. I must say the way Halala was discussed so casually throughout this episode was quite disturbing. Well, the way Mahnoor was caught off-guard was quite amusing, she should know that now she’s open to such sort of advances & such treatment too, so her boss’s shameless proposal shouldn’t concern her as she’s the one who chose this for herself. I wish as the time goes by & as her life unfolds, she understands how stupid she was & realizes her mistakes!!!
The conversation between Haadi & Uzma was quite nice & was probably the best bit of the episode for me. Haadi doesn’t want to go but since he is so indecisive, he wants Uzma to stop him once & make that decision for him. Haadi already has a lot on his plate & moving out of his comfort zone means he’ll lose just everything & will have to start from scratch, which he isn’t looking forward to. That aspect & those feelings were conveyed through the acting, expressions, dialogues perfectly. Uzma wants to distance herself & that’s why she has taken a firm stand but Haadi is trying to convince her, which made me feel for him.
Well, the preview of the next episode suggested that Mahnoor will accept her boss’s proposal & will tell Haadi to do something about it too, not sure if she was challenging him or was trying to make him strong since she knows it will be hard on Haadi. I enjoyed seeing the karma’s spin on Waqar. Gaiti’s brother is back & he took a stand for his sister but I am sure Gaiti will side by Waqar since she’s so much in love with him. Anyways, this episode was quite slow. I hope the pace picks up as I’m already looking forward to the ending. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, this episode was slow yet interesting. There were a lot of thought provoking conversations in this episode too & like we all expected, this is the charm of Khalil ur Rehman Qamar’s scripts where he adds depth to the situations using the magic of the words & it’s good to see the drama doing well at this stage.
Mahnoor has proved it once again that she is not only selfish but emotionally absent too. If there’s one person she cares about, it is her own-self because if she had considered what Haadi will go through before their divorce or if she had considered what he must be going through after the divorce, she would’ve never ever played with his feelings & her own dignity like that. Mahnoor is one of a kind & that too in a bad way because no girl would do this to anyone else or herself either.
I must say, I am thoroughly disappointed in Haadi. I thought this divorce was enough for him to realize that Mahnoor never deserved him & he was better off without a selfish person like her. Yes, I do agree that one can love someone unconditionally but to think about getting back with someone after the divorce seems a bit too much. I totally agree to the notion of Aneesa about him where she referred to him as a hopeless guy. Aneesa knew that her daughter was at fault but she was more disappointed to find out that Haadi was justifying her fault by allowing her to rule him without having any association with him. Haadi has put himself in this misery because he is allowing Mahnoor to dominate him as if he has no brains of his own & he is her minion. If he wanted, he could’ve stopped her right away but he let her walk her way back in his life & I am sure it won’t take too long before she will walk all over him once again but now if this happens, I think Haadi will deserve it too. He really needs to have his heart broken again & again for him to realize how wrong he is.
Mahnoor doesn’t understand the gravity of the situation & she thinks putting a blame on others for her own mistakes is the way to go. First she blamed Haadi for making her fall out of love for him but she never owned her mistake that she fell for Waqar without having any reasons to & now once again she did the same thing by putting a blame on Uzma that it was because of her letter that Mahnoor ended up demanding divorce from Haadi. I don’t really understand why Haadi questioned Uzma about the letter she wrote where she ordered him to leave the room as soon as possible, Haadi has known Mahnoor for quite a while now, so why was it so hard for him to put two & two together & understand that definitely Mahnoor must’ve said something to Uzma that pushed Uzma to this point. It is like Haadi is also like one of those who don’t really want to face the problem & thinks that closing his eyes tightly will assure that everything will be fine. I actually feel that Haadi is trying really hard to accept everything that is happening but the way he is being submissive of Mahnoor’s demands is making him look quite weak. There’s a difference between loving someone selflessly & being weak & Haadi isn’t depicting a selfless love here.
Mahnoor thinks Halala is the right option for her but it was good to see that her mother was there to tell her the difference between shamelessness & Halala. “Waqar ko hi dhoondh lo, barbaad kar ke gaya hai to chalo jatay jatay abaad kar jaye tumhe”. Aneesa tried to make Mahnoor realize that she needs to sort this mess out & the only person that could help her will be Waqar because he is also responsible for the step Mahnoor took but I am actually dreading by thinking that may be, there’s a possibility of this drama becoming one of those Halala stories because when I saw the OST, I thought Mahnoor will get married to Waqar but I am not sure if she will get married to him only to part ways with him so that she can get back with Haadi. I hope that’s not the case & when she gets married, Haadi realizes how hard it will be to accept her back & he refuses to do that because practically, this is exactly what he should do. Mahnoor can not & should not have things her way.
“Mai aik larki hoon, isi liye kahoongi ke kar lijiye, kisi dusri larki ki aabroo ka sawal hai.”
“Ikhtiyaar sahab se poochoon?”
“Wo bhi kahainge ke kar lijiye, kyunke kisi dusre ki beti ka sawal hai”
Haadi knows that Uzma will never instigate him to leave Mahnoor & she will only support Mahnoor’s stance, despite being honest & truthful because she will also consider how Haadi still is in love with Mahnoor. It was like he only went there to hear what he wanted to. I feel Haadi has always relied heavily on Uzma’s opinions but in the end has always done what he has deemed fit, so this time around too, his urge to get an advice from Uzma didn’t seem justified because it was so obvious that he will do what his heart will tell him & that is already in the favor of Mahnoor. If Haadi had paid attention to what Uzma said, he would’ve understood the underlying message that Uzma only suggested getting back with Mahnoor because her values didn’t allow her to speak against a girl on human grounds but in general she didn’t mean it because any sane person would always suggest leaving the deceiving person behind & moving on.
Overall, this episode was pretty decent. Gaitiara & Waqar’s scenes are not sparking an interest & they end up looking like fillers. Gaiti is head over heels in love with Waqar & Waqar is making the most of it, so there’s nothing more to that. Sana Javed has really done justice to Mahnoor, it is so obvious that she’s into her character & that’s why she has succeeded in making us all hate Mahnoor’s character. Yumna Zaidi as Uzma is equally good too & for the first time, I felt for Uzma a lot, she is suffering because she can see that Haadi is suffering too. Her question about Haadi still being in love with Mahnoor & her expressions after she got Haadi’s answer told how hard it was for her to accept it. Zahid Ahmed has done a great job too but in general I am disappointed at Haadi’s display of weakness in this episode. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this episode of Zara Yaad Kar & I guess for me, after a very long time, this was one of the finest episode of this drama because the portrayal of human emotions was realistic & top-notch. Each & everything that all the characters said actually showed how the thought process of the humans work in different circumstances & this is what I enjoyed watching the most.
Uzma has gotten a green signal from her father that he wouldn’t mind seeing Haadi as her life partner because he knows that in Mahnoor-Haadi divorce, Haadi was the sincere one & he was a truthful person. Uzma obviously didn’t get her hopes high because even though she still loves Haadi, she thinks of it as her mistake & she also believes that there are a lot of emotional hurdles in between that both of them will have to overcome if they decide to be with each other. Uzma is trying hard to maintain a distance from Haadi but the conversation with her father did make her a little hopeful, that’s why when she opened the door for Haadi, she had a smile on her face only to find out that her fears were being confirmed. What Haadi told Uzma was something she knew could happen but it disturbed her a great deal because Uzma as a girl herself can not wrap her head around the mentality of a girl like Mahnoor. Uzma knew that Haadi was now getting confused & even though he was heart-broken, all these gestures that he was doing for Mahnoor unconsciously & unwillingly only told a story of how much he still loved her. Uzma told Haadi to forgive Mahnoor because she knew that may be this is exactly what Haadi wanted to hear too but had no courage to bring himself to that point where he’d accept that may be forgiving Mahnoor & giving her a second chance was an option too. Even though, everything that was said was subtle but I so wish the word ‘halala’ wasn’t thrown away so casually. I most certainly expected a little better from Khalil ur Rehman Qamar, since his dialogues are the best part about his scripts & they make quite an impact, so I wish he hadn’t taken the conversation that further. The point that Uzma made about forgiving Mahnoor was enough & quite elaborate, so I didn’t see the point of throwing a light on that word because it isn’t as simple of a deal that our writers these days make it look like because in reality it is more like a punishment for both the husband & wife who part their ways without thinking things through & understanding the gravity of the situation.
Well, Waqar finally showed what he is made of. I am sure if Gaiti wouldn’t have come into the picture & if she hadn’t given him the edge, he would’ve never uttered those things about Mahnoor that he as a matter of factly said. For Waqar, Mahnoor was a respectable girl & this is exactly the word that he threw at her in their first meeting to impress her but now times have changed & the same girl, who he wanted is not respectable anymore because she dumped her husband for him. Waqar is not wrong in his perspective because this is exactly how the human psyche works. The moment someone finds a better option, they start nitpicking & looking for the negatives in the options they first considered & this is exactly what Waqar is doing. He never was in love with Mahnoor, he was just infatuated with her & found her attractive, that is why he tried his luck at her & Mahnoor being mentally shallow fell for it, which she’ll face the brunt for & rightly so.
Well, talking about Mahnoor, she surely is one desperate girl whose only motive in life is to have a guy around her all the time. She didn’t like the one who treated her as a center of his universe, so she shooed him away & fell for someone she thought was perfect in every aspect but now when he’s gone, she is considering getting back to the one she was with initially. Mahnoor really doesn’t understand how she has ruined hers & Haadi’s life that is why she is taking their divorce as a joke & thinks that a single apology will fix everything & things will become normal between her & Haadi. Mahnoor is shallow, that is why ever since she has heard from Waqar that he will need 2 months more to return, she has now made it her mission to fix things with Haadi before Waqar’s return so that she doesn’t see a pity in his eyes for her & she can show it to him that things in her life are normal as well. Mahnoor knows that her mother will never allow her to disturb Haadi & play with his feelings again, that is why she thought it was a better idea to go in the absence of Aneesa.
The entire scenario where Mahnoor went to Haadi & Uzma’s place was done really well. Haadi was shocked as he couldn’t believe how shallow Mahnoor can be that just a couple of free rides are enough for her to change her mind. It actually took her couple of rides from Waqar to believe that he was the one & now similarly after being with Haadi twice made her realize that she couldn’t be without him. It was so obvious that Mahnoor was eager to earn Haadi’s apology only but to put up an act & to add more weight to her apology, she thought she will become friends with Uzma too, just to show to Haadi that Mahnoor was ready to make a change in her thinking & in her attitude. Even though Uzma had told Haadi that he should forgive Mahnoor & even though after that conversation with Uzma, Haadi did realize that he hasn’t fallen out of love with Mahnoor, he still couldn’t believe how inconsiderate Mahnoor was being by expecting a forgiveness from him after putting him through so much. Mahnoor really hasn’t understood what she has done with her life that is why she didn’t seem concerned with what might happen in the future. Right now, she wanted a validation from Haadi & a security that all of a sudden went missing from her life after Haadi divorced her, that is why she persuaded Haadi to give her what she wanted as she couldn’t imagine her life without it & she wasn’t used to it too.
The meeting between Uzma & Mahnoor was covered nicely too. It was so obvious that Mahnoor couldn’t tolerate Uzma’s presence but just because she had to score some points in front of Haadi, she was ready to put up an act of being pally with Uzma. All Mahnoor had was a detest for Uzma in her eyes but she didn’t mind resorting to hypocrisy just to show to Haadi that she has changed & she didn’t mind sharing an equation with Uzma despite knowing that she loved Haadi. It was quite interesting to see the girls sharing a space & sharing a conversation over the guy they both were in love with. Uzma was putting up an act too by being happy & composed but she was doing that in order to hide the hurt she was feeling in her heart after finding out that Mahnoor hasn’t given up on Haadi yet.
Overall, it was a very interesting episode & I enjoyed watching it a lot. I loved how this time around, their expressions were enough to show the thoughts that were running through their minds. I must say I loved the acting of all three actors but Sana Javed takes the cake for showcasing Mahnoor’s hypocrisy so effortlessly. I loved how she made it obvious that Mahnoor hated being around Uzma but had to paste a smile on her face to cover up the feeling of disgust & detest she had towards her. Zahid Ahmed is good as Haadi & so is Yumna Zaidi as Uzma. I loved the expressions of Uzma when she is standing in the kitchen making coffee for Mahnoor & smiling at herself for carrying a facade in front of Mahnoor to hide her little secret that Mahnoor’s presence was hurting her. There were a couple of dialogues that were amazing too & all the conversations in general were written brilliantly. For the first time I can say that I am looking forward to what is yet to come. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, these three episode of Zara Yaad Kar made a lot of progress in terms of the story & the character development. I do however feel that I found it to be that way because I watched these 3 episodes one after another, therefore I didn’t pay attention to the overall pace of each & every episode but I am dreading that it will get back to the slower side because I will be watching the episodes on weekly basis from now on. Having said that, I will say that I liked all three episodes because they took the story forward & gave us something to talk about.
Mahnoor is struggling deep within because she knows that everything that is happening with her is her own fault. She chose to shoo away the guy who loved her for the sake of a guy who doesn’t trust her enough to tell her what is happening in his life or what he is upto. Mahnoor has to be the most insensible girl ever because she drove herself into this deep pit & now has no one who can pull her out of it. She gambled with her life just because she ‘assumed’ that Waqar was the one who’ll make her happy while being completely oblivious of the fact that he didn’t even respect her let alone love her.
Gaiti & Waqar’s relation is nurturing because Waqar can now see that Gaiti is a potential politician & because of Gaiti, Waqar can get the authority & the power to empower the people of Umarkot. Also, Gaiti is trusting Waqar way more than she should, but then again, I find this to be a little glitch that just because Mehtab Deswali has fled, Gaiti has lost contact with her father & Mehtab has left her only daughter to deal with such serious stuff on her own & he has allowed Waqar to have a free-hand when it comes to his daughter. Also, where is Gaiti’s brother who made an appearance when Gaiti returned from America? I don’t believe that conservative guys like Mehtab & his son will leave the only female of their family in the lurch to figure things out on her own. At least, they should’ve shown that all this while Gaiti was in contact with her father & he was guiding her daughter, who for the first time, has stepped into the field of politics. I find it a little unrealistic that Mehtab isn’t worried about his daughter, whereas he was shown to be quite farsighted where he hired Waqar as Gaiti’s Urdu tutor because he knew that Gaiti needed to be fluent in Urdu in order to make an impression on the people of Umarkot, so now when she is actually with those people, Mehtab isn’t telling her what needs to be done & how she can leave a good impression on those people that will guarantee another win of their party in the next elections.
Honestly speaking, I do understand all the feelings Waqar has for the people of Umarkot & how he gets emotional when he talks about their helplessness & how they have always been fooled by the politicians, but I feel all his feelings would’ve made far more impact if he himself would’ve been an honest & sincere person. The way Waqar’s character was introduced & the impression he has left so far by playing with the feelings of Mahnoor & Gaiti doesn’t really make him look like someone who can feel for someone without expecting something in return. There’s an entire contrast in his personality when it comes to how conniving he is in his personal life & how selfless he becomes when it comes to the people of Umarkot, but still his cunning side takes the lead & curbs the niceness he displays every now & then. Also, I find it amusing that Waqar never did anything for the people of Umarkot on his own, he just chose to educate himself & make a life for himself in a city, but now when he has landed an opportunity to be in contact with the family of politicians, he doesn’t mind shedding a tear or two to show how much love he holds for his town & its people.
It is actually quite disturbing that Waqar doesn’t even understand the difficulties Mahnoor is facing & he doesn’t partially hold himself responsible for instigating the divorce between Mahnoor & Haadi. Mahnoor has unfortunately understood that the love she thought Waqar had for her doesn’t exist & she left everything, her shelter, her security blanket, her safety net for a guy like him who doesn’t even love her to begin with. The way she is clinging onto Haadi now & the way she is finding it hard to move on goes to show that she is left with nothing but deep regret with her decisions. The conversations between Haadi & Mahnoor were done well, they showed the transitions both of them have made & the different impact that their divorce has left on them both. Where Mahnoor is shattered emotionally, Haadi is in peace. Where Mahnoor is feeling regret, Haadi is content as he knows that he has nothing to lose now. This divorce has matured Haadi mentally & emotionally whereas it has made Mahnoor even more immature because the way she is not accepting the fact that Haadi has moved on goes to show that she still has a glimmer of hope in her heart that may be things will work out between them once again. Mahnoor knows that Haadi loved her truly therefore she is still expecting him to showcase that love & pull her out of her misery that she has inflicted upon herself.
Uzma on her own is dealing with the self-created stuff. I do understand that she is a good & selfless soul but the way she is dealing with her equation with Haadi isn’t sparking an interest & seems a bit forced actually. Uzma’s explanation behind her brave act of writing a love letter to a married man didn’t justify anything. Uzma on her own thought that she was doing a favor to both Mahnoor & Haadi by writing a love letter to Haadi, thinking that it will strengthen their relationship which sounded nothing but a lie. I fail to understand how can anyone be so lifeless to actually sit & think about someone else’s love life to such an extent that confessing their love seems like a good idea to them. It is so obvious that even Uzma knows that Haadi’s divorce means he is free to think about her, therefore she is trying to maintain a distance which seems nothing but another attempt of grabbing his attention. I do like Uzma’s character but somehow I am unable to accept her seedha-pan.
Overall, these three episodes were written & directed well. I must say I loved Sana Javed’s acting the most in these episodes, where she made sure to convey the storm that has overtaken Mahnoor’s mind & heart. Each & every expression told a tale of how shattered & regretful Mahnoor was but she was putting up an act to show her mother that she was strong enough to deal with her pain gracefully. Zahid Ahmed acted really well too & the thing that I noticed & loved the most was the change of body language of all the characters/actors after the divorce took place, where Haadi looked relaxed, Mahnoor looked tensed & Uzma looked equally uncomfortable. All the actors have done a superb job & yes, there were quite a few conversations/dialogues that hit home for me. I enjoyed watching these three episodes, so please tell me how’d you like them by sharing your thoughts too.
Ohkay so, this episode was slow but was definitely good in bits & pieces. The story is definitely making some progress & that is a good thing to see. I can’t wait to see how things will be reversed for Haadi & Mahnoor & what Mahnoor will figure about her life & what she will be left with, in the end.
I honestly believe that if someone wants to watch Zara Yaad Kar, they should do it solely for Saba Faisal’s acting & for the character of Aneesa that she is playing. I can’t emphasize enough on how much I love her as Aneesa. She is so calm & composed but you can see through her expressions that a storm has taken over her entire heart & soul. Haadi finally decided to show up & the exchange of glances between the aunt & nephew was phenomenal. The aunt knew what her nephew was going through because of her daughter & the nephew knew what his ex-wife-to-be was putting his aunt up with. Aneesa & Haadi knew that things were about to change & what they valued the most, which is their relation was going to change as well. Aneesa sat there defeated & sad, while Haadi tried to give her some hope that things will be alright, that he will be alright too.
I loved the way Haadi told Mahnoor to think things through ‘once again’ for the very last time. It showed how much of a room his heart had for her & how much he was ready to budge & bend in order to hold onto what was theirs. Mahnoor sat there like an expressionless, soulless & heartless statue who thought she had some power over him because he gave her a higher status & also because he was making an effort to stop her once again from jumping into deep pit. Their parting conversation was written beautifully & more than theirs, I love the conversation that took place between Aneesa & Haadi. Aneesa told Haadi what should be his priority in finding someone to get married to. Aneesa was shaken & more than that she was ashamed that Mahnoor betrayed both, her husband & her mother, that is why Aneesa made sure to let Haadi know that he needs to find someone who will take care of him, who will love him just as much as he deserves.
Wah! I am impressed by Waqar’s farsightedness because he really is lucky when it comes to girls. His sweet-talking has taken him to such places, where one girl got divorced for him & the other is doing everything to keep him in her sights by going through such a pain of buying an apartment for him, which he shamelessly accepted. The importance Mahnoor holds in Waqar’s life was depicted once again where he didn’t bother leaving a message for her to not wait for him because he got caught up with some work. He indifferently left with Gaitiara to Umarkot & didn’t feel the need to inform Mahnoor who was waiting to get married to him, lol! With Mehtab Deswali gone, Gaitara needs someone to rely on, so who else would do the honors than Waqar himself. I am sure this will bring Gaitara closer to Waqar & she will fall for him completely.
I loved the way they depicted Mahnoor’s mental state when she kept on calling Waqar again & again & couldn’t get in touch with him. It was more than just a phone call & more than just a conversation that she wanted to have with her husband-to-be. It was more of an assurance that she needed after her divorce to validate that she made the right decision & despite losing one, she had another safety net to fall back on as well. Mahnoor was eager to speak to Waqar & when she couldn’t get in touch with him, it showed her fear that she will spend the rest of her life with because after what she has done to Haadi, I am sure she will always have a guilty conscious & a fear that the same thing might happen to her too. She will never have that inner peace because she knows what she did was wrong as she had no good reason to leave Haadi but just because she was unfaithful, she fell weak & lost her dignity. Mahnoor might think that she has won Waqar, but deep inside, she will always have a voice in the back of her head, affirming her fears!
Haadi is shattered & the way he decided to clean his house went to show how he was trying to move out of the head space that reminded him of Mahnoor & that is why he resorted to cleaning which often turns out to be quite therapeutic. I am sure now Haadi will start thinking about Uzma because Uzma fits the bill of all the things Aneesa said about the sort of a girl being suitable for him, but yes, I will also add that everything else is nice but someone please buy Uzma a comb as she’s in dire need of one.
This episode was pretty decent. I love love love Saba Faisal’s acting & for me, she is the saving grace of this drama. Zahid Ahmed was good too & depicted the mental state of Haadi perfectly. I must say Gaitiara looked nice in eastern outfits more but I wish she becomes fluent in Urdu ASAP. I enjoyed the dialogues of this episode in particular too & for the first time felt that they used the OST at the right time in the scene where Haadi drove away after finalizing his divorce, it added more depth to that situation. Anyways, please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, this episode showed some slight progress in the story. Even though this episode was slow, I found it justified considering how they needed some time to show the different emotional states that Haadi was going through, however I feel like Uzma got a lot of unnecessary screen-time & half of the things she said didn’t leave an impact as much as they should have.
Mahnoor got the answer from Waqar that she was waiting for. I think Waqar doesn’t believe in wasting time. I thought he’d actually wait for Gaitiara’s confession & might as well back out from the commitment that Mahnoor thought he made but he didn’t do anything of that sort because in my opinion, he doesn’t respect his relationship with Mahnoor at all, because if he had an iota of respect for this relationship & also for Mahnoor, he wouldn’t have said all those things to Gaitiara just the night before when he finally decided to propose Mahnoor. I think just like for Mahnoor, her relationship with Haadi didn’t carry much importance, similarly, for Waqar, his relationship with Mahnoor doesn’t carry much importance too & I say that because even when Mahnoor tagged Waqar along to do the paperwork required to proceed with her divorce, Waqar spoke to Gaitiara eagerly & stealthily. If Waqar had respected Mahnoor (which she obviously isn’t entitled to), he would’ve told her straight away about who this special student of his was, what she was like & how she might have fallen in love with him because this is exactly what Haadi did when he received a confession letter from Uzma.
Once again, there was a lot of focus on ‘mard & mard ka bacha’ bit but I am sure the writer here has tried to use this terminology in sarcasm because usually people attribute egoism & unnecessary display of anger & authority to define the traits a man should & must possess. By showing a ‘man’ like Haadi, the writer here is trying to convey that this is what a man can be like, who has nothing to do with ego & who believes in granting people their wishes even if it means crushing their own dreams & walking over their desires, which most of times doesn’t favor a man like Haadi but there is nothing wrong in being like that. People aren’t familiar with these sort of ‘mard’ & don’t usually come across men like Haadi too, that is why Aneesa kept on telling him to do things he doesn’t believe in like slapping Mahnoor, just in order to prove his manliness, which once again he never resorted to as he knows & has this sense of self-affirmation that he doesn’t need to do all this to prove that he has some authority & power to rule over a female just because he is a male & has to go by the mindset that the society endorses. This is also one of the reasons why Mahnoor never saw Haadi as a man, just because he forgave her mistakes & had the courage to apologize for the things he never was responsible for, Mahnoor thought he wasn’t an ideal ‘man’ because he was too cowardly & gentle, that is why when she saw Waqar, she assumed that he was a perfect man that she was waiting for all her life & deserved to be with. Mahnoor will find out soon enough that Haadi was more a man than Waqar is because being a man can also mean being honest, sincere & kindhearted, which Waqar definitely is not & Haadi is!
I must say, for a father of an only child & daughter at that, Ikhtiyaar Sahab is a bit too cool-headed & relaxed. He now understands the feelings Uzma has or even if he doesn’t understand, he most certainly doesn’t mind seeing how his daughter takes care of the one she cooks for. However, I must say I like the relationship that Ikhtiyaar Sahab & Uzma share & it won’t be too long when Haadi will join their little family too as Ikhtiyar doesn’t seem to mind the feelings Uzma has for him.
Honestly speaking, throughout this episode I couldn’t stop thinking how things will change from now onward & how the lives of both Mahnoor & Haadi will be reversed. Haadi is going through a heart-break & has suffered enough pain but he will understand that everything happens for a reason & there will come a time in his life when he will thank Mahnoor for walking out of his life. Where Haadi’s life will take a U-turn for the better, Mahnoor life will also take a U-turn but for the worse as she has unknowingly driven herself to hell. She thinks just because Haadi walked out of her life quietly, she has scored a big win but she is a fool to believe that things will be smoother & easier Just like Waqar said ‘1 mahine ki mohabbat’ forced Mahnoor to take such a huge step, so she definitely is in for a ride & will see her worst nightmares materializing & things slipping away from her hands no matter how hard she will try to hold onto them. I am sure the way Mahnoor has insulted the love Haadi had for her, Waqar will insult the love Mahnoor has for him too. The way Mahnoor has hurt Haadi’s feelings, Waqar will hurt her feelings too. Also, I am sure the way Mahnoor two-timed on Haadi, Waqar will two-time on her too with Gaitiara & I can’t wait to see how she will be left alone & miserable.
Overall, this was a decent episode but a bit on the slower side. I like Haadi for the honesty he endorses & displays no matter how dire the situation is. I feel bad for Aneesa because she knows that things have messed up big time & she can not undo any of that. I am glad that they have used the first 10 episodes to reach the game changer & now we’re stepping into the second phase of the story where the roles will be reversed. Let’s see what do they have in store for us. Please share your say about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, this episode of Zara Yaad Kar was quite average & slow as nothing much happened & a divided coverage was given to all the characters to show what was happening in their lives after the havoc the Mahnoor wrecked in their lives.
Haadi is still in a denial about what Mahnoor said, may be that’s why he still has the courage to forgive & forget everything that Mahnoor has done in the past few days. Aneesa knows that from now onward, there will hardly be any such days where she will see happiness & harmony in her life that is why the way she spoke to her son about informing Haadi of her death when the time arises went to show that she has given up & there’s no glimmer of hope left in her to keep her positive about the future. She knows that Mahnoor & Haadi are not meant to be because Mahnoor doesn’t want it, that is why, every time she spoke to Haadi, she kept on ignoring his questions about Mahnoor as she knows that there’s no use of that & her daughter has called it quits.
Uzma was disturbed because she felt that Haadi didn’t trust her enough to tell her the truth & that is why he brought her the sweets to make her believe that everything went back to normal. After Haadi spoke to Aneesa & was forced to do some thinking once again, he realized that he needed Uzma’s help & advice to finally make the decision. Uzma got furious at what Mahnoor said, that is why it didn’t take her a minute to suggest that Haadi should leave her as she herself has left him & it is Haadi who needs to bring himself to face this reality. However, I do not understand why didn’t Uzma once again tell Haadi to forgive Mahnoor like she suggested before & why did she take such an offence at Mahnoor’s demand of divorce?
Waqar & Gaitiara got a lot more coverage this time around & may be that is the reason why this episode didn’t actually work for me. Gaitiara is there to prove that she is different from her father & she will end up becoming an ideal leader to those people who her father has been fooling for so many years. I thought that the whole ‘pyaar’ bit was confirmed & Waqar knew about the feelings that Gaitiara had for him as she wrote a similar note in the previous episode too but once again it was brought into highlight but that entire conversation wasn’t interesting & convincing. However, it did tell us something more about Waqar.
Waqar is happily fooling around with Mahnoor as he know that this is what she wants but deep down he has his sights on Gaitiara & he is waiting for a hint from her in order to make up his mind as to take Mahnoor or leave her. The call that Waqar made to Gaitiara in order to confirm about her feelings went to show that Waqar believes in getting a confession from a girl first & when he didn’t get the desired answer from Gaitiara, he threw a few compliments her way in order to make her think about what was already running through his mind. Waqar is not only an opportunist but he is a very conniving person who loves to play his cards cautiously. Waqar knows that if he will be the first one to confess, he might lose a chance because may be Gaitiara’s father will never approve of him or may be Gaitiara might say that she doesn’t feel like that for him, that is why he wants Gaitiara to be the first one to fall in love, because of which she will not only be able to take a stand for Waqar but will be able to convince her father too. Waqar did the same thing with Mahnoor, where he never really made any promises or never really shared his true feelings with her first, but ended up giving her enough compliments to melt her heart & this is exactly what he did this time around with Gaitiara too. The moment he understood that what Gaitiara said was generic, he gave her a food for thought that he knew will work in his favour. Waqar is quite a calculative person, that is why he told Mahnoor to wait for a couple of days before finalizing her divorce with Haadi & then he spoke to Gaitiara to know what she feels. I am sure Waqar will try his best to get Gaitiara’s answer in next few days & when that will happen, he will happily ditch Mahnoor & will tell her to mend ways with Haadi & not get divorced using him as a reason. I must say, Waqar’s character has been written intelligently & the director has elaborated Waqar’s thought process on screen brilliantly too.
Overall, this episode was quite average & didn’t give us anything unusual or new. The preview however did seem promising so let’s see what more do they have in store for us. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
Ohkay so, it was one cracking episode & I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. This is for the first time that I felt the KRQ charm in comparison to all the previous episodes of Zara Yaad Kar that I have seen so far & I say this because my favorite character from the lot got enough coverage to say what we all wanted to hear. Even though not much happened in this episode, but the major thing that happened was given a well-deserved screen-time because we needed to see all the reactions associated to the game changing decision of Mahnoor & I must say, the way the writer wrote & the director directed the reactions of each & every character was ‘spot-on’.
Mahnoor definitely is someone who has no insight whatsoever. She is someone who lacks basic judgement one has when it comes to judging the people you’re surrounded with. All the things she said to Waqar which implied Haadi as a ‘kamina’ went to show that she never really understood who her husband, Haadi was & how he was like because if she had a tad bit of a sensibility, maturity & wisdom, she would’ve known that Haadi was one of those guys who’d do anything or might as well go to any extreme but would never ever hit or harm a girl in their entire life, & it surely was a mindless assumption on her part. I am amazed that Mahnoor is ready to go to such lengths based on something that she has no solid reason for. She has never ever heard it from Waqar that he intends to get married to her & there she is, sacrificing everything thinking that she has bagged herself her Mr. Perfect!
Uzma didn’t show the signs of distress at the things she heard from Mahnoor about herself & Haadi, that is why she was able to give Haadi the courage he needed by telling him that he could & he should forgive Mahnoor. This is probably the first time that I liked what I heard from Uzma in regards to Mahnoor & Haadi’s relationship. Very effortlessly she made him understand that a man can be insincere too & can still expect his wife to forgive him, so now if he is at the dead end, he can pave a way out of this by resorting to forgiveness. Haadi was definitely disturbed but he got his head together & mustered up enough courage to forgive his wife if he’d find her apologetic but what he heard shook his ground!
I loved everything that Aneesa said to Mahnoor in this entire episode. She was quiet but she was planning it all along as she could foresee what her daughter was going to put her up with. Aneesa knew that Mahnoor was getting out of control, that is why like a helpless mother, she did what she deemed fit in a hope that at least something that she’ll say will make her daughter realize how she is blatantly playing with fire. When Aneesa saw that her indirect taunts weren’t enough for Mahnoor, she forced herself to confine Mahnoor in her room, thinking that at least it will show her daughter that her mother would never approve of what she was hoping for.
Haadi actually thought that Mahnoor will apologize to him but what she said was something that he, never in a million years would have imagined. The reaction of Aneesa, followed by the blank expression of Haadi was spot on. Haadi couldn’t believe what he just heard his wife say & left in a disbelief yet hopeful enough that this might be a nightmare that might get over soon. The way Haadi went to the confectionery shop to get what Uzma asked for went to show that what just happened to him started to sink in & Haadi was ready to deal with it his way!
“Mohabbat ki aik se ziyada daleel nahi hoti, aur bewafai ke sau se kam bahanay nahi hote”, just beautiful! Coming to the show down between Aneesa & Mahnoor, I was most certainly blown away & all those slaps that Aneesa placed on Mahnoor’s cheeks made me ask for more because this is exactly what a mother should do when her daughter loses the plot & this is exactly what a daughter should receive when she decides to bring a bad name to her family. “Haq lena apna, aur batana appne Waqar ko ke tumhare liye kiss tarhaan bewaqaar ho ke ai hoon”, without even hearing a word from Mahnoor about why she took that decision & what made her ask for a divorce, Aneesa just exactly knew what was running through her daughter’s mind & isn’t it just amazing because recently we’ve only seen those mothers who are well-aware of the feelings of even the kid that might be playing in the neighborhood park, but she is completely oblivious to what her daughter is feeling & is going through. That is why, I found it brilliant that Aneesa didn’t need to hear anything from Mahnoor & knew exactly who she was doing all this for. I am really glad that the writer here showed what exactly mothers are capable of as they are never unaware of their children’s feelings, emotions & sufferings & that is why, even though the situation Aneesa is faced with is gnarly, she has made it possible for us to understand her & feel for her character. The way Aneesa pushed her daughter Mahnoor out of her life & broke down went to show that she was holding onto the last bit of courage she had in her in order to take such a big decision & when she was done with it, she cried at her misery hysterically. What a beautifully written character I must say!
Well, we got to know that Gaitiara not only confessed her feelings to Waqar & has now even started relying on him because all those questions that she asked Waqar about Umerkot, went to show that she wanted to hear everything from him, even if it might show her the bad side of her father, she was ready to do that, why, because she takes Waqar to be an honest & straight forward person & in such a short span of time, Gaitiara has started to believe that if there’s one person she can depend on, it is Waqar. Well, the smiles that Waqar threw back at Gaitiara went to show that he was ecstatic at her confession & wouldn’t mind forming a bond with her. Well, it was good to know that Gaitiara & Waqar’s conversations will now have a little more meaning as the writer tried to convey a message about the politician’s selfishness & the sufferings of the nation due to these leaders. Let’s see how Gaitiara will change & challenge the system set by her father with the help of Waqar.
The preview of the next episode actually got me looking forward to it. After seeing Aneesa’s reaction in this episode, I thought that Haadi had finished everything off but looks like he hasn’t divorced Mahnoor yet & will be speaking to Uzma about it. I am actually looking forward to see how Waqar will ditch Mahnoor when she will cross the boundary & step into his zone. The dialogues of this episode were spot on & were written & delivered perfectly. All the actors, especially Saba Faisal, Sana Javed & Zahid Ahmed did a wonderful job but Saba Faisal takes the crown, hands down. She is the saving grace of Zara Yaad Kar for me & I love her acting, her expressions, her tone & her dialogue delivery. Aneesa is going to be a very memorable character for me I am sure of that. Please share your thoughts about this episode of Zara Yaad Kar.
