Summary 3rd to 14th February 2014
*Razia is angry with Gaffur because of his behaviour towards Zoya but he says he will do as he pleases. She threatens him again but he says that if he goes down then he's taking her with him.
*Asad & Haider plan a bachelor party for Asad while Zoya & Humeira overhear their plans. Zoya & Humeira follow Asad & Haider to the venue of the bachelor party. It is later revealed that there were no girls at the party and the girls apologize to Asad & Haider for doubting them.
*Tanveer enters Siddiqui Mansion and says that she is Gaffur's wife.
* Razia & Tanveer confrontation and Razia gifts Tanveer a jar with black ink telling her that the ink will be smeared on her face and she will be thrown out of the house.
*Nikhat is sent to a mental hospital. Farhan, Sameera & Haseena rejoice after their success of their plan of usurping the property in Nikhat's name.
*Tanveer and Humeira get into a tiff and Haider overhears. Humeira tells Haider to take her somewhere far. He smirks at the success of his plan.
*Asad reveals to Zoya that they will be getting married at the Taj Mahal. Asad & Zoya haldi function takes place.
*Gaffur & Haider argue after Gaffur sees him getting close to Humeira. He threatens to kill Haider and he says that if he dies then his daughter will die too because she is madly in love with him. Gaffur locks Humeira in a room instead. Zoya asks Gaffur to give Haider a chance and says that even though Humeira doesn't like her, she still considers Humeira her sister.
*Gaffur sends Zoya the saugat and everyone praises the sender. Gaffur is happy seeing Zoya smile. Gaffur blesses Zoya for her wedding while Humeira runs away with Haider.
*Family members tell Tanveer she is strictly not allowed to attend Asad & Zoya's wedding. Tanveer tries to find out the venue of the wedding but fails to do so.
*Tanveer finds out about the wedding venue and sends a gift. Gaffur arrives at the wedding venue and is happy to see Zoya as a bride.
*Asad & Zoya get married.

Technical: Given that the story was fastpaced and a lot of effort was put into making amazing promos, I found the technical department lacking this fortnight. Direction was crisp at times and shabby at others. But I will let it pass since it was a very busy fortnight for the entire team.
But I want them to pull up their socks for the next parts as they are crucial to the story.
Dressing and makeup department did very well for the most part. The outfits for the promos and functions were awesome. Wedding outfits could have been better and Surbhi's wedding makeup was awful. Someone needs to be taken to task for this.
Story:The story was fast paced leading up to the most awaited Nikah. First Tannu arrived with Band, Baja and Doli and rocked SM. With HuHa's elopment, the scene is being setup for a major Gaffoor/Haider showdown and also return of the prodigal. AsYa are finally married and what a marriage it was.
Nikhat was sent to the mental asylum and even though there were loopholes in Farhan's story and explanation, the reveal was done well. It was shocking which is what it had to be.
There were a couple filler episode in this fortnight, but I will let them pass since there was an outdoor shoot involved requiring a lot of co-ordination amongst the team. Overall, story was great. Next up: Zoe learns about Abbu and the first showdown between Mr and Mrs Asad Ahmed Khan. (I like the sound of that so much😳)
Special mention to the writers for the Razia-Billi verbal duel and the AsYa Shayaris. They were the highlights.
Acting: Raqesh and Surbhi as the much in love couple awaiting their marriage were phenomenal this fortnight. Their romantic moments and the moments leading up to the "Qubool Hai" were so well done.
Alkaji and Tejji were again phenomenal even though Alkaji only got to work with Amrapali this time. Tejji as the greiving father displayed his inner turmoil faultlessly.
Ketki was again hit or miss with her expressions. Mohit was awesome in his scenes. He is totally rocking it with the way he is playing both father and son.
Archana as the mentally deranged young wife in shock after apparently stabbing her husband was very convincing. I enjoyed the QM family for once.
Rest of the cast was good. Nothing too special
Overall: The episodes in the last couple weeks have mostly been hit. We saw some excellent scenes with great execution and some very dry, very okayish scenes too. With the marriage done, the scene is being setup for Zoe to find out who her father is and her first potential fight with her husband that can get ugly. Also awaiting Nikhat's track.
Numerical Rating: 9.5/10 (almost 10, but I can't just give it away like that😉)

Gaffur Ahmed Siddiqui
I bet you're wondering...wait Gaffur Siddiqui as best character, when did he become good? Well that's not why he's the Best Character this week. Gaffur is this week's best character because of his love for the daughter that does not yet know him. For marrying Tanveer, a woman who wanted marriage to a man much older than her, in order to reveal the truth of his daughter's identity. For bearing that shame to know who his long lost daughter was. For constantly testing the waters with Razia who is blackmailing him to stay away from Zoya. For sending the saugaat tali that a father gifts his daughter on her wedding because Zoya doesn't have anyone from her side to do that for her. And lastly for fulfilling Zoya's wish for Humaira to get mehendi done for her wedding. For realizing his mistakes and wrongs and trying to make up for lost time, Gaffur Ahmed Siddiqui is our Character of the Week!

Farhan, The Villain, Nikhat carted away.
It was a shocking scene that many didn't see coming. Tell me you weren't thrown for a loop when you saw Nikhat stab Farhan and then he emerges at the end totally fine? Drama at the Querishi house heightened to great lengths when Nikhat is drawn to her final shred of sanity thinking she murdered her husband and his carted off by doctors and nurses, only to realize at the very last minute that she'd been duped. Set up by Farhan and his mother and that Sameera was also a part of the plan, showing up and waving off good-bye to Nikhat.
The scene was effective and unexpected because of Farhan's previous behaviour with Nikhat. But this week we learned that his wife Sameera was the mastermind behind the entire plan in order to secure property from Nikhat's family.

Gaffur blesses Zoya
A heartfelt scene this week was Gaffur blessing Zoya for her marriage and telling her that she would look beautiful in her wedding dress. Heartfelt because his words touched something in Zoya that made her tearful, a yearning to have heard that from her father, unknowing that she did. And from Gaffur who yearns to tell Zoya who he is but is unable to because of circumstances.
Earlier too seeing him fulfilling Zoya's wish to have a reluctant Humaira get mehendi done and by sending her the gifts that a father gets his daughter for her wedding. Him doing whatever he can to be a father to Zoya despite being unable to tell her.
Qubool Hai: Zoya Farooqui becomes Mrs. Asad Ahmed Khan
Amidst failed nikah attempts, almost being killed countless times by a psycho best-friend and more separations than any couple should have to go through, Asad and Zoya finally say Qubool Hai in front of one of the most beautiful places in the world. The culmination of their love for each other has finally seen its peak as they marry in Agra with the Taj Mahal as their backdrop and become irrevocably tied to each other forever with the two words that we've been waiting to hear for over a year-Qubool Hai.

