SPM~ My Musing 20.5.19 On the face of it!
The episode predominantly plays around with the word face . Zaroon comes across an encounter with an opponent, that is calledface off! in the game of ice hockey that he plays. The face off is really against Kainat who poses a potential hurdle between him and his Sufiyana love Saltanat.
Saltanat in the opening scene with Neelam seems to face the music , after her tough oath given to Zainab. She realizes that the scheme she set up with Zainab, was easier in theory, to vow on the holy book, but harder to give up her life, herlove Zaroon ,in order to save Kainat’s life. It seems a terribly hard ordeal for her to take on the face of it.
The whole plan to put Zaroon through the test of spot the difference between the faces of the two cousins Saltanat and Kainat is initself a lame idea to me. But than again it was something that Zaroon asked for, when he rejected Kainat on the basis ofher plain Jane appearance. Saltanat he fell for instantly as soon as he set eyes upon her.The girls may look identical differentiated by the spectacles ! But as Zaroon clarifies that a face alone does not make a person. The character , personality,mindset of a person is what differentiates the two sisters.
On the face of it Zaroon I think didn’t give Kainat the chance to learn aboutthe kind of person she was. With Saltanat he struck a positive chord with rightaway ! and it’s her ways, manners and thoughts that made him fall in love with Saltanat Mind you, in physical attractions ,first portal is one’s face. Then comes having respect, friendship and love in loving someone. It’s hard to fathom why looks alone feature so much? as looks change over time, what remains is the bond two people nurture between themselves.
One strong scene in the episode is where Kainat decides to do away with the barefaced lie that is being shown to Zaroon. That both sistersdo look alike , therefore in nature too they are same as each other. Whenthey are clearly not. Both sisters are a different person in their own right. Zaroon’s intelligence I have to say, is grossly underestimated in this whole Zainab , Saltanat , orchestrated scheme. Would it be easy for Zaroon to drop Saltanat and pick up loving Kainat because both sisters share similar looks ?
No wonder he finds thespot the difference between the two , amusing and dead easy. He knew the pretty one is his Saltanat and the one without the makeup spectacled girl is Kainat! Yes Kainat puts on her specs and far fromloses her face! She is what she is.. not stunning, bubbly and attractive like her sister Saltanat, but then she’d rather be herself! than Saltanat!
She shows her truecolours, her own face to Zaroon.. for she’d rather have him on her own terms,rather than as something bestowed upon her through Saltanat‘s charity, almost sacrificial efforts!
Saltanat and Zainab though.certainly lose face, and suffer humiliation before Kainat ‘s exposure of herreal not dolled up face! Both Zainab and Saltanat went through tearful moments to put their game plan into action. Evenput effort ,in taking the services of salon but all went down the drain. I think Kainat did the right thing, although it takes away slightly ,the value of the sacrifice that Saltanat is willing to give, only to wipe the tears of a widow!
As for getting engaged to Humza, not just Kainat, but Saltanat and Neelam too are hoping it does not happen. Kainat with firm faith still hangs on to the out come of god’s decision, as to who will be her life partner, Zaroon or Humza?
Humza too has a faceoff with his father,about having second thoughts about the engagement. He confesses before his father that he refuses this engagement for the sake of Kainat ending her life! Humza’s father and Dadi refuse to accept his reluctance. As the last thing they want is to lose face before all!
Rubina too faces the music .. and what with her rude motor mouth threatening to leave Nadeem if he tries to stop the engagement from happening!
Now will the last minute divine intervention stop this engagement from happening? Will Humza say no to making Kainat his wife ? Well on the face of things, the bride and groom are ready! the stage is set, the rings have arrived! Will people suffer humiliation and lose face or will Humza save his father and his family’s face ?
The scheme where Zaroon parades between the two cousins. Seems almost that he is identifying which of the two? is the felon who stole his heart. Mind you, on the face of it there are two unrequited lovers, namely Humza and Kainat , the other two Zaroon and Saltanat both suffer the both sided bitter sweet Sufiyana love. Zainab today seemed to be lurking in the shadows, saving her face.
I shudder to think what will happen when Kainat finds out that her mother played a key role in passing her off as Saltanat to dupe Zaroon into marrying he? In a way by being her real self, Kainat saves both Saltanat and her mother Zainab from losing face before others. For sinking so low as to using guile to hoodwink Zaroon that, if he can love Saltanat‘s face, then he can love Kainat’s face too when she puts on Saltanat’s face! But the question all need to face up to is, Is the person behind each face too the same? to Zaroon’s liking ? 21.5.19 hamlet53
thanks Mishfan, Alujna21, Irshita for supporting my musings, love hammie
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