Originally posted by: mango.falooda
the appeal of the original humsafar as well as this new mera humsafar is lost on me. I found the original boring and this one is way too weepy for my taste. also don't get how hala can be blind to what was going on in his house for years and somehow became this saviour overnight. also, that she had no choice but to marry him does not make it very romantic -- makes it more sadder that the girl has zero options but this fella.
but I am really glad that they avoided some of the tropes in this drama that annoys me and it was never that weepy. guess that is why I really enjoyed this drama and we all ended up chatting so much. :)
I guess both the dramas worked because of the lead's chemistry. even though humsafar had a toxic mother in-law it had a simplicity in it like most pak dramas of that time had. Also the female lead was strong. Even though she had little to no money she was well educated. She was capable of being independent which hala cannot be since she isn't a mentally strong person and not educated enough to be financially independent. It had toxic elements but it also had a female lead that made the audience root for her. May be that also worked in favor. Even the toxic mother in law isn't cartoonish evil. She came off as a classy villain.
Mere humsafar is a well acted drama. Almost all the actors fit into their roles and they all act well.
I guess humza was as absent minded as sameen when it came to hala before he went abroad. Sameen isn't that bad. She was a little self absorbed and in the last episode she admitted that and when she finally started thinking about hala she understood how unfair everyone including herself was to hala.
I guess shahjahan became more open with her antiques when she started fearing hamza will fall for hala. Hamza went abroad for college and he might have been a teenager before he left. We cannot expect a teenage boy who is a nerd to notice the politics happening inside the house. The problem here is farhan Saeed looks way too old for the role. Hamza's character at max will be 24-25 and farhan definitely don't look the part even though he acts well. Hala is like 18-19 or at max 20. Even if we take away all the mental torture and abuse she will still be a naive girl who don't have much idea about outer world.
Both hamza and hala weren't exactly in love when they got married just like ushroze. Shehroze did had some kind of attraction towards ushna but she had none. Even ushroze's marriage wasn't that romantic. Ushna was literally forced into marrying shehroze and hala had no other option. But both the guys started behaving like sweet husband's right after getting married😆. They both behaved as if they had a love marriage. 🤣
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