Originally posted by: columbia
While I am in complete agreement that Basit’s reaction is valid, yes it is, and that Ayesha has been stupid not to tell him, yes she has, but I will forever have a problem with Basit’s response.
The ease with which men are shown to throw women out of homes, is a pet peeve of mine in desi soaps. Every time, this is done, we seem to be “showing the woman her place”. If the situation was flipped, she would be shown to leaving the home. So in the end, this home was never her’s then. This is a huge slash to a woman’s sense of security. Women are told to make the man’s house a home, only to be then pushed off, when there is a MU.
For me, we all seem to understand Basit’s reaction because he was right in that, on one hand, Ayesha was being secretive and on the other, he never showed any patience towards women given his background with his mother. Ayesha on the other hand, had no trust in Basit, because she was never given that status in his life, that she was constantly seeking. Ayesha was not allowed to work, she was made to stay home and now she is thrown out of that home, in a way to show she has no rights over that home.
To me where the writing has completely failed -
1. had they shown the couple actually coming closer post the death and the graveyard visit, we would have gotten a better understanding of the status quo of their feelings toward each other.
2. Had they written this conflict better, Ayesha’s refusal to tell Basit would not make her look like a fool, which she has never been throughout the show.
It’s unfortunate that while the shows supporting characters and the male character has some clarity, the writer has messed up the female character.
what’s worse, there are lots of direction flaws - chopped shots during breakfast, repeated dialogues that go no where, illogical interactions frankly just kill the enjoyment of a good show.
So sorry, still in the process of reading everyone’s inputs. But wanted to put down my thoughts