Cappa first let me send you a hug for this wonderfully detailed review! 🤗Absolutely loved reading it especially as you explored the nuances❤️
Basit the master at self sabotaging was at his best here but thankfully he is now also making gestures that are reaching Ayesha, being noticed by her. She was thinking Basit doesn't think her attractive and today he was hugging her like he would have wanted to bring her even more close. But of course it took Bano to make her realise that Basit had complimented her, that he had found her to be pretty.
Soha truly was circling around him and Ayesha like a hungry shark. Her poking at Ayesha was also exactly how we had thought it would be. She never directly taunts Ayesha but she comes to Basit just in time to stop him from running after Ayesha. Also the way she says later at his house, It must have been difficult for her to adjust to this lifestyle. Exactly the kind of statement ...overtly well meaning but actually undermining Ayesha.
I think at the wedding Basit had this idea that he needs to be next to Fahad. Possibly it was a way for Basit to return Fahad the favour he did to Basit by being with him right through his wedding. It is kind of sad to see Basit say and think that Fahad has no one with him and he needs to be there (like he told Soha over the phone) when actually it is Basit who really has no one in his life apart from Ayesha, Fahad and Mansur Uncle. But anyway, I think it was because Basit felt he should be beside Fahad that he doesn't follow after Ayesha. Also Basit’s natural aversion to making a scene stopped him perhaps. Btw I loved that bit when Ayesha is beginning to raise her voice at Basit and he says Behave. And she hits right back with You too! I loved that!
Soha's presence at Basit’s place is because she has sensed something is wrong between Ayesha and Basit and wants to insert herself in his life. Maybe Mansur uncle had shared his worries about Basit possibly divorcing Ayesha with Soha's dad. But initially Basit wasn't sharing anything with Soha but as she kept poking, he finally just started speaking. And he didn't even speak like he wanted to tell Soha everything but he said what was clearly playing on his mind right then which was what all Qudsia had said. He took out the anger that was broiling within him at Qudsia through what he told Soha. I liked one thing he said when Soha spoke about the lifestyle difference...about how this luxury didn't matter to Ayesha. Shows that he has finally learnt a bit about his wife. And I agree 100 percent it was awful of Basit to discuss Ayesha’s mum with Soha. Absolutely not done!
Also can I just say this....Basit is played with such nuance, his behaviour, the shades and the changes are so natural ... your heart just goes out to him. And Ayesha is like the perfect balance to that. She hardens as he softens, she wavers as he grows rigid and vice versa. It is like a dance going on between them when you are watching these two.
Also so true about the way Zoya is shaping up. She needs a wake up call. Promo promises us something of the sort I think.
Bano and Fahad won't happen for sure now. And yes, so disappointing that is for sure!
Will write about the last scene later in the week. Still stuck at the wedding...have rewatched it almost on loop. 😆
Edited by twerping - 3 years ago
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