Originally posted by: Gundamwing
Another poster give them credit they pointed out how Murtasim is like the father of the story, and Meerab is the mother. That is a nice descriptions of their characters, yes when they are with each other in their tu tu mein mein mode they act like kids, but for outsiders they are the leaders caretakers of others. Yes the approaches are different, but their goal is the same, he is the stick the enforcer to her outrage, symbolically when he grabs the danda that is my job darling. We are not opposites attract, we are one and the same.
Whatever jealousy Meerab might have for Haya aside, she really is like the elder sister reprimanding her, in all of their arguments she makes it clear to Haya that she needs to value her self first, where is your self respect, girl get a grip don't waste your life. Large part of her irritation with Murtasim is also because she thinks he leads her on purpose, as a woman she finds it offensive, and she is absolutely right on this front.
We never got many scenes with Maryam, but Meerab promised she will always be on her side. We focus too much on Meerab feistiness because all her scenes are with Murtasim, but forget the fact that when she is around others she is the wise one, their defender and protector. Yumna has that quality in her acting she can come off cute and naive, but when she stands tall she is taller than even Murtasim. A true power couple.
Haya in that one scene when she is at his feet, am I not prettier than her, am I not more obedient than her, and she doesn't even love you then how can you marry her. Murtasim is like my girl is the prettiest outside and inside, I don't want an obedient wife I want character, and I promise all the gods she will love me only, now get lost.
If you genuinely hated someone you wouldn't want to touch them, their mere presence would disgust you. But Murtasim was always too quick to grab her wrist dragging her here and and there. Meerub with her poking and shoving. It might not have been love, but it was definitely that only I can treat you like this kind of behaviour. How the post slap incident was dealt with, Meerab should have hated his guts thrown her chappals at him, but instead it had this whole I am so disappointed in you vibe how could you do that to me. If it was any other man I can't imagine her sitting down to have a chat with that person she would be barking gaalis. I hate that slap sounds like I am trying to justify it, but in the context of the story the director was trying to pull off this only Murtasim can slap Meerab and get away with it. I repeat WRONG WRONG WRONG but it is what it is.
I am curious to see how the Rohail track will play out. Is it more of a male chauvinistic vibe or more you were always mine how dare you like anyone else. Meerab too when she questioned Murtasim about Haya was furious so what went on before you married me, she was not willingly to tolerate that he could have had any feelings for Haya before he married her. She keeps bringing that up if Haya was there why marry me, it grates on Meerab nerves that Murtasim and Haya could have ever been close. Meerab has shown her level of possessiveness of Murtasim with her attitude of he better never had any chakkar with anyone else. Now Murtasim being the guy is going to ratchet up that level of possessiveness over Meerab to a 100. Feeling or no feelings, love or no love, hate or no hate. neither will tolerate a third person between them.
I love your thoughts on them. It all fits so perfectly in your words. They appear almost perfect when we discuss their patterns and traits. The writer has knowingly/unknowingly left a lot to analyse and interpret, even if people say it's all superficial.
It was never that simple a case with these two from their very first meeting we were shown. He rightfully grabs the danda and takes her away, even then in the presence of a father figure. It's striking how correct Murtasim was when he said to Anwer, 'she's my wife first, and then your daughter'. Logically, you'd be like, what is this man high on? But when you look at the bigger picture, Meerab's most interactions seemed to have happened with Murtasim whenever she visited the haveli. Remember Haya's dialogue saying that whenever she visits, Murtasim gets upset. They were always more to each other, even when they disliked it. A third person hardly held a chance. What do you think, would Murtasim have accepted if they got Meerab married to someone else, like he advised? Would he still be able to grab her hands, drag her away, fight with her, had they set her up with someone else?
Meerab never misses to point out in Haya's case that she is degrading herself in her quest to attain Murtasim and this is where Murtasim's judgment seems to be failing. Obviously, he is a man, afterall. But Meerab, the woman, is able to sense the love/obsession Haya has with her husband and it isn't some ordinary infatuation. She specifically says, 'Mujhe zara nahi pasand uski nazar tumhare liye'. A good point, honestly. As his wife, her antennas are up. She can sense trouble from Haya's end if Murtasim keeps leading her on, even under the context of sympathy.
About the slap, I have the same thoughts over it. It's wrong and in a realistic sense, I completely disapprove it, no, it shouldn't have happened at all. But what cannot be ignored is that the slap changed Murtasim's approach towards Meerab. It softened him, more than anything else. It is like, after that, he made up a memo in his mind on how to deal with her and the lines he should never cross.
I am curious about his reaction over the Rohail issue too. It's almost unpredictable, on how will he react at the thought of another man in her life. Will he go a rampage and participate in putting her character down or will he be that ideal partner, who believes in settling matters within closed doors? The possessiveness is obviously going to amplified, it's hardly anything subtle with these two.
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