TERE BIN- Yumna Zaidi - Wahaj Ali # DT 52 - Page 44

Originally posted by: WanderingWonder

Ok… kindly explain the significance of the chaddor Ma Begam and Meerab are now wearing to go to the village. Murtasim said our women wear chaddor when they go. As in, what makes it different than just wearing the dupatta aside from its more covered look? Is this a thing that generally occurs in the feudal system village? Or does this apply in general life as a part of formal society? I’ve only grown up seeing women wearing it as a shawl for keeping warm. ( But noticed it in shows and movies to represent royalty.) During my wedding,a shawl was placed on me, during one of the rituals, on top of my dupatta. ( A hindu wedding.) just curious!

It symbolises many things - Like Power, Authority, Respect and Position along with modesty!

If you see even today many of Rajwada family women have there heads covered when in public , there parties they are liberal but when they come infront of there people they have heads covered - u can say modern day crown !

Originally posted by: Winterberry

And what is her’s ?

Her ego?

Originally posted by: hypnotoad

One complain lots of people had was that Merub was "fake flirting" with Murtasim to distract him and how this was emotional manipulation yadda yadda. I saw the scene again and do not think this was fake flirting for distraction purposes (only). Before I begin, let me get this out of the way that I think the ishq/mohabbat conversation was genuine and what I refer to as the fake flirting scene was at the bottom of the stairs and the kitchen.

This is how the scene unfolds:

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Murtasim: [in a worried tine] Kya hua Mariam ko (tries to go upstairs)

Merub: [in a nervous tone] woh papers ho rahe hain uske toh...woh main coffee ka poochne gayee thi

Murtasim: [in a worried tone] jaag rahee woh (looks up the stairs again)

Merub: [in an earnest tone] papers ho rahein hain na uske

Merub: [in a sweet/earnest tone which is not flirty or teasing]: aisa karte hain hum log coffee banane chalte hain

She pulls him by the wrist and he goes after her. They walk a few steps towards the kitchen and away from the staircase. She turns around and sees him look at her holding his hand and he gives her this really seductive, sexy up and down look. After Merub sees Murtasim's reaction, her tone changes.

Merub: [in a very obviously flirting and seducing tone] coffee banane chalein..mein aur tum

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End scene

First, Murtasim was already willingly going with Merub so she was able to successfully distract him even before the flirting. So, there was no reason for her to pretend to do something she did not want to do. Second, it is only AFTER she sees Murtasim look at her like that she gets all flirty herself. She clearly enjoys his romantic attention, saw how turned on he was, and her flirting was meant to get him (even more) riled up. Every other time where Merub has flirted with Murtasim (e.g. fish and kheer episodes), we see her flirting MO is to turn up the charm from zero to a thousand and get Murtasim really worked up. The point is that Merub looked like she was into the flirting and it was not a pretense meant to distract only as she had already achieved that goal even before.

Even in the kitchen, the coffee flirting scene had interesting contrasts to the joshanda flirting scene. In the joshanda scene in the kitchen, it was Murtasim who was doing all the flirting and Merub was the one who was getting flustered. In the coffee scene in the kitchen, it was Merub who did the flirting and Murtasim was the one getting worked up. I don't trust the writers and director enough to say that this was meant to illustrate some sort of relationship progression, but the whole flirting sequence definitely read like a let's turn the tables [what if M/M switch roles] type ka cute scene and not fake flirting meant to only distract.

I agree to this!! It was not fake flirting.

They both enjoy each other's attention now.. that is a progression in their relationship..

First it was only Murtasim but now it's both of them

Originally posted by: Moonks

mai yahan hoon😆

Kusum 🤗🤗

Originally posted by: pressu

It can be possible that he will meet Meerub when she leaves haveli. From there he may help her.

That's a possibility also.. he can be the landlord of the house that meerub stays in or her boss from her workplace..

Originally posted by: arshi1983

Unpopular Opinion:I really loved episodes 29 and 30 barring a few scenes(the phone call conversations between Haya n MB / Rohail n Meerab).

In fact,my only major gripe was Meerab's ambiguous replies to Rohail. The Meerab I know would never ever do that especially after that showdown. The writer sahiba clearly did Meerab dirty here just to set up a stage for the love confession between Me and Mu. Be it the dialogues in this scene , the execution, R's caricaturish acting..nothing worked.I wish she had carried this plot forward in a more logical, organic way.

Though I dislike her for creating these odd plots and giving me half-arsed characters like Haya and Rohail but, credit where credit's due, she has created 2 most beautifully flawed layered protagonists.

Another unpopular opinion : I love Meerab !

The fact that she does things to upset people around her with her conflicting objectives and flawed reasoning makes her so real, isnt't it? She exhibits enough agency to earn my attention.And I also like that we are not witnessing her monologues, see she is a trainwreck and everytime she does something she creates a conflict and the anticipation and delivery of that consequence is deeply satisfying for me as a viewer!

I couldn't really grasp Me and Mu in the first 2 episodes (up until her birthday party in Hyd), W and Y were a little too loud and dramatic for my liking. It was the 'Tea' scene in his room (in episode 3) that hooked my attention and there was no looking back after that :) The powerplay in this scene exuded chemistry that could set off fireworks! They both were playing a little ego game and were talking in riddles here and this is pretty much been the template in their relationship. They bicker a lot and they fight too but they reconnect really quick. I think they understand each other's triggers.

For instance- Be it the scene where she snaps at him and tells him to fudge off and cut to the next scene she is at his room asking him to take her to Karachi and many such scenes where they quibble and then behave like nothing happened.

And maybe that's y it never felt odd to me that they were being so normal the next day after the infamous terrace scene. Meerab's class fellow dialogue actually triggered him which made him drag her to the terrace.Him asking her to jump was nothing to do with trust but to make her realise and experience the same level of anxiety and fear he underwent in those 30 mts.And Meerab does understand why he's acting all cold n angry and she also knows that he is not questioning her loyalty here but she is pissed off with his indifference. He used the 'jump' as just a metaphor but our sassy queen wanted to play him at his own game and teach him a lesson. Hisab barabar!

IMO, they've both come a long way but the big elephant in the room is Meerab's fear of abandonment and Mu's fear of rejection(insecure in love), and they will consummate their relationship the day they decide to kick their egos out and address this issue.

Both Wahaj and Yumna slayed their performances in these 2 episodes. I had to rewatch the dinner and terrace scene/ISHQ scene so many times to catch all their nuances, such a superlative performance by both of them. There's so much more that I want to say but I am still basking in Thala's CSK win and ARR's new song(Veera raja Veera from PS2) has already put me in a trance,so still reveling in it!

Gundamwing,Inaayat,Winterberry n a few more--am a fan of your analyses, pls keep them coming!

LOVED READING THIS!

sums up what I feel about Meerab and still look forward to her and their journey!

she maybe reticent to some, but it's her major character trait, without which Meerab would not be Meerab!

And I totally resonate with your thoughts on the terrace scene! You put it so well!

@bold THIS! THIS!

I hate how Wahaj and Yumna's brilliant performance and little nuances they add to make their scenes so weighty and carry an immense repeat watch value, is brushed under the carpet to highlight the writing flaws. Its almost a disservice because portraying those intense emotions on a limited medium is tough and they are acing it!

Originally posted by: Winterberry

He is a V 😭😭

Originally posted by: midniteangel

And Haya is the heroine 😆

Tauba

Originally posted by: Alizba63

If he thinks that she did this purposefully then he doesn't deserve her. He should know better by now. That would be dumb but I'm afraid that's how he will proceed.

Could it be that meerab takes off much later with the baby and it's for few months? And he is looking for them? That would be better.

I think the head writer at 7th sky is hugely responsible for the details and dialogues of the plot. It's a mess. You can tell a lot of ptv directors and writers grew up in the 80s and 90s and literally spew the Bollywood they saw. They cannot imagine Netflix level of quality. Or rather they can but choose not to. Just fix the script and editing. There are super talented directors and actors. The other technical things can be learned. Ptv is known for amazing shows but I feel production houses like 7th sky are literally cancerous with their approach.

The audience has evolved with how the critic they work. That's good but there's a huge population that refuses to come out of the ITV "thapar rotation for 7 episodes" phase.

This guy never even assumed she purposefully cooked fish for him so him assuming she wanted to spoil Mariyam life is like blasphemy !

He will be upset she kept him in dark, didn’t trust him enuf to tell something so huge as this, he will go nuke for sure .

Unlike all I don’t have much issues with writing my issue is with execution and screenplay! The writing maynotb not excellent but it’s fine for a OTT drama. But they lost plot in continuity and establishing connection!

Originally posted by: midniteangel

That long... I'm happy and sad 😅

Happy to see wahaj and yumna.. sad that i will not have a life until this finishes 😭😂