Originally posted by: Gundamwing
 
If it wasn't for the forums I wouldn't have thought about it that deeply. I think the over analysis helped us enjoy the show more, otherwise there would be too many plot holes. It was like our thoughts combined together and plugged the problems and we created a story that made sense beyond even what the writer intended. 
TBA version of Meerab and Murtasim is a superior couple compared to Nooran writing. And this would not have been possible of course if not for Wahaj and Yumna nuanced performances, they just gave us enough wiggle room in acting to form different interpretations of scenes. 
If you watch the old Humsafar there is only one version of the story that exists you can't dream up another version, but the success of TB is you can have multiple versions of this story in your head. I will say TB is accidental genius because these characters proved to be so dynamic, maybe on paper they sounded straightforward but on screen they will be one of the most enigmatic couples. 
Take a scene like this, it looks simple but it is not. Murtasim is saying goodbye to Meerab only even though it looks like he is taking to his mother, when MeMu are having a moment only they matter. Meerab changes her expressions slightly and that soft blink when she realizes Murtasim is leaving her and she can't be without him. Her soft smile after when he says come to the car betrays her happiness, Murtasim's all knowing nod he knows how to get her to fold. This is an exclusive MeMu scene, it is moments like this we can see how much she loves him but it will take her this long to finally confess because she is dheet.
Yes. THIS. I will not give Nooran even 0.1% credit - the credit goes entirely to how Yumna and Wahaj enacted their roles.
About the scene in the tweet:
In the script, Merub's motivation was one-note: Merub hates doing hisaab kitaab and she jumps on the excuse to escape more work MB wants to give her by going with MK to the gaon. Any other actor would have just acted it out as if there is only one character motivation - same as in the text.
But Yumna's expressions suggest that maybe Merub has another unspoken motivation for going to the gaon. When MK says his good bye, it dawns on her that she does not like the idea of being apart from him for so many days and jumps up to say that I will go to the gaon too. 
And that is what had us hooked in those episodes. The spoken vs unspoken. What MeMu say vs what they feel. Merub verbally tells him in an earlier scene in that episode she is glad he is going away but her expressions in this scene show us her (unspoken) feelings and they say otherwise. 
It is how viewers like us charted their relationship progress. That fine, Merub is dheet so she won't admit her growing bond with MK but her expressions suggest that aag udhar bhi lag rahi hai.
I believe none of this arc, layering, nuance and depth was in the script EVER. That is why later episodes made us feel baffled and annoyed why Merub is being so inconsistent since our interpretation of Merub was based as much on what we saw MeMu DO not just SAY in earlier episodes. But, great acting can only take you so far if the script is so lacking and hollow. At least, they had a great run until E23 which is more than I can say for many PTV dramas.
Edited by hypnotoad - 2 years ago
 
 
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