"Mein" (ARY Digital) - Ayeza Khan, Wahaj Ali #3 - Page 46

Originally posted by: tgota92

I don’t think that’s true. Right now the audience seems pretty polarized. There are the anti Mj people and the anti Ayra people - with one thing in common lol: being anti Zaid 😂

but given how the writing is showing Ayra slowly breaking and self destroying - I think the Zaid MJ endgame would make sense. But it all comes down to writing ultimately. Which has so far been very disappointing. Every episode seems to turn on its self, characters keep flipping, I’m sure lots of more twists to come.

More than Azeekahs performance or the lack of focus on the Zaid/MJ dynamic, I think the true disservice has been done to Zaids character. The writing has paid him zero attention. I have to keep reminding myself why these strong women even want a man like that lol - they’re so much better off alone 😂

Zaid was still a fine character till his 2nd marriage . Since then it’s two sautan fighting over their dumb husband.

Originally posted by: Rashi23

Exactly that's what I fear...

Even in mpht we were waiting for one episode where saad would take the lead and challenge areeb and get out of the situation but nothing like that happened..he kept bearing and tolerated sh#*

Even in this show, all of us are waiting for that one moment, one epi where zaid will explode and shine and we would get to see what all he has been going through, how hes been coping with the stress, how hes been handling the entire situation but sadly I don't think that's gonna come

Zaid stole this episode aisa sunne milega ki nahi iss show mein bhagwaan jaane

Just like MPHT, if this doesn’t happen in this drama then Mein has been a total failure for me. Zaid was most enjoyable to watch when he got his moment to shine when he broke off things from his dad and left everything. I could at least respect him then.

We need to see this man in action again. It’s a MUST. Just like Ayra is about to snap, I think whatever happens with Ayra might hopefully be his trigger to snap as well. I do think that MJ’s last scheme to fire Ayra will play a role later in Zaid’s arc. I think during his Turkey trip, thanks to Ayra constantly ignoring him again, he might warm up to MJ. They most probably will also consummate the marriage. But just when things improve between Mj and Zaid, once he gets back he will find out the truth about the contract, Mj firing Ayra, the whole Rayaan thing etc etc - and things will sour between Mj and Zaid again.

They’ll patch up in the end once Mj gets her proper redemption arc and Zaid finally leaves Asif for good. There’s no future for them if these two things don’t happen. If anything bad happens with Ayra, Zaid is not gonna let Mj and Asif off the hook. Hopefully that results in some good badass Zaid moments and we finally see a hero emerge lol. One can HOPE haha

I also think MJ might get pregnant in Turkey lol. I think that’s what might bring them together in the end. Yes it’s cliche or whatever but I have a feeling. Just when Mj will decide to leave Zaid, she’ll find out. I know it’s dumb writing - and will imply that Mohib and Ayra were infertile lol - but it can totally happen. The writer can totally do these cheap stunts for sure 😂 If she can do a polygamy plot, anything is possible lol. So the endgame will happen but it’ll be a reluctant one given all the mess that transpired before. Kind of bittersweet.

Originally posted by: tgota92

Very true. Her actions speak of a person who hasn’t healed from her trauma and is slowly breaking - she’s going to snap pretty soon. As for trust, it makes no sense to me why someone who is a second wife would deliberately push her husband away into the arms of the other woman. I think it’s just a writing flaw. And on top of that they had Zaid tell her to keep quiet on the Rayaan issue. Which again, makes zero sense. Zaid in the past has gone to extremes to protect Ayra against harassment - fighting the goons at her house, leaving his entire family for her, reporting his dad to the police for harassment - even recently he had an appropriate reaction to the police officer harassing MJ - so yeah it’s definitely again a writing flaw and out of character for Zaid.

I guess the writer deliberately added this to make the Rayaan and Ayra track more troubling and disturbing - to make her feel alone in this. Which will only serve to increase Zaid’s guilt later on about not doing anything about it. It’s all very illogical if you think about it lol. Very situational writing. Nothing organic about it.

The most logical response would have been for her to call Zaid and tell him Rayaan came by again and was being icky so she’s going to her Bhabhi’s since it’s safer there. But the writer is not even having Ayra pick up Zaids calls lol. Nobody in Ayras difficult situation would NOT pick up her husbands call. Especially if she’s being harassed at home and if her husband is away with another woman. Makes zero sense lol. No matter how strained their relationship is, for her own protection and self preservation she needs to at least talk to Zaid.

So what can I say except that the writer is on crack lol

Ayra is more self absorbed than not healed from trauma. Her self destruction is not fueled by her trauma or revenge- it's her yearning to prove herself - which is very good if she was not pulling Zaid down in the process. Ayra was always Ziddi. If Zaid said he'd take care of her part in the office, she didn't trust him- so she joined the rivals. Thing with Ayra is, Zaid is just a trophy for her. She's not willing to invest anymore in that trophy she won already. Only when the trophy is at risk of being snatched away, she takes some effort- again, it's not Zaid's personality that has won her, it's his social standing. That's why she took him with family and accepted second wife status.

Rayaan Ayra is really disturbing. She didn't have solid proof for it, but Zaid should have followed by up rather than keep it for later....that's what he actually did. Contract and everything came in between and he was feeling bad for Ayra losing her job etc so he got too busy to tackle it. Since this guy is his sister's husband it's a very sensitive topic. Ideally, Ayra should have stayed with her bhaabhi while Zaid was away. That's what any sensible girl would have done. There Id say the writing is flawed but the story has to move....so she uses this time to spy on Asif or win his trust...alternating between the two actually. Situations have to be created... otherwise Ayra should be eager to pick up Zaid's call and make sure he doesn't spend time with MJ even if she doesn't want to trouble him about Rayan when he's on an important deal...any sensible woman would do that...

Ayra is just a tool to bring the protagonists together or keep them apart, so no point looking for too much sense into her story.

Originally posted by: tgota92

i think it’s just coz Zaid and MJ are probably endgame and they wanted to cash in on luring the audience using Wahaj and Ayeza. They’re popular.

Obviously the story itself does the romance zero justice. And in a way it was false advertising. Instead of a love story its some weird domestic thriller on crack that flips on itself every other episode 😂😂

audience was definitely fooled and the ost set different expectations - the show isn’t that at all. Even if Zaid MJ are endgame, the execution and focus is just off

Agree with you..

They do zero justice in the romance part. Chalo I understand if they didn't want to show any romance in general. But they show Ayra & Zaid romance which is so off with zero chem. For a moment, it's also ok if they don't show anything btw Zaid & MJ. May be they wanted to just show that Zaid is with Ayra and wanted to show the slow build up of Zaid & MJ but they aren't executing that properly as well..

Originally posted by: arfanazneen

Btw Amna said the same in today's review I think that MJ brings out that energy in him. Lol! Nobody seems to like Ayra. They were like even if on paper Ayra is the victim, she isn't likable at all. Also her actions..

Zaid's persona changes completely when he is with Ayra. That is one of the reasons I could not root for them even at the beginning. She greatly subdues his personality. One could argue that a man can bow down to his love - but in Zaid's case, evidently, it is not. It is as he is second guessing everything, weighing down his actions, being careful around Aira - as everything is so fragile. Without Aira, he is level-headed. He can even deny his father, can argue with him and rebels against him. This is saying something! Because despite being an achiever and the able heir to their family legacy, Zaid is constantly subdued by his dominant father. But with Aira, it is as he is almost diminished. Wahaj is good at altering his body language as the character demands, so I am unable to dismiss this as a random occurrence. So yes, he literally carries the weight of the world when he walks with Aira. But with Mubashira, he is what he is. That is why the hotel room scene from the last week episode makes so much sense. Neither he is going to change his core nor she is. They are just going to accommodate both their 'mein's.

You know about this 'victim' tag, I was going through some of the comments which have labelled Mubashira as the 'villain/ negative' character and Aira as the 'victim'. I was just wondering why no body really bothers tagging Mubashira as a 'victim' too. I don't deny Aira was a victim and Asif (though I really like the portrayal) is the villain - hence, he should be punished. But, wasn't Mubashira a victim as well? From where did she get the 'villain' tag? Whoever she was or however she was, she did not deserve to receive a divorce garnished with a public humiliation. Mohib had a right to divorce her, but what he did was fiendish. And he was cheating his wife with her friend - how is that even acceptable. It was almost shown like, since she was egoistic and self-centered person, she deserved what she got and finally, Mohib and his second wife is having a happily ever after away from Mubashira's shadow!!!! I was not okay with that at all!!

And coming to the way Zaid was behaving with her after their marriage, again, she knew neither about his relationship with Aira nor Asif's plotting. The only plotting she did was that one time pretending that Aira made a scene at their home - which failed miserably. She genuinely reached to Zaid to talk and he blatantly ignored her. He was channelizing the rage he felt for his father towards MJ, his inability to directly declare his father responsible for Ayra’s misery was obvious – actually, he credited all that to MJ saying that Asif is doing all that because of her (He was in denial that his father would have done exactly the same even without Mubashira in the picture!). He was torturing her for no fault of hers too - so, how did she become the 'villain' in this story? Agreed, in her episodic moods she kept blackmailing Kashmala, which should not have happened - but in all reality, she was desperate to avoid another failed marriage and her newly wedded husband was not helpful either! Well, just my thoughts!

Mubashira is such a sinister vile woman, I don't understand how looking pretty excuses her of the crimes she is committing. It is so sick to see the drama glorifying criminals and propagating a sexist outlook against working women

Originally posted by: unicornhugs

I couldn’t agree with you more. It most definitely reduces the impact of a scene. I can’t for the life of me figure why this is done. Meanwhile, the camera lurks longer on the scenes with Ayra and her bhabi. It always starts with her coming in, something’s going on (students present, furniture being fixed), we have to wait until they settle before they start a conversation - honestly it seems like an eternity sometimes. Even earlier scenes, I’m pretty sure I’ve watched Ayra make an entire cup of chai before the meaningful part of the scene actually got started. The important scenes between the leads meanwhile are cut short or shots are obscured. Is it bad direction, editing or both?

Both Wahaj and Ayeza emote through their eyes brilliantly and many a times, I wished that there are close-ups if not any proper dialogues. But when close ups are needed, we get wide shots. Take that smirk of Zaid's from last week episode - it was not shown properly, then the lighting was so poor as well - had to rewatch it couple of times to ensure. And when Mubashira touched Zayd's hand in the car, the hand-touching part was not properly visible - but two flies made their appearance and it was pretty clear (I need a 'face palm' emoji!)

It’s true Mubashira is a victim and Zaid treated her unfairly but I think they were bound to clash even if she was treated well. Mohib was a fraud but even her best friend Omer rejected her . Mental illness is no excuse for her aggression, jealousy and cruelty. Look at how she treated the innocent driver who was just doing his job. Living with such a person would be a nightmare.

Originally posted by: Rashi23

Nobody is liking her character even hasan aamna said yesterday that her character isn't likeable enough though she is gone through a lot...and people are routing for mj instead of her..

She is just shoved down our throat they could have explored zaid mj dynamics, both of them have such contracting personalities..ego clashes, slowing falling in love phase would have taken this show to the top

Please speak for yourself, check comments under the video you are talking about, there are many people who don't support criminals because they are being portrayed by their favourite actor or more good looking actors.

Perfectly said. MJ can't really be termed as negative. Grey definitely yes. If Ayra is the victim, so is MJ. Also after everything why would Ayra marry Zaid? It's not even for revenge. She conveniently forgot her brother 🤷

Also yes, Zaid changes when he is with Ayra. It's like his energy goes down into negative. With MJ, he is very stress free