SMD is a big lesson in how insincere storytelling always fails.
Instead of sincerely telling the story that was in the script, the makers were more interested in marketing it is as a love story, one which is from the pov of Bilal Abdullah. Wahaj ko BA lene se, filler scenes daalne se, hero entry or power walks dikhane se story ML-centric nahi hoti. Na hi ost, bts or ps main romance or chemistry dikhane se drama love story banta hai. Actors also come and deliver specific scenes but their characterization is completely inconsistent. Not just writing but their performance fails to carry the emotional arc from one scene / episode to next. Same goes for director. Producers wanted to cash Wahaj post-TB and thought itni badi cast, mehnga budget, bade frames or jhooti marketing will be sufficient to give them blockbuster ratings and views. Upar se le kar neeche tak this show reeks of insincerity to storytelling.
I genuinely feel that in the hands of makers who understood what the story is all about this could have been a decent show. It should have been an ensemble show with 5 flawed characters and their intersecting lives and their different approaches to love. It could have been done as a contemporary take on how messy love can be and how traumas, insecurities, prejudices, jealousy, obsession, etc. shapes (positively or negatively) your love. For BA, his theme would have been childhood trauma; for Humsha, her theme would have been jealousy; for Sadaf, prejudice and perception; for Dania obsession; and for Ammar, it's insecurity.
Edited by hypnotoad - 1 years ago