Originally posted by: hypnotoad
The way Haseeb and Kaddu are scamming us to think Wahaj is the main lead in this show or that this is Bilal's story is one for the history books. Everyone's rightly talking of Wahaj's screentime. But even the little screentime he gets, so much of it is FILLER, and Haseeb has added them to pad up Wahaj's screentime.
E25 was 32 minutes 10 seconds (excl. opening title). Wahaj was present in scenes that ran for 7 minutes 24 seconds. However, the majority of this was filler. Note I am NOT counting for how many minutes Wahaj is on screen. Instead, I count the length of scenes where he is present alone or with someone else. So, he may not be in some frames in the scene.
Of this 444 seconds (7 minutes 24 seconds) worth of scenes we got in E25 where Wahaj was present in at least some frames:
- 173 seconds were NON-FILLER (2 minutes 53 seconds) = 39%
- 271 seconds were FILLER (4 minutes 31 seconds) = 61%
Breakdown
0:28-3:47 (3 minutes 19 seconds)
- Bilal has NO lines. He is lying on the couch with eyes closed. Bakhtu 2.0 wakes him up. He sits up and thinks of Sadaf looking at him from behind her dupatta on her mayoun. He gets up and walks down corridor, looking sad. Verdict: FILLER
10:57-12:51 (1 minute 55 seconds)
- Bilal offers Sadaf the project and tells her she would have to move to Lahore for a year w/o Ammar. He gives her time to talk to Ammar before deciding. Verdict: NOT FILLER
20:03-20:38 (36 seconds)
- Bilal & Humsha are in the car, and Bilal tells her that Sadaf turned down the offer. Verdict: NOT FILLER
20:39-21:15 (22 seconds)
- NO lines. Bilal & Humsha are sitting in the car and the camera silently lingers on them. Verdict: FILLER
31:17-31:41 (22 seconds)
- Zavyar calls Bilal and tells him about Sadaf. Bilal has one line. Kya? Kya Keh rahe ho Zavyar? Bilal sits on the couch and looks worried after Zavyar tells him. Verdict: NOT FILLER
31:42-32:31 (50 seconds)
- NO lines. Camera silently lingers on Zavyar and Bilal's faces. Verdict: FILLER
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