Pointing Fingers? Double Standards Much? - Page 5

Originally posted by: Rockerchic

Points well made.

You brought out my entire problem with the whole mangalpur track. There is absolutely no reflection from Asad or Zoya (more so with Zoya, Asad had his 2 min flashback at the very least)and that doesn't sit well with me because the entire sequence was very emotional and one would hope it would have changed the characters dispositions by some.

I wanted Zoya to display some sort of fear because for heaven's sake she was buried alive! Perhaps even a two minute monologue like "yes I know I'm wrong Mr Khan but I don't know what to do" and I would have understood why she kept Mariyum a secret.

With Asad the character development is slightly better we had the "I can see it in his eyes" dialogue and then his "Zoya means nothing to me" et al. So he acknowledges that mangalpur happened unlike Zoya.

I know neither KSG nor SJ only that I like their chemistry and that they are good actors.

But I do know Gul Khan and I know that her male characters are always sketched better than her female characters because a character like Asad is her forte.

I've tried to understand what Gul wants to say with Zoya. I like the feminist in Zoya and how she tells Asad he can't tell her what she should do, it's none of his businesses what she does with her time. I'm not sure how it happens in a conservative Indian household but it's entirely rude to ask someone who's not family, even if they are your guest, where they are going or whom they will be with.

As you rightly pointed out Zoya is completely nonchalant when it comes to ruining Asad' s office work and throwing things about his house.

What I understood here is that Asad and Zoya are extremes. Where in Asad needs to learn to be a bit more open minded and Zoya needs to be a bit more considerate of the culture and traditional ways.

What I hope is in due time we'll reach a point where they learn from each other.