Doodhya's Musings. March 1st, 2013.
Qubool Hai
The story of two families torn apart by a sociopathic woman with a heart of stone and layers of makeup. Two hearts -- wait! make that 5 hearts that beat as two. Three on one side and two on the other.
You might ask who?
There is a love triangle - an isosceles triangle if I may - of Rashid and Dilshad being the base, and Shireen being the apex. She, of the frizzy hair and spaced out look. It is Rashid and Dilshad that hold up Shireen. The phone call between Shireen and Dilshad proves it. She calls on Dilshad when she cannot go visit Rashid. Now the triangle has shifted, and Rashid is at the apex, Shireen and Dilshad are at the bottom!
The other love story is that of two brothers - step brothers. Separated by fate in the form of Razia, and a mysterious fire - well, the fire isn't a real mystery anymore, seeing as their Dad was the one who set it. It's the aftermath of the fire around which everything revolves at this point. And a doll that is reminiscent of Chucky's bride.
So now we have a lot of mysteries in today's episode.
First up - Billo Rani. Why does she not wax her upper lip for a close up? All that glowing golden fur was purely unprofessional. Besides fur-less cats are so much more ... menacing! Remember Austin Powers?
Now Raziya stands in an open space calling out to her little kitty to come and help out. Why the terrace? The terrace is closed on one side, and open on three sides. It tells you that there is one and only one way to enter the terrace - from the one side. But you can leave it from any side - any of the three-hundred-and-sixty degrees offered to you. You can see what you want to and you can take the path that you want to. However, there is only one path that reaches a safe haven - and that is the truth!
What is Razia's truth? How many more truths remain uncovered? She is always heavily veiled. Yes! Raizia's clothes are also telling us that she prefers to keep herself fully covered. Literally and figuratively.
Coming to the choking scene. Its a very straightforward scene. Someone wants to scare Razia using her own tactics. Go, unseen person, Go!!
And now we come to Asad and Zoya. Asad takes Zoya house hunting. Oh, not that kind of house hunting. This one involves Zoya's missing father.
Point to be noted here is Asad's car's license plate. Interestingly, we rarely see that black SUV parked outside his house even when he is at home. But coming back to the car. The number plate reads - MP 01AV 1661. What happened in Bhopal in 1661? And what bearing will it have on the story? Only time and the CVs will tell.
As they walk in through the door, Zoya coughs and chokes. Something is stuck in her throat. Whatever she will say from this point forward, will not be clear to anyone, including the viewers. Her thoughts and voice are chocked by the dust of the past. It is rising around her like a cloud.
As she walks in, we see a spider's web. Now count the strands because I didn't. But something tells me there are 1661 strands in the web. In the middle is the black widow spider. Will Zoya walk into the spider's trap. Is this in fact, a spider's trap? If so, who is the spider that has lured her here?
The room is full of cracked mirrors and glass. Time is the mirror that has cracked. Time is what is distorting yet revealing the truth, but not the full picture.
Zoya finds the matching picture to her picture. It is hung on a wall, surprisingly clean and clear. Seventeen, or however many years have passed. But the picture remains clear. It is the only part of the past that is clear.
It is Asad who follows her into her dark past. Who is seeing the same distortions as she is seeing. It is Asad who pulls the picture down, brings it to the light, so that she can see it too. What this signifies is that it will be Asad who will be shining the light on Zoya's past. It is Asad who will reveal the truth, even though Zoya may find it first!
Oh and by the way, the doll is Zoya's. Yeah.
Is mein kya shaq hai? Sab kismat ki luck hai??
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