I know this show is not getting much traction but I wanted to do my bit to spread the word about it. It surprizes me each time to notice the complex and ambiguous manner in which Dilara and Shuja are depicted. Throughout last week's and this week's episodes, I noticed the very obvious, crackling chemistry between the two, and yet, it was never entirely clear what they felt towards each other. Shuja seemed more obvious in last week's episode: he found himself drawn to Dilara and he clearly didn't like the way she teased him about being his mother. He was shown fighting this feeling in last week's episode. In today' episode, there were moments when he seemed unaffected by Dilara's presence, but the scene where she is signing late at night, and he sits a floor below, smoking in a frenzied manner and listening to her, suggested he was torn. HIs lady love Saman was introduced in today's episode, and as expected, there was no sparkle between them. Dilara's feelings were harder to gauge but I am starting to feel convinced that she is more than attracted to Shuja and is therefore, unhappy about his relationship with Saman. She is shown to use sarcasm as a way of hiding her true emotions and hurt, not unlike Khanam. THe video teasers suggest that KHanam will develop a more compassionate bond with Dilara in the later episodes.
Watching Shuja and Dilara together made me think of a dialogue from a more popular series "Shehr-e-Zaat": "Dil ajeeb shay hai. Ajeeb khwahishen karta hai". (The heart is a strange beast; it wants what is unattainable). I think that summarizes the crux of this story very well: the heart is an untameable beast that refuses to toe the line drawn by our communal values. My heart went out to Dilara, esp due to the melodramatic mannerisms of her mother and the moralistic manner of her inexperienced sister. It is, I think,very easy to judge others from afar. It is far harder to understand what it must feel like to experience that surge of emotion, that compelling force that draws one to another person. I found Dilara truly lonely, and I could completely understand why a woman in that position would be drawn so intensely to the promise of friendship from Shuja, and how easily that friendship could develop into something deeper, and more agonizing. Highly recommended for those who can enjoy fiction that does not mirror their moral and communal values. The actors playing Shuja and DIlara are amazing and very well matched together. The rest of the cast is adequate as well and I love use of music to add to the emotional texture of the scenes between Shuja and Dilara.
Edited by JNam - 5 years ago
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