SPM~ My Musings~ 28.5.19~ Fishes in the fish tank
The fishes in the tank at Syed Ghazi Shah mansion has often held my attention. The fishes swim and dart about endlessly. Holding many dreams and sentiments that remain contained within the boundaries of the aquarium. Symbolically fishes in a fish tank relate to dreams that remain repressed.
My mind tells me that there are fishes who desire the Ghazi legacy to be passed on to them. Dadi dreams of Humza becoming the heir. Humza is the fish that always held warm repressed emotions for Kainat. The visiting relative, Mamoon Shah also fans his repressed desires of claiming the inheritance that rightfully belongs to him. Zaroon Shah, too nurtures his Sufiyana love ! desires Saltanat openly. Only Saltanat is one fish who represses her emotions, from the rest of the tank! As for the current antagonist of the story, Kainat.She lived a meditative life.. up until, she first began to dream of a foreigner chosen for her. Her dream carries on, only now she is less reflective and more active in achieving her dream.
References also show a fish also relates to fertility, health, abundance, creativity ..serenity ,intelligence and joy. No doubt Mainjaan equates his family with each of the above mentioned. The fact That a fish connects to the water element too, it represents the profound awareness of the unconsciousness and the higher self.. this feature ties it rather neatly with the Sufiyana segement of the title and ambience of Mainjaan’s family of the Shahs..
However Mainjaan’s fishes, all have their specific features although they all may dream! Some have eyes that prefer to perhaps ignore reality as they see it. Nadeem ignores Kainat’s rather telling phone call to the kidnapper.Does he genuinely feel for his dead brother’s daughter? But then there are other eyes, that look through a suspect, and vow that he will be watching Kainat. as he see something fishy about her. Another fish! joins heads with Rubina and both work out who would benefit most from the kidnapping of Mainjaan. Ghazala who is taken to be as simple, inept like, a fish! Both conclude with the glass globe in hand; put together the kidnapper's motives.. to prevent marriage between Zaroonand Saltanat.Prevent Mainjaan from hearing Kainat’s confession!
Zaroon, I see, needs any excuse to show his Sufiyana love for Kainat by touching her.. where he wipes her tears in thepolice jeep . Being tactile clearly carries some deeper mysticism in his love for her. Once again he reinforces they work well as a team. Reinforces ,themselves as a handsome , positive couple!
The episode more or less clarifies yet again, the virtuous couple Zaroon and his Sufiyana love Saltanat. They both launch an attack to retrieve Mainjaan. Kainat is the evil deceiver who on the outset is timid and withdrawn. But really as Mamoon, Rubina and Ghazala conclude ,may well be the cold- blooded kidnapper. Painstakingly, many scenes and interactions between characters, show that Kainat stands very little chance of saving herself from being tagged by the whole family as one rotten fish that contaminates the whole tank! A girl who can subject herself to a blazing fire for Zaroon’s sake, can even hatch and conduct the kidnapping of Mainjaan a man with no known enemies. But beware of the enemy from within the family! Is Kainat the only shady one?
Kainat, falls prey to the classic saying, that a criminal always leaves a clue behind that incriminates her. Incidentally, what gives them the right to intrude and pry into another’s room and belongings? very sly and quite appalling!.Ghazala and Rubina like two detectives decide to frisk her room for evidence. Both women, I find quite ruthless in their mindset to condemn Kainat ,not just in this instance, but on previous occasions too. These two also work as a team, to tarnish both Zainab and her daughter Kainat. All because they too support ,their children in to getting married.
Where on one side we see a trio Ghazala,Rubina and Mamoon with guns aimed at Kainat. On the other side Zaroon emerges as a strong example of both brains and brawn. I find it amusing how during police presence he roughs up the kidnapper.. it’s to my relief, all a figment of Kainat’s imagination! She recalls how Zaroon beat the very man before too! worst still both Saltanat and Zaroon seem to know him from before too!
Kainat can sense that soon she just might end of like a fish out of water. Her greatest fear is ,quite rightly too, the situation if her pressurized kidnapper identifies her as the one who he took orders from! The whole family will do away with her! condemn her to be one cold fish who shows no emotions for her kin.. the ingrate girl who half given the chance even turned against the big fish Mainjaan!Who held her closest to his heart!
The finale scene sums up the once mousey girl..still can makes use of a situation to suit her own needs .For she has better fish to fry! Destroy the person who may land her in deep waters.
Kianat once again tells a fish lie! Alludes that she shot the kidnapper point blank from the police’s borrowed gun! Kainat gives all the false impression that she shot the kidnapper for harming Zaroon! But I would rather believe that she attempts murder, to save her own skin rather than impress her obsessive love for Zaroon. The funny bit is , Zaroon is forced to think, that she would even go to the extent of killing that someone, who inflicted bodily harm on him. He wonders her fixation for him makes her carry out incredible feats.. will Zaroon use her for his future gains? like fulfilling his father's dream?
But as for me, I’d rather believe, she did it to save number one! what will become of Kainat? remains to be seen. However the creatives want her removed out of Ghazi Shah mansion, for Sufiyana love to flower between the visitor and the girl from back home. Will Kainat be allowed by her family to go behind bars? The shooting alludes to self defence! Kill the man before he stiches her up. Zaroon’s line Kainat merely uses for dramatic side effects.. to wind up all who conspire against her. if you ask me the whole family seems to treat her as a nearly dead fish out of the waters.
Have to say the episode left a slight bad taste in my mouth. The concerted efforts of the CV’s to make Kainat dark as sin, seems slightly deliberate and rather sad she has to have some good in her. My wish is to see Kainat give up Zaroon! with the belief that there are plenty more fish in the ocean ..29.5.19 hamlet53 .
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