I encountered a similar situation in a Pak drama called Cheekh, it ended recently. Bilal Abbas Khan and Saba Qamar were in the lead role. There was a molestation and accident case in the 2nd week of the show and till 6th week Waji, played by Bilal was a positive character, in 6th week it was revealed that Waji was the murderer.
I did not realize that they gave away this piece of information in the description, like they gave away the story of Love vs Revenge in the description of Bahu Begum.
My only source of public opinion was comment under YouTube videos and not once I saw any viewer asking for pairing between Saba and Bilal, as they are leads. None said that Shayan will die and Mannat will marry Waji, it was never there. Even Bilal fans enjoyed his performance as Waji and none supported his criminal activities.
Bilal was lead till the last episode and he was epic in it so was Saba but good wins over evil, at least in fictional world.
1. I just reread my post. I should not write things when I'm half asleep. 🤣 I clearly did not proofread.
2. Heard about cheekh & saw promos, haven't watched yet, it's on my eventual to-watch list. In the past, I would get duped by PAK dramas a lot. Now, I make other people I know watch it before I get into it, just so I know what I'm getting into. Benefit of limited episodes. LOL.
I get what you're saying - the audience still accepted his character as a negative lead without much pushback. I think the other poster hit it on the nail that because it was a story that revolved around such a dark topic (murder), it made more sense in the story. In the promos he was shown as slightly negative, or at least, definitely not positive (just rewatched some original promo before it aired). Definite friction between his character and Saba Qamar's.
There is a benefit to creating trailers out of actual episode scenes, audiences kind of know what they're getting into. (I've still gotten duped by some promos recently. I really need to just read descriptions more, they never lie 🤣)
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