Jitna dil kholke mohabbat kiya,utni hi shiddat se dil todna bhi jaante ho. Cant actually call it dil "todna" exactly. Coz this is more of refusing to shower love and not exactly hate or breaking her heart. He is making her feel devoid of any form of love.
You know I truly believe its always better "to know,than to not know at all." Not knowing is a bigger torture.
This is another thing about HS than makes it stand out. We have umpteen number of stories showing about how people fall in love,how a relationship is formed,likewise,we have also seen a relationship breaking and how people are all sulking post break up. BUT,we have NEVER seen this aspect of a relationship.
See,there is a blurred phase between a relationship being fine,relationship not being fine and the relationship eventually breaking. Humsafar is now exploring the phase between the relationship not being fine and breaking. This I have never seen before. Atleast not a good version of it.
When you've fully invested in a person,you are used to his/her expression of love(again,not everyone uses words to express their love,introverts don't always use words,its more about gestures. Whatever it is,his/her partner would know whatever that form is) The worst possible punishment you could give someone you love and someone who loves you,is first shower as much love as u can and then abruptly say "hey!Im out of juice,man. You dont get any lovey dovey words,gestures or even smiles or nods. Deal with it."
With every exhale,its almost as though he is spitting his displeasure on Khirad.
What's worse is you don't even know why. (Hmm. Are u sure u dont? Khirad,honey,think deeper,what was the root cause? When was the first time he showed signs of displeasure?)
Khirad was confused and hurt , must be going through hell where she went wrong or what he did that he is totally a changed person . You rightly said ,his eyes were spitting fire . Felt so bad for Khirad who just went on asking what her fault is ?the same person who few minutes ago was totally in her world and all of a sudden was standing far from her and watching her as a stranger .
Asher is conversing,yes. But not how he used to,not about what he used to,not how she was used to.
Add to it. He has a frustrated serious look on his face all the time,the furrowed forehead and the arch eyebrow (Fawad TOTALLY nailed it. 👏)
Fawad did great job with his changing expressions , first in the car and then when comes back and listens to his mother , his side face in the half darkness, eyes turning ice cold . How can you not admire FK,s acting skills and he just slips in to the character , even when pretending to sleep and opens his eyes . He himself is going through hell created by himself . He has tormenting poor soul without no fault of hers and himself is also suffering .
I cant believe this,I actually was a bit teary-eyed by the end of the episode. The actual heart-break is way better than not knowing if ur heart is still,full. Does that make sense? Hope u got my point.
Also,I made an observation 😆 WIth this new Asher surfacing now. His suits have changed too. Its darker shades now and not the dull pastels (eww 🤢 ) and they're more fitted and tighter,much like his uptight behavior now. Hmm,co-incidence much?
A very good episode. Fawad shines in every scene. 👏