Originally posted by: Neerjaa
Writing someone,s comments which kind echoes my thou=ghts but she has described the whole sequence quite very well .
( I loved that part when Khirad told Ashar on the stairs that she was going back with him because Hareem wasn't eating. The way he looked at her, as though it was reinforced to him again, that his wife hadn't changed one bit from what he knew her. She still believed whatever was she was told.
"Mummy jab mein paida hua, kya mere baap ne aap se gavahi maangi ki mein unka beta hoon ya nahi" "kya har ma ko apna shohar ko yeh saabit karna padti hain ki uska bachcha ka baap wohi hain" These had to be the lines what got all the kudos from me for woman empowerment. More so because it was from a man! Brilliant, is an understatement!
My heart stopped beating during this entire bit! Watching Khirad looking at Ashar, not quite sure what he was trying to say, and how he slowly unraveled to her, while telling his mother off, that he finally knew the truth. And got to know only today! I put Ashar back on a pedestal for the way he stood up for Khirad. He addressed every issue of the humiliation that Khirad was subject to. From his loyalties to his mother, framing and maligning Khirad and her character, to even thinking about terminating Khirad's pregnancy, Ashar didn't mince words, and didn't leave any part of his mother's evil plan unaddressed.
The next most heart wrenching part was Ashar ad Khirad finally having their time together. From the pedestal, Ashar went up another few notches in my eyes. For the way he took onus of the entire blame on himself. He finally understood the hatred he saw in her eyes in the last few weeks. But he never defended himself. Not once did he even try and mention that he too was victim. He took sole responsibility of deserting her and leaving her in a lurch. Forget men, there are not too many people in the world who will do that and take the entire blame. "mein toh mohabbat ke laayak hi nahin hoon" "hamari zindagiyon mein, jitni judaaiyan or dukh aayen hain, un sab ka aazaab dilanewala mein hoon" (taking onus of the bad time he gave Khirad before leaving for Islamabad many years ago) . I simply loved the way he asked Khirad "Mujhe ek baar phir kabool kar lo." Khirad's minimalistic nod in denial, was so so "Khirad" again.
Khirad, keeping in line with her character of being one with few words, communicated the anguish and pain at being abandoned so effectively "... beech raaste, tanha chhod ke chale gaye mujhe?" Ashar's "I'm sorry" was a classic case of "2 small words, but overloaded with meaning"
For those who couldn't believe that Khirad went back to Ashar, after all that he did to her, I want to share something I loved from Dur-e-Shehwar, in this context, which holds so true in many cases. It was from a part in the last episode there, when Shandana asks Shehwar about being able to love a man like Mansoor. Shehwar tells her that that a husband-wife relationship is ajeeb; that when one sees your husband with unconditional love for the child, something changes in the heart. No matter what he has done, with that kind of love for the child, it's not possible to hate that man.
The bottom line was they loved each other. Circumstances and situations made matters worse, but "mohabbat mari nahin, kho zaroor gayi thi" Given the way Ashar loved Hareem, and they way he regretted what happened with Khirad, it made sense to me, that she was willing to give reconciliation a chance.
The last rain scene was perfect. I always have a big smile on my face when Ashar runs away from the rain.
Fawad! What does one say to you? You thought you were going to be the weakest link in this drama, but this wouldn't have been what it became with anyone else in it! You were terrific and only you made Ashar the only man I was willing to forgive inspite of being a total ass.
And Mahira, take that bow again. And again. And again. Momina Duraid knew what she was saying when she kept telling you that only you could be Khirad.
Episode#23 was most the fulfilling ending and didn't leave anything more to be desired in the heart, but sighs and smiles and the desire to watch it all over again.
Humsafar will always be the the most heart warming romance for me. Ashar and Khirad have spoilt me for anything else. )
Anupamaa
