THE WEEK THAT WAS

Kashf | Hum TV, Tuesdays 8.00pm

The finale was unpredictable and sad. The peerni Kashf (Hira Mani), who sees dreams on demand, dies, while the male lead Wajdan (Junaid Khan) goes loony, wandering the streets and feeding stray dogs. Kashf’s death could be justified as she might have had just about enough trauma living with an overly-greedy family, who relentlessly exploited her talent for seeing dreams about random people, the interpretations of which had some significance in their lives. But what happened to Wajdan when his mother brings news to him about his second marriage being arranged with Kashf’s manipulative sister Zoya (Sabeena Farooq)? Was running like a lunatic in the streets a better option for him than being married to Zoya whom he never loved? Considering his last two projects (Khaas, Kashf) let’s hope Danish Nawaz, who has been experimenting with different genres, comes up with something less profound and more entertaining as his next venture.

Ghisi Piti Mohabbat | ARY, Thursdays 8.00pm

Being a practical young woman, Samia (Ramsha Khan) has come to terms with her divorce, and the fact that her ex-husband Riz (Wahaj Khan) is having an affair with an older woman. Willing to live her life on her own terms, Samia enjoys her paratha (describing it as the only complete and perfect thing in her life) and goes back to work, instead of breaking her bangles and crying buckets. When middle-aged and married Casanova Khalil’s (Shahood Alvi) mother Nafisa Sherwani (Afshan Qureshi) offers Samia to marry Khalil, Samia gives her a piece of her mind. Khalil is outraged, arrives at Samia’s house and manipulates a scenario, convincing Samia’s parents to marry her to him. Samia’s point-blank refusal doesn’t make sense to her parents but Samia has a plan of her own. Meanwhile, Samia’s sister Asmara (Aliha Chaudry) marries the guy who has a bad breath issue, and faints on the wedding night. Faseeh Bari’s strong characters breathe life into the story.

What To Watch Out For

Mehrposh | Geo TV, Fridays 8.00pm

Ayat’s (Zainab Shabbir) unrequited love for her husband Shahjahan (Danish Taimoor) grows, as does her resentment and hatred towards her sister Mehru (Ayeza Khan). Ayat believes that Mehru wants to break up her marriage with Shahjahan, whereas the reality is far from it — it’s Shahjahan who still loves and pines for Mehru. When he goes to pick Mehru up from what might have been a kidnapping scenario for poor Mehru, director Mazhar Moin achieved what no one else has in a decade of Ayeza Khan’s career. As a scared and dishevelled Mehru, Ayeza Khan breaks down into tears. Not just a pretty stone-face with glycerine tears, Moin made Ayeza actually weep! Young Zainab Shabbir is doing a great job as the stubborn Ayat; her performance is at par with seniors such as Sania Saeed, Ayeza Khan and Danish Taimoor. The only issue is that too many ‘thinking’ scenes with loud background music interfere with the perfectly executed storyline.

Published in Dawn, ICON, November 8th, 2020