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Originally posted by: unicornhugs
What was that hug at the end with Ammar crying and Humsha soothing him? The workplace rumour should be about these two having an affair, not Bilal and Sadaf.
Even I think the same 
She is acting more like a mother to him now
SH and many reviewers proved that they aren’t watching the show seriously. Although not told directly anyone can see that Humsha has feelings for Bilal in ep 3 and that’s why she is involved in this Sadaf-Ammar saga. I feel KRQ has kept that as a very important twist .
I feel Aamna will continue to act salty until and unless Wahaj gives her a solo interview.
At times I doubt, the credibility of these rumors. Do they actually have any idea about the story telling, direction, editing, cinematography, screenplay etc and related nuances.
Originally posted by: unicornhugs
completely agree…it has to go with the tone of the show. Aamna didn’t go overboard criticizing his acting…she seems to like him overall on the shows The stuff she did criticize were the scenes that Hassan appreciated. She likes his character overall and also said he’s one of the characters that makes sense to her. She also said that he is the hook of the show. Hassan seemed really impressed with Wahaj’s performance…I think he likes seeing him in his element after being sidelined a bit in Mein. They’re trolling the show but they do that with a lot of shows. They pick on weird things. I do agree with them about the pacing although I find it has improved.
I don’t know why they don’t understand Humsha. Isn’t it obvious that she likes Bilal, whether she has admitted that to herself or not, and is reacting out of jealousy? I think that’s why she is so emotional.
I didn’t find their review overly negative but I don’t really take them seriously anyway. They flip flop so much that I can’t take them seriously.
I haven't seen their reviews since a long time tbh....but someone posted a clip where Aamna dissed Wahaj saying the way he looks at Sadaf seems psychotic?
I just feel these critics do not have a thorough knowledge of film making and simply give reviews based on their own preference just like the normal audience.
When it comes to Humsha, her character we are yet to know what exactly is her agenda. she has no stakes in the story so far..She likes Bilal that's for sure but constantly gaslighting Ammar is what makes her character boring for me!
Originally posted by: unicornhugs
I don’t see Humsha as rational at all. She spends all day gossiping in the office and is too invested in other people’s business. It has to be because she likes Bilal so I think I understand where it’s coming from. She could have easily calmed Ammar down if she wanted to. Sadaf told her she has a problem and nothing is going on between her and Bilal but she’s letting Ammar think whatever he wants. There’s more to her but right now, her and Ammar remind me of a couple of gossipy high schoolers who struggle to keep their emotions in even at the workplace. What was that hug at the end with Ammar crying and Humsha soothing him? The workplace rumour should be about these two having an affair, not Bilal and Sadaf.
At this point, I find Humsha & Ammar insufferable! Like ugghh! you two, stop being such gossip mongers & do something more relevant! Their scenes just do not work for me...Now we will also have to tolerate the entire suicide attempt nonsense.
When it comes to Humsha, her character we are yet to know what exactly is her agenda. she has no stakes in the story so far..She likes Bilal that's for sure but constantly gaslighting Ammar is what makes her character boring for me!
In the next episode she is seen crying so I think she will feel guilty for pushing Ammar to suicide
In the next episode she is seen crying so I think she will feel guilty for pushing Ammar to suicide
I am not bothered about the whole suicide drama tbh...I know it's going to eat up screen space when as per me it should wrap in two scenes coz I am simply not invested in it
She seems to understand Bilal Abdullah pretty well! His feelings of hurt and what is causing them is something she has a good understanding of.Rabia has the same views as me. They haven't built up the Sadaf-Bilal dynamic properly and that's why we can't feel anything
I agree with a lot of what she says but not everything. To me, I think they made it pretty obvious that Bilal didn’t just fall for Sadaf’s looks. It’s what got his attention initially but then she ends up being Mirza Saab’s daughter. On top of that, she seems connected to so many other people…Ammar and Humsha…so her topic was always at the forefront. But honestly the amount of times he has talked about his respect for Mirza Saab, it’s obvious that he feels some connection and affinity to Sadaf through that relationship. I understand what Rabia is saying though because the focus wasn’t on the two of them. The focus has been on Sadaf and her family and all of this gets lost somewhere. I know the setup was important but so much time was spent on it that the main couple didn’t receive the focus that they should have. I think if it moved faster on those scenes, it would have been fine. Same with Humsha…I think people forget about that earlier scene where it was obvious that she has feelings for Bilal.
About Ammar, I know that Rabia thinks it doesn’t make sense but everything she pointed out is actually intentionally shown. He expects loyalty from Sadaf when she’s been clear that she wants nothing to do with him. He doesn’t respect her decisions.
Ok question for you guys. Do you think that Bilal doesn’t sleep with these escorts? I just assumed they meant he doesn’t sleep with them every night and is looking for companionship without commitment more than anything. Like sleeping with them isn’t his main motive for seeking them out. He’s lonely and needs to blurt things out when he’s drunk and these women listen. However I cannot believe that he hires these women and never sleeps with them especially when alcohol is involved. I think they just didn’t want him to sound like a $ex addicted creep. I mean it’s fine for a piece of fiction but even I was thinking that I could never be with a guy who was sleeping with random women every night…it would just bother me too much. So I don’t think he’s a virgin but I don’t think he’s promiscuous either.
Originally posted by: unicornhugs
Ok question for you guys. Do you think that Bilal doesn’t sleep with these escorts? I just assumed they meant he doesn’t sleep with them every night and is looking for companionship without commitment more than anything. Like sleeping with them isn’t his main motive for seeking them out. He’s lonely and needs to blurt things out when he’s drunk and these women listen. However I cannot believe that he hires these women and never sleeps with them especially when alcohol is involved. I think they just didn’t want him to sound like a $ex addicted creep. I mean it’s fine for a piece of fiction but even I was thinking that I could never be with a guy who was sleeping with random women every night…it would just bother me too much. So I don’t think he’s a virgin but I don’t think he’s promiscuous either.
Rabia is one of the few reviewers who is actually liking SMD. As for your question, I believe Bilal has a different relation with this girl and Rameen.
Originally posted by: Stormborn01
Perhaps. Wahaj is a fine actor I think nobody is arguing with that. But I do feel some character choices for Bilal in certain moments have not worked for me. Could be his own or Haseeb’s interpretation of the character, that’s possible of course. If the script is such as this, he probably had to derive a lot of things himself. But for me some scenes do become annoyingly distracting and confusing.
I have found Wahaj's performance a bit inconsistent in two areas.
One is his portrayal of an alcoholic character, which I found somewhat surface-y. I feel Wahaj has performed scenes showing BA being various levels of drunk, but he has not played BA as an alcoholic character. Even if I set aside my opinion on how an alcoholic should have behaved in E1 and go with Wahaj's interpretation, I did not see the alcoholic character I saw in E1-2 carried through in subsequent episodes. When BA cuts down his intake in E3 and later stops, we don't see how the alcoholic in E1-2 is managing these changes. Even if there were no dialogues or specific scenes to show the journey of his recovery from addiction, I was hoping for his body language or movements to convey this. Like hand tremors, absently reaching for a glass when stressed, or being easily irritable/anxious, etc.
Second is some of his love looks. The eye lock at Sadaf's house seemed very consistent with BA's character and felt very authentic. Otherwise, the blushing, finger-writing, wide-eyed stares feel too much like how an immature 14-year-old would behave. I dunno if the issue is whether these expressions do not match BA's character or whether it is because I still don't fully buy into the intensity of BA's feelings since the show did not properly set up or show the evolution of BA's love. Honestly, how BA goes from leering in E1 to this sassi punhoon / heer ranjha level ka pyaar was a journey I thought we would be getting to see (but never got). Anyway, it is clear now the show seems more interested in charting the evolution of Sadaf's love for BA, while BA is meant to have only one static setting throughout, which is unquestioning eternal selfless love where he will do anything for Sadaf. But even if the writing was not going to show how BA's feelings evolved, I wish Wahaj's expressions could have shown a more progressive development of BA's feelings of love & ardor over the first 10 episodes instead of jumping straight to the blushing, giggling, finger writing, and piano ka rona dhona from E3 onwards.
Besides these two areas, I feel Wahaj has performed other expressions of anger, remorse, confusion, anxiety, sadness, angst, etc. pretty well.
Yeah she said something like that. She didn’t focus too much on it and likes his character overall so I don’t know how seriously she’s even taking it. Hassan really liked his acting and pointed out a lot of those scenes. He liked the scene and Wahaj’s acting when he was talking to the escort and I think that’s when she said he seems psychotic (can’t remember the word used). I don’t know if she means mentally disturbed because he’s supposed to be. Also think some scenes are intentional. Like when he’s staring at Sadaf when she walks in to ask for the infamous 8 crores…his gaze is very intense. She looks at him and looks down immediately. It kind of solidified his character for her and convinced her that he’s interested in her in that moment. Even the scene where he walks up to her at the end of that conversation was filmed in such a way to make him look threatening. That’s when Sadaf shivered and moved against the wall. A lot of it justified Sadaf’s actions…he felt threatening to her. It’s later that she realizes she was wrong about him.
I haven't seen their reviews since a long time tbh....but someone posted a clip where Aamna dissed Wahaj saying the way he looks at Sadaf seems psychotic?
I just feel these critics do not have a thorough knowledge of film making and simply give reviews based on their own preference just like the normal audience.
When it comes to Humsha, her character we are yet to know what exactly is her agenda. she has no stakes in the story so far..She likes Bilal that's for sure but constantly gaslighting Ammar is what makes her character boring for me!
The last two episodes he didn’t even look at her with any intense gaze. They were more focussed on the issue at hand and many of the looks were hurt and pain. Much softer glances. A sadness over what his happening, the lack of trust they had in him and a realization that he isn’t good enough for Sadaf. Also if you guys notice from the teasers and OST, Bilal’s looks towards Sadaf become softer and softer. I think it will represent the escalation of his love.
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