I was made to believe that Yumna is underrated but watching her in Pyar Ke Sadqay and seeing her going overboard I can easily say that she is quite overrated and not a great actress as she is made out to be. She made Mahjabeen’s character a caricature one and Director is so mesmerised by Yumna that he didnt stop her from going over the top.
Each and every character in PKS is realistic and makes sense except from Mahjabeen. I tend to believe its not poorly written but actually poorly performed. I fail to understand what Mahjabeen actually is. She is greedy and tell lies and her bad character traits are been passed on as something supposed to be cute. Her bringing down Abdullah and saying to him ‘Tumhain koi inkar kray samjh main aata hai tumharay paas gari or bangla hai usay koi inkar kaisay kr skta hai’ and that was quite shallow of her. I found no difference in her and Sarwar both are filled with greed. There are lots of things that Yumna and Director tried to improvise going completely out of her character and ended up making a mess. 
Having said that Omair Rana is a delight to watch and Atiqa Odho performed her character very well. In fact Salma Hassan and Gul e Rana are exceptional too. 
Bilal is amazing as always in whatever little he is shown of. Knowing that Yumna Zaidi asked Something Haute people to chop off her two sentences of praise for Bilal from her main interview I have reasons to believe that Bilal’s screentime is suspiciously been cut short off. Moomal and Farooq Rind are in her pocket and she is loyal employee of HumTv and that is quite evident in last 5 consecutive episodes. Abdullah will only be seen with Mahjabeen? If thats the case then it will be the biggest disappointment as Bilal is an individual artist and he has lot more to offer than to play a naive girl’s love interest and rishta suitor. He has always been a scene stealer and I would love to see Abdullah’s interactions with other characters and a proper evolution of his character. 
The show could have been a blockbuster but director’s loyalties and inclination towards one actor is spoiling the fun and disturbing the equilibrium!! 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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