Originally posted by: dramebaaz.af
some takeaways so far;
the veteran cast, especially characters of Naima, Wahab, and Zainab are perfect! the nuance in their acting adds ore depth than what the script provides!
the elder Bhabhi, gosh she has a grating voice and I do not like that woman in any roles she's ever done. I am not sure how she's managed to stick around for this long in this industry. either its the stereotype typecasting for her, or she's related to someone.
Ushna seems to me as a level headed kid who grew up in a loving home, with a healthy outlook towards love. I think that's where her confusion stems from because for the first time she's also witnessing her mother try to explain the role of money and security and its importuned compared to how they lived when Furqan was alive. She's your everyday girl next door. The self respect in her is something thats quite natural of her character but also not something she defines herself by.
I think her displeasure for Shehroze comes from unable to understand why he reacts in extremes to anything adverse.
Her confusion for Sufiyan seems to come from wanting to be desired imo. this is where the prudish pakistani industry fails this show I think. Enemies to lovers is different than rivals to lovers, and this being the former ones refuses to engage with the sexual tension outside of banters. I think we see some semblance of that through the bruised ego with shehroze but it doesn't translate well with Ushna's comebacks because it just translates it into her simply reacting instead of engaging on a same level.
I feel like we should be seeing more of the process of Ushna observing Shehroze with his mother as much as we see Ushna being observed by him.
I also have to say that as a huge proponent of good trash tv, this show is much better than mere humsafer. I wish the young actors were pushed more here. Hania and Farhan have brought a cult life into their characters, and this show has so much potential. Usama and Anmol have great chemistry.
will come back with more but this for now;
great points -- it would have been fun to see more sizzle but I like this kind of muted feel because it just feels so comical. I was laughing at the jealousy scene where he said "mujse koi nahi bura hoga" and she yelled that he was the worst anyway. 😂 their banter is amusing and there is chemistry.
like you said, ushna does seem flattered more by sufiyan's attention and hence the confusion. she has had to learn some very bitter lessons about self-respect and money which is why she was never interested in his overtures. however, given the cultural prevalance of cousin marriage there (my observation based on it appearing as a concept in almost every other drama) and keeping kinship ties, it seems that everyone was expecting zainab would agree to sufiyan. like her consent was a foregone conclusion. so it seems that might have also played into ushna's confusion a bit -- she didnt' expect her mom to not only put her foot down but also choose someone else as a match in order to cut these characters out of their life. we don't see her argue back with zainab when she mentions about the lack of respect in the house and how they treated them while they were there. ushna is level headed and was aware of the issues.
I do find it hilarious that despite all the confusion, ushna is going about her normal life just as she is -- she is not losing sleep over getting married to shehroze 🤣 so yea, heart of hearts, just as shehroze, she is also okay with it. her main concern was if shehroze will ever show affection but like zainab has said, that will come in time. she seems to trust her mom's judgement.
I am not sure how people love humsafar -- I watched a few episode and I was bored out of my head and so annoyed. dropped it!
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