Originally posted by: BlueWaters20
I feel so let down by this drama. I stopped watching Pakistani dramas a while back because they are so regressive. They start out well and for the first 3-5 episodes I’m like ‘wow, this seems so good’; then they completely derail and I abandon them. So frustrating. This one seemed different. Sure the storyline isn’t groundbreaking but the representation of the male lead WAS groundbreaking. For the first time we have a male character who seemingly doesn’t fall for the toxic mother in law’s schemes, who trusts his wife unequivocally, who encourages his wife to assert her independence and develop her confidence. I was loving it.
Then it started derailing. The first sign of the script going downhill was Hamza admitting his mother is in the wrong but telling Hala that despite this he doesn’t want to hear about the wrong things she does. This is completely illogical. He’s essentially told her that even if his mother abuses her she should keep quiet because he can’t hear a negative word about his mother.
The second sign of the script derailing was Hamza going ballistic when Hala told him his mother gave her the pills, and then falling for Shajahan’s lies and actually having the audacity to accuse Hala of attempting to abort their baby. At this point I was done with the show.
Unlike most I actually understand Hala not telling Hamza about her past with Khurram. Hamza has shown her that when it comes to life-altering matters, if it’s Hala’s word against Shajahan’s he will believe his mother. If he can believe Hala tried to kill her own baby, why would Hala have any confidence that he’ll believe she does not have an ongoing relationship with Khurram or love him?
Hala is a uneducated girl, who from her tweens onwards has been socialised to believe that she is worth absolutely nothing. She has never in her life had any kind of a support system. The one person who has consistently stood by her is Dadi, and whilst Dadi has no issues with going head to head with Shajahan, the truth is she has no real power within the family. If Raees wants Hala out, Dadi will not be able to stop him.
Shajahan has also brainwashed Hala, from a young age, into thinking that no one will ever believe her. That everyone thinks she is a liar. Hamza has reinforced this by not only disbelieving Hala about the pills but then accusing her of attempting to kill the child.
I’m with Hala all the way. Yea she cries a lot, but her behaviour makes perfect sense to me from a psychological perspective.