Originally posted by: spnfan
Pak drama esp has very little green flags and i will cherish them to the fullest when they show them. So salman for the win 😆. I can only think of udaari's arsh to be this good.
Sheryar's character wasnt macho alpha man or toxic in that sense but he was very indecisive and jumped between 2 girls way too much. At the end he wanted both but thankfully the second female lead had some sort of self respect and dumbed him. He was more like a clueless naive guy that didn't think much of the consequences of his actions. He was a man child. Then the show had the usual regressive content of salwar kameez girl= sanskari and jeans pant= badtameez. The entire drama is also wasn't glamorous like TB. It was subtle and sober. So had that pak drama essence to it. TB is like a finite Gul Khan show with pemra restrictions 😆. I also couldn't handle the amount of bad writing and bad characterisation just for yumna and wahaj's chemistry. Now i am only watching kuch ankahi and chand tara. I also watch fair tale 2x speed. Only watches the leads 😆
Generally TV shows - pak or ITV are frankly full of red flags only. The writers are from some other zamana and the motivation is trp and not creativity or intelligent writing. Your brief synopsis has only convinced me not to watch the sheryar Sajal show 😵Frankly we really can’t escape the fact that in our societies, be in India or Pak, feminism, equality, chauvinism, chivalry are so misunderstood even by women.
I am watching TB but not obsessively…I don’t think the writing deserves the glorification the show has got. Frankly, I love Wahaj and Yumna but my days of obsessive watching are over, I have realized I need to connect on some level. That’s why Kuch Ankahi is something I really love, I do think it has lot to do with me personally …many characters are similar to me and my life and of course it helps that the writing is so thought provoking.
I am happy for finite dramas. But I also think web series are fantastic, IF doesn’t do a good job of building a forum to discuss web series. Frankly it seems like IF has not really kept up with content side of things, but yes, the people on IF definitely represent society very well which has become quite discordant, peripheral and self indulgent.