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Hey guys,,,😛
I am new to this thread, tho not new to IF at all...I usually post episode reviews of Humsafar on http://alliswell.express-forum.net/t2559p105-humsafar-pak-drama-discussion-thread#32278, some of my friends there requested me to post them here too..
I am only posting episode 2 and 3...if it does generate discussions and more views..I shall continue to post here too..if it is limited, I encourage you to please read it at the above link...
So here goes..Thank you all in advance..😃
EPISODE 2
Humsafar Episode Analysis Ep.2
I have only picked some aspects I enjoyed watching..tried my best to not repeat discussions already taking place which needless to say have been fantastic..
I like the pace of this show very much. It is not just a relief from the drag fests that we are subjected to but even the movements within each scene are detailed in a manner that are realistic yet entertaining..
Note the outdoor scene where the father and son have a conversation, the breeze blows, birds chirp and the leaves sway..yet the swings on the far right end of the lawn are still..almost like as though what the father is about to ask from the son shall still the son..
The aspect of father asking from his son is not new..sacrificial bonds such as these are extremely common in eastern cultures and parents are extremely conscious and sensitive of this ..in fact, if you notice the dialogue between the father and son, the father says.."main tumhare kwaishiyein khwab sab kuch cheen lene ki baat kar rahaa hoon".. however as the episode progresses, specifically, the conversation between the husband and wife..Asher's parents, the sacrificial bonds pave way to the chauvinistic one..another one common in eastern cultures ..and note the dialogue here, it is one of domination ..which tells us something about Baseehar's character..as long as the relationship was one of 'blood'- son, sister..the conversations, expectations and demands were pleading..the minute the relationship changed, everything associated with the relationship changed..almost took an ugly turn..which makes me want to say Basheehar is the most orthodox character of this story.
Another aspect I noticed regarding Baseehar was from Asher's point of view..Asher's constant..'never seen his father this way' tells us that Baseehar wants to absolute himself from the guilt he has regarding treating his sister ..which he shall now carry out under any circumstance..which then is obvious from the way he keeps Fareeda out of it completely.
The movements in the short scene between the household help and Asher with Khirat making an apprearence says a lot too. Firstly I love sounds..that add to the scene..sounds of the oil splattering, and the beaten egg being made into a omlette..Raza asks for a coffee if Asher does not want breakfast, a sign of a help that has been there for a long time. The look that Khirat gives Asher after their salaams and Asher's infuriated glance..has set the tone of the beginning of this marriage already..well done..in front of the household help, they shall be polite..but behind the backs..confusion and exasperation.
I think a lot has already been said of Asher's and Sara's relationship, so won't delve too much into it. Loved the closed office room with the television images constantly playing,, while a part of me thought it was distracting, a part of me also felt, the scene showed us Asher's room is like him, very neat and tidy and the constant TV play tells us, somewhere Asher is a confused man..and then the backyard convo..where Asher is very clear cut..in a backyard which is perfectly decorated with neatly carved pots and plants perfectly trimmed..just as Sara thought of herself for Asher..that she was and is perfect for him..her words jaahil, gaanv …not his standard with respect to Khirat and her insistence that Khirat and Asher is a bejod shaadi..and Asher's immediate reaction to it..tells us that this sets the tone for the next stage in Asher's life..where his aim probably shall be to prove that his and Khirat's Jodi is not BEJOD…
The open area in the night sets the tone for Asher and his mother Farida..it brings out the open conversation..from Asher and from Farida..agar tumhein Sara mein koyee interest nahin tho main Baseehar ki tarah nahin hoon…these dialogues and Farida's reference to Asher's father by taking his name instead of saying tumhare abbu or tumhare dad..was a little biting I thought, almost bitchy, almost like as though they were preparing us for the scene between Farida and Baseehar where as an audience we would be confused as to who to feel for..FRANKLY, this was a bad move, becos no matter what, in a modern set up, the scene between Farida and Baseehar was difficult to digest and even if Farida is the biggest bitch..NO one I repeat NO one deserves to be treated like that!!
I have only picked some aspects I enjoyed watching..tried my best to not repeat discussions already taking place which needless to say have been fantastic..
I like the pace of this show very much. It is not just a relief from the drag fests that we are subjected to but even the movements within each scene are detailed in a manner that are realistic yet entertaining..
Note the outdoor scene where the father and son have a conversation, the breeze blows, birds chirp and the leaves sway..yet the swings on the far right end of the lawn are still..almost like as though what the father is about to ask from the son shall still the son..
The aspect of father asking from his son is not new..sacrificial bonds such as these are extremely common in eastern cultures and parents are extremely conscious and sensitive of this ..in fact, if you notice the dialogue between the father and son, the father says.."main tumhare kwaishiyein khwab sab kuch cheen lene ki baat kar rahaa hoon".. however as the episode progresses, specifically, the conversation between the husband and wife..Asher's parents, the sacrificial bonds pave way to the chauvinistic one..another one common in eastern cultures ..and note the dialogue here, it is one of domination ..which tells us something about Baseehar's character..as long as the relationship was one of 'blood'- son, sister..the conversations, expectations and demands were pleading..the minute the relationship changed, everything associated with the relationship changed..almost took an ugly turn..which makes me want to say Basheehar is the most orthodox character of this story.
Another aspect I noticed regarding Baseehar was from Asher's point of view..Asher's constant..'never seen his father this way' tells us that Baseehar wants to absolute himself from the guilt he has regarding treating his sister ..which he shall now carry out under any circumstance..which then is obvious from the way he keeps Fareeda out of it completely.
The movements in the short scene between the household help and Asher with Khirat making an apprearence says a lot too. Firstly I love sounds..that add to the scene..sounds of the oil splattering, and the beaten egg being made into a omlette..Raza asks for a coffee if Asher does not want breakfast, a sign of a help that has been there for a long time. The look that Khirat gives Asher after their salaams and Asher's infuriated glance..has set the tone of the beginning of this marriage already..well done..in front of the household help, they shall be polite..but behind the backs..confusion and exasperation.
I think a lot has already been said of Asher's and Sara's relationship, so won't delve too much into it. Loved the closed office room with the television images constantly playing,, while a part of me thought it was distracting, a part of me also felt, the scene showed us Asher's room is like him, very neat and tidy and the constant TV play tells us, somewhere Asher is a confused man..and then the backyard convo..where Asher is very clear cut..in a backyard which is perfectly decorated with neatly carved pots and plants perfectly trimmed..just as Sara thought of herself for Asher..that she was and is perfect for him..her words jaahil, gaanv …not his standard with respect to Khirat and her insistence that Khirat and Asher is a bejod shaadi..and Asher's immediate reaction to it..tells us that this sets the tone for the next stage in Asher's life..where his aim probably shall be to prove that his and Khirat's Jodi is not BEJOD…
The open area in the night sets the tone for Asher and his mother Farida..it brings out the open conversation..from Asher and from Farida..agar tumhein Sara mein koyee interest nahin tho main Baseehar ki tarah nahin hoon…these dialogues and Farida's reference to Asher's father by taking his name instead of saying tumhare abbu or tumhare dad..was a little biting I thought, almost bitchy, almost like as though they were preparing us for the scene between Farida and Baseehar where as an audience we would be confused as to who to feel for..FRANKLY, this was a bad move, becos no matter what, in a modern set up, the scene between Farida and Baseehar was difficult to digest and even if Farida is the biggest bitch..NO one I repeat NO one deserves to be treated like that!!
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