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Younis's character was really humanized over the course of the past few epis...and this continued into today's epi...
What I am liking more and more about this show is the way every character is being justified in their point of view...and where they are coming from...yes even including the vicious gossiper Shabnam.
1) Imran lashing out at Shabnam on realizing that she was the reason for Mariam being so rude with him and then him wallowing in guilt over that afterwards...this pinches him for two reasons...1)As he points out to his Maamu, who would know better than Imran himself what it feels like to live with a tohmat...i.e. an unfair accusation...and 2) Cuz at his core, Imran is remarkably chivalrous...he feels worse that Mariam has to bear this being a woman...he can still live with the accusations as a man but it's all the worse for a woman in a conservative society like this one.
2) The tiny bit on the terrace when Imran sees a Mariam pensive in thought and can't help but be concerned...but the moment she looks up and sees him, he INSTANTLY looks away to pretend like he wasn't watching her😆
And then sneaks a look again when he sees her leaving
Nicely done bit...and ofcourse as soon as she leaves, Imran finds his fav. punching bag Maamu yet again to take out all his anger on and reminds him yet again that this is all HIS fault...lol which honestly speaking it actually is😆
3) The two most hard-hitting scenes in this epi belonged to Younis-Najma...the first being the one where Najma asks some very honest yet hard hitting questions to Younis with child-like innocence...why are girls and boys treated differently? Why can't a girl play for her country and her family feel as proud of her as they would if she was the son of the family? Does religion really prohibit girls from participating in sports and businesses? Then why did she hear otherwise from the priestess in the mosque? And Younis had no answers other than to stare at her...
What I loved about this scene was the way Younis told Najma that he wanted to clarify to her that he is not against HER specifically...to him she is evermore special because she is the only remaining symbol of his beloved brother...so to him she is precious beyond her understanding...but his own views about different rules for girls and boys hold true across the board to include his own daughters as well. This was a lovely follow up to the scene from two epis back when Younis gets emotional on seeing Tauseef's old blazer and reminisces about him with Najma...very very touching scene that was.
And then finally the most emotional moment of the epi for me was the way Najma just hugged Younis from the back...after the apology has been done with and Younis reminds her again why she is so precious to him for Tauseef himself placed her in Younis's lap and decreed her as Younis's daughter...what a beautifully written moment and so wonderfully enacted by the actors! I must say the actor playing Younis is doing a great job👏...and Ashnoor toh has this special talent since her NBT days only to make her emotional scenes extra touching...you can't help but get teary-eyed...
The way the conflicts have been written between these characters...just some EXCELLENT writing these past few epis👏👏...and top notch direction...the core issue of a clash of ideologies...old and new...conservative and progressive...so nicely brought out without making it OTT or loud and dramatic for the sake of it.
I love how Najma's questions rattled Younis and he really couldn't stop thinking about them later on also but he really didn't hold it against Najma per se even as he feels justified in his POV...that was the beauty of this scene...the sensitivity with which it was written.
What I am liking more and more about this show is the way every character is being justified in their point of view...and where they are coming from...yes even including the vicious gossiper Shabnam.
1) Imran lashing out at Shabnam on realizing that she was the reason for Mariam being so rude with him and then him wallowing in guilt over that afterwards...this pinches him for two reasons...1)As he points out to his Maamu, who would know better than Imran himself what it feels like to live with a tohmat...i.e. an unfair accusation...and 2) Cuz at his core, Imran is remarkably chivalrous...he feels worse that Mariam has to bear this being a woman...he can still live with the accusations as a man but it's all the worse for a woman in a conservative society like this one.
2) The tiny bit on the terrace when Imran sees a Mariam pensive in thought and can't help but be concerned...but the moment she looks up and sees him, he INSTANTLY looks away to pretend like he wasn't watching her😆
And then sneaks a look again when he sees her leaving
Nicely done bit...and ofcourse as soon as she leaves, Imran finds his fav. punching bag Maamu yet again to take out all his anger on and reminds him yet again that this is all HIS fault...lol which honestly speaking it actually is😆
3) The two most hard-hitting scenes in this epi belonged to Younis-Najma...the first being the one where Najma asks some very honest yet hard hitting questions to Younis with child-like innocence...why are girls and boys treated differently? Why can't a girl play for her country and her family feel as proud of her as they would if she was the son of the family? Does religion really prohibit girls from participating in sports and businesses? Then why did she hear otherwise from the priestess in the mosque? And Younis had no answers other than to stare at her...
What I loved about this scene was the way Younis told Najma that he wanted to clarify to her that he is not against HER specifically...to him she is evermore special because she is the only remaining symbol of his beloved brother...so to him she is precious beyond her understanding...but his own views about different rules for girls and boys hold true across the board to include his own daughters as well. This was a lovely follow up to the scene from two epis back when Younis gets emotional on seeing Tauseef's old blazer and reminisces about him with Najma...very very touching scene that was.
And then finally the most emotional moment of the epi for me was the way Najma just hugged Younis from the back...after the apology has been done with and Younis reminds her again why she is so precious to him for Tauseef himself placed her in Younis's lap and decreed her as Younis's daughter...what a beautifully written moment and so wonderfully enacted by the actors! I must say the actor playing Younis is doing a great job👏...and Ashnoor toh has this special talent since her NBT days only to make her emotional scenes extra touching...you can't help but get teary-eyed...
The way the conflicts have been written between these characters...just some EXCELLENT writing these past few epis👏👏...and top notch direction...the core issue of a clash of ideologies...old and new...conservative and progressive...so nicely brought out without making it OTT or loud and dramatic for the sake of it.
I love how Najma's questions rattled Younis and he really couldn't stop thinking about them later on also but he really didn't hold it against Najma per se even as he feels justified in his POV...that was the beauty of this scene...the sensitivity with which it was written.
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