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Originally posted by: cricketfan1

Agree!!! I was thinking about the same things watching Bashar Momin the other day...Its like as if all the girls of the drama world have taken a contract of jhelofying the bad boys and ultimately changing them into good ones with their holier than thou attitudes...Very realistic...NOT!

Originally posted by: amrapali_dubey

Was feroze in drama "bikhra mera naseeb "?

Originally posted by: prc_fan1

I am bad at explaining but I'll try.

Adeel & Bashar are definitely very different people at their core, but yet I feel the show trying to re-create a Bashar in Adeel, despite their fundamental differences. Bashar had a painful childhood & was forced to grow up at a very young age. Thus he was very harsh with people whereas Adeel seems to have more of a dysfunctional family rather than tormented childhood. Bashar was forced to become arrogant because of the big lesson he learnt in his life quite unlike Adeel who just enjoys the chase & the idea of people worshipping him. Despite these kind of differences, Adeel has a similar kind of arrogance, & attitude like Bashar. He's not as classy though, haha.

What I find most similar or see traces of BM in this show is the little incidents between the leads. In both instances, Rudaba & Rana came to live in the male lead's house after loosing their fathers. We got the first hint of Bashar's attraction towards Rudaba when she kinda shrugged his hand off, which is similar in the show. Then Buland's entry which piqued Bashar's jealousy, similar here with Maria's brother who showed interest in Rana causing Adeel to get jealous & speed things up. Bashar used manipulation to get married to Rudaba by staging the drama of that night when she hugged him & even Adeel got married similarly (though of course Adeel's actions were unintentional). The way Adeel complements Rana about little things or just lights up around Rana was pretty similar to the way Bashar looked at Rudaba initially.

I can see why many might not see the similarities, because the female leads in both the shows react quite differently to the way they were treated. Rudaba was more of an adjustable kind of person, whereas Rana is not. And also Bashar used more of his brain to manipulate Rudaba & family, unlike Adeel who simply enjoys teasing Rana rather than really engaging in big games to get what he wants.

I hope I made sense.

Originally posted by: prc_fan1

As much as Adeel annoys me, I personally find Rana equally annoying because in the first few episodes, you see her preaching about women's rights etc but when the same situation happened to her, she did nothing. At least, Rudaba never claimed to be one who couldn't stand injustice. She was pretty much meek & took a step back whenever she saw trouble. Quite unlike the 'strong woman' Rana is supposed to be. She did not even try to speak out against Adeel without worrying about how others would react to what she revealed. There is nothing great about her taunting Adeel or just shrugging him off after marriage. She already has given him the power over her by silently agreeing to his condition of marriage once.

Also I find Adeel as much a beast as Bashar. Both have similar views about how women should behave - that she should be mute & follow her husband's command silently. Bashar at least lived his life kinda selflessly for his sisters by making sure they were happy & had all the resources they wanted. (I am not justifying Bashar here) Adeel, on the other hand, doesn't seem to show any love for anyone in the family, not even his father who he uses simply to get Rana to do whatever he wants. Also, Bashar loved Rudaba. It was obvious from the very initial episodes, quite unlike Adeel for whom Rana is just a challenge he wants to win. I found Bashar more humane that way, though I don't deny that he was a beast.