Friday 5 June 2015

Alvida - Episode 16

This episode opened up with this scene: Haya, rejected by Hadi, asking Rameez to take her home. (Correction... The episode opened with ramwez staring at Haya crying, complete with horror movie background music and psycho killer smile in place)

  As I watched this 5-second scene, I came to the conclusion that Rameez might turn out to be crazy but it's Haya that is definitely in the wrong. First, she tried to make Hadi jealous by hooking up with Rameez, then she goes running back home and now that Hadi draws a line, she again turns to Rameez to escape Hadi. It's pretty cruel the way she's treated/treating Rameez. Sorry...from last episode's photography session it is quite clear that Rameez has always knows about Haya's obsession with Hadi and he still pursued her relentlessly. So no sympathy from me for psycho Rameez.

And then we have these two...I don't think I have the 'will power' to watch them be a couple. What are the chances Saim is going to convince Fareesa to run away to the U.S. with him? #Please #WishfulThinking
 We know what that means

yes but i don't think the viewers have the will power to see all that Ha-Reesa romance. Fareesa's response and excuse is totally lame
 Although i dont blame the gal...if doctor Hadi was looking at me with those come hither eyes and suggested we use will power to take our marriage to the next level...i would totally throw past misdemeanors in his face too...pfft.

meanwhile Rameez is at home unleashing all the crazy that's been making us uncomfortable about him.
How does he manage to make this sound so sinister and creepy??

Pfffft. Whatever. You know we were all thinking it...

Yeh? Yeh hei tohfa? Lagta hei Fareesa ke saath ja kay leea tha.
i dont know...i kinda liked it.
Multiple feelings about this:
1 - Glad Haya is as creeped out by Rameez's picture taking as we are. 
2 - Even though Rameez is saying the exact same thing I said at the beginning of the review, his vocalizing the same sentiment is hair-raising. 
3 - Haya's devotion to Hadi was no secret. Rameez even walked around HS Bhai-ing our ears out. But is he now implying that he didn't have a clue, until Haya made Hadi sandwiches, that Haya is devoted to Hadi?
4 - Maybe Rameez will turn out to be not psycho but just abusive? Maybe Hum TV can turn this drama around and make it about domestic violence? Umeed pe dunya qaim hei after all. 

here's what i want to know...how did Rameez manage to get those pictures of Haya and Hadi's??? Ye khidki se li tasveer, yeh darwaze se aur ye pics k liye i turned invisible and stood right next you guys...



Fareesa sneaks out of bed to chit chat with her boyfriend and gets caught. The conversation that follows - ie her excuse - is just too stupid to repeat. Hadi is as dumb as a door knob. That's all I know.

Umm....that looks kind of dangerous...

"Tumhara cousin shadian karta Ja ra hei, karta ja ra hei..." Hahaha.
This must've been the FIRST conversation (or monologue by Rameez really) that actually made sense, and actually sounded rational. 
and all i kept thinking was why they're having dinner in the bedroom when they have such a huge flat???

Oh. Wait. Hadi wasn't fooled by the "I'm talking to my mom" excuse. Phew. There's hope after all.
Aur yeh kon sa time hei raath ka that these two are sleeping and those two are having dinner?

Playing Haya must've turned Sanam Jung off of marriage for life. This scene crushes any hope of Rameez just being abusive. He's definitely a little cuckoo. a little???
yeah...sure...a little psycho
Yeh hein Tayi - fasaad ki jardh. Pehlay Hadi ki shadi Fareesa se ki Aur ab Haya ki Rameez se. Someone really needs to tell her that her match making skills suck. She should stick to going to the family clinic and doing whatever it is that she does there.

who else got the heebie jeebies from the lunch box scene??

Finally for me Zahid Ahmed has broken the Mehram chains and come into his own in Alvida. He makes a great psycho. While he was being creepy stalker boyfriend i couldn't stand him. Now that he's the psycho husband his dialogues have gotten better, and his acting skills are on glorious display. Thumbs up psycho Rameez.
No internet. No phone. And he will probably lock the apartment door from the outside. This guy is like a shoo-in for most thorough villain at the next Hum TV awards. 

Check it out. Sadi is still like 6 months old. And no one is concerned he will roll off the bed. Yeh doctors ki family hei?
Also, I'm happy to announce that after like 10 (?) episodes I finally know Sadi is a boy. Someone needs to give Taya a head CT. Koi apne wali-ahed ko itni la parwaee se treat karta hei?

Guess who turned into father of the year overnight?

Meanwhile, poor Haya has to resort to sending out SOS notes from her window...smart move haya...i dont see this going wrong in way or form...taaliyaan apki aqalmandi pe.

And so another episode of Alvida comes to a close. It's like the writer couldn't manage to work in parallel stories moving together - so this episode the writer was so focused on the Haya-Rameez story developing we don't see developments in anyone else's stories. And I'm still really curious to know if Saim's return will contribute anything to the story, or if he was just a time pass for Fareesa for the past few episodes. 


I guess we will wait and see...

p.s: sorry about the massive delay with alvida for last two weeks. I've been really sick. once again props to shamsi who was extremely busy but still managed tro churn out 4 reviews, Muahs. I love this girl :-D



4 comments:

  1. I thought the exact same thing about the impossible stalker picture angles!
    But I must say I have no idea where this drama is going to go next... will fareesa run away with saim or will he turn out to be not so stupid and actually take revenge on her... will the impossible happen and haya and hadi end up together or will haya stay trapped in the house forever... and why do I keep getting the feeling that hayas going to die somehow :/
    anyway all the above are reasons why I still do follow this drama

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    1. Hey anonymous...sorry for late reply... Send like your Haya dying prediction might be true as per episode 20 promo... Real question though is...is Hadi also going to die? Do you think rameez is going to shoot him?

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  2. First of all - congratulations Shamsi :-) And N, nice to read your comments, hope you are feeling better.

    The photo angles bothered me too - for a play directed by an ace DoP, that's a strange one to miss!

    Zahid Ahmed is really good, he is getting to do a range of roles (this one, Mehram of course and there's Jugnu as well - which I don't watch - Yumna Zaidi prancing around trees like a 4 year old is not very attractive). Zahid seems to be Hum TV Gods' second favourite after Mikaal.

    Coming back to Alvida, yeah, you got it right with the diva ratings - alvida to any/all brain cells - it's a sort of strange alternate universe thing where there's no logic. I believe Saim is playing with Fareesa's feelings to get back at her. As for Haya, I think Taya Abbu used her as a laboratory mouse when she was a kid, so there's this big vacuum in her head, where we normally have brains.

    The next episode has some fireworks - Alvida style, of course...

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    1. Your feelings for Jugnoo are the same as mine... Also I need a break from Zahid Ahmed...great actor or not...but it's no fun of you see the same actor on ever TV channel.

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