Mera Naam Yousuf Hai

Ok - let's take a minute to talk about this drama that you should be watching RIGHT NOW: Mera Naam Yousuf Hai.

There is just so much awesomeness happening in this drama, that I can barely contain myself! I've already begged N to watch it too - and considering Chup Raho is over and Jackson Heights is almost over, maybe she'll oblige me. Just in case you were wondering, in return for my obviously amazing suggestions, she gives me gems *cough cough* like Aasmano Pe Likha...but I digress...

SO - coming back to MNYH, it's so cute, it just makes me want to puke rainbows and pray for world peace. It also has some familiar elements of the recently aired Pyaray Afzal, which I've decided to use as a starting point to familiarize you with this drama. 

Similarity 1: An awesome OST

Go ahead and take a listen here. The pleasant guitar strumming is used throughout the drama as a background score and it never grates on your nerves. 

Similarity 2: The not-clean-shaved, well-mannered, good looking hero. 

Awww - he's just so cute. (Pfffft - don't hate me for being new to the Imran Abbass fan club :p) And he's in total denial (so far) about being in love with the heroine. 

Similarity 3: Hero has a wiser, always-got-your-back best friend. 

Some of the funniest dialogues so far have been between these two. #ImLovingIt

Similarity 4: Hero has a happy, supportive, endearing family you will fall in love with. 

A dad that does his son's malish and accepts his son's in love with someone, and trusts his son. A step-mom who seems harmless enough (though there may be some tension on the hero's end). A younger step-sister that has a good relationship with her sibling because she has the confidence to pester him directly about his alleged lady-love. 

Similarity 5: Hero has an option 2 (in case heroine says no - geddit?) already secretly in love with him. 

He doesn't treat her with any less respect then he would anyone else, and this makes her love (secretly) him a little more. She's also his best friend's sister. #PotentialIssue 

Similarity 6: The feisty, bright-colored attire wearing, flat hair heroine. 

Really, I don't consider myself a fan of Maya Ali's at all. But she is nailing this role. *Two thumbs up*

Similarity 7: Heroine has a jhoola...

...though maybe you can't see it properly in this screen shot. Anyway. She has one and she uses it to sit and brood on.

Similarity 8: Heroine has a smart-mouthed, double-meaning statement-making, partner-in-crime sister. 

The sister totally loves her and the sibling bond is palpable.

Similarity 9: Heroine has a sassy, no-nonsense, supportive mother. 

...and don't we all pray to look that good when our kids are old enough to be at a marriageable age...

Similarity 10: Heroine takes potential suitors up to the chath. To do their baizti. 

Cos she's too damn good (not to mention smart) for this simple-minded creature that is in love with her. 

Similarity 11: Awesome dialogues. Dialogues that make you want to actually focus, instead of playing a drama on TV while you actually do another task. And so far no mention of the word kamina. Though, I'm sure it'll crop up eventually. 

Now - I don't want you to think that this drama is Pyaray Afzal all over again, because it's really not. It has a lot of the endearing elements of PA, but the story, character and flavor is all its own. Two episodes in, and it's moving at a good pace. 

So let's recap: Go watch Mera Naam Yousuf Hai. Now. 

Thank you.