10 reasons why I am watching Preet Na Kariyo Koi...
1 - Ahsan Khan playing something other than a love sick puppy. No googoo eyes at the heroine. No button down shirts/polo shirts with jeans and black shoes -- please see exhibit A.
2 - Hira Salman playing a girl with spunk but not completely overboard. She's smart and she's expressive, but it's not just her dialogues. It's her expressions too. Bravo. She sure has come a long way, if you ask me.
3 - A stellar, perfectly assembled and styled cast. This brings me to...
4 - Ilyas (played by Hassan Noman). This guy has stolen my heart. I want him to be my cousin. My BFF cousin. He's that fun, seedha, dependable, sincere dude that you know is going to get his heart of gold broken by Goshi, but there's nothing you can do to stop it. Let's just hope Goshi doesn't ask him to prove his love for her with his life.
5 - The drama is beautifully shot. The background, the wardrobes, the angles.
6 - The background score and OST - you will find yourself humming it to yourself.
7 - The story. I know. It's a(nother) love story. But there's politics involved. A conservative and all-seeing father involved. A wildcard entry of Maryam involved. Ghunda-pun involved. Indirect dialogue that requires thought. And here's what is NOT involved: dosari biwi, Bushra Ansari, jhat shadi and pat talaaqain, Zahid Ahmed, Zahid Ahmed with aik secret and/or platonic aur aik not-secret and/or not-platonic biwi, Waseem Abbas, Faisal Qureshi, Faisal Qureshi with do (teen, chaar) biwian...I mean seriously. Hope springs eternal for this drama.
Conclusion: I say, let's give our boy (Ahsan) a chance to redeem himself after so many flops and watch Preet Na Kariyo...or for my sake, just watch it for Ilyas. :)
