Sadqay Tumharay - Episode 7 - 12

Welcome to my second installment of Sadqay Tumharay (venting) session. It took me practically 8 episodes worth of frustrated Whatassp texts to my bestie N here, before she admitted that she had been (kind of) following the drama and had not recommended it to me because she thought I might react this way.

*Sigh* Anyway. Since I completed 6 episodes last review, I decided to complete another 6. Plus, the entry in episode 12 of an actor I can't stand was the final nail in the coffin for me to abandon this drama. More on that at the end...

So, let's start this with continuing on my list of "Why Shano is so Awesome."

9 - She can do marham patti in the dark #FlorenceNightingalePartTwo
10 - She can also study in the dark.

11 - Tangay wala baba loves her. Woh sub se achi hei. 

12 - She has good taste in men (source: tangay walay baba)

13 - She has a high standard of good hygiene. 

 ....Coming back to episode 7: Shano has been beaten mercilessly by her mom, and now is forbidden visitors. So Shano's best friend convinces Molvi Sahab to go and make sure she's either really, really, sick or really, really not. When Molvi Sahab insists on seeing Shano, mom forces her to pretend to be sick.

Chalo Ji. Ab molvi Sahab se jhoot bhi bola jaayega!

Cos Khalil - by some mysterious forces, knows exactly what happened to Shano. #What

Just like Shano knows exactly what Khalil is up to. 

There is way too much voo-doo going on here...

Yeh hua tu mar jaongi. Woh hua tu mar jaongi. #SuicidalTendencies

#DoctorThatHasNoLife

Molvi Sahab se pooch kar dargaah pe ja rahi hein...? Really? Yaar itni Islamiat tu mujhe tak aati hei ke this is not ok.

Ooooohhhh! I'm so scared!! #MahallyKayGhunday

Khalil tries to be Salman Khan. Well, half-Salman Khan, cos Salman bhai tu sari shirts aur undershirts phardh kar utaar dete hein. #Amateur

Yeah, seriously - why is khala so concerned if Khalil got beat up? Shouldn't she be doing a happy dance?

Khalil needs to work on being more subtle. What's with all these goofy smiles aimed at Shano? Again #Amateur

Oohhh boy Fayaz - he got you good!
Us zamanei mein aisi darian koun banata tha? Can someone do a historical accuracy check here?

The curious case of Khalil's ever changing injuries....

Andheray mein parhaee kar ke top karaingi yeh dono geniuses.

Khalil's career he means. Ab mujhe koi bataaye ke yeh kounsa career hei? All he does is play cricket and visit Shano.

How many times am I supposed to be blown away by Shano's performance of the same song? 

The EXACT moment I decided to abandon the rest of this drama.

Isko koun kamina cast kar leta hei? 

In conclusion - would I recommend this drama? Well - depends. If you like Mahira Khan, if you don't mind long drawn out scenes, some repetition, and don't wince every time a character says 'kamina,' you could give it a whirl. For me, I think I'll stick to the other offerings, since I don't care for any of the above. 

Do feel free to write back telling me all about how wrong I am, and how awesome Sadqay Tumharay is!And definitely do subscribe!

Until next time...

Sadqay Tumharay - Episodes 1 to 6

I don't think I should have decided to jump into this drama - or if I was going to watch it, I think I should've started right at the beginning. Reason being, that now, with 16 episodes being aired, and endless gushing been done, I walk into the serial expecting to be wowed and I am left musing, "It's ok...what's the big deal?" Also, when everyone says something is great, you (well, I) become even more critical. 

To top it off, I'm not a diehard Mahira fan. She's pretty and sure she can act, but I think she's way over rated. And, for the record, Humsafar wasn't THAT great either.

Having said all this - this piece might be a a little too critical. Or possibly mean. Actually, probably just mean. But, I'm hoping there might be a few soul-sisters out there who will secretly nod their head and accept my biases as truths of life. ;)

Anyway - Let's begin with Shanno. Where to start....where to start....I guess I'll have to list her awesome attributes:
1 - She's a champion poetry-spouting machine.
2 - She is an angel of mercy to her brothers and sisters. Perfect older sibling.
3 - All her friends love her. Cos, she's perfect.
4 - All her relatives love her. Cos, she's perfect.
5 - She's a paanch wakth ki namazi. (For the record, her aunt called her 'doodh ki dhulli hui.')
6 - She's the most beautiful hoor pari. Like ever. Step aside Aishwariya.
7 - She sings like an angel.
8 - She makes perfectly round, and finger licking good, makaee ki rotis.
Lucky for yall, I am only 1.33 episodes into this series. Lord knows how many other glowing attributes I will have to endure as we progress.

Phir we have the hero. He has enough haya to return the mohallay ki lardki ka love letter, but is denying an engagement (supposedly) made at birth or when he was really really young. Either way, he has decided to say no before he even sees the girl. And when he finally decides to come to the family wedding, he is set on being the biggest sarro in the world.

Luckily for us, the nani from Jackson Heights is here too...and she's cuter than ever! 

...except when she sits on a takhat like a madam at a mujra. :/

What is Dr.Maqsood's obsession with convincing Khalil that Shano is the most beautiful, most shy, most wonderful-est girl ever to grace this planet? I mean, if someone else sang praises of my fiance to me...He's not in love with Shano himself is he? I'm pretty sure he's not. But, I dont get who died and appointed him Shano's PR/Sales Rep to Khalil.

Are these girls for real? Giggle giggle. #Puh-leez

And this is a state of family emergency WHY?

It takes 2 and a half episodes for Khalil to see Shano. And this is the self-satisfied face he makes? Maybe to Sadqay Tumaharay fans this face says, "Wow, I am in love." To me it seems like he was acting like a jerk, refusing the rishta and now that he's seen her he decides she passes inspection. Male chauvinism at its finest. I don't understand why everyone else is going all weak-kneed at his reaction. It would've been nice to see him do a double-take, look a little ashamed/shocked at his fate of being engaged to someone way out of his league. Instead he's all like, "Yeah, this is what I deserve."

Shano dressed in some vague past-era outfit.
Her cousin dressed in Tariq Road's latest off the rack collection.
In fact, barring Shano, almost all of the other characters are seen wearing normal 3-piece lawn.
A little consistency here, please.

Inko kiss nei kata hei?

Gray color ki mooch laganei se koi budha nahi ho jata. Even though I am a little grossed out by these old actors being paired up with under aged female leads (Yasir Nawaz and Sajjal Ali #ChupRaho). Farhan Ali Agha seems a little too young in this role.

Hero ka biggest fan. Look at that blatant puppy love. Awwww 

It's ok Fayaz. I'm just as unimpressed as you. 

Agar yeh gari nahi hoti, tu is Dramay mein koi light moments nahi hotay. #YayGari

For a drama set in some vague medieval period of Pakistan, when Lahore was so small tangay walay knew every Lahori by name, they sure do use a lot of English and not quite enough of hardcore Urdu...

And what is up with this bromance? Gees. Keep it together guys. 

Wait - What? Who? Hein? Kia? I had to read three drama reviews to understand what this story was all about. And that just confused me even more. Cos why would you want to marry your son to the the daughter of the sister that cheated on you with your own husband?

As if it isn't bad enough to sit through long scenes, we have to watch each character recount the scene, dialogue by dialogue, to their respective best friends - best friends, who have no life. Or no suggestion of one anyway.

Khuda ka wasta hei - koi inko aik do goolian Vicks ki de de! 


Don't get me wrong. I want to like this drama. Really. But it's just too much! It's too drawn out, there is no consistency in creating a decipherable era that it is taking place in, and I'm not too rah-rah about the sound track, which is played too often and too loud. I'm having trouble sticking too it, which I am only doing because I'm waiting for the moment it gets good and I have that "Oh! This is what everyone is raving about!" feeling.

Dear feeling, please come quick....