re: -HUMSAFAR-
Another good episode with brilliant editing. Every scene falls into the next scene so seamlessly! Naveens acting skills are commendable. When she is on the phone with Mahira, her expressions are impressive to say the least. Imagine the director telling you to sound very friendly over the phone but look hateful at the same time! Not an easy task by any means, especially for a newcomer! But Naveen pulls it off very well!
A minor blunder was the chess scene, although done nicely, it came in a rush. We were not told why Asher looks at Khirad for help. How did he know she plays chess?
I was also wondering about the role of Sara’s mother. I haven’t read the novel, but wonder how Farhat Ishtiaq defined that role in the novel. Surely a mother who is so concerned about her daughter’s well being would try a bit harder. She knows of Sara’s intentions clearly, yet does not think it necessary to alert her sister Farida or Asher of her daughter’s abnormal behaviour towards Khirad.
Maybe a more proactive mother would have been an inconvenience in the plot of the story that Farhat Ishtiaq had invisiged…
But despite these minor observations, I think the direction and the overall feel of the drama is simply beautiful.
Sarah doesn’t figure so prominently in the novel. She’s just a cousin of Ashar’s who likes him but they aren’t even friends. And she doesn’t even appear in the novel till amost halfway through the story.