so far the things that they have changed aren't ruining the watching experience for me. I didn't really care for Haider and Sara in the novel because the main story was that of Saba and Afreen. So for me Sarwat and Imran Abbas aren't spoiling the play because they are just making the story move forward but are not the main protaganists of the story. I really enjoyed the Saba+Afreen interactions. It was very sweet :) Although I do wish they had the "moon wala scene" dialogue baazi in there. I kind of remember that as one of the character defining moments of Saba's character. Overall an average interpretation of Umera's novel by Umera herself so who can you blame ;-) It's not entirely Babar's fault.
which moon wala scene are you talking about? please remind me :D
oh, and you might be right about the fact that since umera ahmed her self has changed her novel for the drama it's not director's fault, but i guess we have been too spoiled by mehreen jabbar who made a drama based on umera ahmed's novel and actually showed it to us exactly how an umera ahmed novel should be dramatized. ab oss kay muqablay ka kuch nahi lagta :(
.....after reading everyone's comments here i am questioning to my self that would i have liked this drama at all if it wasn't based on that novel, or if i hadn't read the story before?
i am afraid to say that but i guess i wouldn't have watched it if it was just a drama.
what do you guys think?
well if you put yourself in commercial writers chair then you know it is not easy to dramatize every imaginary pleasure of the book.
not only it cost time (to find the appropriate characters), but also even if you find one, it takes time to train em. besides it costs money on all the resources from find the cast, to make the team, and then promote it.
and in the current situation, these production have to keep one after the other production in the pipeline...why...cuz there are so many people getting paid from these dramas...from camera man to safai wala, to actors to directors.
...it aint an easy job to make drama and also then to make people like it (so then they can get the sponsors). :)