Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
i'm watching it cuz its novel based and thts umera's novel...lakin jab writer ko khud apnay novels ki perwa nahi to hum kia ker saktay hain...
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
I read this novel long time ago and now watching drama. lovely creaion by umera ahmed. waise OST is amazing :)
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). :)
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 :(
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?
sorry not really a moon wala scene but their very first dialogue (Arfeen and Saba's) where she is gazing at the stars and asking questions. I thought that scene really defined her character and unfortunately it was missing from the drama. They sort of replaced it w/ the rabbit wala scene with Adnan Siddiqui.
I probably would not have been completely interested in watching this play and would have set it aside as another Geo/Humayun Saeed production with a lot of pointless rona dhona. So you are right, having Umera's name attached to it makes a difference. Esp. since I don't really watch Geo dramas anyways.
To respond to Zobia - I understand that a lot of marketing and money goes into creating a drama. But I think if they realize that they are actually working on a creative project and not just a marketing product, you end up with gems like Doraha. I think MZZB could have been in the same league.
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you are so right rukhar about zobia's comment, i couldn't have said it better.
what ever you do in life, it has to be planned accordingly, for example if i am opening a shoe shop i need employer who can take care of the cash register, they have to be good in math, some sales people who knows about shoes, who can deal with people blah blah blah, electricity, food, furniture etc. so it's not just drama that required all that, it's everything.
there are some people like mehreen jabbas, who does a very good job, they have an eye to find perfect people according to the characterr, and manage to do everything perfectly, and there are also some people who rely on bare minimal, and after watching many of babar javaid's drama, i think he is one of them who rely of bare minimal he doesn't waste his time to find the perfection.
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
i think its a good drama, the two characters this story revolves around are the main focus so far, even though saba's character is dead, i feel her presence very strongly in every scene so far, i'm sure it wasn't an easy tast to accomplish.
a big difference between 'malal' and 'meri zaat...' is that malal is not based off a novel but an original screenplay by umera, so no pre-conceived notions there whereas mzzbn is an adaptation and ppl will have various scenarios in their minds about it. i think its better for umera to write screenplays for tv separately and not do anymore adaptaions since ppl will always compare and find it lacking.
a big difference between 'malal' and 'meri zaat...' is that malal is not based off a novel but an original screenplay by umera, so no pre-conceived notions there whereas mzzbn is an adaptation and ppl will have various scenarios in their minds about it. i think its better for umera to write screenplays for tv separately and not do anymore adaptaions since ppl will always compare and find it lacking.
I agree with you. Esp. since they make quite a few changes to the original novels which fans have a hard time accepting. Umera should have gotten a Ron Howard to produce MZZB :) hehe Now that would have been COOL!
no actually sara was not like saba at all, in the end of the novel sara actually compared her self to her mother and she realized that she is nothing like her, she can never be as strong and live with the dignity her mother had throughout her life.
OHHHH. ok then they have messed this up big time. and im sorry but her hair styles really just put me off too. the characters look and appearance matter =\ sarwat gillani is sarwat gillani in the drama, not sara.
I agree with you. Esp. since they make quite a few changes to the original novels which fans have a hard time accepting. Umera should have gotten a Ron Howard to produce MZZB :) hehe Now that would have been COOL!
hehe trust me even ron howard wouldn't handle an umera novel, because the audience he is dealing with is very picky, we would still find something to complain about :D
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guys, i am a full time college student. i am taking more credit hours than i should :( and my stupid major is beyond my mental capabilities, it means i have to basically kill my self for studies. and tv drama is my ONLY source of entertainment right now. (reading used to be my source of entertainment too, but stupid desi store uncle stop bringing urdu digest sad face) so if i am being picky about the dramatization of one of my fav. novel by my most fav. author i think i am quite justified.
it's not a bad drama, but IT ANNOY THE HELL OUT OF ME WHEN THEY RUIN SOMETHING I LIKED.
Re: Umera Ahmed’s “Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan”
^ aww sorry, don’t take it personally, i was speaking generally. i know what you mean. these dramas are the only source of entertainment for me these days too and i get way too much into the story too 
hey you don’t have to say sorry, i was just having a discussion. even though your screen name si dramaybazz, i was the one being the drama queen lol
hehe trust me even ron howard wouldn't handle an umera novel, because the audience he is dealing with is very picky, we would still find something to complain about :D
LOL you're right. that's the inherent problem with dramatizing a novel where the novel writer either doesn't know how to write a proper script or hands it over to someone who does a shoddy job of it.
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
what time does this thing come on?
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
................i just watched another one of umera ahmed's novel's drama amar bail and it's so bad, its beyond pathetic.
now i feel like i am being punished for criticizing mairi zaat zarra-e-baynishan :( because amar bail is so bad it made me thankful for MZZBN.
and i know i am being a drama queen :D how else would you react when after 5 months of jaan torh parhai you are all of sudden free and stuck at home because of a snow storm. he he dramas are taking over my life :(
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
^lol same here! having 3 weeks off, so im watching several dramas together :D
i cannt wait until next episode, im going crazy!!
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
i hope writer,director and producer read this thread :D
i hope writer,director and producer read this thread :D
yaar even if they do read it they won't care. (apart from the writer) i don't think the director and the producer cares. as long as they have big bucks in their pocket from their products, who cares what people think about it.
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
yaayyy! its finally starting tonight (sat) in USA 8 pm ET, good news for Sajalina who's been asking for a while :)
Re: Umera Ahmed's "Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishaan"
my family hates me :(
i was keep telling them whats gonna be coming up in the drama. now i am not allow to watch it with them he he