Excursion of a born philanthropist, determined to fill the void in uniform distribution of education in her community, without the bounds of finances. Zimal faces multiple obstacle in her virtuous way, from personal wounds to feudal establishment, everything seems to diverge her astray. Written by Kashif Anwer, directed by Shehzad Kashmiri and produced under the banner of Momina Duraid Productions, the cast of Neem includes, Syed Jibran, Mawra Hussain, Arslan Naseer, Hani Taha, Maryam Nafees, Shamyl Khan, Ameer Gilani, Adeel Khan, Ismat Zaidi, Alamdar Khan, Areeba Tirmizi, Tahira Shahzad, Yousuf Bashir Qureshi & Others. Watch Neem starting only on HUM TV.
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Neem Episode 6 Written Update and Review
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Alrighty, I’m back with Neem’s review.
Let’s divide this review in three sections, one for each of Zimal’s… candidates, for lack of a better term. I mean, it doesn’t make sense now that Zimal is married, but then…
Cruel Karamat
Karamat’s gigantic house is ready and he visits the house in his new car. We can see it on his face how proud and content he is to finally be able to live life king size. Jameel is there, as usual, flattering Karamat, massaging his master’s ego left, right and center. Karamat wants to be alone, so Jameel leaves.
Now, Karamat sits in his new throne like a king, with his right leg up on left. When he tries to get up, he feels a shooting pain in his lower back (#relatable, for every software developer, anyone who sits in front of the computer for most part of the day). Anywho, so he goes to the doctor, and after some technical explanations, the doc asks him to change his sitting style.
Karamat: This is a habit now, a lifestyle.
Doctor: Well, you gotta change that now.
Karamat was so helpless in that moment, and that’s again so relatable. I fear that one day, when I visit the doctor for my back pain, he would ask me to leave my job and find an alternate job that doesn’t require me to sit non-stop in a chair, restraining my shoulders, neck and back. Of course, the credit (blame) of my pain goes to my slouching habits, but as Karamat said: aadat hai, jati nahin.
Lovelorn Arshad
Arshad bids a very emotional goodbye to his family and flies to Philadelphia (woohoo). Since he is one of the heroes, he runs into a friendly Pakistani chap Faisal, who treats Arshad like a younger brother and takes home. Just like that, Arshad has a place to live, with internet connection and all. If life was so easy in America, everyone would go there, don’t you think? I had a US visa once, and it expired. I didn’t even think of going to US of A, not even once. I don’t know what it is about USA, just the thought makes me freak out.
What I noticed about this track was Faisal. He seems to have a keen observation and notices that Arshad is a naakaam aashiq. Faisal himself has an unrequited love story of his own.
Also, Faisal repeatedly referred to Arshad as “my Pakistani brother, you’re a guest for me.” That was so repetitive that it kinda got to my nerves. Also, being the skeptic that I am, I felt that he was too good to be true. What if Arshad’s money is stolen and he is thrown on the streets. That’s gotta be more interesting.
Zimal and Shazil
Zimal doesn’t want to go for a honeymoon, Shazil gives a cheque of 12 lakh rupees to Zimal for her mission, they find a vacant garage to be used as new school, they go shopping for kids, and then Zimal roams on the streets gathering kids for her school where education is free. Shazil isn’t too excited about this routine, but he is there with Zimal, every step of the way.
While watching Zimal do her crazy stuff, I was like: Thank goodness Shazil is such a supportive partner.
As it turns out, I wasn’t alone in feeling that way. It was intentional, and the makers made it a point to include that in the narrative. Zimal confesses to Shazil that a supportive partner like his was a blessing, and she couldn’t have worked on her mission if it wasn’t for Shazil. Awnnn. That was so sweet.
We also see an emotional moment as Shazil recalled his childhood, sans a father, and the void of a fatherly figure in his life. That scene serves two purposes: it showed us that Shazil was also a human and emotions to take a toll on him. Secondly, it showed that Arsalan Naseer had improved a lot in his dialogue delivery and expressions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still part of CBA fan but his acting skills have improved now, admit it.
Oh, there a bonus observation, here: Foreshadowing? Maybe, just maybe, Shazil wouldn’t be there for his kid, you know. Shazil yearned to be there for his kid, whenever that happens. Perhaps, he wouldn’t be, and Zimal would end up marrying Arshad/KAramat. Now, that would be an interesting story to watch.
Review
I fail to understand how Karamat’s ailment or Shazil’s bhabhi’s social media presence is relevant to the story, but I sure hope it has some meaning. This is still a good watch, given that the performances are so perfect. I like Jibran in this role, he has aced it. Others are also good.
Now, we wait for the next week for the next episode.
That’s my take on latest episode of Neem. How did others feel about it?
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