Aap Ki Kaneez
Aap ki Kaneez is a 2015 Pakistani drama serial originally aired on Geo Entertainment from 15 September 2014 to 23 March 2015 for twenty-six episodes.
Synopsis
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times with the same person, over and over again. But there is always an unusual story to tell.
Shah Mir Afandi lost his wife Sheerin while she was giving birth to their daughter Parniyan 12 years ago, but the love that he felt for her when he laid his eyes on her for the first time is still there. When they got married Sheerin was a divorcee with a 13 year boy Shah Zar from her first marriage, but her past had no effect on him in any way Shah Mir and he is still living with her memories and his house is more of a museum which has Sheerin written all over. But his life takes an unutterable twist when he is forced to marry his servant’s daughter Kaneez who is half the age of his and is uneducated. After hiding his marital status from the family he had to tell them and face their annoyance.
“Aap Ki Kaneez” is the story of a girl who is married to a man who is still in love with his dead wife. Our Kaneez has to sacrifice almost everything in order to gain the respect from her in-laws.
Will Kaneez sacrifice everything to adjust to her new household?
Credit
Written By: Faiza Iftikhar
Directed By: Amir Yousuf
Produced By: A & B Entertainment
[Source: Geo Kahani YouTube Channel]
Cast and Characters
Yumna Zaidi as Kaneez
The titular character, daughter of a gardener who works for Shah Mir Afandi
Alyy Khan as Shah Mir Afandi
The rich businessman who can’t get over the death of his wife
Atiqa Odho as Sheerin
Shah Mir’s first wife; she was a divorcee with a son when Shah Mir married him.
Shamim Hilaly as Amma Jee
Sheerin’s mother who now lives with Shah Mir. Shah Mir treats Amma Jee as if she’s queen or something.
Sohail Asghar as Maali Baba
Kaneez’s father. He passes away in the later episodes.
Zainab Jameel as Arzoo
Kaneez’s older sister who is divorced once. She has anger issues and can’t differentiate the right from wrong. This makes for an interesting subplot later in the story.
Iman as Parniyan
Shah Mir and Sheerin’s daughter.
Mohammad Ali Khan as Shehroz
Sheerin’s son from her first marriage
Ayesha Toor as Safeena
Shah Mir’s friend and a candidate. Later, she genuinely takes interest in bringing Kaneez and Shah Mir together. A part of it could be attributed to her pure and unadulterated hatred for
Farah Nadir as Aruj
One of Amma Jee’s old acquaintance who wants her neice or someone to be married to Shah Mir. Quite vicious she is.
Gul-e-Rana
Kaneez’s khala, a peculiar person for adding humour to the story.
Summary
Aap Ki Kaneez revolves around a wealthy businessperson, Shah Mir Afandi, who lost his wife, Shireen while giving birth to their daughter Parniyan twelve years ago. However, Shah Mir’s love for his wife is alive. He never forgets to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Despite Shireen being a divorcee and the mother of a thirteen-year-old boy earlier, Shah Mir was unaffected by her past. Shireen’s death leaves an unimaginable void in Shah Mir’s life. However, his life turns upside down when a failed kidnapping attempt is made against him.
A kidnapping encounter against Shah Mir forces him to marry his servant’s daughter Kaneez who is half his age and is uneducated. Reluctant to inform his family about his relationship with Kaneez, things slowly escalate in a series of consequences as Kaneez tries to oblige everyone through her actions.
Review
Although predictable, this drama was quite fun to binge on. I’m a sucker for older men-younger woman romances, especially if the older man is played by Adnan Siddiqui or Alyy Khan, Faisal Qureshi or the like; even though Faisal has done it so often that the novelty has worn off. Alyy, on the other hand, was perfect as Shah Mir Afandi. In the first few episodes, he seemed a bit more stiff and his delivery seemed a bit forced, but he loosened up later on.
Yumna is her charming self, but you can see that her craft isn’t as polished as it is now. Shamim Hilaly is endearing mother as always, even though her character isn’t consistent-sweet at times and bitter at other, I never knew what this old woman has in mind. Zainab Jameel as angry and jealous older sister played her role with so much conviction, you’d want to scratch her eyes right out.
Ayesha Toor is known to play elite women role, mostly dark, but she was adorable in this one as Safeena. Even though she has hots for Shah Mir, she never shies away from giving advice to bring Shah Mir closer to Kaneez. Arzoo’s anger issues later create quite some havoc in Kaneez’s life which makes for an interesting watch.
At 3X speed, I tend to ignore the flaws if there are any. The one thing that stuck out as a sore thumb was how Parniyan and Kaneez almost looked the same age. Parniyan was supposed to be 12; they could have hired a younger girl for the role.
Overall, these 26 episodes in one night wasn’t that bad.
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