Dar e Nijaat

Okay, so after a date night between Abu Bakar and Zaryab, Hamna’s constant calls disturb Zaryab. The relentless calls make Abu Bakar yield and take the call. Make a note: rant pending.

Hamna: I can only think of you when I’m in trouble.
Abu Bakar: Don’t call me and I won’t meet you.

But Zaryab is restless, and suspicious and eventually self-deprecating.

Just before going to bed, there’s usual Abu Bakar wisdom.

Allah ke kalaam mein badi taqat hoti hai, Zaryab.

Jo purdah Allah ne rakha hai, usey pada rehne do. Let it go.

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Shuja and Faryal are having a photo shoot. Shuja doesn’t want to but Faryal is pushy as always. When Zaryab arrives, Faryal picks fault with Zaryab’s perfectly fine outfit. I wanted to scream at her, at all the people who try to control how others lead their lives. The one that’s custom-made for her is sleeveless, and Zaryab decides, on her own, to stick to her modest salwar kameez.

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Zamil calls Hamna, questions her and basically tells her: you can’t even think of any chor darwaza; I have kicked out people from my life who pulled me to sins. I won’t let you do any such thing.

Hamna’s inner voice voices exactly what we think of Zamil, but the flashback of the same seemed unnecessary.

During dinner conversation, Abu Bakar causally brings up Boston, and Zaryab loses her calm. Suddenly, she accuses Abu Bakar: you want to kick me out and bring someone else into your life.

After a very long and dramatic silence, she bursts out again. This time, Abu Bakar asks her to talk to Hamna.

Okay, let the rant begin now. Incidentally, the episode ended on the same note that initiated the rant so now I’m in full-charge mode.

Why did Abu Bakar take Hamna’s call? Is he Hamna’s next of kin? Anywhere related? Forget the call, why did he not block her number? If he has blocked her the way normal people do, she wouldn’t have called incessantly and he wouldn’t have been forced to take the call, right? For a guy extraordinarily thoughtful and considerate, why did he do something so freaking stupid?

And then he makes Zaryab talk to Hamna Hamna was reluctant and rightly so. She’s actively seeking a chor darwaza and that’s her character. it’s Abu Bakar I have a problem with. He has intentionally left a door open, a door he could have kicked closed. Does he think that he’s too pious and controlled and nothing could ever make him falter? Apni parsayi pe gharoor hai? Nahin toh woh raasta kyun khula rakhna jahan chor darwaze ki gunjaish ho?

I like Abu Bakar and his lines but he’s so inconsistent. Need I remind you about the episode where he’s waiting for his wife to arrive and open the car door for her but when he drives Zaryab to her maika, no such chivalry is observed.

I am mad at Abu Bakar. And I seriously need to calm down.