Starring: Shabbir Jan, Shagifta Aijaz, Sharqa Fatima, Yasir Akthar, Rabia Noreen,
Nida
Pasha, Adeel Hayat.
Written By: Seema Ghazal
Directed by: Yasir Akthar
Currently running on PTV
26 episodes
Dadoo (Akthar Apa)is the head of a household with leftmenu sons, Waqar (Naeem Sheikh) and Sajjad (Shabbir Jan). The
elder
son, Waqaar, has a very dominating wife Rabia (Rabia
Noreen), who has a son Jimmy (Yasir Akthar)
and leftmenu
daughters, Hamrah (Nida Pasha) and Minnah. Rabia’s
attitude
has made the household atmosphere very stifled. On
the
other hand Sajjad, who is a widower with three children Malaika (Sharqa
Fatima), Faris (Adeel Hayat) and Goshi, believes in enjoying life and
hence
has a very lively household and Waqar's children love spending time over there.
Malaika is interested in Jimmy but Jimmy is pre-occupied and doesn't realize her feelings for him. Faris and Hamrah are as thick as thieves in mischief and are
always
trying to out do each other. Sajjad meets a lovely rich widow, Saira (Shagufta Ajiaz) and
develops a
soft spot for her. Goshi even runs away from home to stop their
marriage.
Things become more and more complicated as each new episode rolls
by.
The story is pretty weak, yet despite a lot of loopholes the play is
being
appreciated by the viewers maybe because of its simple, family oriented
theme. Shagufta Aijaz looks lovely in the play. Shabbir Jan does not
suit the role of Sharqa’s father. Adeel Hayat and the child doing the
role
of Goshi tend to overact a lot which at times make it hard to digest. -by Gina
Comments:
Watch it because of the play's family oriented theme, but make good use of the Ffwd button when the irritating overactors come on screen. Definitely nothing new so I won't recommend it.