Is Noor Jahan finally feeling the heat? Her hero son has decided to camp with his wife at his, you guessed it, susraal – oops, that’s one rule broken. And if that’s not enough to ruffle her feathers, Safeer and Sumbul seem to be drawing closer to each other. Dare we expect Hunaid to follow suit?
Noor Bano and Noor Jahan seem to be mirroring personalities with revenge agendas that are about to face-off against each other. Who wins the final round is anybody’s guess!
With Safeena do the thing she does best – talking to the mirror. This time, she has a lot to say though, and with Noor Bano kicking off the revenge game group stage match with a resounding victory, Noor Jahan the character, not the drama, might be in hot waters!
Hunaid Is The One To Watch Out For
All it takes is one person to rock the boat, and if we really look at the numbers game, it is, perhaps, just Hunaid who is carrying the flag for his mother. Unless you count Sumbul, who’s busy trying to suck up to her mother-in-law, not realizing she’s making more enemies than friends, case in point, Noor Bano and Safeena, whom she has alienated already, and which she might regret later, when she’s asked to polish successive pairs of shoes by Noor Jahan!
The drama takes a sharp turn with the death of Mukhtiar Shah and the story, just when we thought it would get monotonous, because of Noor Jahan’s terror tactics on repeat, seems to have taken a giant leap forward – a scripting win here.
The Question On Our Minds
Will Maha let Safeer be, will Safeer let Maha be? Is he luxuriating in the lap of luxury as Sumbul caters to his every need from aaloo ka paratha to garma garam chai?
Safeena vents her rage as she explains to Hunaid why Noor Jahan’s sons cannot look after their wives. We see a quiet Hunaid, listening in, even as he battles Murad to come home with him. Seem like there are two Hunaids inside one mind; one who stands by his mother, come rain or shine, not questioning the rationality or humane-ness of her decisions. And the other, the silent pawn, who fears that giving in to his own faculty of thinking and logical behaviour will only end up confusing him further. So it’s probably better to remain Noor Jahan’s son. But for how long, will Safeena’s words finally sink in? Hunaid’s caving in is the one tipping point that might just unsettle Noor Jahan’s throne.
Scripting Wins
It is interesting how Zanjabeel Asim Shah has woven the story of all three sons and their wives into such an intriguing tale that we can’t help but follow the saga, despite our best intentions not to be pulled into a saas-bahu drama, we are deeply invested in the stories and although Noor Jahan, essayed formidably by Saba Hamid, is the pull factor of the story, all other plots come together to give us a drama that is keeping audiences riveted.
The family planning to make Noor Jahan sign off on the property deeds is a tad optimistic, and perhaps too early, even as a tactical move at the moment. This will surely go against them as Murad notes the short time span between Mukhtiar’s death and the property documents signing. He is already feeling guilty for being a part of the reason Noor Bano’s father met his death and this conversation certainly isn’t helping matters.
Mukhtiar Shah’s Will
Mukhtiar Shah knew better though and has ensured his property cannot be snatched by his arch enemy even after his death, which goes to show how he lives on, in spirit, not just in his last minute far-sighted decisions but also in his daughter Noor Bano, who plans to exact revenge in the same fashion that Noor Jahan has fought off all opposition in her life – cool, calculating and clever. Can fire fight fire? That’s the question, and one will have to keep watching Noor Jahan to see where this one’s headed!
Noor Jahan is written by Zanjabeel Asim Shah and directed by Musaddiq Malek. It is a project of Six Sigma Productions. The cast features Saba Hamid, Ali Rehman Khan, Kubra Khan, Ali Raza, Noor Hassan, Alina Abbas Shah, Hajra Yamin, Yousuf Bashir Qureshi, and others.
