Ishq Mein Tere Sadqay dropped its first few episodes and we’re divided between is it another stereotypical drama story or… do we actually really have a narrative that scratches beneath the surface? We’d like to settle for a bit of both and here’s why we think so. Read on…
Ishq Mein Tere Sadqay is walking the fine line of steretypical characters laced with a storyline that attempts to cross into the new and improved. If you ask us why we say that, oh well, give it a quick watch (that’s 4 epsidoes in 4 days), or read on for a breezy breakdown of the story – what, who, when, why and… the important question why?
While the drama fields a young man with anger issues, the story also shows his wife Hoor essayed by Aneeka Zulfiqar who is aware of his anger management problems and advocates therapy repeatedly in order to help him become a better version of himself. Not just that, but she was well aware of this problem before she married him, and like many young girls, mentions that she was naive enough to think her love would change everything – but of course it didn’t. However, the refreshing bit? Zulfiqar Shah played by Muneeb Butt finally agrees to go for therapy and not just that, the topic is one he can discuss with his wife rather than having a meltdown when she brings it up.
Hoor, unknown to her, also has a twin sister (brace yourself for the typical trope, silent suffering plot twist that had to be there, just because, it woouldn’t be a drama then), unbeknownst to her. And this sister, magically called Noor, played by Anika Zulfiqar as well, is living with her father and step mom and sisters inhabiting a Cinderella-like lifestyle – Noor does the ironing, cooking, multiple chai making in desi households and also experiences all the toxic backlash from mother and sisters that any obedient Cinderella-Pakistani drama character would endure in 2026 – correction – only in the secret world of Pakistani dramas. Haven’t seen many of those in real life. But just when the toxicity reaches full volume, the canvas shifts to add a phoppo who has the girl’s wellbeing at heart and reminds Noor’s father that he must tend to his daughter too. It is perhaps this positivity that saves this plot a tiny bit, but not enough as Noor continues to live in lala land, while her sisters proceed to burn her mother’s jora so Noor can’t wear it to an event, and her step mother directs a Dubai based rishta towards her daughters rather than for Noor, adding the predictable in the storyline becuae, after all, one must make Pakistani drama fans feel at home.
But not to fret, Noor has a potential rishta in Salaar, her phoppo’s son, played by Ali Abbas. This plot twist is what we expect will happen next unknown to Salaar who is in fact interested in another girl.
What happens next is anybody’s guess. Zulfiqar’s father wants him to amrry again to meet his business gials. Apparently Zulfiqar’s marriage to Hoor was a love marriage and not one really approved by his father. A piece of information to add to the story – Hoor has just discovered she is pregnant, But let’s forget the father in-law has no qualms about marrying off his son again. Also, Zulfiqar’s anger issues apparently stem from his forced stay at boarding school where he was subjected to bullying. So now, according to formula – we have a Pakistani drama hero with anger issues who has a reason for his anger issues and a wife who is witnesses her husband burn her sari because someone called her ‘hot’ while she was wearing one. And of course, Zulfiqar couldn’t suffer that, so other than punching down the culrpit who dared speak in such a manner about his wife, Zulfiqar also decided to let his wife know that she should never wear a sari again as it might ahem – trigger men into finding her ‘hot’ – problematc much? Oh but Zulfiqar is a good man, a caring husband and although we haven’t seen him visit an orphanage or shelter yet, we just might see that coming too.
And that’s all folks – the story stands at the precipice and whetehr this one hits your drama preferences or not, one has to say, the frames are clean, the action seems well-placed and in fact, the opening scene in episode one with Muneeb Butt’s character throwing a punch or more in the wrestling arena was well-shot.
Drop us a comment if this one’s for you and tell us what we missed!
Ishq Mein Tere Sadqay is a 7th Sky Entertainment Presentation
Produced by Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi. Directed by Saima Waseem and penned by Rehana Aftab. The cast includes Muneeb Butt as Zulfiqar Shah Anika Zulfikar as Noor + Hoor Ali Abbas as Salar Saba Faisal as Anjum Shabbir Jaan as Murtaza Saba Hamid as Zulfiqar’s Mother Mahmood Aslam as Iftikhar Shah Farhan Ally Agha as Ahmed Behroz Sabzwari as Jawad Ayesha Gul as Sajda Zohreh Amir as Arooshma Yusra Irfan as Shiza Afifa Sheikh as Maria Arsala as Mehwish Malaika Riaz as Farah
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