Step into the world of Shirin Farhad and let go of your smart phone, earpods and anything remotely gen Z when you do it. After all, this is your vintage hit of the week, a blast from the past that we never knew we needed, with all the filmy feels, tragedy in the air, but not without the romance… read on as we take a deep dive into the latest episodes.
When Shirin tells Farhad he needs to fight to attain his love, when Farhad leaves a single red rose at Shirin’s window, when Rosy meets Bhatti at the hotel and when Sultan turns up in his puffed sleeves and yes, vintage car to contemplate auditions and Shirin Farhad’s fate, we slip into old world filmy vibes. And that’s it, that’s all we want from Shirin Farhad; intense emotion, dialogues that feel from the heart, the trouble maker Chaman, set against the grey shades of Golden and the oh so charming Sultan, with Master Saifuddin taking the fallout from Rosy’s conspiracies and Shamsa and Ali, stuck in a story that’s not of their making.
It is the ensemble cast in Shirin Farhad that’s delivering watchable performances in every episode.
First up is Golden (Ali Sikandar is doing a marvellous job at delivering the character) who wavers from dodgy intents, asking Rosy for a favour, to following Sultan’s orders. It is interesting to note that no one in the film circle appreciates overnight success, and Farhad might just be that young hero, touched by magic and fairy dust, and also (fast becoming director Sultan’s golden-eyed boy), who will earn the wrath and envy of those around him.
His crime? Rising too high, too fast, and earning the favour of the powers that be in the film industry.
Isn’t that how it is when the competition is tough, the stakes high, and one is expected to grovel to make a place for oneself in a cut-throat world like the film studios where fame should never come easy. Farhad seems to have earned Sultan’s trust and that in itself, is enough to grant him a million enemies.
Then comes Chaman, performed engagingly by Irfan Motiwala who seems to have nailed the character in all shades of black. This one revels in other people’s misery. He seems to live in a dark place and rarely means well, more of the gossip grapevine and trouble maker who prefers to see people uneasy, unhappy and possibly in grave trouble, which incidentally, his gossip mongering might have something to do with.
Rosy is up next, played by Zhalay Sarhadi. Despite her dark deeds and darker intents, Rosy seems to be a victim of an industry where ageism bares its teeth all too often. Fresh faces, newer, younger, never-seen-before faces take over the seasoned characters in an industry where no one knows when their throne will be upstaged. Often, hardwork might or might not have much to do with it. With the result that jealousy, envy and a sense of injustice makes one act in unfair ways. No wonder people say (not us) that there are no real friends in the film industry.
Is Shirin Farhad showing us just that?
Shamsa and Ali, played by Kanwal Khan and Rana Majid respectively give out even more vintage love feels as their yet incomplete love story makes us root for them. Hopefully Shamsa survives the suicide attempt and despite the drama carrying a heavy air of melancholy, we get to see some smile moments from these two souls who really don’t need us to shed a tear in 2025 with a zaalim samaaj getting the better of them, if you get what we mean.
So while we love the vintage feels in Shirin Farhad, tragedy and all, but still want to have our cake and eat it too – translation, happy ending.
Then comes the scene where Farhad decides to ram his bike into Bhatti. The act was pure heroic, young love, getting even with the villain. It is important to point out here, that Farhad being the hero of our drama, committed the act devoid of any sinister feels, he was just a chill guy biking down a lane and decided to give a timely wakeup call to someone who deserved decidedly more! A short stint at the local clinic would have hopefully set the record straight and we hope Bhatti has been warned.
But the choicest conversation, and we’re on it now, was between Shirin and Farhad, where Shirin urges Farhad to be the hero in her love story, to dare to dream big, to win his love, to feel and become worthy of his love, perhaps because, convincing her father, Master Saifuddin, deep in the depths of despair, (that Farhad is worthy of his daughter), requires him to be the hero of her story (and possibly onscreen?) – one he’s already cut out for, according to our playbook.
Will Sultan play cupid and cast Farhad as his hero in the upcoming film with Shirin? That should turn quite a few heads, and certainly pull up Farhad multiple notches in his filmy success story.
And finally, Sultan Sahab himself, played by none other than Ali Tahir is delivering a winning formula – positive, uplifting and take-charge, this character carries an authoritative air mingled with poetry, charm and an old-worldy aura that is fast growing on audiences with each passing episode.
Will Sultan be the saviour for Shirin Farhad’s love story and ensure the tragedy turns into eternal love?
And for that folks, you’ll have to just keep watching Shirin Farhad – double episodes every week, and follow the vintage in the filmy world – a story we never knew we needed in 2025, but one we’re happy to see through till the finish line.
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Shirin Farhad is written by Ali Moeen and directed by Asad Mumtaz. It is a project of Momina Duraid Productions and stars Kinza Hashmi and Farhan Saeed in lead roles. The ensemble cast features Rashid Farooqui, Saleem Mairaj, Ali Tahir, Zhalay Sarhadi, Ali Rizvi, Irfan Motiwala, Kanwal Khan, Ali Sikandar, Rana Majid, Haider Shah, Mubashir Mehmood, and more.
