The Ramazan Drama Tum Larkay Bhi Na is delivering a mix of storylines to cater to a wide spectrum of audiences – from middle age couples, to parents of Gen Z as well as taking a deep dive into Gen Z relationships, friendships and their daily lives. How relatable is it? Oh well, we’ll let you decide as we give you the story breakdown so you can carry on watching.
Tum Larkay Bhi Na is a story about three households: Badrika and her parents, Sheba, Sallu and their parents, as well as Uroosa, Aamir and their son Zoyan. The story spans the relationship issues that come up as married couples hit middle age, from extra marital affairs to a gradual fading away of romance, and the loss of a parent. And while we’re pondering on these plot points, the drama also delivers insights into Gen Z relationships, how their parents lives and dysfunctional relationships affect them, and how they navigate their own bonds – friendship and love interests in the wider scope of their lives.
Badrika’s father was hugely devoted to his mother who has passed away now, but he seems to be struggling with coping with the reality of it. There is a mental health battle here where he constantly criticizes his wife Faryal for not doing things right – just like his mother would; from making tea to frying an egg, Faryal can never get it right and she knows it. She is a silent observer of her husband’s fast deteriorating mental condition as her daughter Badrika (named after her dadi) shares a strong and close bond with her father. He often sees his mother in his daughter and she nudges him on gently, not battling the confusion in her father’s mind.
Badrika’s mother Faryal feels like the outsider in this father-daughter equation and decides to leave them both and move to her mother’s house, but her mother won’t have her, hence she has to stay back.
Badrika is also running a home-based business where she buys old books and sells them at a profit online.
Her best friend is Sheba, daughter of Nazish and Imtiaz who also have a son, Sallu. Sheba and Badrika have a volatile relationship but share everything with each other. Incidentally, Sheba’s father is having an extra marital affair with a lady called Saba Mufti whom he refers to as Nazish 2 on his phone. Imtiaz is caught by his wife Nazish 1 as he messages the wrong Nazish by mistake. Nazish 1 leaves the house and moves in with her sister and brother in-law but soon realizes she can’t live there forever and moves back in with ardent promises from Imtiaz that he will never call Nazish 2 again (which is a lie, because he is still seeing her), and Nazish 1 believes him. It is interesting to watch Imtiaz balance both relationships in a manner that is both comical and intriguing – is he really in love with both women at one time? It is also a bit strange how Imtiaz’s daughter Sheba knows about the affair and even finds it amusing.
The storyline is connected in that Nazish 2 is also a business contact for Badrika who buys old books from her for resale purposes she spots Imtiaz (her friend’s dad) at Nazish 2’s house once, and of course, reports it to Sheba. Plot twist just in: Nazish 2 has joined Nazish 1’s gym – Nazish 1 is a fitness trainer. And to top it all, she even tells Imtiaz about it.
Sheba and her brother Sallu have an intense sibling rivalry going and simply can’t stand each other, which makes for several battle moments between them.
Finally, there is Zoyan’s family. Zoyan is Sheba and Sallu’s cousin, his mother Uroosa is Nazish’s sister. He is also friends with Badrika and there might be some romance brewing there although their relationship is presently laced with mistrust and toxic exchanges – the Gen Z kind, you’ll have to watch to find out.
At the heart of the story is also Sheba’s battle with fat shaming by her mom, a very close mother-son bond with Nazish spoiling Sallu and reprimanding Sheba. We also see a father-daughter bond between Imtiaz and Sheba in parallel with one between Badrika and her father. Similarly, Zoyan and his father share a slightly tense relationship as Aamir feels he is upto no good academically.
Uroosa and Aamir, Zoyan’s parents are a typical middle-aged couple who have settled into their daily routine but Uroosa is not having any of this and still misses the spark in their relationship. And then there are the Gen Z dynamics between all the children and their friends that keeps things lively.
There’s a lot going on in Tum Larkay Bhi Na and like we said, there’s something for everyone. The drama airs every evening on HUM TV. It is penned by Faseeh Bari Khan and directed by Yasir Nawaz with a cast that fields a great mix of young and old; Aina Asif, Sami Khan, Ayesha Shah, Ali Dayyan, Adnan Jaffar, Vaneeza Ahmed, Yasir Nawaz, Anoushay Ashraf, Faiza Hassan, Amna Malik among others.
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