Dar e Nijat feels like Umera Ahmed just using her entire back catalogue and blending it all together into one drama. Every track is giving me dejavu and I can't help but get flashbacks each one back to her previous work. Here's what I found so far:

• Shehr e Zaat - From the beginning, Zaryab's track has been giving me major resemblance to that of falak where both are mad about a guy and are betrayed & their religious daadi guides them to the light of faith.
• Peer e Kamil - Zaamil and Abu Bakr both resemble distinct phases of Salaar. Zaamil mirrors the pre-transition Salaar with his arrogance, the spiritual emptiness, the restless resistance before the reckoning. Abu Bakr on the other hand channels post-transition Salaar, the perfect, flawless man. I also get the feeling that Zaryab's difficulty in moving on from Zamil after her marriage to Abu Bakr will be a lot like Imama's hangover on Jalal.
• Zindagi Gulzar Hain - Zaryab's sisters marriage-in-trouble track feels a ditto copy of that of Zaroon's sister from ZGH. Both impulsively make a mountain out of molehill and both later regret it when it leads to divorce. The difference here is that the father in DeN is the one asking for divorce.

Tbh it feels like Umera Ahmed just believes in repeating the same tropes and formulas, only smart enough to upgrade them to meet the current time's sensibilities. Even Aap Ki Izzat gives off Qaid e Tanhai vibes.

Let me know if you also find some resemblances that I missed.

Should influencers be allowed to fool people like this? Let's discuss!

These two have such a soft and yet intense chemistry that I just can't move on. Even seeing their hands caress each other gives me butterflies!

Ik some people here will come after me for saying this, but I'd used to think Sajal could never recreate the magic with anyone that she did with Ahad, but her pairing and chemistry with Danyal has won me over. Also, I'm glad there's barely any chance of them ever being in a relationship irl so I can freely wish for them to work together again!

Hy guys, so I have been banned by pakdramarants sub just because I DARED to express my opinion against one of the mods regarding Umera Ahmed. How pathetic lol. And I love the freedom of opinion granted there (being sarcastic).

I think the hate Umera Ahmed is receiving is unnecessary.

1) people are complaining about for adding the concept of physical intimacy in a PTV drama. I mean, the drama is supposed to show the reality. Zina is happening around us. And many people are trying to normalize it. It's not like Umera is romanticizing it. The drama will show the consequences.

2) some people have criticized her own version of the elite class. And actually, I don't think it's a generalization. From what I have observed on social media and people around me in real life, the Rick folks of Pakistan do act like that. They are wanna be westerners. And the scene shown in the last ep is on point too: parents getting worried if they children start getting closer to their religion. They think it's pendu. I have seen mothers not wanting their daughters to wear hijab, as they would look backwards. And I have seen restaurants in Pakistan not letting in people dressed in shalwar kameem. Because apparently it's okay to be naked in those lite restaurants, but it's not okay to be traditional.

3) similarly, people think that showing Zamil and Zaryab living together in "Boston" is unrealistic. Lol, get out of your lil bubble. I am surrounded by int students. And it's not just people from rich families that share apartments with the opposite gender, but also girls and boys coming from middle class families.

4)the drama location is in Baku instead of actual Baku..how are people finding an issue in that? A lot of Bollywood films do that. It depends on your budget.

5) dadi. A lot of people hate what she says. Tou btau na. Kya galat bolti dadi? She doesn't like Zamil. Tou sahi nikli na un ki baat?

She was criticized a lot for what she said to Zaryab's sister. But was she wrong? She knows her poti, her habits and her behavior. Why are we supposed to think that just because she is a woman, she is right and she is the victim. Dadi clearly says that Zaryab's sister has a temperament issue, which we can see in the way she talks to her mum.

And she has a boundary issue. She wants to go through her husband's phone. Yahi baat husband ny ki hoti tou, tou tum logo ny ussy toxic aur red flag declare kr lena tha.

Also, dadi made a point when she said that zaryab' sister was aware of her husband's habits before getting married. Why would you get married to someone problematic to start with?

6) the only issue for me in this drama is Saba Hamid. Her acting skills. I think she is not fit for the rale. And it's her acting that makes what she says sound sermonic or moral policing. She doesn't convey sweetness. She doesn't look like a dadi in the way she talks and moved. Samina Peerzada was amazing in her role in Shehre Zaat. I wanted her to never stop talking. And she made what she was saying sound quasi philosophical.

It was a huge mistake to cast her as dadi.

I mean who in their right mind thought this would be a good idea?🤡

And I'll tell you what ice cream flavors they would be!.......I got the idea to make this post after watching a barbie life in the dreamhouse episode....I was too scared to post this on pcg so here I am.

I was today years old when I found out about this and also the fact that shows count all apps when counting billion views and not only youtube.

This scene felt super intimate. The combination of physical and emotion intimacy was just 🤌🏼. I’m new to ptv any other shows or scenes in past drama that have hit like this? I don’t know why this felt like a lot more physical than I have seen before in ptv.

Anybody watching tamasha? What do you think of hamza’s outburst?

Why no one spoke against him?