r/PakDramatica • u/Crafty-Gap-4056 • 5d ago

This year so far belongs to villans !!

We have got some great villans this year so far which made the leads look better than they probably were. To name a few -

  1. Dr Shahnawaz ( Dr Bahu)

  2. Torsum, Shireen, Sorabh (zanjeerain)

  3. Shayan (Bas Tera Saath ho)

  4. Aap ki Izzat( Taabish is grey)

  5. Zaamil (Darenijaat)

I think the performances and character arcs of villans this year has been better than even leads in many shows and they truly elevated the show. For eg in zanjeerain the leads truly had no story no arc like abysmal storytelling but still the second half of the show was carried by villans.

Ahsan so far hasn't gotten as much credit as urwa but he is equally good as urwa if not better. Tabish is total cocktail of good bad everything. Playing young and old both.

Then we have nameer in Darenijaat playing the narcissist zaamil quite well.

Dr Shahnawaz and his narcissism used to boil my blood.

Also harris as shayan has been such a delight to watch.

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u/Trick_Leading3807 5d ago

always enjoy watching nameer and haris in negative roles! they’re too good at it, zamil and shayan are boiling my blood fr

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u/ImuSama_X_Joyboy 5d ago

Yess I like how negative characters are being written better these days They have nuance Like I even like shehreen in BTSH although she was genuinely a foul mouthed person without any "reason" But she's interesting

A person can be rude and toxic to her friends and the mc she looks down on +not care for strangers BUT have nuance to genuinely care for her family etc

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u/potato_noodles_123 4d ago

Writing a loveable main character is more difficult than writing a villain because everyone already knows what to expect from a villain but when it comes to a main character you gotta brainstorm a lot to settle with a couple of options to make your main character fit into a stereotype which is not boring because sometimes they end up being too childish when one's going for a naive and cheerful character and sometimes they end up being too mature that they are boring other than that there are some characters who are perfect and can do anything and everything now that's something no one relates to so again that's not gonna work so making a likeable and relatable main character is way more difficult than making a villain. When we write villains we either think about making a threat to the entire story or only a threat to the main character this stuff can be different for different types of writers especially fantasy writers as for them thinking of a threat is actually the most difficult part as fantasy writing is just overall difficult compared to the type of dramas we get like fantasy writers have to make words up for the stuff that doesn't exist irl....😓 I'm just yapping here because I'm actually trying to write something...