I have hardly seen any Pakistani tele series in the past. But ever since I began watching Humsafar, which aired on Zindagi Channel, I fell so much in love with Mahira Khan's performance, that I couldn't help myself from googling about her other shows, and eventually reading about Shehr-e-zaat, and the inherit debates associated with the show, knowing of which, I decided to watch the series online and that remained to be one of the best decisions I made.Here's this long due blog post describing how I fell absolutely in love with the concept of this beautiful Pakistani show- SHEHR-E-ZAAT!
SHEHR-E-ZAAT refers to 'City of One's self '.
The show portrays the life-story of Falak ( played effortlessly by Mahira Khan) , who defines 'beauty with brains' in terms of every action she undertakes. Until one fine day, when she falls in love with a face carved by her!Falak's nani , ( played by Samina Peerzada ) is a spiritual believer, living a simple routine life, who believes there is noone beyond Allah for any individual to love!
As luck would have it, Falak coincidentally meets Salman, whom she feels has a face very very identical to the face she once carved. She gets infatuated and Salman becomes the world to her! Salman is a difficult person. Falak's love remains to be a one-sided obsession inspite of Salman paying no heed to her actions.Eventually, she wins his heart & marries him. But life does not remain a bed of roses always! Slowly, Falak realises that Salman has started neglecting her. One fine day, he confesses to her that he is in love with her office worker Tabinda. Fuming with anger, Falak decides to pour acid on the other female's face. She is shell-shocked to understand that the female is an arrogant ugly woman who is known for her cunning ways!
The crux of the story lies post this point, where Falak's nani makes her understand how life is not always how we want it to be, and how Allah (God) , is the ONLY one, who can be considered one's own!..How God test's every individual at different of life, only to ultimately make them realise that it is just Him who one can look upto!-He is not just the Creator, but justifiably, also the one who has the right to be looked upon by his Creation in moments of Happiness or Sorrow & Only with the help of God can one find his/her own-self at peace and harmony.
A sequence on the show where Falak drenches herself in muddy waters on a beach, and screams out how she is in search of her own-self & she pleads God for the same , is applaud worthy. It not only defines what a brilliant performer Mahira Khan is, but also highlights the high-point of the series!
The situation faced by Falak maybe a slightly more complex one,however, even in everyday life, I believe similar situations are faced by lakhs of people on a daily basis! With emotions rise expectations, which are bound to be broken someday or the other! Have been a firm believer of the 'Expect nothing, lose nothing' philosophy, which in a way teaches me that the only one I could rely upon for remaining happy is myself and my God! As philosophical as this sounds, sooner or later, everyone realises this in their lives! In no way do I mean that I do not believe in Love or I do not count upon people. I surely do, but doesn't life truly become much simpler when you discover the city of one-self placed within your own hearts- the city which is ruled by only and only the one who created you- God! Try talking to him someday , you may not get answers, but you would surely be at content with yourself! :)
There are very few shows which I would never ever forget. Shehr-e-zaat joins the list of those. If you liked or agree to any of thoughts as mentioned above, I am sure the show would be a treat to watch for you! :)
You could watch the entire series ( 19 episodes) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R00hQQu1OD4&index=3&list=PL5456F557E2A11B60
SHEHR-E-ZAAT refers to 'City of One's self '.
As luck would have it, Falak coincidentally meets Salman, whom she feels has a face very very identical to the face she once carved. She gets infatuated and Salman becomes the world to her! Salman is a difficult person. Falak's love remains to be a one-sided obsession inspite of Salman paying no heed to her actions.Eventually, she wins his heart & marries him. But life does not remain a bed of roses always! Slowly, Falak realises that Salman has started neglecting her. One fine day, he confesses to her that he is in love with her office worker Tabinda. Fuming with anger, Falak decides to pour acid on the other female's face. She is shell-shocked to understand that the female is an arrogant ugly woman who is known for her cunning ways!
The crux of the story lies post this point, where Falak's nani makes her understand how life is not always how we want it to be, and how Allah (God) , is the ONLY one, who can be considered one's own!..How God test's every individual at different of life, only to ultimately make them realise that it is just Him who one can look upto!-He is not just the Creator, but justifiably, also the one who has the right to be looked upon by his Creation in moments of Happiness or Sorrow & Only with the help of God can one find his/her own-self at peace and harmony.
A sequence on the show where Falak drenches herself in muddy waters on a beach, and screams out how she is in search of her own-self & she pleads God for the same , is applaud worthy. It not only defines what a brilliant performer Mahira Khan is, but also highlights the high-point of the series!
The situation faced by Falak maybe a slightly more complex one,however, even in everyday life, I believe similar situations are faced by lakhs of people on a daily basis! With emotions rise expectations, which are bound to be broken someday or the other! Have been a firm believer of the 'Expect nothing, lose nothing' philosophy, which in a way teaches me that the only one I could rely upon for remaining happy is myself and my God! As philosophical as this sounds, sooner or later, everyone realises this in their lives! In no way do I mean that I do not believe in Love or I do not count upon people. I surely do, but doesn't life truly become much simpler when you discover the city of one-self placed within your own hearts- the city which is ruled by only and only the one who created you- God! Try talking to him someday , you may not get answers, but you would surely be at content with yourself! :)
There are very few shows which I would never ever forget. Shehr-e-zaat joins the list of those. If you liked or agree to any of thoughts as mentioned above, I am sure the show would be a treat to watch for you! :)
You could watch the entire series ( 19 episodes) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R00hQQu1OD4&index=3&list=PL5456F557E2A11B60
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