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  • ‘Ahad feared he would lose me’: Sajal Aly makes revelations about Ahad’s magical proposal

    ‘Ahad feared he would lose me’: Sajal Aly makes revelations about Ahad’s magical proposal

    Actor Sajal Aly is opening about her relationship with husband Ahad Raza Mir and how their equation developed over the years.

    Speaking to journalist Maliha Rehman in a recent interview, the Khel Khel Mein spilled the beans on how the Sammi star proposed her.

    “Ahad has talked about me a lot in his past interviews but, somehow, I’m only doing it now,” she smiles. “It’s just that I rarely give interviews and I worry that, if I’ll get asked about Ahad, I’ll just end up going on and on.”

    Walking down the memory lane, the Mom star spilled how Ahad had asked her hand in marriage on the sets of Aangan.

    “We had just got engaged when we started working in Aangan together. He had proposed to me and I had told him that he needed to reach out to my family. The very next day, I had fallen ill and Ahad’s mother had come to take care of me for three days. My father had been very surprised but my sister told him that Ahad’s family were thinking of marriage. Once I got better, Ahad’s parents came to Lahore, met my family and we got engaged.

    Sajal Aly details big wedding proposal from Ahad Raza Mir

    She continued, “I later asked Ahad why he had been in such a hurry to get engaged. He told me that he had been afraid that, if he didn’t ask me to marry him, he would lose me, and I would marry someone else.” 

    Speaking about their Zee5 project after grand wedding in Abu Dhabi, Sajal revealed that her and Ahad have now decided to take a break from joint projects.

     “I thought that Dhoop Ki Deewar had a simple story and I would be working with a great team,” she says about the series. “But Ahad and I did decide that we had been acting together far too frequently and that we should take a break from it, unless, of course, the sort of story comes along that we can’t resist.”

    The pair posed with Sajal’s former co-star Nawazuddin Siddiqui from the movie Mom in Dubai at the prestigious Filmfare Middle East Awards ceremony. The Yeh Dil Mera diva shared picture on her Instagram stories.

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    In an exclusive conversation with The Current, Sajal said that she is aware of her popularity in India and feels lucky when co-star Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi and Punjabi Indian actor Sonam Bajwa praise her work publicly.

  • Nine most impactful death scenes from Blockbuster Pakistani dramas

    Nine most impactful death scenes from Blockbuster Pakistani dramas

    Pyaray Afzal

    Hamza Ali Abbasi essayed the role of Afzal in the Nadeem Baig directorial, Afzal dies in the finale episode and it trended on social media for its heart-wrenching end by the drama’s fans. Pyaray Afzal starred Ayeza Khan, Sohai Ali Abro and Sana Javed opposite Hamza.

    Mere Paas Tum Ho

    Starring Humayun Saeed, Ayeza Khan, Hira Mani and Adnan Siddiqui in primary roles, MPTH is undoubtedly the most successful drama of 2020 as it broke all previous rating records. Show’s protagonist Danish dies in the climax of the show which made the episode a tear-jerking experience for the audience. Danish’s character dies due to cardiac in a hospital.

    Kashf

    Kashf is amongst Hira Mani’s finest performances. She played a spiritual personality in the Danish Nawaz directorial. What made her death scene iconic is the point that she dies while praying.

    Deewangi

    Danish Taimoor played a business tycoon, Sultan, a character with grey shades, his death made the audiences cry buckets. He gets shot by his leading lady, Hiba Bukhari in the screenplay which added the required intensity and dramatic elements to the sequence.

    Baaghi

    Saba Qamar essayed the role based on late Qandeel Baloch’s life. Being sensitive about the unfortunate reality, of her brother murdering her after poisoning his sister. The team executed the murder scene with the right use of camera and background music. Her murder scene was followed by a voice over which made us feel for her even after she left the world.

    Yaqeen Ka Safar

    Shaz Khan played a lawyer, Barrister Daniyal Ali Khan in this Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Ali starrer. The way Shaz was killed in the drama made the audiences go numb and teary-eyed with the visuals.

    Aangan

    ARY’s aangan was in the light-hearted space but a certain death scene of the family’s eldest son, Sajjad played by Noor-ul-Hassan changed the drama’s impact on the viewers. The otherwise light hearted content made sure it makes the viewers cry as much with this sequence. The reactions of family members especially Qavi Khan added to the scene’s impact.

    Diyar e Dil

    Ali Rehman Khan played Suhaib Bakhtiyar Khan in Haseeb Hassan’s small screen marvel, his death scene post an emotional interaction with his family members made the episode cinematically engaging yet very painful as this character was probably the most loveable character in the script.

    Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3

    Zain Baig’s Taimoor was killed while he was on his way back from his wedding with Iqra Aziz’s Mahi. The point which made this scene so powerful is that the couple just got married a few minutes before his death and the moment this happened, his bride Iqra was right by his side in her bridal dress.

  • Dhoop Ki Deewar’s trailer promises an engaging tale with the message of peace

    Dhoop Ki Deewar’s trailer promises an engaging tale with the message of peace

    After delivering super successful dramas together with Yaqeen Ka Safar and Yeh Dil Mera, Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly are set to treat their fans in an engaging cross-border tale of love, hate and nationalism directed by Haseeb Hassan.

    Sajal plays Sara from Pakistan and Ahad essays the role of Vishal from India. The trailer provides us an insight on how the militant attacks at the border from both the sides effect the normal people and their livelihood in a gruesome manner.

    The series attempts at normalizing the similarities that Indians and Pakistanis share rather than clouting the differences between the two. It reflects on the similar family structure and values on both sides of the border. If a Pakistani gets hurt and affected by the militant strikes so does the Indians. It also ponders on the point in the fights of governments and militants, its the normal citizen which gets affected.

    What makes the screenplay more gripping is the connection shared between Sara and Vishal who fall for each other through social media despite not meeting each other even once knowing the fact that their future is not in their hands and that their countries are at loggerheads. The two stand in front of their families to defend their lover and even try to improve the fabricated narrative about their partner’s community.

    The background score adds to the intrigue of the screenplay whereas crisp editing works for the show’s mise-en-scene, making the narrative fast paced and engaging.

    Dhoop Ki Deewar is an ensemble and stars Manzar Sehbai, Sawera Nadeem, Samiya Mumtaz, Zaib Rehman, Samina Ahmed, Zoya Nasir and child star Sami Khan in pivotal roles. It premieres on June 25 on Zee5.

  • Five Pakistani dramas PM Khan should watch

    Five Pakistani dramas PM Khan should watch

    Ever since he assumed office, Prime Minister Imran Khan has given us plenty of recommendations on drama serials and books – the most prominent being Turkish drama series Diriliş: Ertuğrul and Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love. Earlier this week, PM Khan recommended the youth to watch another Turkish show on Sufism Yunus Emre: Aşkin Yolculuğu, which is also being aired on PTV in Urdu.

    While we love the fact that the PM takes out time to recommend stuff to the youth, we decided to turn the tables and recommend him a few recent (in the past two years) Pakistani drama serials which are worth watching. Check out our suggestions below:

    Sabaat

    While Hum TV’s Sabaat in its essence is a family drama exploring familial relations and dynamics, its presentation was very refreshing, in particular Anaya and Hassan’s storyline. The drama highlighted the importance of having a healthy, loving relationship with your children and gave out a strong message on the importance of empowering women and daughters and gave viewers a new heroine after Zindagi Gulzar Hai‘s Kashf. It also showed how ego, money and misunderstandings can ruin relationships and your life. All these themes are the ones which PM Khan has time and time again urged our drama writers to show on television.

    Read more – ‘Sabaat’ manages to tie up loose ends in a rushed finale

    Alif

    Starring PM Imran’s BFF Hamza Ali Abbasi and Sajal Aly in the lead, Alif, written by Umera Ahmed and directed by Haseeb Hasan focuses on the spiritual journeys of two individuals Qalb-e-Momin (Hamza) and Momina Sultan (Sajal), who despite coming from completely different backgrounds help each other find peace in righteousness. Alif was a brilliant example of good storytelling and sensitive direction. Moreso, the entire cast of the drama including Hamza, Sajal, Ahsan Khan, Manzar Sehbai and Kubra Khan gave strong and solid performances. It is pertinent to add here that Hamza in several interviews has shared that his life reflects what is shown in the drama.

    Suno Chanda Season 1

    Perhaps one of the most-loved dramas in the country, Suno Chanda (Season 1) is chaotic, fun and will leave you with a warm feeling. The show which ran through Ramadan and had everyone hooked is about a household in which the children of two brothers get married just before the family’s patriach passes away. Directed by Aehsun Talish and written by Saima Akram Chaudhry, Suno Chanda is a comedy drama done just right. From the performances to the witty dialogues to the direction, everything about this drama was brilliant. The show gave us some memorable characters and there was bound to be one person in the cast you could relate too.

    Out of the list, if there is one drama the prime minister should be watching, it should be Suno Chanda. Will also give him some much-needed respite from the day-to-day political tensions.

    Aangan

    Yet another multi-starrer drama starring some big dramas of the drama industry, Aangan brought back and romanticised living in joint family systems while at the same time highlighting the issues that come with it. The drama very delicately and tactfully challenged societal norms while keeping viewers engaged and hooked. Aangan is without a doubt one of Faiza Iftikhar’s finest works. I am pretty sure Khan sahab is going to love this one. It is everything he wants to promote through television and dramas.

    Sammi

    Perhaps the darkest drama on this list, Mawra Hocane and Adnan Siddiqui’s Sammi sheds light on the custom of vani (or exchange brides) and how women are forced to continuously bear children in the quest for a son. It is gritty and makes you uncomfortable but that is because you know that this is exactly what happens to women in this country. The drama has been sensitively written by Noor ul Huda Shah and directed by Saifee Hassan.

    Is there any other drama you would recommend PM Imran to watch? Let us know in the comments below.