As 2013 Ended, So Did These Dramas

With the ending of 2013, some of my dramas also finished off.  While Kankar, Sari Bhool Humari Thi, Qarz and Ek Kasak Reh Gayi had ended earlier, the year ended with Halki Si Khalish, Darmiyan, Numm and Khoya Khoya Chand coming to their natural conclusion as well.

I'd  like to take a minute to talk about the plus and minuses of these shows.

Halki Si Khalish - With the exception of some tepid scenes with Rabia, Khurram and Kamaal in the past, this was a drama that "flowed" in an interesting way.  There were very few moments where I felt that the show stagnated.  Overall, it made for a very enjoyable viewing.  Each relationship was shown with a natural progression and emotions were realistic, whether it be Kamaal with his long lost wife, Khurram with Rabia, Khurram with his mother, Rania and Aamir or even Mamoon and Mumaani.  The ending was beautiful and, fortunately, happy.  Halki Si Khalish goes down in my books as a good drama for 2013.

Darmiyan - Here we have a drama with a great cast, great acting, a great OST, a great concept and......a horribly slow pace.  That was the downfall of Darmiyan.  Each episode seemed to mirror the next.  Aleena was so "evil" that she more-or-less killed Raheel's mother.  Yet after Raheel spills his guts about a past "mistake," she forgives instantly and becomes apologetic.  The entire character of Aleena was not "torn" enough to make her escapades believable.  We can chalk this up to Syra's acting OR the writing - or possibly a combination of both.  Either way, there was a lot lacking here.  Adnan Siddqiui and Sania more than made up for Syra in the acting department, but even they could not cover up what the writing lacked.  The audience was bored.  That's the bottom line.  The last episode was BEAUTIFUL and a viewer's dream, full of several different confrontations we'd been waiting to see.  And they were not a disappointment at all.  If only the rest of the drama had been like the initial 5 episodes and the last episode, this could have been a classic remembered for years.  But unfortunately....it was not.

Numm - Oh Numm.....where do I begin?  As a Fawad Khan fan since the beginning of his career, this show was my nightmare.  It went wrong on so many levels.  I felt like the writer was on LSD while creating this.  Family tradition, crazy attitudes, an unlikable female lead character, another lead female character that did nothing but sulk amidst the beautiful OST, a lead male character that you couldn't quite figure out, etc.  The torture that was "Numm" became my weekly dread:  "I can't NOT watch Fawad's drama.  Oh God, how do I get through this next episiode?!"  But....and this is a HUGE but:  If the previous 15 episodes of Numm had been ANYTHING like the last three episodes of Numm, this drama would've been a sheer winner.  The last three episodes were full of drama, mystery, intrigue, some beautiful scenes of love....where was all this in the first FOUR MONTHS?!  Seeing everything come together in the last episode was nice, but bittersweet, since the writing had been lacking for so long.  Overall, this was a disappointment of a show for me personally.

Khoya Khoya Chand  - I won't lie.  From the moment episode 11 happened, I had been waiting for this show to end.  The baseless killing off of a main character really was a slap across the face.  Sohai was the life of this show for me and for her character to be replaced by Maya's character ,who was SO INTENSELY UNLIKABLE, was torture.  When the ending finally came, I didn't say "Awwww."  I said Good riddance to all these foolish characters, ridiculous story, dumb writing and pathetic acting.  The actor that played Farooq and Sohai's chemistry with Ahsan were the saving graces of this drama.  Oh and I did like the OST.  That's it.

Alright!  Thanks for reading, friends!  Now back to catching up on still-running shows.  Happy watching!