Most of my recommendations in February ( the month of love) had romance as a central theme, be it forbidden love between Meggie and Ralph, the blossoming love between Natalie and Peach (that is what the book claimed) , spiritual companionship between Tabrizi and Rumi (retrospective) or the close friendship between Patroclus and Achilles. I wrapped up February with an old DD serial Farmaan, which I had watched before in my college days.
The episodes are on youtube, the print is bad and acting, not really upto the mark. Despite all the oddities, nostalgia kicked in with the Hyderabadi charm. The Nawabi costumes, the Dandeli wilderness, the sweet Urdu dialect , in the midst is a romance between a dashing Nawab and a spirited girl who is hired as a general assistant to his mother.If it was current day Netflix, it could have easily been Bridgerton. Thankfully it is not. The old charm comes with it's own rustic beauty. Not that the characters are flawless, in fact they are all complicated, each carry a baggage of their own past. The spendthrift youngster, the cunning swindler, a young flirtatious widow, a misled daughter, a carefree artist, a cruel father, an obsessed complex lover are the central characters of this complex television adaptation based on the book "Alampanah" . But despite all this, your heart does melt when the headstrong Azhar demands a confession from the sweet Aiman, " In aankhon ne mujh se kahaa hai, hum tumhaare hue".
And the Hyderabadi "Baatan", "Raatan", "Aisaich, "Vaisaich" make you smile big time !! Fall in love with imperfections, yet again. But be patient with the print.
Rating:👍👍👍
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