Namal (Episode 18)- Review by Shoby
Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears a Crown
Episode 18 starts off with the famous dialogues from the 1st scene from the 3rd act of part 4th of Shakespeare's play
Henry The Fourth.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown... Here King Henry appears to be tired of holding up such a responsibility that established on him after taking over the throne of King Richard II. Therefore when he utters the famous dialogue
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown he almost summarizes the pain, dilemma & regrets one goes through while enjoying the kingship herald by defeating others.
Nimra moves to the actual story after this dialogue and we find ourselves right where we left in the last episode. Saadi makes Khawar a suspect in front of Hashim Kardar & Jawahiraat. To increase the misery of Jawahirat, Saadi tactfully engages her in the whole incident and presents her as a witness in front of Hashim. Naturally Hashim turns furious over her and asks why she didn't tell him earlier and Jawahiraat does not dare to face him. Nimra beautifully used non verbal communication in the scene and states, S
ir uthaney ke liye korey aemaal naamey chahiye hotey hain.
Just having informed that Hashim's father was murdered, Aabdaar is told by Saadi that Hashim got Shero beaten up so that he may get a lesson. I appreciate Nimra that she doesn't lost the primary ongoing here as she has shown Hashim still being captured in the memories of his late father. He recalls the incident of how his father made him live a night in a jail so that he may not develop friendship with bad guys. It tells how the writer was so focussed in her writing and how beautifully she has blended what was happening to Hashim internally.
We all know Nimra is one of the best in business when it comes to detailing of the scenes. Last episode she made us look through her words the actual atmosphere of a court (Katchehri) and this time she phenomenally presents the environment of jail while Faras enters. Exceptional research on court issues. Quoting
CRPC 340.
Nimra's sit-com one-liners never stop and good thing about Nimra's writing is, she never looks to be preachy any time. rather she leaves it up to the reader to deduce results. Grand father says, "
Magar phir bhi Hanna woh phoohar nahi hai, poocho kiyo? and Hanna responds, "
Kiyo ke aap is waqt mujhey naseehat ke mood mein hain". After this beautiful small talk between Hanna and Grand Father, she gives a completely different and quite a very clear definition of
phoohar (lazy). Lots of lessons to be leart for our dear female young readers.
Hashim along with Jawaahirat & Shero goes to Dr. Waasti to ask why he hide the actual cause of his father's death and why he changed the results of post mortem report. Here, Jawahiraat takes the limelight and delivers a solid dialogue, in which she actually claims to be a dummy goddess. The monologue of Jawahiraat is a full on clap deserving and believe me if it was shown in a theater, it would have taken a bow & a standing ovation from the crowd. It shows the strength of the writer and ability of her character sketching with respect to Jawahiraat.
Scene featuring Zimer and Jawahiraat is exceptionally depicted. It is imagery at its best. Feels like you are actually watching the images. Well done Nimra.
As the story moves forward, Ahmer tables his resignation to Haroon Ubaid in order to be PRO of Jawahiraat. This move will surely change the aura of the story as Ahmer's role from now onwards is looking a bit complex & confusing and this is quite a notable modification in the characterization.
In this episode, we witnessed yet another power packed sequence between Faras & Zimer discussing the kidney transplant issue. On thing is for sure that they love each other but I cannot really understand why they both cant accept it (Ana'parast
- Huh). I am getting a feel, Faras may offer his own kidney as a replacement. Have to wait for the upcoming episodes to see the advancement.
On finding Saadi's claims valid, Hashim calls him and asks for repent. I am sorry but it almost came as a shocker to me and it didn't looked much believable. Somebody like Hashim is not an easy one to give up things, considering the facts about what he has been doing all these 17 last episodes.
Being human, it is almost impossible to believe that someone who has destroyed your life and your family and is an established criminal, even murderer can be forgiven. Nimra quotes yet another beautiful aspect from Quran pak by stating Ayat e Mubarika from
Sura e Abasa.
Lesson to be learnt from this episode lies in the sentence,
Toba sirf guilt mehsoos karney or I am sorry keh deney ka naam nahi hai. Yeh raasta badalney ka naam hai.
Now believe me, we all have been waiting for this moment since ages and guess what the most anticipated moment came & went without making any hush-rush. Yet another high moment of the story comes when Zimer confesses in front of the court that Faras Ghazi was innocent in the Waris Ghazi's murder case. It was honest & solid and purely Zimer's type of confession like she is saying,
look Ok I confess but whats the big deal in it. And right after this emotional moment, Nimra delivers a 9/11 one-liner. beautiful, which managed to bring smile at the much needed time.
Hashim calls Khawar in Srilanka to discuss something important and offers him a drink by saying,
Julius Caesar ke naam. Et tu brute? Famous Shakespearian quote is used here from his play
Julius Caesar. This sequence expressed the aggression, agony, anger & grief of Hashim Kardaar. And right after it, Khawar is sent to the same jail where Saadi is living now a days who welcomes him by saying, "Ya Sahib az Sajan (Oh my fellow captive).
Jiway banra, umraan sariyaan (Long lives the groom). Wedding feast is on in Namal as our very own Sadaqat is all set to taste the Shaadi ka ladoo. Everyone from the home goes to attend his wedding leaving Zimer & Hanna behind. Hanna feels lonely and starts reading the same book regarding ancient Sheikh.
Old Sheikh takes her to a small voyage on boat and describes her
seven steps of love. He gives an almost perfect example of a cancer patient when Hanna asks she does not look at him and ignored him but she is not forgetting him. He states,
Woh theek ho jaey ga to kiya woh sartaan (cancer) ko bhool jaey ga? No, but it will not give him further pain.
Now as Hashim has imprisoned Kahwar in the same private Jail in Colombo (Srilanka) where he has abducted Saadi. Saadi offers Khawar that he will save him by disclosing who the real murderer was but Khawar rejected this proposal.
Zimer at times seems to be a super woman who is capable to do almost every task all alone. She can produce evidences like no one else can.
One thing that is much related to me and found the same in the episode is the dilemma of Sams's charger. Needless to say that it operates only on one switch board reminds me of my own laptop charger :p
Nimra takes her pen to deliver such a strong & clear message in beautiful serene words,
ALLAH ke liye larney waley or ALLAH ka NAAM le ker apney mazmoom maqaasid ke liye karney waley kabhi baraber nahi ho saktey.
Episode ends with Jawahiraat planning a double murder with the slave of Haroon Ubaid, Faseeh. She plans to murder Khawar and our very own Sadi. I just want to say one thing at this note to Ms. Nimra... Dear Ms. Nimra, please #SaveSaadi.
Overall this episode appears like making us gear up for the ultimate climax of sorts. Things are though a bit slow but they are steady as we move towards the concluding parts of the story in its totality. However, still a lot of things are scattered and undiscovered.
