Namal (Episode 21)- Novel review by Shoby
Talking about the military strategies available in black & white form, The Art of War by Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu is perhaps one of the most eminent works. Chapter 7 of the same (Manoeuvring) deals with how the commander can win the direct confrontations, in case he faces a one on one forthright combat.
Nimrah has taken me by surprise by picking its content as the preface for Kaafir, Maakir, Kaazib, Qaatil (1st Part). Although Namal has proved to be a full on strategy based warfare & we have not found even a single episode till date in which we have not witnessed the navigation of the human minds in terms of strategy making & modification but the start of this episode literally told me, Shoby, there is no time to relax now. Lets get straight to the business. (Dimagh ki batti khol de bhai)...
Just to give us a joining point, Nimra takes us back to the Full moon night where Saadi has escaped after hitting Khawar and now he is heading towards the Pakistani embassy in Srilanka. And then considering the fact that the enemies must have envisaged that he will go there or in a hotel, he withdraws his decision & spends the night sleeping at the sea shore.
Faras asks Hashim for a favour. He wants Hashim to arrange a job for him who accepts it with pleasure. He has to move to Karachi and this did not go well with Nudrat, Hanna and most importantly (to my much disbelief) Zumer. Aabi calls Faras & here we are witnessing for the very first time in the history, Zumer is getting jealous of her and this jealousy very much resembles to that of a typical wife (Halaat behtari ki janib gaamzan hain shayad). Aabi- Plastic ki guriya (Zumer I think its a bit rude).
Back in the Colombo, after a bit of plus-minus calculations, Hashim concludes that chef has helped Saadi & Khawar with the escape and he knows very well how to deal with the traitor.
As per the instructions of Jawahiraat, Ahmer Shafi has leaked the private footages of Jawahirat's counterpart. Faras asks him to meet and in their meeting held at Foodly Everafter he asks him to resign from the job, which he strictly denies to do.
While roaming around in Colombo, Sadi happens to enter a vacant house, where he used the computer to access Nudrat's email and other family members' FB profiles. He feels that everything is same there minus his own self. And here he reckons that now he cannot go back to the home. Are we witnessing the biggest turn of Namal. We may never see Saadi, as he used to be and it is sad.
Hashim has bestowed Marry Angeo for her revelation regarding Sadi and restores her as the head servant back in Pakistan. Fayona is depressed by this development.
"Mat Jao", Zumer stops Faras from leaving and I have missed a minor heartbeat by her gesture. He holds her hands and Nimra is 110% correct in her saying, Hath thaamney ka matlab sirf romance to nahi hota. I am getting astonished (read shocked) by Zumer in this episode. Are we getting a glimpse of this entirely modified newly revealed Zumer. Such a blunt "izhaar e mohabbat" with "I hate U". which was resplied back by faras with I Love U too... Too good. (Look I really dont want any sort of mess in the marital relationship of Faras & Zumer and unfortunately my intuition is telling me something fishy is going to happen, courtesy Aabdar & the upcoming Colombo trip).
"Mubarak ho, aap ka shoher bhaag gaya hai or mera bhai abhi tak gumshuda hai". This is Hanna for you... Typical Hanna. I loved thy way how beautifully Zumer & Hanna discussed how to deeply think & extract the meaning from QURAN PAK while having food in a very usual style. Well if we all do so I mean getting the real essence of what is written in MUSHAF and then apply the studies in our daily routine life, we can actually do wonders. We can really observe the miracles.
One more thing that Nimrah has clarified in this very significant sequence. Even I used to think sometimes that what if everyone starts taking the literal meaning of QURAN PAK in his own way, there would possibly be a break out for sure. But yes Nimarh U are correct, ALLAH PAK has revealed QURAN and HE himself Guards it. Thank you very much for this beautiful simplification.
Firon ghalti kertey hain, jab woh kisi qaum ki auraton ko kamzor or kam aqal jaan ker chor detey hain. Excellent words of wisdom & motivation for everyone especially the female readers. I can definitely say with utmost authority that this specific sequence was one of the best sessions presented in whole Namal till date.
Faras had a phenomenal (almost unbelievable) conversation with Aabdaar, where he confesses that he is using her for some important stuff to do. He also confesses that he is all set to go back to the jail but only after committing a hideous crime (two murders).
WOW WOW WOW... Shero approached Zumer to ask about a dependable lawyer so that he can get the whole equity of remaining 50% shares (25% belonging to Haroon & Hashim each). And Zumer asks him to hire herself for further assistance.
Humara Sadi ab shaatir ho chuka hai (Dont know how to react on this :-) or :-( ). He reaches Kandy, deceivingly plants a scene and resultantly meets Kamni Roopa Singi (Mujhey pata nahi kis kis Srilankan cricketer ka naam yaad aa gaya, is bibi ka naam parh ker... ha ha ha). Meanwhile Haroon Ubaid tells Zumer that Faras is not in Karachi, rather he is in Srilanka with Aabdar. I am not liking this turn. A rift is quite visible to be appeared in between the relationship of Mr & Mrs. Faras. This is not good. I repeat, this is not good at all.
Thats it. Finally... Ants Everafter has started to be proven for good. One of the best shots by Nimra (Read Zumer). Sheroo has literally shocked in fact shaken everyone by transferring his shares to the name of Aleesha Rabecca Kardaar and Zumer has literally added fuel to the fire. Kitni lucky hain aap ke apni aulaad mki khuhsiyan dekh rahi hain. magar off course, mainyeh kabhi nahi samajh sakti". Too good. Brilliant.
Faras makes a call to Zumer. Sakoon sirf apni wife ke sath baat kernety mein hai. Asli wife ke sath. And I can guarantee you this. Same is replicated by this conversation.
After so many days, lets explore the desert depicted in Hanna's book. (Whenever Nimrah switches on this mode, it looks like I am watching an Alif-laila sort of a fantasy movie. I just love it). Sheikh the pedagogue teacher her "Five Kinds of Love (Mohabbat)".
Kiya tum ne kabhi "saans rukney" ki "awaz" suni hai??? If anything was missed in making the truth realization scene an epic, this monologue has filled the space. Hanna realizes that Sadi is alive and he has been using Nudrat's FB ID in Srilanka.
Magical trick of magician Sadi will surely bring smiles to many of us. Such a necessary breather in these intense situations. Wesey bhi as per Nimra, "agey andheri raat hai" and now I am damn sure that a split is very much obvious in Faras-Zumer's relationship.
This episode has brought a couple of grand level twists in the tale. It has come into the knowledge of all the Yousafs that Sadi is alive & he is currently residing in Kandy. Although Faras is on a mission but Zumer has sensed something odd between him & Aabdaar so we may witness a ugly rift between the couple. All is still not well in Namal and we all have to wait for the second part of Kaafir, Maakir, Kazib, Qatil to see what else is remaining to be revealed.
