Piyal Saaz (Episode 3) Aymal Raza- Novel Review by Shoby

Piyal Saaz (Episode 3) Aymal Raza- Novel Review by Shoby

"Teen mard aik jagah aik hi niyyat se kharey hon to darwazon ko muqafal karney ki zarurat nahi hoti." Fastened your seat belts as Aymal Raza is all set to blow you away through her magical words. Connecting right from the previous episode, third one of Piyal Saaz starts off with a high voltage drama sequence where Nigaar is trapped around three beasts, masked as humans. Stephen King said “They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?”

The transformation from root emergence to stem enhancement to a complete Banyan tree seamlessly woven by Aymal to symbolically depict the proceedings is indeed a treat to read. Mira Grant said, “The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.” and Aymal starts sort of a debate, Insan ki Ghurqaabi ki ibteda kiya hai??? And then she herself sums up the debate, Ghurqaabi ho to mukammal... Ruswai ho to mukammal...

Thank you Aymal on shifting the course of attention towards Basil-Zimel track. Otherwise I was totally in a trance of the initial sequence. Dear Readers, dont mind, if my this review contains only dialogues written by Aymal as I am literally drowned in the feel of them.

Mardana mazboot hathon ka lams jab nazuk unglyon ko choota hai... Ahhh... What a delicate & sophisticated way to cherish the feel of young love. Hats off Aymal for re-endorsing a sweet quote after that hard hitting sequence. 

According to writer Stanley Kubrick, If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed. To me you are a pitch perfect writer if you can write make-believe things and Aymal has that tendency to create the imagery through her words. Same is reflected in the garden scene featuring Basil & Zimel. Its a beautiful blend of warm dialogues with overall ambience description.

Zimel doses not want to hurt Basil by telling him the response of her father. However she has a Big Yes in her heart & mind, so she visits Nigaar'Khana to pick a unique gift to respond the proposal. Meanwhile she confessed in front of Yashaar tat she has failed in finding any helpful material which could be used to entice her father's past so that he may check down to the memory lane. Yashaar stresses to make his father visit Pakistan as it could be more helpful.

This writer has the tendency to make your heart skip a beat through her expression:

Zimel ke qadam chori jagah per phool ug rahey they... Nahi...

Hawaon ki dorain us ki ungliyon mein pewasta nthi... Nahi

Kiya us per mohabbat ka mausam aa gay tha... Pata nahi...

Ya woh nano jaisi basaarat hi nahi rakhta tha... Yaqeenan haan...

While focusing on her primary objective i.e. to discover the past of her father, Zimel visits the university and happens to meet an old professor who informs her about the election in which the contestant Misbah was murdered who contested against Zeyan Aalam.

Lets move towards the old Banyan tree. That rigged old woman is still complaining. She is still moaning. Oh sanyasi... Mohammad Khuda Yaar se poochu... Pakkey rangon ki holi ke daaghon ko kis jal se dhona hai... If you cant feel the pain, the agony, the shrewdness of the character through this one line, I believe you can never feel it in any case. Thumbs up Aymal.

After what happened with Nigaar, her soul is broken and when your spirit gets hurt, you believe me, it is the most painful of all. I usually dont quote my poetry in my reviews but this scene just reminded me of my own short poem "Scream of Silence" from my poetry book Main bekhayali Mein Sang Tere... Unfortunately I have no words to explain the sequence except this poem:

Andheyara, 

Jeewan ko sooni raeyn karey hai...

Mere ander ki khamoshi

Oonchi oonchi awazon mein

Baeyn karey hai...

On his return with fabricated gloomy face, Gulnaab asks him where is Nigaar and he utters her the false story that she does not want to live with him and is asking for a divorce. Zeyan has played the game with acute planning and nobody is there to believe Nigaar now.

Jab chaar atraaf se pather barsaey jaeyn to mazboot se mazboot chataan bhi raiza raiza ho jati hai... Nigaar is shattered and rightly so. And just to clarify the things all at once, this is the past. And if we have a look on the present, we can observe Zimel running away from the older version of Nigaar. 

As the episode concludes, Nigaar is still complaining out loud, Purshootam (The Supreme Being), Saya e Gautam, Ibn e Maryam se keh do, KHUDA ke maujzey se... Meri izzat ke sath khelney waley woh teen they... Hearing the harsh reality, Zimel can not take this and runs away...

So one hell of an affair was witnessed in the episode. This is The Aymal Raza whom I talked about in the first review of Piyal Saaz. This is The Aymal Raza who I admired after reading Taveez e Hubb. This is The Aymal raza who knows exactly how pain can be best pictured through mere use of words.

Best thing about Piyal Saaz is the fast pace of the story. Many secrets have been revealed & many secluded aspects of the story have been uncovered. I believe its a game of a a couple of more episodes that the we may reach to a logical conclusion of the tale.

I am much impressed with the vast vocabulary of Aymal Raza. She does not only possess the great vocabulary but she knows how to use the same in the best of their meanings. Certain monologues literally produced goose bumps in the episodes. Whatever she has written for the old Nigaar has a deep intense feel in it. 

I personally dont mind use of foreign languages, concepts & philosophies to further elaborate the feelings. Use of hindi dialects has magnificently enhanced the overall ambience & feel of the story. Looking forward to more of this celebrated stuff from Aymal in upcoming episodes.