Haalim (Episode 10)- Review by Shoby

Haalim (Episode 10)- Review by Shahbaz Ali Naqvi (Shoby)

Dr. King Schultz: Well, Broomhilda was a princess. She was a daughter of Wotan. Anyways, her father is really mad at her.

Django: What she do?

Dr. King Schultz: I can't exactly remember. She disobeys him in some way. So he puts her on top of the mountain.

Django: Broomhilda's on a mountain?

Dr. King Schultz: It's a German legend, there's always going to be a mountain in there somewhere. And he puts a fire-breathing dragon there to guard the mountain. And he surrounds her in a circle of hellfire. And there, Broomhilda shall remain. Unless a hero arises brave enough to save her.

Django: Does a fella arise?

Dr. King Schultz: Yes, Django, as a matter of fact, he does. A fella named Siegfried.

Django: Does Siegfried save her?

Dr. King Schultz: [Nods] Quiet spectacularly so. He scales the mountain, because he's not afraid of it. He slays the dragon, because he's not afraid of him. And he walks through hellfire... because Broomhilda's worth it.

Django: I know how he feel.

Django Unchained (2012)

Slowly & steadily Nemrah Ahmed is paving ways to get the story back to the track from where it all started. The first hint is off course the dream. Thanks GOD the dream sequence has been updated. This time, it has featured a modern corporate office environment in 21^st century. The dream symbolically refers to two things apparently. First, obviously the ever increasing authority of Taliya and second, what I assume, fully grown influence of Taliya on Fateh's decisions in the life to come and I feel this is something which we shall see in upcoming episodes.

They say, it is a world where survival is assured only for the fittest and just like how they fight in the ring, it is every man for himself. The phenomenon is quite literally proving true here as Yan Su Fu has orchestrated a sort of indigestible plan of rescuing her own maternal life. Fact of the matter is who likes to be deprived of the power, authority, title & above all, his/ her respective strong position and what if it is as strong as a crown.

The episode Sanam Taraash comes with couple of twists, which were much needed to retain the story alive. Yes, you guessed it right. Under critical circumstances, Fateh ties knot with Taliya (more of a paper marriage contract only). Well the story does not ends here, the icing on the cake is the cupid has strike Adam with his deadly lethal weapon. Itni si baat thi or Adam ka dil khaali ho gaya... Ker lo gal. Nevertheless, the moment Taliya prepares herself as a bride for wedding ritual is perfectly written. Although only two or three very short lines penned by Ms. Nemrah but undoubtedly these few sentences were more than enough to leave a huge emotional impact on the readers.

It was quite evident that Fateh is the most self-centered person on the planet and yes he had to be practical by every mean. This sentence further strengthens our belief. Mohabbat sirf fairy tale mein hoti hain Adam... Is ko asal zindagi mein nahi dhoondey...

The much celebrated statue of Wang Li is also implanted in the episode and once again it is carved by none other than Taliya. However the reason why she made it was quite engaging. Last but not the least, apparently the much talked about treasure for which Taliya has crossed the worlds, has been unfolded finally. It is not the gold or jewels as many of us have been imagining. Rather it’s the antiques. And what a plan structured by the cat burglar. To bury the things and discover them in the future. And this is why she was creating the statue in order to get access to Wang Li's house. Tasha’s poem was also a landmark. Bravo.

Just like last few episodes this one was also having a good dose of public awareness messages. This time Nemrah focused on inflation & self-esteem. Talking about inflation first, Taliya projects the results of her Root Cause Analysis on increasing trend of inflation in the state of Malacca, keeping in view the statements of Fateh once given in a talk show. And the matter in the court stands resolved by accepting the foreign aid from Chinese kingship in the form of Foreign Debts... Beautiful explanation by Nemrah about how the corrupt politicians and their so called tajarbey'kaar teams are the real reason of drastic conditions of drowning economies in Third World countries.

I feel, "Jia" is also gaining a good volume of fame (obviously not as popular as our very favorite #FoodlyEverAfter) as almost all of the brave heart sort of renditions by Fateh have been given here. This time it was no different. Fateh talks about Self Esteem and how it effects one's personality & his behavioral patterns. However I would like to add just one point here so that readers may not get distracted by the illustration.

There is a very thin line between self-esteem & ego. Interesting thing is, the word Ego also means self. Someone, who always talk about self, who make fun of someone else with comparing to his own self, whereas Self-esteem is standing up for yourself when someone makes fun of you for your liberty, beliefs or something else.

Coming back towards Haalim, I would like to mention one thing which I am regularly missing from last two episodes and I am sure many of the readers are also missing the same. I feel Nemrah is not giving the due share of space to the beautiful teachings from Islamic & Quranic stories for which she is famous. I hope she will surely come up with something like what she used to write as we are all missing the much needed dose of golden quotes.

Once again, Nemrah has never left the opportunity to bring impressive slapstick one-liners. At times, we feel Adam hails from our very own society as he has an amazing comic timing. Bara hi koi seincedaan baap hai aap ka... and Yaani mere ander waqai cell daltey hain... were the most entertaining sit-coms in this episode.

Readers, I have an important thing to discuss here and it is the concept of parallel universes or multiverse. Many of my readers are asking me questions that how come Taliya has grown whereas all other things remained constant as she time traveled twice (forth & back) and lived a good number of years in future. So here is my take.

Actually this concept of time travel is associated with parallel worlds and borrowed from different international fiction, movies & seasons. They say, more than one world or universe exists simultaneously but no one can cross over due to certain constraints. However, by incident (may be surpassing Einstein’s' Equation of Energy), if someone travels through the times, he reaches another world or may be the same world but in a different time period.

The best examples for this are seasons Fringe & The Flash. The key element in time travel is that when you cross over the time lines, you arrive in a world parallel to the one of yours. However, this time travel does not come without any impact. It is like, when you cheat with the thin fabric of time, it alters the course of history, thus arranges to make new timelines. So in one way or another history & future has an impact of this time travel. And I feel, our dreamers are here for the very same reason. Taliya wants to change the course of her future, whereas Fateh desires to alter the course of history. It is also discussed in Metaphysics by various scientists esp. Stephen Hawking in today's era. I hope this elaboration has proved to be fruitful for those who were a bit confused.

Summing up today's discussion, let me conclude all this by giving you a hint of what to expect in upcoming episodes. Worry not readers, nothing is going to happen to Taliya Muraad, what-so-ever Fateh predicts (read tells to Raja Muraad). The time is soon to arrive when the three of these time travelers will return back to the future from where they belong. Interesting thing would be their synchronization in the 21st century, as the things have now changed quite rapidly.

Leaving you till the next episode with the below statement which reminds me of my childhood story "Sher Aya"

Kiya sari umr jhoot bhoolney ki yehi saza hoti hai ke jab indagi ka sab se bara sach bolna chaho to koi yaqeen hi na kerey...

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