
‘Remember the word selfish’, this is what Hania Amir said in response to a question during the press junket when I asked her what is the best dialogue she has delivered in the movie which she thinks is the crux of her headstrong role. After two to three months of tiring promotions, gelling in with people on the streets, and in shopping malls, the cast finally welcomed audiences at the cinemas for the final viewing. Anticipating for the best content and assured the complete package of drama and entertainment, Parde Mein Rehne Do hit the big screens on Eid UL Fitr.
The movie has already created hype with its trailer where Shani (Ali Rehman) and Nazo (Hania Amir) are seemed arguing about a test that hinted male infertility.
Under the name of Wajahat Rauf as a director and Shazia Wajahat as a producer, the movie appealed to many and therefore attracted a huge crowd to cinemas to dig deeper to know the storyline and, of course, fulfill their entertainment craving.
Usually, movies have two protagonists, a male and a female, but in PMRD from Ali Rehman, Hania Amir, to Javed Sheikh, Saife Hassan, to Saba Faisal everyone played a pivotal role in not only building the narrative but appearing as strong support for the other characters too.
Here, a new face, Hassan Raza, is worth mentioning who has played the role of Shani’s friend. Having performed for 10 years in theaters, Hassan surely caught everyone’s heed with his stellar performance, dialogue delivery and screen presence. The craft of Hassan is so polished and honed that speaks volumes of his long association with the theater where one gets the training of becoming a flawless actor and this could be seen on the big screen when Hassan performed.
Javed Sheikh is everywhere these days. By everywhere I mean in dramas and movies and that is obviously because of his perfect acting and adaptation to roles, which so ever. In PMRD, Javed is playing Shani’s father. He is that one typical complaining father who wants his son to do as he commands. He even interrupts his marital life and asks for grandchildren, but in the end, he agrees in what his son finds solace and happiness.
To be honest, I haven’t been following Ali Rehman’s dramas but since he has appeared in this flick, I must say that his acting has another level. It would not be wrong if I say that it’s not the character that gives recognition to the actor, it’s the actor who puts life to the character. Ali Rehman just did that. Picking up a role of a male infertile was never easy for him. It’s something that has never been talked about so openly. In the movie, he is seen going for an infertility test, facing the truth of his life that he can’t become a father, hiding the fact from his wife yet proudly roams around as an egoistic man, but finally bows down for the sake of saving his love and married life.
Hania Amir is that fragile pretty girl in the dramas who’s tears would melt many hearts. However, Nazo is just opposite; strong-headed who values her freedom, doesn’t shy away speaking her heart and never minds smoking if she is tensed. This character has completely changed her on screen image. Nazo marries Shani accepting all odds. She only puts her foot down when her dignity is compromised and her trust is torn by the one she loved – Shani. Even when she leaves Shani, she never puts her ego ahead but tells him that if there’s no trust there’s nothing.
She takes all blame on herself (instead of speaking the truth that Shani is infetile, she tells his family that she can’t become a mother). This makes her the wonder woman of the movie.
Later comes a point where Shani goes to Nazo to apologise but in the heat of argument, he calls her selfish. Here is the second part where Nazo again becomes the center of attention when she reflects the word ‘selfish’ and explicates it in an unfiltered manner.
Wajahat has given all characters their space to freely perform hence the best of all actors could be seen on the screen. Yasir Hussain’s guest appearance as a doctor brought a roar of laughter in the hall, Sadia Faisal as Shani’s cousin is a breather from the tense situations, and Saife Hassan, an understanding father, even knowing that the couple is going through a tough time when his only daughter comes back he never bothers her or her husband. He so gently delivered a message to all desi families that husband and wife’s privacy should be respected and shouldn’t be breached by creating mayhem.
On the other hand, Shafqat Khan’s acting added much-needed flavour and humour. Munazzah Arif essayed the role of a typical mother who always listens to her husband and puts pressure on her son to listen to his father without debating. The young and talented music director Aashir Wajahat proved himself in this film by giving great songs that will surely ring in the ears for at least a week.
I must say that there wasn’t a weak moment where I lost interest in the movie. It wasn’t dragged, redundant, or unnecessarily dramatised. Only two categories must have not liked the movie; those who were uncomfortable with the subject and the others who are triggered by the topic.
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