Parizaad – An Epic Drama Serial that got Global Acclaim and A Rightful Applaud

Parizaad and Annie  - Beautiful End of Drama Serial

While watching the finale mega episode of Parizaad yesterday. What was flashing in my mind with eyes all wet was not just the flashback that the director had shown before the presentation of the actual last episode. My flashback was a way different as I was recognizing bits and pieces of myself and of other people whom I have met in my life in the character of Parizad, and the many other characters, both in male and female ways. The writer Hashim Nadeem has written wonders with his hands, and his dialogues and poetry are a perfect online gift that people are sharing with their loved ones out of this blockbuster serial, and on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

Twitter is trending for these two days, and in fact, from the time the last episode ofParizaad was premiered in local cinemas. The big-screen charm is there but Pakistan is a country where people are more engaged with television, and a replay over YouTube now. The last episode was handled with utmost care and the director’s aesthetics were seen with the drone shots and the swirling camera rounds of snowy mountains, and the roads, the valleys, and the hut where the old but determined "Urdu" teacher was living presentation was awesome and so was the acting by bot leads means Parizaad, played by now a household name “Ahmad Ali Akbar”, and the undoubted superstar of this era named “Yumna Zaidi”, who played the role of the sweet but intelligent blind “Annie”.

As we saw that Parizaad escaped all luxuries and that lonely and miserable life as a left out man after the departure of Annie for the United States. He went to the extreme North of Pakistan, which means Neelum Valley by chance, and became a headmaster’s guest by fate who was solely running a primary school. So, we saw a new twist as he started teaching there and then took over the charge as the great master was ill. It was a new horizon for Parizaad and gave him a new but brighter meaning of life.

The second last episode was ended at a close encounter with Annie, who could see but didn’t recognize Parishad. For the whole week, there was a discussion over social media as to how could she not find any picture of him, and she could have easily guessed him as per her handmade sculpture. In the last epic episode, the disclosure of Sharjeel (Annie’s cousin and secret lover) made it clear that the man who was ashamed of his below-average looks and his dark skin had smashed his statue, and was never interested in having his photos being shot. They both met at the school award ceremony where Sharjeel had come with Annie, as she is a reported working with a news channel. The whole meeting, dialogue, and the acting of Ahmad were superb.

As Parizaad, now known as Ahmad was forced by the topper student to present him with the winner prize, he had to come to dice, and the senior master asked him to say a few words. It was a heart-touching moment as he didn’t want Annie to recognize him by his voice. But he had to speak, and when it happened and we saw a smiling Annie turning into a shocked lady, and then recognizing who was in front of her. Here I cannot say how many words can define how beautiful and hearing touching was the performance and expression changeover by Yumna Zaidi. Hats off to you great performer of Pakistan of this decade….!!

The last scene was a delight to watch when both leads were shown on a hilltop, and where she came said many things, and Parizaad was all grieving in pain. When she closed her eyes and felt her ideal and love of life, Parizaad, it was a fantabulous job. Well-conceived presented but beautifully done by both actors. The high standard of drama was maintained, and viewers were more than moved to see the wows of Annie with tearful eyes, a sense of discovery of her lost treasure.

Yeah! Parizaad, despite his extreme self-pity, was loved by that blind sweet girl. It gives hope to the viewers that physical deformity or the skin, race, and features are not subject to the definition of a good soul versus a bad and unlikeable one. Some critics think as to why the director hadn’t followed the real end of the novel of Parizad. Where he died act made suicide. But I see it’s good that the end was changed to a happy one with elegance and grace. If Parizaad could are dead or done suicide then a very wrong message would have conveyed to millions of viewers that only charming and conventionally beautiful people have a right to live and find love. Which I would never agree upon. Brave Team Parizaad and to Hum Tv for giving us a delightful and eye-opening drama after Raqeeb Se…!!